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You are happily reading a book or talking to someone in English, and then a word stops you.
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You don't know what it means. What do you do?
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You can't stop and look in the dictionary every time there's a word you don't know, so you have to guess what the word means.
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But here's the problem: Most people guess wrong.
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In this video, I'm going to show you a simple three step technique that will dramatically increase your ability to correctly guess the meaning of unknown words and remember them for the future.
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The best thing about this technique is that it has been proven to work in just 15 minutes, and it works for all levels of English, especially lower-level learners.
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You'll also get to try a special test called the Word Detective Test, where you can practice your new skills and see your results instantly.
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But before we start, let me show you how difficult it really is to guess word meanings in English.
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This research shows that on average learners who pass the Cambridge C1 exam know between 3,750 and 4,500 words.
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If you know 4,500 words, then you would know 95% of the words in a typical English fiction novel.
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That seems pretty good!
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But it also means that 5% of the vocabulary in the novel would be new, which is the equivalent of 15 unknown words on each page.
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That's a lot!
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And that's why being able to guess the meaning of words from context is such an important skill.
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But as I said, guessing is not easy.
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Studies have shown that a typical learner is only able to guess correctly around 25% of the time, so you will be wrong three out of four times.
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The good news is that using the simple technique I'm about to show you, you can increase the probability of guessing correctly to 80%.
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So you will be right three out of four times.
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That's pretty amazing.
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But please note that you shouldn't stop and try to guess every unknown word because as I just explained, there might be a lot of them.
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Focus your attention on the unknown words that are causing communication problems.
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Now it's time to learn the three-step technique that will improve your ability to guess unknown words and become a professional word detective.
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The first step is: Parts of speech.
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Can you correctly identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
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This is a really fundamental skill.
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In fact, some research has shown that most incorrect guesses about word meanings are caused by getting the part of speech wrong.
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So here are some quick tips to help you: Find the verb first. It tells you what the subject is doing.
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Ask yourself: What is happening in this sentence?
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Next, look for nouns.
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You can identify nouns by looking for words with a, an, or the in front of them, and you can also look for words that start with capital letters.
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Next, find the adjectives and adverbs.
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Adjectives will almost always be directly before nouns, and adverbs will almost always be directly before or after all those other words.
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Here's a pro tip from me as an English teacher of 15 years: if you don't know what part of speech a word is, it's probably an adverb.
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Finally, be careful when using word endings to identify the part of speech, because in English they can be tricky.
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For example, you might associate the ED and ING endings with verbs in English, but many adjectives also end in ED and ING.
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The key to correctly identifying the part of speech in English will most often be word order.
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Once we have correctly identified the part of speech that gives us some vital information that helps us to successfully guess the meaning of the word.
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If it's a verb, we know that our unknown word probably describes an action or a state.
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If it's a noun, then the word is probably a person, place, or thing.
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If it's an adjective, it gives us extra information about the noun.
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And if it's an adverb, it usually gives more detail about how, when or where.
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Now we can move on to step two: Helper vocabulary.
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Are you able to get helpful information from the vocabulary surrounding the unknown word?
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Take some time to look at all the words and phrases around this unknown word.
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This will give you a general feeling for the word.
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It's important to note that you don't need to know exactly what the unknown word means, so you don't need to translate it, or look for a synonym in your native language.
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Often you only need to know if it's a positive or a negative word.
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For example, the surrounding words: sunny, laughing, smiling, and happy, tell us that the unknown word is probably positive.
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Something else that can really help is focusing on those little grammar words like and, but, because, if, and so.
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Those words can give you vital context clues.
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For example, in this sentence, the word because indicates cause and effect.
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His dog died, so we can expect the missing word to be negative, like sad or devastated.
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But in this sentence, the word although indicates contrast.
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So even though something bad happened, the missing word is probably positive, like calm or happy.
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In a situation where you don't have a lot of time to analyze all the language, like in a spoken conversation, simply focusing on those grammar words can be a quick and effective way to guess word meanings.
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Now we can move on to the third and final step: Guess and check the word meaning.
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Did you get it right?
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This is a really important step, not only for fluent communication, but also for learning and remembering new words.
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If you are reading a book, you can check your guess using a dictionary.
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In a conversation, you can get confirmation from the other person, like this: Does _____ mean happy?
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You mean _____, like happy?
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Was he _____ because he was happy?
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If you check your guess and use the word in context, you will be much more likely to remember the word and be able to use it again in the future.
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So let's revise those three steps again.
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Step one, identify the part of speech.
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Step two, look at the surrounding language.
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And step three, guess and check the meaning.
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Learning words from context is an important skill because the reality is that all language learners, including native speakers, will learn most of their vocabulary in this way.
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Of course, it's possible to learn vocabulary through deliberate study or flashcards, but most learners simply don't have time to learn thousands of words this way, and research shows that learning vocabulary in context is more effective and allows you to be actually able to use the words you learn.
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If you want to practice the technique you learn today and see how good your guessing skills really are, go to the Canguro English website and take the free Word Detective test.
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You will get instant results that show you exactly where you need to improve.
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But please remember that in language learning there are no magic techniques.
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Your guessing skills will only continue to improve with practice.
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I hope that this video has given you the tools and the motivation to do that.
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I'm Christian. This is Canguro English, and I'll see you in class.
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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“Understand ANY English Word”為素材。 影片中反覆出現的詞有：word, guess, unknown, step, English。 這段影片共有 75 個句子、1237 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 10:49。 說話人語速平穩，每分鐘約 114 個詞，很適合跟讀。 88% 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 15 個單詞，附發音和釋義：
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| noun 名詞 | /naʊn/ | 名詞 /名詞 |
| vocabulary 名詞 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 詞匯 /詞彙, 語匯 /語彙 |
| adjective 名詞 | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | 形容詞 /形容詞 |
| learner 名詞 | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | 學習者 /學習者 |
| verb 名詞 | /vɝb/ | 動詞 /動詞 |
| surround 動詞 | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | 包圍 /包圍, 圍繞 /圍繞 |
| dictionary 名詞 | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | хуадян, цыдян |
| grammar 名詞 | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | 語法 /語法, 文法 |
| flashcard 名詞 | /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/ | 抽認卡 /抽認卡, 閃卡 /閃卡 |
| revise 動詞 | /ɹɪˈvaɪz/ | 修改 |
| synonym 名詞 | /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/ | 同義詞 /同義詞, 代名詞 /代名詞 |
| fluent 形容詞 | /ˈfluənt/ | 流利, 滔滔 |
| devastated 形容詞 | /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ | 毀壞的 /毀壞的 |
| deliberate 形容詞 | /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/ | 故意, 蓄意 |
| analyze 動詞 | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | 分析 |
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：
- You don't know what it means.
- What do you do?
- Can you correctly identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs?
- Did you get it right?
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 |
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| 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 proven · have shown · has shown |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | has been proven · are caused |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 14 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 don't, I'm, can't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, deliberate /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, probability /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, verb /vɝb/, revise /ɹɪˈvaɪz/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, verb /vɝb/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, revise /ɹɪˈvaɪz/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, learner /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, deliberate /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
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 noun, vocabulary, adjective 這類單詞。
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