跟讀練習: Why it's time to use AI - 通過影片學習英語口語

這段影片共有 13 個句子、129 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 0:35。 說話人語速較快，每分鐘約 222 個詞，會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 84% 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 14 個不太常見的單詞，附發音和釋義：

• tractor /ˈtɹæktɚ/ (名詞) — 拖拉機 /拖拉機. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
• acre /ˈeɪ.kɚ/ (名詞) — 英畝 /英畝. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86…
• ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (形容詞) — 可笑, 荒謬 /荒謬. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
• compete /kəmˈpiːt/ (動詞) — 競爭 /競爭, 高下. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
• farmer /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ (名詞) — 農夫 /農夫, 農民 /農民. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
• leverage /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (名詞) — 槓桿 /槓桿. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
• neighbour /ˈneɪbɚ/ (名詞) — 鄰居 /鄰居, 比鄰 /比鄰. A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or…
• exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/ (副詞) — 指數地. In an exponential manner.
• phase /feɪz/ (名詞) — 階段 /階段. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
• weird /ˈwiɚd/ (形容詞) — 奇怪. Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
• absolutely /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/ (副詞) — 絕對地 /絕對地, 完全地. In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
• quick /kwɪk/ (形容詞) — 快, 迅速. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
• machine /məˈʃiːn/ (名詞) — 機 /機, 機器 /機器. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
• plant /plɑːnt/ (名詞) — 植物. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a…

影片中出現的短語動詞

• come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (動詞) — 出, 出來 /出來. To be discovered; to be revealed.

需要注意的發音

說話人用了 5 次縮略和弱讀形式，例如 gonna, don't, I'm。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, machine /məˈʃiːn/
• 長單詞——注意重音位置: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, absolutely /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/

如何用這段影片練習

1. 先完整聽一遍影片，不要開口，記下不認識的單詞。
2. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟讀，熟練之後再回到正常速度。
3. 錄下自己的聲音並與原聲對比，特別注意 tractor, acre, ridiculous 這類單詞。