跟讀練習: The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Every second of your life you are under attack.

Billions of bacteria, viruses and fungi are trying to make you their home.

So our bodies have developed a super complex little army with guards, soldiers, intelligence, weapons factories and communicators to protect you from, well, dying.

For this video, let's assume the immune system has 12 different jobs.

For example, kill enemies, communicate, etc. And it has 21 different cells and two protein forces.

These cells have up to four different jobs.

Let's assign them.

Here are the interactions.

Now let's make this understandable.

First of all, let's add colors to the jobs.

Now let's illustrate the cells.

The central color represents the main job of the cell, while the surrounding ones represent secondary duties.

Now the immune system looks like this.

Now the interactions.

Isn't this complexity just awesome?

For this video we will only talk about these cells and ignore the rest.

So what happens in the case of an infection?

It's a beautiful day when suddenly a wild rusty nail appears and you cut yourself.

The first barrier of the immune system is breached, your skin.

Nearby bacteria seize on the opportunity and enter your wound.

They start using up the body's resources and double their numbers about every 20 minutes.

At first they fly under the radar, but when a certain bacteria population is reached, they change their behavior and start to damage the body by changing the environment around them.

The immune system has to stop them as fast as possible.

First of all, your guard cells, known as macrophages, intervene.

They are huge cells that guard every border region of the body.

Most of the time, they alone can suffocate an attack, because they can devour up to 100 intruders each.

They swallow the intruder hole and trap it inside a membrane.

Then the enemy gets broken down by enzymes and is killed.

On top of that they cause inflammation by ordering the blood vessels to release water into the battlefield so fighting becomes easier.

You notice this as a very mild swelling.

When the macrophages fight for too long they call in heavy backup by releasing messenger proteins that communicate location and urgency.

Neutrophiles leave their patrol routes in the blood and move to the battlefield.

The neutrophiles fight so furiously that they kill healthy cells in the process.

On top of that, they generate barriers that trap and kill the bacteria.

They are indeed so deadly that they evolved to commit suicide after five days to prevent them from causing too much damage.

If this is not enough to stop the invasion, the brain of the immune system kicks in.

The dendritic cell gets active.

It reacts to the signals of the soldiers and starts collecting samples from the enemies.

They rip them into pieces and present the parts on their outer layer.

Now the dendritic cell makes a crucial decision.

Should they call for antivirus forces that eradicate infected body cells or an army of bacteria killers?

In this case, antibacterial forces are necessary.

It then travels to the closest lymph node in about a day.

Here billions of helper and killer T cells are waiting to be activated.

When T cells are born, they go through a difficult and complicated training process, and only a quarter survives.

The surviving cells are equipped with a specific setup.

And the dendritic cell is on its way looking for a helper T cell with a setup that's just right.

It's looking for a helper T cell

that combines to the parts of the intruders which the dendritic cell has presented on its membrane.

When it finally finds one, a chain reaction takes place.

The helper T cell is activated.

It quickly duplicates thousands of times.

Some become memory two cells that stay in the lymph node and will make you practically immune against this enemy.

Some travel to the field of battle to help out.

And the third group goes on to travel to the center of the lymph node to activate a very powerful weapons factory.

Like the T-cells, they're born with a specific setup, and when a B-cell and a T-cell with the same setup meet, hell breaks loose.

The B-cell duplicates rapidly and starts producing millions of little weapons.

They work so hard that they would literally die from exhaustion very fast.

Here helper T cells play another important role.

They stimulate the hard working factories and tell them don't die yet we still need you keep going.

This also ensures that the factories die if the infection is over so the body doesn't waste energy or hurt itself.

But what is produced by the B cells?

You've heard of them of course antibodies.

Little proteins that are engineered to bind to the surface of the specific intruder.

There are even different kinds of antibodies that have slightly different jobs.

The helper T cells tell the plasma cells which type is needed the most in this particular invasion.

Millions of them flood the blood and saturate the body.

Meanwhile, at the site of infection, the situation is getting dire.

The intruders have multiplied in number and start hurting the body.

Guard and attack cells fight hard, but also die in the process.

Helper T cells support them by ordering them to be more aggressive and to stay alive longer.

But without help, they can't overwhelm the bacteria.

But now the second line of defense arrives.

Billions of antibodies flood the battlefield and disable lots of the intruders, rendering them helpless or killing them in the process.

They also stun the bacteria and make them an easy target.

Their back is built to connect to killer cells so they can connect and kill the enemy more easily.

are especially good at gnoming up the bacteria which antibodies have attached to.

Now, the balance shifts.

In a team effort, the infection is wiped out.

At this point, millions of body cells have already died.

No big deal, the losses are quickly replenished.

Most immune cells are now useless and without the constant signals they commit suicide, so as not to waste any resources.

But some stay behind, the memory cells.

If this enemy is encountered ever again in the future, they will be ready for it and probably kill it before you even notice.

This was a very, very simplified explanation of parts of the immune system at work.

Can you Can you imagine how complex this system is?

Even at this level, when we ignore so many players and all the chemistry.

Life is awfully complicated, but if we take the time to understand it, we always encounter endless wonders and great beauty.

This bird has magical powers.

Let's see a demonstration.

Bring in the latest scientific research.

Wow, that's a lot of complicated stuff about the immune system and all its cells.

How could someone possibly understand all of this?

Incredible!

This overview is delightful and easy to grasp, but still scientifically accurate.

Let's make it a bit more difficult.

Can she make all of evolution visible at a glance?

This is brilliant!

You can clearly see the relationships between species and how they evolved.

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這節 C1 級別的口語課以影片“The Immune System Explained I – Bacteria Infection”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：cell, immune, bacteria, helper, intruder。這段影片共有 105 個句子、1286 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 7:33。說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 170 個詞，接近日常對話。只有 80% 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

影片中最難的 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
bacterium 名詞	/bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/	細菌 /細菌
helper 名詞	/ˈhɛlpɚ/	幫手 /幫手, 助手
antibody 名詞	/ˈæn.tɪˌbɑ.di/	抗體 /抗體
lymph 名詞	/lɪmf/	淋巴
activate 動詞	/ˈæktɪˌveɪt/	啟用
node 名詞	/noʊd/	結節 /結節
battlefield 名詞	/ˈbætəlˌfiːld/	戰場 /戰場, 沙場 /沙場
macrophage 名詞	/ˈmækɹɔʊː.feɪd͡ʒ/	巨噬細胞 /巨噬細胞
duplicate 動詞	/ˈd(j)uː.plɪˌkeɪt/	複製 /複製
membrane 名詞	/ˈmɛm.bɹeɪn/	薄膜
antibacterial 形容詞		抗菌
antivirus 名詞	/ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/	防毒, 防病毒
eradicate 動詞	/əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/	根除
exhaustion 名詞	/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/	耗盡 /耗盡, 用光
infect 動詞	/ɪnˈfɛkt/	傳染 /傳染, 感染

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
break down 動詞	壞了 /壞了, 出故障
go through 動詞	通過 /通過

值得反覆跟讀的句子

影片中簡短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常對話裡：

First of all, let's add colors to the jobs.
Isn't this complexity just awesome?
You've heard of them of course antibodies.
Let's make it a bit more difficult.

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	is breached · is reached · is killed
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 developed · has presented · You've heard

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 6 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 can't, doesn't, don't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: replenish /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/, inflammation /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/, illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/, demonstration /dɛmənˈstɹeɪʃən/
長單詞——注意重音位置: antibody /ˈæn.tɪˌbɑ.di/, antivirus /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/, communicator /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə/, eradicate /əˈræd.əˌkeɪt/, furiously /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, antivirus /ˈantɪvʌɪrəs/, devour /dɪˈvaʊɚ/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: dendritic /dɛndˈɹɪtɪk/, lymph /lɪmf/, activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, node /noʊd/, battlefield /ˈbætəlˌfiːld/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: neutrophile /ˈnuː.tɹoʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯ɫ/, furiously /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/, replenish /ɹɪˈplɛn.ɪʃ/, illustrate /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/, illustration /ˌɪləsˈtɹeɪ̯ʃən/

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。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 bacterium, helper, antibody 這類單詞。

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