跟读练习: 2022 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking: Cyril Junior Dim - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Cyril Junior Dim.
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Cyril Junior Dim.
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Ndini.
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Ndini Cyril Junior Dim.
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Thank you, contest chair.
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You're welcome.
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I love that the contest chair sounds more Zimbabwean than I do.
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In Zimbabwe, we speak Shona.
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And in this beautiful language,
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we have a very important word that I'd like to share with you today.
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In Shona, we say, Ndini.
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N-D-I-N-I.
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Ndini.
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Try it.
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Beautiful.
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It means, this is me.
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In my language, we have one word for this very important phrase.
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This is me.
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Ndini.
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This word is special for me now,
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but growing up, I wasn't always comfortable with who I was.
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You see, even though I grew up in Zimbabwe,
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my middle name was a long, winding, complicated Nigerian name name,
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because my father, whom I never knew, was Nigerian.
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Now yes, I may know a Nigerian prince or two,
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but back then, I didn't want a Nigerian name.
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I wanted a cool name,
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like Martin Luther King Jr. Or Contest Chair.
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The other kids would make fun of me.
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They said my name was useful as a password.
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They called my middle name memorably forgettable.
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They said my middle name was a curse from black magic.
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I hated my name.
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Have you ever hated something about yourself?
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I would argue with mom.
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I would be so mad at her.
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You gave me this name.
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You did this to me.
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And now everybody makes fun of me because I'm different.
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And my mom would look at me and say,
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But son, that name is who you are.
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It's special.
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You know, your middle name means that what God has done,
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Man, no man can change.
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And I said, Mom, man has changed many things.
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Okay, look at chihuahuas.
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That used to be a wolf.
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I'm pretty sure I can change my name. And I did.
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As soon as I turned 18,
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I had my middle name removed from all my documents.
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It became my best-kept secret,
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and I have not said that name once ever since.
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Before I knew it, it was 2018,
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and I had landed in college,
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not in Zimbabwe, not even in Africa,
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but in the heart of Eastern Europe.
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It was clear who grew up in the snow and who grew up in the sand.
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I had never been this different before.
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The fly in the milk.
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It felt like I had taken one step forward and ten steps backwards.
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Then I met Nick, another fly in the milk, but from Congo.
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He's got the African boy swag,
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you know, low, deep voice, speaks very slowly.
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He's like Mufasa, but in slow motion.
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We're in the library one day,
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and Nick drops his ID.
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And like a good friend,
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I pick it up and proceed to read it out loud,
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including his full name, Nicholas Rolinswini Bitumi.
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And I say, dude, let's say your name three times and see what happens.
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But I knew exactly how those words must have felt. But Nick was ready.
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I have never met anybody with my name.
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It was a gift from my grandfather, and I like it.
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And we laughed, and we got kicked out of the library.
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But in my heart, I was 18 again,
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seeing in Nick what I didn't have for myself,
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acceptance and for the first time I started looking around and I realized we're all different
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even Nick was different but he wasn't just different.
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He was special because he accepted himself.
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And for the first time in a long time,
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I wanted to accept myself too.
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I looked myself in the mirror and said, Indini, this is me.
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I know that many of you out there at some point in your life have felt uncomfortable being who you are.
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Maybe it was your name,
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maybe it was the family you came from,
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maybe it was the school you went to,
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maybe you were tall, maybe you were short,
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maybe you have wrinkles, freckles, maybe you have scars.
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I know that some of you out there know what it is to be different.
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And even if you don't feel it,
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I'm sure you know somebody who does.
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You are beautifully you.
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The only you.
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And no man can change that.
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So let me invite you to make this very important word a part of your language.
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Ndini.
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This is me.
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For my friends here in Nashville and the thousands watching from home,
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say it with me.
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This is me.
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This is me.
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Ndini.
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Ndini.
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Beautiful.
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I haven't had the courage to officially reclaim my name.
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But here, today, I think we can make a step in the right direction.
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I was born Cyril Junior Uchechukumere Dim.
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And this is me, Dini.
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Thank you.
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背景与语境
在2022年国际演讲比赛中，冠军Cyril Junior Dim分享了他成长过程中的个人故事。他告诉我们，在他眼中，“Ndini”这个词不仅是他的名字，更是他身份的象征。在津巴布韦，人们使用南非的Shona语言，“Ndini”意味着“这就是我”。这段演讲突显了个人身份的重要性，尤其是在面对来自他人的嘲笑和质疑时。
日常交流的五个关键短语
- Ndini - 这就是我。
- 我对我的名字不舒服。 - 我曾经不喜欢我的名字。
- 这是我特别的部分。 - 这让我与众不同。
- 人无法改变上帝所做的事。 - 这是对自己身份的坚定信念。
- 我有改变的能力。 - 我可以选择自己的名字和身份。
逐步跟随指导
要提高英语口语技巧和发音，开展“shadowing”练习是非常有效的。以下是一些步骤可以帮助你在观看此视频时进行有效的跟随训练：
- 第一步：在观看视频时，专注于Cyril的语音。注意他的语调、节奏和停顿。尝试理解他所表达的情感。
- 第二步：暂停视频，每当他使用重要短语时，重复他的发音。比如“Ndini”。这不仅可以帮助你提高发音，还能让你习惯于用英语表达自我。
- 第三步：从整体上模仿Cyril的演讲，尽量在他说话的同时跟读。这种“shadowing”技巧将有助于增强你的流利度，特别是在准备雅思口语练习时。
- 第四步：记录自己的声音，回放时对比Cyril的发音，分析差异并进行改正。
- 第五步：定期重复这一过程，以巩固你的学习成果，提升你的英语口语和发音能力。
通过这种方法，你不仅可以提高英语口语练习水平，还能在表达自我时，感受到个性与文化的深刻联系。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。