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Hey there and welcome to Speak English with Christina where you'll have fun becoming fluent in American English.
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I'm your English coach Christina and today,
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and today that introduction was a little more difficult to understand than usual.
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Don't you think?
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Don't you think?
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Or in real spoken English, don't you think?
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Americans don't articulate and they sound like they have a hot potato in their mouth
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and that makes it difficult to understand Americans when they speak.
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So, today's episode, you'll learn six secrets to understand spoken English better.
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Let's go!
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Americans reduce a lot of sounds when they speak.
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For example, you read, don't you want to get a coffee later?
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And then we squish it all together when we speak, and it becomes, don't you want to get a coffee later?
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We reduce don't you to don't you,
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want to becomes wanna and get a becomes get a.
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You have to notice these reductions to start understanding real English
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and to help you I created an American accent survival kit which gives you audio exercises for 12 everyday expressions.
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And I'll put the link in the notes below because go get it.
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I mean, seriously, it's free and it will help you understand real spoken English.
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If you want to understand the way Americans really speak, You have to listen to real spoken English.
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A lot of books to study English give you audio that is slow or clearly articulated.
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In the real world it's not like that.
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I'm sure you've noticed.
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So you need also to study English the way it's really spoken.
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And my video series, Tame the Hot Potato, helps you to do that.
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And for each video you can get a worksheet to help you understand our everyday conversations in real spoken English
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and the links are below this video.
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How many of you depend on television series and movies to improve your English comprehension?
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I know you do and TV is good and it's fun
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but it's not enough you have to consciously work study do listening exercises
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and the site LO E L L L O is one of my favorites for this.
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Plus, you can also watch this video for an idea of how to use the site to improve your listening skills.
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And there's also this lesson and this lesson where you can do some exercises and all the links are in the notes.
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If you're thinking, Christina, I don't even understand audio flood, let me explain.
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A flood is like when it rains a lot.
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A lot.
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And there's water everywhere.
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In the streets, in the houses.
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That's a flood.
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And you have to flood your brain with audio in English.
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and this is where movies and TV series are useful.
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You can listen to American radio stations with the smartphone app TuneIn Radio or listen to podcasts in English.
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My favorite for learning English is All Ears English because it's English lessons but in real spoken English.
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And my favorite podcast for listening, just for listening, is the Tim Ferriss Show,
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which is about optimizing your performance in general, including your performance in learning languages.
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You see, there's a difference between active and passive listening, and you need both.
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Most students have too much passive listening.
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TV.
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Movies.
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And that's why their comprehension improves slowly.
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In this video, you've learned a few activities,
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and here's one more active listening activity that will boost your pronunciation and your comprehension.
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It's shadow reading, and here's how you do shadow reading.
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You get the transcript of the audio you listen to, for example, on hello.org.
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You have the transcript of the audio on the site.
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And as you listen, you read with the speaker.
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Not listen and repeat.
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No, you match the speaker's speed, intonation, everything at the same time.
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And this makes you more conscious of how the words sound when they're spoken at normal American speed.
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You're gonna misunderstand things.
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Even we native speakers misunderstand things like that famous Jimi Hendrix song,
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Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy, or This Guy.
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Mmm, This Guy, This Guy, This Guy, This Guy.
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Yeah.
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Or me in French, for example,
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when one time Roman and I were listening to Lady Gaga and Roman tells me in French,
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ah, Jean-Paul a décidé de ça dans sa voiture.
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Jean-Paul has CDs of this in his car.
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Only the French expression, some CDs, décédé, sounds a lot like décédé, died.
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So for like
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three seconds when I misunderstood I was totally shocked because I understood
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that our friend Jean Paul had died in his car from listening to too much Lady Gaga
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sometimes it's better just to laugh at yourself if you can
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and for those times when you really need to understand like work
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or very serious situations watch these two lessons how to stop feeling embarrassed
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when you don't understand and reformulating to be sure you understand they were they were my first
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two videos ever
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so feel free to laugh at the quality it's pretty bad the quality of the video
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but the lessons and the content are good and it shows
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that you know you have to start somewhere you make mistakes and you improve as you progress.
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So check them out and have a good laugh.
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Now what about you?
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How do you improve your listening comprehension skills?
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Share your tips with the other Speak English Ambassadors because you surely have some great ideas.
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And be sure to get my American Accent Survival Kit to help you actively improve your listening comprehension.
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I'll put the link to it in the notes below and also to all the other resources from today.
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All right, ambassadors, thank you so much for watching.
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I'm Christina, and I'll see you next time.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“Secrets to Understand Fast-talking Americans : English Listening Practice”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：English, listening, spoken, audio, improve。 這段影片共有 88 個句子、977 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 9:42。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 101 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 84% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，其餘的詞建議在練習前先學一下。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| comprehension 名詞 | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | 理解, 瞭解 /瞭解 |
| misunderstand 動詞 | /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/ | 誤會 /誤會, 誤解 /誤解 |
| transcript 名詞 | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | 副本, 抄本 |
| passive 形容詞 | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | 被動 /被動 |
| potato 名詞 | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | 土豆, 馬鈴薯 /馬鈴薯 |
| accent 名詞 | /ækˈsɛnt/ | 重音, 腔調 /腔調 |
| podcast 名詞 | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | 播客 |
| intonation 名詞 | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | 抑揚 /抑揚, 語調 /語調 |
| optimize 動詞 | /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/ | 最佳化 |
| worksheet 名詞 | 工作表 | |
| pronunciation 名詞 | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | 發音 /發音 |
| fluent 形容詞 | /ˈfluənt/ | 流利, 滔滔 |
| embarrassed 形容詞 | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ | 難為情 /難為情, 尷尬 /尷尬 |
| smartphone 名詞 | /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ | 智慧手機 /智慧手機, 智慧型手機 /智慧型手機 |
| depend 動詞 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信賴 |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 25 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, I'll, I'm。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/, voiture /vwɑˈtjʊə(ɹ)/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/, accent /ækˈsɛnt/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大，不要讀成 /e/: misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/, accent /ækˈsɛnt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
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 comprehension, misunderstand, transcript 這類單詞。
什麼是跟讀法？
跟讀法 (Shadowing) 是一種有科學依據的語言學習技巧，最初開發用於專業口譯員的培訓，並由多語言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。這個方法簡單而強大：您在聽英語母語原聲的同時立即大聲重複——就像是一個延遲1-2秒緊跟說話者的影子。與被動聽力或語法練習不同，跟讀法強迫您的大腦和口腔肌肉同時處理並模模擬實的講話模式。研究表明它能顯著提高發音準確性，語調，節奏，連讀，聽力理解和口語流利度——使其成為雅思口語備考和真實英語交流最有效的方法之一。