跟讀練習: Sept. 20, 2001 - Bush Declares War on Terror - 通過影片學習英語口語
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On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country.
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Americans have known wars, but for the past 136 years,
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they have been wars on foreign soil except for one Sunday in 1941 one.
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Americans have known the casualties of war, but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning.
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Americans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of civilians.
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All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell on a different world,
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a world where freedom itself is under attack.
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Americans have many questions tonight.
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Americans are asking, who attacked our country?
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The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organizations known as al -Qaeda.
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They are some of the murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and responsible for bombing the USS Cole.
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Al -Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime.
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But its goal is not making money.
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Its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.
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The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism
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that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics,
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a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teaching of Islam.
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The terrorist directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews,
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to kill all Americans, and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.
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This group and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different countries,
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including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries.
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They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods
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and brought to camps in places like Afghanistan where they are trained in the tactics of terror.
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They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.
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The leadership of Al -Qaeda has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban regime in controlling most of that country.
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In Afghanistan, we see al -Qaeda's vision for the world.
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Afghanistan's people have been brutalized.
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Many are starving, and many have fled.
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Women are not allowed to attend school.
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You can be jailed for owning a television.
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Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate.
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A man can be jailed in Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough.
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The United States respects the people of Afghanistan.
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After all, we are currently its largest source of humanitarian aid.
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But we condemn the Taliban regime.
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It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.
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By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder.
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And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban.
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Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al -Qaeda who hide in your land.
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Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned.
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Protect foreign journalists, diplomats, and aid workers in your country.
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Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan
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and hand over every terrorist and every person in their support structure to appropriate authorities.
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Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps so we can make sure they are no longer operating.
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These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.
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The Taliban must act, and act immediately.
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They will hand over the terrorists, where they will share in their fate.
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I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world.
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We respect your faith.
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It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends.
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Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.
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The terrorists are traitors to their own faith,
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trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.
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the enemy of america is not our many muslim friends
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it is not our many arab friends our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them
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Our war on terror begins with al -Qaeda, but it does not end there.
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It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 58 個句子、722 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 7:51。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 92 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 只有 79% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙難度較高。
影片中的重點詞彙
影片中 15 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：
- terrorist /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/ (名詞) — 恐怖分子, 恐怖份子. A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
- regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/ (名詞) — 制度, 體制 /體制. Mode of rule or management.
- terror /ˈtɛɹɚ/ (名詞) — 詭異的事物 /詭異的事物, 恐怖. Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- radical /ˈɹædɪkəl/ (名詞) — 根. A root (of a number or quantity).
- fringe /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/ (名詞) — 流蘇, 穗. A decorative border.
- vast /væst/ (形容詞) — 浩大. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- belief /bɪˈliːf/ (名詞) — 相信, 信心. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (名詞) — 工人, 工作者. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- soil /sɔɪl/ (名詞) — 土壤, 泥土. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- citizen /ˈsɪtɪzən/ (名詞) — 市民. A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
- journalist /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ (名詞) — 記者 /記者, 新聞工作者 /新聞工作者. The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
- destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ (名詞) — 毀滅 /毀滅, 破壞 /破壞. The act of destroying.
- fate /feɪt/ (名詞) — 命運 /命運, 氣數 /氣數. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ (名詞) — 棲身之地 /棲身之地, 住處 /住處. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
- tactics /ˈtæktɪks/ (名詞) — 戰術 /戰術. The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
影片中出現的短語動詞
- hand over (動詞) — 交出, 移交. To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
需要注意的發音
- “th” 音: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/, humanitarian /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/
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 terrorist, regime, terror 這類單詞。
影片中的語法
說話人最常用的結構，並附上影片中的原話：
| 結構 | 影片中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | was brought · has been rejected · are linked |
| 現在完成時 have/has + 過去分詞 — 過去發生但與現在仍有關聯的事 | have known · have been · have gathered |
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