跟讀練習: The Value Survey on House Prices: Đề thi thật IELTS LISTENING Vol 3 Test 1 Section 3 - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Now turn to Section 3 on page 6.
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Section 3.
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Following instructions from their tutor, you will hear two economic students called James and Anna
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discussing a recent survey about the cost of buying a house in New Zealand.
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First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25 on page 6.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
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OK.
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For this week's assignment, you're going to assess the value survey on house prices.
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What were the survey's findings?
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Was it a reliable survey?
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Work in pairs, discuss what you've read and generate some ideas for the assignment.
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All right.
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Shall we work together, Anna?
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Sure, James.
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So, um, first, how did the values survey actually measure the cost of houses?
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Because there are lots of ways of calculating it.
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Well, it looked at all houses, didn't it?
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New and old.
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So it started with average incomes across the whole workforce and then worked out house prices in relation to that.
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I mean, to what people were earning. So it's about affordability.
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What people pay in real terms.
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There's no information about the size of a house a typical family can buy.
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No, that's a limitation.
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OK, then in the assignment we should give some background.
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I mean, what's different about the value survey?
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Yeah, there's lots of these surveys every year.
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Value is actually one of the newer ones, but it stands out because it gives figures for a range of the largest urban centres, which none of the others do.
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OK, good point.
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Then one finding was that New Zealand houses are relatively expensive.
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Why is that? because most of them are built of wood, and that's quite cheap.
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Yeah, it is.
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But the problem is, there are too many regulations and restrictions about where you can build.
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So if more building sites were created for housing, the costs would come down.
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That's it, isn't it?
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Because there are plenty of contractors ready to do the work.
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Exactly.
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So, um, what else?
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Well, what about transport?
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I mean, it's all very well to talk about new housing, but how are people going to get there?
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Is the survey proposing new roads, new rail networks?
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It should be a coordinated approach.
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Yeah, but the survey didn't mention it.
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It's a missed opportunity because a commitment to funding public transport from the outset would improve air quality in our cities.
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True.
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OK then, the next survey, what can we expect?
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It'll look at all the same places, right?
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Exactly the same.
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But the next one will give an idea of the way prices are moving.
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The government may have to think about how house prices are affecting society.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30 on page 7.
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Thank you.
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Then in the assignment we need to evaluate how reliable the survey was, so we should look at some of the criticism made by commentators.
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OK, so there's the economist Andrew Coleman.
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He actually questioned whether the survey was money well spent, because it only looked at a single year in isolation.
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A year when it was difficult to borrow money to buy a house, pushing up costs.
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So he thought the survey should consider a longer timeframe.
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Did you get that article by Professor Massey?
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Because he's the leading authority on this topic.
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Yeah, interesting.
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He realised the method used to calculate how much money people had didn't take savings into account,
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so actually people looking for a house were richer than the survey shows, making houses cheaper in real terms.
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Alright right.
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Then Richard Bernard, his criticism was original.
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He found out they were using quite outdated software to process all the information they gathered, which was crazy because they actually had the money available for an upgrade.
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So even though it was a highly regarded team of people, the way the statistics were interpreted was open to question.
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OK.
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Then Professor Lowndes, he thought the report was just badly written.
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That's right.
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After all the work that went into gathering valid information, the finished report was just too long and weakly structured.
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And there was too much unnecessary detail.
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And the last one, Maria Darling.
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She made a point about the properties that were evaluated.
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There weren't enough of them, you mean?
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No, it wasn't that.
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But they were never identified for privacy reasons.
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But she thought the actual properties used should have been revealed, you know.
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The process should have been transparent if the people are going to have full confidence in the survey.
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Right.
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So a lot of criticism.
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Yeah.
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But this sort of research is often controversial.
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That is the end of Section 3.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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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 Value Survey on House Prices: Đề thi thật IELTS LISTENING Vol 3 Test 1 Section 3”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有:survey, assignment, prices, value, cost。 這段影片共有 84 個句子、796 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 6:26。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 124 個詞,很適合跟讀。 87% 的單詞屬於英語最常用的 3,000 詞,詞彙容易理解。 全部 84 個句子中有 16 個是問句,適合練習疑問語調和簡短回答。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| assignment 名詞 | /əˈsaɪn.mənt/ | 分配, 佈置 |
| calculate 動詞 | /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/ | 計算 /計算, 算 |
| evaluate 動詞 | /ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/ | 評價 /評價 |
| outset 名詞 | /ˈaʊtsɛt/ | 開始 /開始 |
| outdated 形容詞 | /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/ | 過期的, 過時的 |
| tutor 名詞 | /ˈtjuːtəː/ | 私人教師 /私人教師, 家庭教師 /家庭教師 |
| commentator 名詞 | /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/ | 評論員 /評論員 |
| limitation 名詞 | /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/ | 限制 |
| restriction 名詞 | /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/ | 限制 |
| economist 名詞 | /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ | 經濟學家 /經濟學家 |
| workforce 名詞 | /ˈwɝk.foɹs/ | 勞動力 /勞動力, 員工 /員工 |
| propose 動詞 | /pɹəˈpəʊz/ | 提議 /提議 |
| borrow 動詞 | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | 借, 貸 /貸 |
| transparent 形容詞 | /tɹænsˈpæɹənt/ | 透明 |
| isolation 名詞 | /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ | 隔離 /隔離, 隔斷 /隔斷 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| come down 動詞 | 下來 /下來, 降 | |
| find out 動詞 | 找出, 查明 | |
| work out 動詞 | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | 計算 /計算, 算出 |
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:
- What were the survey's findings?
- I mean, what's different about the value survey?
- There weren't enough of them, you mean?
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 9 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 didn't, isn't, it'll。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: commentator /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/, limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: assignment /əˈsaɪn.mənt/, calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, evaluate /ɪˈvaljʊeɪt/, outset /ˈaʊtsɛt/, outdated /aʊtˈdeɪtɪd/
- /æ/ — 嘴張大,不要讀成 /e/: calculate /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/, transparent /tɹænsˈpæɹənt/, contractor /ˈkɒnˌtɹæk.tə(ɹ)/
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。
- 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。
- 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比,特別注意 assignment, calculate, evaluate 這類單詞。
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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