跟讀練習: What is the “generation gap problem”? - 通過影片學習英語口語
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The generation gap problem is a problem that began to be analyzed in the late 1960s.
代溝問題是一個從20世紀60年代末開始被人們分析研究的問題。
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In fact, the phrase generation gap dates from 1967, as far as we can tell.
事實上，就我們所知，“代溝”這個說法最早出現於1967年。
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Jonathan Green, who's a lexicographer, puts it at that particular year,
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and that's very significant because that's the year of the summer of love of hippies
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and all of the efflorescence of the Beatles and Sgt Pepper
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and also it's a year when political protest was gaining momentum
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so young people were defining themselves for the first time in
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living memory over against the variation of their parents way of living their parents generation
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if you like and that was all to do with the legacy of the Second World War, recovering from the austerity of World War II.
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And young people with a bit more economic freedom, but also with the pill coming on stream and sexual permissiveness, were beginning to say, we have another way of living.
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And so the so -called baby boom generation took hold.
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And analysts from that point onwards began to see generational difference in terms of antipathy between the generations.
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It hadn't been quite so acute before then, but it became quite acute after that.
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And ever since, there's been a sort of analysis around every 20 years a new generation having to come through.
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So Generation X followed the baby boomers.
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So millennials followed Generation X.
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And now people are starting to talk about Generation Z.
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And they're all assumed to have their own characteristics and their own particular psyche.
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But I would want to say that that's prone to really massive generalisation and we need a more biblical view of things.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“What is the “generation gap problem”?”為素材。 這段影片共有 19 個句子、279 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 1:48。 說話人語速自然，每分鐘約 155 個詞，接近日常對話。 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| acute 形容詞 | /əˈkjut/ | 激烈, 敏銳 /敏銳 |
| protest 名詞 | /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/ | 抗議 /抗議 |
| legacy 名詞 | /ˈlɛɡəsi/ | 遺產 /遺產 |
| define 動詞 | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | 界定 |
| psychology 名詞 | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | 心理學 /心理學 |
| phrase 名詞 | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | 短語 /短語, 片語 /片語 |
| recover 動詞 | /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ | 追回, 收復 |
| variation 名詞 | /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ | 變化 /變化, 變動 /變動 |
| momentum 名詞 | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | 動量 /動量 |
| pill 名詞 | /pɪl/ | 藥丸 /藥丸, 藥片 /藥片 |
| characteristic 名詞 | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | 特性, 特質 /特質 |
| biblical 形容詞 | /ˈbɪblɪkəl/ | 聖經的 /聖經的 |
| analyze 動詞 | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | 分析 |
| antipathy 名詞 | /ænˈtɪpəθi/ | 反感 |
| austerity 名詞 | /ɔˈstɛɹɪti/ | 緊縮 /緊縮 |
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 | there's been |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | be analyzed |
需要注意的發音
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, antipathy /ænˈtɪpəθi/, austerity /ɔˈstɛɹɪti/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音：
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/，上齒輕觸下唇: recover /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚，後面不要加母音: acute /əˈkjut/, protest /ˈpɹoʊ.tɛst/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, analyst /ˈænəlɪst/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: efflorescence /ˌɛfləˈɹɛsəns/, lexicographer /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑɡɹəfɚ/
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 acute, protest, legacy 這類單詞。
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