跟讀練習: Why Love NEVER Lasts FOREVER - 通過影片學習英語口語
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When love is working, we want it to last, of course, forever.
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It isn't enough that it should have been nice today and that we've got some plans for tomorrow.
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We beg the lover to promise that they're going to be with us until the end.
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A dog can be happy in the present moment.
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We aren't satisfied until we've secured the next half century.
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We can read this same demented longing for permanence in the histories of whole nations and peoples.
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It's why we build arches, consecrate temples, write treaties in gold, put up statues to generals, saying to ourselves in the future,
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in effect, we want to and will be always loyal till the final hour of the final day.
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The difficulty in all this is that we're largely made of water.
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Most bits of us at a cellular level weren't here five years ago and won't be here in another five.
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Everything is in motion.
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The planet is rotating at 67 ,000 miles an hour around a sun
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that's going to go dark in five billion short years from now.
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And still, we decide to get married.
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The surest prediction any of us can make about ourselves is that we're going to forget.
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We've forgotten the famous generals.
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We no longer remember the old songs.
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The ancient gods mean nothing to us anymore.
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When we were 11, we said we were going to love
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Bobby until the end of time.
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Then we changed class and hung out mostly with Jen, who was later replaced with Ahmed, none of whom we've seen in two decades.
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The countries that plan to be allies for the next millennium have, despite the triumphal arch, taken up arms again.
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The old temples are being converted into flats.
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Our bodies give us no more guarantees than our emotion.
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An aneurysm might get us tomorrow.
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We can be felled by a coin dropped from a second floor.
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We can be safe by recognising that there is no safety.
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We should at all times keep a small bag packed at the back of a cupboard.
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The good news is that despite our feeling of fragility, though we might now use baby language with our new partner,
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we aren't in fact small, helpless children.
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We'd survive if it ended, we're canny, we've lost everything before, and can do so again if the next relationship collapses.
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All of which frees us to do our best to savour the rest of today with our new friend,
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aware that nothing has been promised to us for even the first part of tomorrow.
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And that's absolutely fine.
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本課的詞彙與口語要點
這節口語課以影片“Why Love NEVER Lasts FOREVER”為素材。 這段影片共有 34 個句子、434 個單詞可供跟讀。 講話部分時長為 2:19。 說話人語速較快,每分鐘約 188 個詞,會出現較多連讀和弱讀。 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 |
|---|---|---|
| temple 名詞 | /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ | 寺廟 /寺廟, 寺 |
| arch 名詞 | /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ | 拱形, 拱 |
| guarantee 名詞 | /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ | 保證 /保證 |
| difficulty 名詞 | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | 困難 /困難 |
| treaty 名詞 | /ˈtɹiti/ | 條約 /條約, 協議 /協議 |
| lover 名詞 | /ˈlʌvɚ/ | 戀人 /戀人, 情人 |
| loyal 形容詞 | /ˈlɔɪəl/ | 忠誠 /忠誠, 忠貞 /忠貞 |
| coin 名詞 | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | 硬幣 /硬幣, 銅錢 /銅錢 |
| emotion 名詞 | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | 感情, 情感 |
| collapse 動詞 | /kəˈlæps/ | 倒坍, 崩潰 /崩潰 |
| ally 名詞 | /ˈæl.aɪ/ | 盟國 /盟國 |
| statue 名詞 | /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ | 雕像, 塑像 |
| satisfy 動詞 | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | 滿足 /滿足 |
| prediction 名詞 | /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ | 預言 /預言, 預估 /預估 |
| cellular 形容詞 | /ˈsɛl.ju.lə/ | 細胞的 /細胞的, 蜂窩狀 /蜂窩狀 |
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 | we've secured · We've forgotten · we've seen |
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼,而不是誰做的 | being converted · can be felled · has been promised |
需要注意的發音
說話人用了 15 次縮略和弱讀形式,例如 we've, we're, aren't。請按聽到的簡短形式來說。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, prediction /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
- 長單詞——注意重音位置: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, aneurysm /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/, fragility /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/
中文母語者容易讀錯的音:
- /v/ — 不要讀成 /w/,上齒輕觸下唇: lover /ˈlʌvɚ/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, savour /ˈseɪvəɹ/
- 詞尾子音 — 要讀清楚,後面不要加母音: arch /ɑɹt͡ʃ/, collapse /kəˈlæps/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, helpless /ˈhɛlplɪs/, rotate /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的區別: fragility /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/, triumphal /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
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 temple, arch, guarantee 這類單詞。
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