跟讀練習: Vol 3 - test 10 - section 2 - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Part 2.
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You will hear a radio program in which a man called Stephen talks about an organization called ExtraHands.com.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
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Stephen Jennings has been involved with an intriguing organization called ExtraHands.com.
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I'll let him explain.
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Thanks.
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Yes, ExtraHands.com was started 15 years ago by two New Zealanders who'd bought an old farm building and some land.
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They wanted to go organic, but they realized they'd need help clearing the fields for cultivation, and they just didn't have the money to pay for it.
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But they knew lots of people wanted to visit New Zealand.
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So they set up a website and advertised for volunteers to come and help on the farm there.
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Anyway, they got lots of volunteers and they got their farm going and extrahands.com was born.
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Today the organization matches people who need help with people who are willing to work as a way of seeing the world.
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You can either be a host, if you need assistance, or a volunteer, if you're offering to work.
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In either case, to become a member, you just fill out a form on the extrahands.com website and pay the $25 subscription.
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You only have to do that once.
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But for your membership to stay active, every 12 months you have to go back to the website and check the details on your form there,
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adding information about any help you requested or work you did over that period.
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So how does it work?
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Well, if a host has some work that needs to be done,
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he or she goes to the extrahands.com website and posts a description of the work.
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So the way most volunteers access these details on the website is by specifying the country
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or region they're interested in working in, but a few search according to how long they want to work for.
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Not many people have strong feelings about what sort of work they want to do.
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They're mostly fairly open about it.
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If you're interested in volunteering for a particular job,
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you can email your host to arrange the dates and establish things like accommodation and hours of work.
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It's all fairly informal.
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There are no legal documents or anything like that.
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But you do both need to have some sort of written record of what's been agreed before you actually arrive.
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What about problems?
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Well, there are too many members for the organization to be able to investigate them all.
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But there's an online message board where members can post details of any difficulties they've had.
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Things like unsatisfactory accommodation or volunteers who haven't done the work agreed.
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And this works very well.
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Before you hear the rest of the program, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20.
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I know you've personally had lots of extrahands.com placements, Stephen.
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Tell us about them.
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Well, my first placement was in Portugal, where I helped a local guy with a guidebook he'd written in English.
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I read what he'd written and corrected the English and made some suggestions for improving it.
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I was very pleased with it when I finished, and I learned lots about the country.
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The next placement was on the other side of the world, in Australia.
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I was on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and since I'm pretty good in the kitchen, they had me fixing meals for thirty sheep shearers.
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I stayed two months, and it was a lot of fun, but I can tell you I was glad to get back home to California and just lie on a beach and relax.
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Okay, then, after a well-deserved rest, I did a job in South Korea for a small company that wanted an English speaker to show visiting Americans around.
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They gave me some books to read, and I learned as I worked.
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I loved it, and I developed a real taste for Korean food.
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My most difficult job was for an older lady in the USA.
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She had a gigantic house and grounds, but she couldn't maintain them all herself.
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So I worked for her, digging and planting flowers and stuff around her swimming pool.
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And she grew tons of vegetables, too.
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She was nice, but she fed me hot dogs morning, noon, and night.
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Now, my most recent placement was last summer in Italy.
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I helped a family add a room onto their house.
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I didn't speak Italian or know the first thing about building, but the husband had an English-Italian phrasebook,
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and together with sign language showed me exactly what to do.
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And the wife's cooking was out of this world.
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Thanks, Stephen.
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And if you want more information about...
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That is the end of Part 2.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Part 2.
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Thank you.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這段影片共有 63 個句子、820 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 6:39。 說話人語速平穩,每分鐘約 123 個詞,很適合跟讀。 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| volunteer 名詞 | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | 志願者 /志願者 |
| placement 名詞 | /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/ | 放置, 安置 |
| accommodation 名詞 | /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ | 住處 /住處, 膳宿 |
| meal 名詞 | /ˈmiːl/ | 餐, 飯 /飯 |
| membership 名詞 | 會籍 /會籍, 會員身份 /會員身份 | |
| carefully 副詞 | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | 小心地 |
| establish 動詞 | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | 確定 /確定 |
| flower 名詞 | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | хуа, хуар |
| nowhere 副詞 | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | 無處 /無處 |
| organic 形容詞 | /ɔːˈɡænɪk/ | 生物的 |
| arrive 動詞 | /əˈɹaɪv/ | 到達 /到達, 到 |
| difficulty 名詞 | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | 困難 /困難 |
| investigate 動詞 | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/ | 調查 /調查 |
| relax 動詞 | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | 鬆開 /鬆開, 放鬆 /放鬆 |
| ton 名詞 | /tʌn/ | 噸 /噸, 公噸 /公噸 |
影片中出現的短語動詞
| 單詞 | 發音 | 釋義 |
|---|---|---|
| fill out 動詞 | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | 填, 填寫 /填寫 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 involved · what's been agreed · they've had |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | has been involved · was started · was born |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 16 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 didn't, he'd, they're。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, cultivation /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/, unsatisfactory /ˌʌnsætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
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 volunteer, placement, accommodation 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。





























