跟讀練習: SE-Ed: Why Does a Week Have Seven Days? - 通過影片學習英語口語
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1
Why does a week have seven days?
為什麼一週有七天？
2
Why not five, or ten, or even twelve?
為什麼不是五天、十天，甚至十二天？
3
A day comes from the Earth turning once.
一天來自地球自轉一圈。
4
A year comes from one trip around the Sun.
一年來自繞太陽一圈。
5
But the week? That one is a little stranger.
那一週呢？這個就有點奇怪了。
6
Let's start with the Moon.
我們從月亮說起。
7
Every night, its shape changes a little.
每天晚上，它的形狀都會變一點。
8
Each big change takes about seven days.
每一次大的變化大約需要七天。
9
Long ago, this made the Moon a handy clock.
很久以前，這讓月亮成了一個方便的時鐘。
10
There's just one problem, though.
不過，有一個問題。
11
The numbers don't fit perfectly,
這些數字並不完全吻合，
12
so the Moon isn't the whole story.
所以月亮並不是全部答案。
13
Thousands of years ago, people in Babylon studied the sky.
幾千年前，巴比倫人仔細觀察著天空。
14
They noticed seven bright lights that moved among the stars.
他們注意到有七個明亮的光點在群星間移動。
15
The Sun, the Moon, and five planets they could see.
太陽、月亮，還有他們能看到的五顆行星。
16
For them, seven became a very special number.
對他們來說，七成了一個非常特別的數字。
17
The Jewish calendar also has a rest day every seventh day.
猶太曆也是每到第七天就有一個休息日。
18
You can still see these old ideas in English.
這些古老的觀念至今仍保留在英語裡。
19
Sunday is the Sun's day, and Monday is the Moon's.
Sunday是太陽日，Monday是月亮日。
20
Saturday was named after the planet Saturn.
Saturday是以土星Saturn命名的。
21
And Thursday comes from Thor, the Norse god of thunder!
而Thursday來自北歐雷神Thor！
22
In French, Tuesday is "mardi", the day of Mars.
在法語裡，星期二是“mardi”，也就是火星日。
23
Believe it or not, the Romans once had eight-day weeks!
信不信由你，羅馬人曾經一週八天！
24
Slowly, the seven-day week spread across their empire.
慢慢地，七天一週在整個帝國傳開了。
25
In the year 321, Emperor Constantine made Sunday a day of rest.
西元321年，君士坦丁大帝把星期日定為休息日。
26
Since then, much of the world has followed the same pattern.
從那以後，世界上大部分地方都沿用了這個模式。
27
Some countries tried to change it, though.
不過，也有一些國家試圖改變它。
28
After the French Revolution, France switched to ten-day weeks.
法國大革命後，法國改用十天一週。
29
Workers got only one day off in ten!
工人十天裡只能休息一天！
30
Not surprisingly, people hated it,
不出所料，人們很討厭這種安排，
31
so Napoleon brought back the old week.
於是拿破崙恢復了原來的一週。
32
In 1929, the Soviet Union tried five-day weeks instead!
1929年，蘇聯則嘗試了五天一週！
33
Family members often had different days off, so they rarely met.
一家人常常不在同一天休息，所以很少見面。
34
By 1940, the seven-day week was back again.
到了1940年，七天一週又回來了。
35
So the week isn't really a law of nature.
所以，一週其實並不是自然法則。
36
It's a habit we've shared for thousands of years.
它是我們共同延續了幾千年的習慣。
37
And honestly, who would want to give up the weekend?
說實話，誰願意放棄週末呢？
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B1 級別的口語課以影片“SE-Ed: Why Does a Week Have Seven Days?”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：seven, Moon, ten。 這段影片共有 37 個句子、315 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:07。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 149 個詞，很適合跟讀。 88% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 14 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| worker 名詞 | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | 工人, 工作者 |
| rarely 副詞 | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | 很少, 罕有地 |
| calendar 名詞 | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | 日曆 /日曆, 曆 /歷 |
| seventh 形容詞 | /ˈsɛvənθ/ | 第七 |
| habit 名詞 | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | 習慣 /習慣 |
| thunder 名詞 | /ˈθʌndɚ/ | 雷, 雷公 |
| surprisingly 副詞 | /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/ | 竟, 竟然 |
| planet 名詞 | /ˈplænɪt/ | 行星 |
| strange 形容詞 | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | 奇怪 |
| slowly 副詞 | /ˈsloʊli/ | 慢 |
| bright 形容詞 | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | 亮, 明 |
| switch 名詞 | /swɪt͡ʃ/ | 開關 /開關, 電門 /電門 |
| pattern 名詞 | /ˈpætɚn/ | 模式, 樣式 /樣式 |
| empire 名詞 | /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/ | 帝國 /帝國 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| give up 動詞 | 投案, 自首 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 4 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 isn't, don't, we've。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “th” 音: seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: twelve /twɛlv/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: clock /klɑk/, twelve /twɛlv/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, planet /ˈplænɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: rarely /ˈɹɛəɹli/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
如何用這段影片練習
- 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
- 用正常速度逐句跟讀，每句重複到你的節奏與說話人一致為止。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 worker, rarely, calendar 這類單詞。
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