跟讀練習: The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle - 通過影片學習英語口語

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I'm not allowed to cross this road because this is the town of Stansted, Canada.

On the other side of the street is Derby Line, USA.

And the border between the two countries runs right down this, Rue Canussa.

For the local residents, that can be inconvenient.

I lived here all my life, so 63 years.

Today you cannot cross over the line and visit your neighbors like years ago.

If you want to cross, you have to report that custom.

You know, I used to cross every day.

And now I probably cross once a week because I come down to the post office over here.

To go through the border, basically they ask you a passport, they go inside, I guess they look at if you have a record or not, they look at your registration of your car,

about a couple of minutes and you're going through.

I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and Canadian, so it's easier.

This is a place where the idea of a border as a solid, easy to understand line gets a little bit fuzzy.

The road doesn't run at exactly the same angle as the border, not precisely.

The official line is that this is Canada and that's the USA, but both countries' maps show the road as being entirely in the US just here and entirely in Canada up there.

The houses are definitely in separate countries, but the road?

It's not quite as clear.

And in practice, if I was driving, I'd be okay.

Even on that side of the road, I am considered to be still in Canada, as long as I don't stop and walk up to an American house.

It's fair to say that there's a little bit of leniency here

if you're just nudging the border by a few centimeters or if you're on that side a couple of inches. But

while I was setting up my camera here the police turned

up lights flashing to move along those bikers you saw earlier

who were admiring the view from the other side of the road.

It all seemed in good spirits but they had crossed the border.

Well the library is part on the Canadian side part on the American side but But you stay on the Canadian side, you stay on the sidewalk, and you go through the front door and it's permitted.

On Canooset Street, there's a sidewalk on the Canadian side.

So back years ago, it was tolerated that people on the American side could cross over and walk on the sidewalk.

So basically, it's a little dangerous to walk on the side of the road.

And now today, well, it's not tolerated no more.

I think the rules hasn't changed much, but they're more enforced.

When you cross, they ask you more questions than they used to, you know, years ago.

Before, you went through the border and you knew most of the custom officers

and they used to wave to you, you know?

In 1783, this section of the Canada-US border was set at the 45th parallel, a line of latitude.

Slightly inaccurate measurements were accepted by both countries.

So it was locked in.

But as for this specific road, there are local stories about drunk surveyors and pranks, but no one really knows.

Thank you.

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本課的詞彙與口語要點

這節 B2 級別的口語課以影片“The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle”為素材。影片中反覆出現的詞有：border, road, cross, Canada, Canadian。這段影片共有 39 個句子、556 個單詞可供跟讀。講話部分時長為 2:48。說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 199 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 87% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞，詞彙容易理解。

影片中的重點詞彙

影片中最難的 12 個單詞，附發音和釋義：

單詞	發音	釋義
sidewalk 名詞	/ˈsaɪdwɔk/	人行道, 步道
tolerate 動詞	/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/	忍受, 熬
inconvenient 形容詞	/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/	不方便, 不便
leniency 名詞	/ˈliːni.ən(t)si/	寬大 /寬大, 仁慈
surveyor 名詞	/sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/	測量員 /測量員
latitude 名詞	/ˈlætɪtud/	緯度 /緯度
inaccurate 形容詞	/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/	不準確的
prank 名詞	/pɹæŋk/	惡作劇 /惡作劇
enforce 動詞	/ɪnˈfoɹs/	實施 /實施, 執行 /執行
admire 動詞	/ədˈmaɪɹ/	佩服, 欣賞 /欣賞
passport 名詞	/ˈpæspɔɹt/	護照 /護照
measurement 名詞	/ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/	尺寸

影片中出現的短語動詞

單詞	釋義
go through 動詞	通過 /通過

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 11 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 I'm, you're, doesn't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

長單詞——注意重音位置: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, leniency /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/

中文母語者容易讀錯的音：

/v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, surveyor /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/
詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔk/, tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, latitude /ˈlætɪtud/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, precisely /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/

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 sidewalk, tolerate, inconvenient 這類單詞。

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