跟讀練習: Why People Love Virgins - 通過影片學習英語口語
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Hi, my name is Aline and I was a virgin until I got married.
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And this is why.
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Ever since I was a little girl, people always said to me, don't have sex.
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I heard people say, here is a piece of gum.
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Then they would chew it and spit it out.
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Do you want this piece of gum now that it's chewed?
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They would compare sex to chewing gum.
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nobody wants you once you're chewed up and used.
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You lose your value.
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It seemed like whether I did this one thing or not would define me completely. But why?
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Why is everybody so obsessed with virginity?
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And why isn't it a big problem for men as well?
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In many societies, the more people you have sex with, the less valued you are.
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That is, if you're a woman.
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But if you're a man and have sex, people say...
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Oh, come on!
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Boys will be boys.
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It's not a big deal.
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In fact, in many cultures around the world, if you're not a virgin, you can't get married.
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And sometimes, your life might even be in danger.
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Here's why.
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A long time ago, there were no condoms, no birth control pills.
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So if you had sex, you were very likely to get pregnant.
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And men wanted to make sure that the baby was really their baby to carry on their bloodline.
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So they would marry a virgin.
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Women were seen as property, like an animal, or like land.
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And that's how virginity became a way of controlling women that is still used to this day.
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In some parts of the world, parents check the bedsheets after the wedding night to make sure there is blood.
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Doctors would do virginity tests before marriage,
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all to make sure that the bride was actually a virgin because otherwise the families would call off the wedding.
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and family members wait whole night out of the room
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and the next day they proudly show the blood to everyone that the bride was virgin.
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So I grew up in a very conservative religion.
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I saved myself for marriage and then guess what?
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When I got married, I had so much shame around sexuality that I couldn't even have sex.
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Because of these thoughts putting so much shame and this pressure around sexuality and being a woman.
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It's getting so crazy that in some cultures, women who have had sex feel forced to get plastic surgery
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on their private parts to make them look as virgin-like as possible.
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And the discrimination doesn't end there.
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For women who are not virgins in Morocco, it can be very hard to get married.
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In the island of Kiribati, you could be disowned.
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And until last year in Indonesia, you could not join the army.
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Over 5,000 women a year are killed in honor killings, for not being a virgin, and for bringing shame to their families.
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When the only people who should be ashamed are the ones killing women.
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But this video is not about virgins.
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It's about double standards and how we are always trying to control women.
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We tell girls to save themselves for marriage, but we encourage guys to do the exact opposite.
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I want to say here and now that a woman's virginity is not important.
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It does not matter and it does not define her.
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Women are so much more than their sexuality.
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They are their talents, their careers, their families, their personalities.
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So I really feel like what we need to do in this world is change how we're talking about sex.
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I totally think it's okay to not have sex if you don't want to, but what I think is not okay is when other people are forcing these decisions on you,
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are forcing the shame on you, when it's happening only to women and not to men.
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That's where the problems really lie.
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But some countries are taking steps in the right direction.
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Like in France, India, or Pakistan, where the governments are taking steps to ban virginity tests
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and are even considering jail time for doctors who do these tests on women.
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It will take a lot more than a few laws to change how society views women.
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But we have to start somewhere.
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My hope is that someday soon a woman is defined not by her virginity, but by who she is.
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And that starts with me, and that starts with you.
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本節課你將練習什麼？
通過這段影片，你能學習如何用英語談論社會現象與性別平等，同時提升“看影片學英語”的能力。影片中包含真實的口語表達和情感傳遞，非常適合練習影子跟讀（shadow speak）。你會跟著影片中的語氣和節奏模仿，不僅能鍛鍊發音，還能理解語言背後的文化含義。
核心詞彙與短語
- double standards：雙重標準（影片中用來描述男女在貞操觀念上的差異）
- honor killings：榮譽謀殺（指因女性“失貞”而被家族殺害的行為）
- birth control pills：避孕藥（影片中提到的避孕方式）
- plastic surgery：整形手術（部分女性為假裝處女而進行的手術）
- shame around sexuality：性羞恥（影片中女性因貞操觀念產生的心理負擔）
影子跟讀練習技巧
影片中的語速適中，語氣充滿情感，非常適合“英語影子跟讀”練習。建議你先完整看一遍影片，熟悉內容和情感基調。然後逐句暫停，模仿說話人的語氣——比如提到“雙重標準”時的憤慨，講述個人經歷時的無奈。剛開始可以慢一點，重點抓節奏和重音，比如“Women are so much more than their sexuality”這句話，要強調“so much more”，突出核心觀點。
練習時可以使用“shadow speech”技巧，即延遲0.5秒跟讀，這樣能更好地匹配發音和語調。每天堅持10分鐘，你會發現自己的口語流暢度和情感表達能力都有提升。記住，影子跟讀（shadowspeaks）不僅是模仿聲音，更是理解語言背後的故事，這樣才能說得更自然、更有感染力。
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 |
|---|---|
| 被動語態 be + 過去分詞 — 強調發生了什麼，而不是誰做的 | were seen · could be disowned · are killed |
| 定語從句 who / which + 從句 — 補充說明人或事物 | women who have · women who are · people who should |
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。