跟讀練習: Testing the world's longest echo - 通過影片學習英語口語

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I'm inside one of the Inchendown oil tanks, an old oil storage facility near Inverness in Scotland.
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This tank is 237 metres long, and it's not meant for humans.
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When it was in use by the Royal Navy, all this colossal space would have been filled with fuel oil.
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With these oil tanks, the Royal Navy accidentally created the greatest reverberation chamber in the world.
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Flat surfaces enclosed by solid rock,
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and a chamber big enough that sound takes a whole second or more to go off the far wall and bounce back,
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but still narrow enough that you get lots of reverberation from all the close surfaces as well.
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The construction started in 1938 and it carried on right through the beginning of the war up to around about 1943.
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The Admiralty had decided that they required bomb -proof storage for their oil.
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So they set about building a number of oil tanks across Britain.
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And this, Incheon Down, is one of them.
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The construction required six tanks to be built.
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The entire complex could easily contain 100 ,000 tonnes of fuel oil.
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But one single Royal Navy battleship could drink 5 ,000 tonnes.
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So it could go very, very quickly.
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This is a truly amazing chamber of sound a cathedral of oil and a cathedral of science.
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So now I'm going to shut up for a bit.
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Preston here is going to fire a starting pistol, a very, very loud bang.
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On the screen is a visual display of that sound.
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Different frequencies will reverberate for different amounts of time, so you will see that and hear that.
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And as it gets quieter, we will turn up the level on the microphone, so it's easier for you to hear.
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Right, everyone ready?
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Thank you. so Thank
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you to the Bannerman group for letting us into the tunnels, to Alan, Alan and Preston for helping with everything here,
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to Matt Ray who is behind the camera and who has had some musical experiences over on his channel.
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Go for it. That is terrifying!

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這段影片共有 26 個句子、337 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 3:27。 說話人語速較慢，每分鐘約 98 個詞，你有足夠的時間模仿每一個音。 85% 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 13 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞發音釋義
chamber 名詞/ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/臥室 /臥室, 寢室 /寢室
cathedral 名詞/kəˈθiːdɹəl/大教堂, 主教座堂
narrow 形容詞/ˈnæɹəʊ/窄
frequency 名詞/ˈfɹiːkwənsi/頻率 /頻率, 頻度 /頻度
bang 名詞/ˈbæŋ/轟 /轟, 砰
tunnel 名詞/ˈtʌn(ə)l/隧道, 地下道
accidentally 副詞/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/偶然
pistol 名詞/ˈpɪstəl/手槍 /手槍
metre 名詞/ˈmiːtəɹ/米, 公尺
microphone 名詞/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/麥克風 /麥克風, 話筒 /話筒
battleship 名詞/ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/戰艦 /戰艦, 戰列艦 /戰列艦
colossal 形容詞/kəˈlɑsəl/巨大的
enclose 動詞/ɪnˈkloʊz/圍繞, 包圍

需要注意的發音

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: reverberation /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, battleship /ˈbætəlˌʃɪp/
  • 長單詞——注意重音位置: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, reverberation /ɹiˈvɜː(ɹ)bəɹeɪʃən/, reverberate /ɹəˈvɜɹbəˌɹeɪt/

如何用這段影片練習

  1. 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
  2. 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。
  3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 chamber, cathedral, narrow 這類單詞。

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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。

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