跟讀練習: Why You Should Get Married Now - 通過影片學習英語口語
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One of the things about our world that would most surprise a magically returned,
倘若有人能從過去神奇地穿越回現代，我們這個世界最讓他感到驚訝的事情之一
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pre-modern ancestor of ours is how long we take to assess and settle on a spouse.
我們判斷並選定配偶所花費的時間，其根源可以追溯到前現代時期的祖先。
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In almost all societies that have ever existed,
在幾乎所有存在過的社會中，
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the period between first laying eyes on a prospective partner and the moment of committing to them was extremely short.
從初次見到潛在伴侶到確定與對方建立承諾關係的這段時間非常短暫。
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In Sumeria, there was a single audience.
在蘇美爾，只有單一的受眾群體。
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In classical Athens, young men and women might meet three times before arrangements were settled.
在古典時期的雅典，年輕男女在婚事敲定之前可能只會見面三次。
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In the Inca Empire, one might never even have been in the spouse's presence until the wedding.
在印加帝國時期，人們可能直到婚禮當天才第一次見到自己的配偶。
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Contrast this with our own setup.
將這與我們自己的設定進行對比。
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We move extremely slowly.
我們行動極其緩慢。
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It's typical to date someone non-exclusively for six months, then to commit to seeing them singly for a year and a half,
通常的交往模式是先和對方非排他性地約會六個月，之後再確定一對一的專一交往關係，持續一年半。
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then perhaps to move in and further test the waters for four or five years, before either finally getting engaged or else discovering that,
之後或許會先相處四五年，進一步試探彼此是否合適，再決定是最終訂婚，還是發現雙方並不合適，
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after all, one wasn't quite suited, perhaps because of slightly different attitudes around politics or some clashes over interior design or entertainment preferences.
畢竟，總有一方不太合適，可能是因為政治觀點略有差異，或是在室內設計、娛樂偏好上存在一些分歧。
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At the heart of the dispute between the pre-modern attitude
在前現代觀念與……的爭議核心
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and ours is a contrasting notion of what is required to make a relationship succeed.
而我們對於維繫一段成功關係所需的要素，則持有截然不同的觀點。
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We implicitly believe it's about compatibility.
我們下意識地認為這和相容性有關。
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They firmly believed it was about commitment.
他們堅信這關乎承諾。
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Underpinning our modern romantic approach to love is a tightly held notion
支撐我們現代浪漫愛情觀的是一個根深蒂固的觀念。
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that the most important ingredient in any functioning relationship is innate congruence,
任何一段良性關係中最重要的要素都是內在的一致性，
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a pre-existing sympathy of souls that will lend us a feeling that we've met someone before, perhaps in a past life.
一種早已存在的靈魂共鳴，會讓我們產生似曾相識的感覺，彷彿我們曾在某段前世與對方相遇過。
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We believe we will need to encounter a lot of people and try them out over extended periods because this,
我們認為需要接觸大量人選，並對他們進行長期的試用，因為這
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and only this, will help us to see whether we've correctly alighted on a soul mate.
唯有如此，我們才能判斷自己是否真正找到了靈魂伴侶。
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It can take 180 breakfasts with someone to assess if we really have a sympathetic communication style.
要判斷我們是否真的與對方有投契的溝通方式，可能需要和對方共進180次早餐。
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We might need 23 mini-breaks to properly judge a person's approach to packing and timekeeping.
我們可能需要23次短暫休息，才能準確判斷一個人收拾東西和守時的方式。
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Only after sleeping with 76 different individuals might one determine whether we're fully satisfied with sex with a particular example.
只有在與76個不同的人發生性關係之後，一個人才有可能確定自己是否對與某個特定物件的性生活完全感到滿意。
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Our ancestors begged to differ.
我們的祖先可不這麼認為。
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They believed that alignments were to be formed, not found.
他們認為，聯盟是需要組建的，而非發現的。
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What was, for them, principally important for the success of any relationship was the desire to make it succeed.
對他們而言，任何一段關係若想成功，最關鍵的要素是雙方都有讓這段關係走向成功的意願。
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Commitment came first, any in-built compatibility a distant second.
承諾是首要的，而內在的契合度則是次要得多的考量。
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It almost didn't matter who one married.
和誰結婚幾乎都不重要。
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The choice was somewhat secondary to the desire to be married.
與結婚的渴望相比，和誰結婚這個選擇倒顯得不那麼重要了。
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So long as the rough details were correct – right gender, age and so on – the rest could and would be sorted out in time, through willpower and dedication.
只要大致的細節是正確的——比如性別、年齡等基本資訊無誤——其餘的問題都可以也必將通過意志力與投入精神及時得到解決。
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Intention, far more than any innate and possibly fictitious twinship of the soul, would mean that after an argument,
與任何與生俱來、或許還只是虛構的靈魂契合相比，心意相通要重要得多，這意味著在發生爭執之後，
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partners would come back together to resume their dialogue, or that they would put aside certain of their spontaneous wishes for the sake of the couple,
伴侶們會重新走到一起繼續對話，或者為了兩人的關係而暫時放下某些自己一時的想法。
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or would make effort after effort to grasp how the world might look through the other's eyes.
或者會一次又一次地努力去理解，從對方的視角看這個世界會是什麼樣子。
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In the ancestral view, compatibility was an achievement of love.
在傳統觀念中，彼此契合是愛情的成果。
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It was not, and could never be its precondition.
它並非，也永遠不可能成為其前提條件。
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We don't have to follow historical precedents in every detail to be at least partially inspired by them.
我們無需在所有細節上都遵循歷史先例，也能從中獲得至少部分啟發。
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We can recognise that a wish to actually be married
我們可以認識到，想要真正結婚的願望
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might in the end be one of the determining factors in how successful any marriage can be.
最終可能成為決定一段婚姻能夠有多成功的關鍵因素之一。
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So long as we and our partner are aligned on this point, the many differences that will naturally emerge between us may not have to be insuperable.
只要我們與合作伙伴在這一點上保持一致，我們之間自然會出現的諸多分歧或許就並非無法克服。
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In the pre-modern expectation that trouble is natural and legitimate, we discover a more bearable method of interpreting discord.
在前現代社會認為矛盾是自然且合理的觀念中，我們找到了一種更易於接受的解讀衝突的方式。
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Working at differences is what constitutes a relationship.
磨合差異正是維繫一段關係的核心所在。
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It may not need to be seen as a stern obstacle that has to be overcome before one can ever take place.
或許不必將其視為必須先克服才能推進下一步的嚴峻障礙。
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Everyone we meet will be slightly wrong.
我們遇到的每一個人，都會有那麼一點不完美。
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Our ancestors knew this better than we do.
我們的祖先比我們更清楚這一點。
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Everyone will fail to understand us intuitively.
沒有人能憑直覺就真正理解我們。
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Everyone will have a range of very unfortunate tastes.
每個人都會有一系列相當糟糕的品味。
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None of this has to be remotely fatal.
這一切完全不至於釀成致命後果。
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We don't need to be the same person separated at birth.
我們沒必要是那種出生時就被分開的同卵雙胞胎。
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We don't need to be in spiritual synchronicity.
我們不需要在精神層面保持同步。
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All we really need is to want, very, very much, to be together with someone.
我們真正需要的，只是非常非常想要和某個人在一起。
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The rest are almost details.
剩下的幾乎都是細節問題。
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It might not, with this in mind, after all be so crazy to go on three dates with someone and then, without too much fanfare, set in motion plans for marriage.
考慮到這一點，和一個人約會三次之後，就不動聲色地開始籌備結婚計劃，或許也沒那麼離譜。
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Once we understand that it's the idea of commitment that counts, the details can be managed.
一旦我們明白關鍵在於承諾的理念，具體細節就可以得到妥善處理。
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We may have exaggerated the importance of finding the right person,
我們或許誇大了找到對的人的重要性。
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and very much underestimated the power of wanting to make a relationship, any relationship, work.
而且嚴重低估了想要維繫一段關係——任何一段關係——所蘊含的力量。
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背景與背景
在現代社會中，婚姻的觀念與古代有很大的不同。根據一個影片的討論，我們可以看出，古代社會往往對婚姻的選擇持有不同的態度，強調的是承諾而非相容性。這種差異導致了現代人在選擇伴侶時所經歷的漫長過程。我們常常需要經過多次約會，才能決定是否與某人建立長久的關係。這個影片揭示了一種新思維：婚姻應該基於對共度一生的強烈渴望，而不是僅僅依賴於初步的相容性。
每日溝通的五個常用短語
- 我們需要談談 (We need to talk)
- 我覺得我們很合適 (I think we are compatible)
- 我們可以一起解決這個問題 (We can work through this issue together)
- 承諾是成功的關鍵 (Commitment is the key to success)
- 重要的是我們彼此的渴望 (What matters is our desire for each other)
逐步跟讀指南
在提升英語口語能力的過程中，跟讀是一種非常有效的技巧。在這個影片中，我們可以使用以下步驟進行shadowing練習，以提高我們的發音和語速：
- 選擇一個片段，建議10-15秒的長度，逐句或逐段進行跟讀。
- 先觀看影片，瞭解整體語境和語調。這對保持正確的情感語氣至關重要。
- 重複練習時，注意影片中說話者的發音、語速和停頓，以此幫助你提高英語發音。
- 可以使用筆記本記錄難發音的單詞或短語，隨後再進行針對性的練習。
- 定期錄製自己的聲音，聽取自己在 shadow speech 中的表現，逐漸糾正發音與流暢度。
通過這個“影子口語”的練習傳遞出的婚姻觀點，讓我們認識到，儘管每個人的個性不同，只要我們有著共同的目標和願望，就能克服困難並建立持久的關係。在此過程中，無論是練習英語口語還是人際交往，都需要堅持不懈，努力與他人保持良好的溝通。
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 settled · is required · be formed |
| 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 | have ever existed · have been · we've met |
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。