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Hi, welcome to Storyline Online Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation I’m Meryl Streep and today we’re going to read The Three Questions Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy Written and illustrated by Jon J Muth There once was a boy named Nikolai who sometimes felt uncertain about the right way to act.

“I want to be a good person,” he told his friends.

“But I don’t always know the best way to do that.” Nikolai’s friends understood and they wanted to help him.

“If only I could find the answers to my three questions,” Nikolai continued, “then I would always know what to do.” When is the best time to do things?

Who is the most important one?

What is the right thing to do?

Nikolai’s friends considered his first question.

Then Sonya, the heron, spoke.

“To know the best time to do things, one must plan in advance,” she said.

Gogol, the monkey, who had been rooting through some leaves to find something good to eat, said, “You will know when to do things if you watch and pay close attention.” Then Pushkin, the dog, who was just dozing off, rolled over and said, “You can’t pay attention to everything yourself.

You need a pack to keep watch and help you decide when to do things.

For example, Gogol, a coconut is about to fall on your head!” Nikolai thought for a moment.

Then he asked his second question.

“Who is the most important one?” “Those who are closest to heaven,” said Sonya, circling up into the sky.

“Those who know how to heal the sick,” said Gogol, stroking his bruised noggin.

“Those who make the rules,” growled Pushkin.

Nikolai thought some more.

Then he asked the third question.

“What is the right thing to do?” “Flying,” said Sonya.

“Having fun all the time,” laughed Gogol.

“Fighting,” barked Pushkin right away.

Then the boy thought for a long while.

He loved his friends.

He knew they were all trying their best to help him answer his questions.

But their answers didn’t seem quite right.

Then, an idea came to him.

I know! he thought.

I will ask Leo, the turtle.

He has lived a very long time.

Surely he will know the answers I am looking for.

Nikolai hiked high up into the mountains where the old turtle lived all alone.

When Nikolai arrived, he found Leo digging a garden.

The turtle was old, and digging was hard for him.

“I have three questions and I came to ask your help,” Nikolai said.

“When is the best time to do things?

Who is the most important one?

What is the right thing to do?” Leo listened carefully, but he only smiled.

Then he went on with his digging.

“You must be tired,” Nikolai said at last.

“Let me help you.” The turtle gave him his shovel and thanked him.

And because it was easier for a young boy to dig than it was for an old turtle, Nikolai kept on digging until the rows were finished.

But just as he finished, the wind blew wildly and rain burst from darkened clouds.

As they moved toward the cottage for shelter, Nikolai suddenly heard a cry for help.

Running down the path, he found a panda whose leg had been injured by a fallen tree.

Carefully, Nikolai carried her into Leo’s house and made a splint for her leg with a stick of bamboo.

The storm raged on, banging at the doors and windows.

The panda woke up.

“Where am I?” she said.

“And where is my child?” The boy ran out of the cottage and down the path.

The roar of the storm was deafening.

Pushing against the howling wind and drenching rain, he ran farther into the forest.

There he found the panda’s child, cold and shivering on the ground.

The little panda was wet and scared, but alive.

Nikolai carried her inside and made her warm and dry.

Then he laid her in her mother’s arms.

Leo smiled when he saw what the boy had done.

The next morning the sun was warm, birds sang, and all was well with the world.

The panda’s leg was healing nicely, and she thanked Nikolai for saving her and her baby from the storm.

At that moment, Sonya, Gogol, and Pushkin arrived to make sure everyone was all right.

Nikolai felt great peace within himself.

He had wonderful friends.

And he had saved the panda and her child.

But he also felt disappointed.

He still had not found the answers to his three questions.

So he asked Leo one more time.

The old turtle looked at the boy.

“But your questions have been answered!” he said.

“They have?” asked the boy.

“Yesterday, if you had not stayed to help me dig my garden, you wouldn’t have heard the panda’s cries for help in the storm.

Therefore, the most important time was the time you spent digging the garden.

The most important one at that moment was me, and the most important thing to do was to help me with my garden.

“Later, when you found the injured panda, the most important time was the time you spent mending her leg and saving her child.

The most important ones were the panda and her baby.

And the most important thing to do was to take care of them and make them safe.

“Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now.

The most important one is always the one you are with.

And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side.

For these, my dear boy, are the answers to what is most important in this world.

“This is why we are here.” It's such an, it’s such an interesting book because it raises very big questions in a very small story, small space and it made me think about in my own life when I try to figure out difficult things, I ask advice from friends, and everybody always has different advice, but the heron speaks for what’s important to her, and the monkey says, what’s what’s what’s fun and important to him.

And the dog is, uh, you know, has a different point of view, but I feel like the turtle says to Nikolai, look inside yourself and to your own experience and what, what that’s taught you and what you feel, what happened to you teaches you something, and uh, teaches him and says be, be aware of the lessons life is teaching you every second you go along.

And so I love that. I love that little message, but it is a mystery how to answer the three questions, and I guess we answer them every day.

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在這部由梅莉爾·斯特里普朗讀的短篇故事《三個問題》中，故事的主人公是一個名叫尼古拉伊的小男孩。他在生活中常常感到不確定，特別是在如何成為一個好人這一點上。他向朋友們提出了三個關鍵問題，這不僅反映了兒童的思維方式，也引發了深層次的倫理討論。在這個影片中，觀眾能夠聽到梅莉爾·斯特里普富有表現力的朗讀，幫助學習者更好地理解故事情節及其內涵，進而通過看YouTube學英語來提升自己的英語溝通能力。

日常交流的五個重要短語

“我想成為一個好人。” - 表達自己對道德的理解和追求。
“那我該什麼時候做事情？” - 詢問行動時機，為計劃和決策提供依據。
“誰是最重要的人？” - 強調人際關係的重要性。
“正確定義是什麼？” - 討論何為合乎道德的行為。
“我能幫你嗎？” - 表達願意提供幫助，這是建立良好任何關係的基石。

逐步跟讀指南

跟讀這段故事的過程可以幫助提高英語發音和口語能力。以下是逐步 shadowing 指南，幫助您有效掌握髮音技巧：

初步理解: 首先，看得懂整個句子結構和內容。可以重複觀看影片，確保對故事的理解。
模仿發音: 選擇一小段，暫時停止，啟動陰影說話。儘量和梅莉爾·斯特里普的語音、語調和節奏保持一致。通過聽不同的部位，來提高英語發音。
反覆練習: 嘗試多次跟讀，每次關注不同的發音、重音和韻律。可以使用“shadowspeaks”技術，從而強化記憶。
增加難度: 在熟悉的基礎上，逐步做到不看字幕進行練習，這樣能夠更有效地提高自信心和口語流利度。
反饋與修正: 可以錄下自己的聲音，與原聲對比，發現差別，並進行改進，確保你的發音更加自然。

通過這個精彩故事，我們不僅能享受文學的魅力，還能在輕鬆的氛圍中不斷提高英語水平。讓我們一起在跟讀中探索和成長吧！

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
定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物	Those who are · Those who know · Those who make
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 lived · have been answered
被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的	had been injured · have been answered
最高階 the -est / the most … — 一組中最高或最低的	the best · the most important · their best

什麼是跟讀法？

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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