跟讀練習: Shorts - Edinburgh Castle - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland.
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It is a very beautiful old city.
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About 400,000 people live in the city and 6 million people visit every year.
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Every year in August there is a festival in the city with a lot of theatre, music, dance and comedy.
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The original city was built on the Royal Mile.
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This is a street in Edinburgh's old town.
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The Royal Mile is about 1.6 kilometres long.
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It starts at Holyrood Palace and finishes at Edinburgh Castle.
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It is called the Royal Mile because it connects two royal homes.
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The castle is nearly a thousand years old.
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It stands on an enormous piece of volcanic rock and it looks down on the rest of the city.
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King David I of Scotland was the first king who built on the rock in about 1130.
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He built this chapel and named it Queen Mary's Chapel, after his mother.
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For the next 300 years, the castle was at the centre of wars between England and Scotland.
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In the 15th century, the castle became the home of the King of Scotland.
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Each new king added to the castle.
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In 1511, James IV built the Great Hall.
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In the 16th century, James VI added extra defences to the castle entrance.
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In the 18th century, Scotland officially became part part of the United Kingdom.
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The last battle at the castle was in 1745 when Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who was nicknamed Bonnie Prince Charlie,
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tried to capture the castle.
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In the early 19th century, the castle was a prison, but it is now a tourist attraction.
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About one and a quarter million people visit the castle every year.
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They come to see the buildings and to hear the stories.
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They also come to see and hear the one o'clock gun.
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Soldiers fire this every day at exactly one o'clock.
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But they really come for the views of the city of Edinburgh.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節 A2 級別的口語課以影片“Shorts - Edinburgh Castle”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:castle, Scotland, royal, century, built。 這段影片共有 27 個句子、314 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 3:38。 說話人語速較慢,每分鐘約 86 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 9 個值得學習的單詞,附發音和釋義:
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| castle 名詞 | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | 城堡 |
| chapel 名詞 | /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/ | 禮拜堂 /禮拜堂 |
| capture 動詞 | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | 捕獲 /捕獲, 佔領 /佔領 |
| entrance 名詞 | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | 入口, 門口 /門口 |
| connect 動詞 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 連線 /連線 |
| enormous 形容詞 | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | 巨大的 |
| attraction 名詞 | /əˈtɹækʃn̩/ | 吸引力 |
| nickname 名詞 | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | 綽號 /綽號, 外號 /外號 |
| kilometre 名詞 | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | 千米, 公里 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 釋義 |
|---|---|
| look down on 動詞 | 看不起, 瞧不起 |
需要注意的發音
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: entrance /ˈɛn.tɹəns/, connect /kəˈnɛkt/, enormous /ɪˈnɔː.məs/, volcanic /vɔlˈkænɪk/, defence /dɪˈfɛns/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大,不要讀成 /e/: chapel /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, volcanic /vɔlˈkænɪk/
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 castle, chapel, capture 這類單詞。
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