跟讀練習: The secret underground pipeline across Britain - 通過影片學習英語口語

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Sometimes when people say something is secret, they mean it's little known or hidden.

But this actually is a secret.

In the Second World War, Britain had a problem, getting fuel from refineries to airfields up and down the country.

Above -ground transporter fuel was too vulnerable to well -placed bombing of the road network, not to target the tankers themselves, but to make the roads they used impassable.

The solution?

Build an enormous, top -secret, underground pipeline network network to carry aviation fuel across the country.

It was even built at night, so enemy reconnaissance aircraft wouldn't be able to tell what was going on.

Over the decades since, this network has been expanded and expanded and expanded, until it became 1 ,500 miles of pipes that connect seaports,

airports, fuel refineries and air force bases across Britain.

It's vital for both military and civilian use.

When your plane's being refuelled at any major British airport, that fuel is coming from tanks that are connected straight to this pipeline network.

Airports in other countries have similar systems, but they're smaller, private arrangements.

This was one big, top -secret government network.

In fact, until it was sold off and privatised in the last few years, the Air Force flew over most of the network regularly, just to make sure all was well.

Now, the pipeline's public knowledge today, because you can't keep something as big as that secret anymore.

You can see the schematic, like a vague subway diagram, and there are a few well -documented planted places, like here near Gloucester, where it pokes above ground for a few metres.

But there is no public map of exactly where the pipelines lie.

In 2010, the government refused to answer a Freedom of Information request for

that map on the grounds that it would affect national security and defence, and to be fair, it would.

But at the same time, anyone local might well need to know where that pipeline is, just so a construction worker with a drill doesn't suddenly break a pipe and spray high -pressure,

highly flammable aviation fuel all over the place, and stop Heathrow Airport for a day.

So all the pipes have these markers above them, at regular intervals.

Sometimes these smaller ones you can see in the back, but often these massive posts.

Most people will see them just as street furniture, if they notice them at all.

But if you're a professional, surveying the area around here ready to dig, that's a big warning sign that perhaps you might want to double -check exactly what's below ground here.

Now, in theory, someone could use modern aerial and street photography, work out the routes and publish them anyway.

And a few enthusiasts have done that for their local area.

But you won't see any official confirmation of that, because for once, this pipeline really is a secret.

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這段影片共有 28 個句子、481 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 2:32。說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 189 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 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 15 個值得學習的單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
pipeline 名詞	/ˈpaɪpˌlaɪn/	管道, 管線 /管線
expand 動詞	/ɪkˈspænd/	擴充套件 /擴充套件, 擴張 /擴張
pipe 名詞	/ˈpaɪp/	笛子, 管子
connect 動詞	/kəˈnɛkt/	連線 /連線
aviation 名詞	/ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/	航空, 飛行 /飛行
photography 名詞	/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/	攝影 /攝影
worker 名詞	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	工人, 工作者
refuse 動詞	/ɹɪˈfjuːz/	拒絕 /拒絕, 回絕 /回絕
vital 形容詞	/ˈvaɪtəl/	生命的
underground 形容詞	/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/	地下
furniture 名詞	/ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/	傢俱
arrangement 名詞	/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/	排列, 安排
enormous 形容詞	/ɪˈnɔː.məs/	巨大的
civilian 名詞	/sɪˈvɪl.jən/	平民
vulnerable 形容詞	/ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/	脆弱的, 敏感的

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	發音	釋義
sell off 動詞		賣掉 /賣掉, 賤賣 /賤賣
work out 動詞	/ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/	計算 /計算, 算出

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, they're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: aviation /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
長單詞——注意重音位置: aviation /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, photography /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, refinery /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/, enthusiast /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/

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 pipeline, expand, pipe 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 even built · has been expanded · being refuelled
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	has been expanded · have done

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