跟读练习: 2A shadowing adult - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Never actually cook any.
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What's for dinner?
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Linda Roberts investigates the rise in popularity of ready meals.
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One, like many working people, I never actually cook anything.
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I just don't have the time.
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My mother, on the other hand, still cooks a full three-course meal every evening, but then she doesn't have to work anymore.
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I usually work very long hours, and now I'm writing a book in my spare time.
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So ready meals are the perfect solution, or are they?
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2. According to a survey by a British market research company, we only spend 20 minutes cooking each day.
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20 years ago, it was an hour a day.
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One reason for this change is ready meals.
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Now you can heat up a delicious Indian, Thai, Chinese, or Italian meal in the microwave in under 4 minutes.
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What could be easier or quicker?
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3. We all know these ready meals taste delicious,
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but many experts now believe they're bad for our health because they often contain a lot of sugar, fat, and salt.
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Health advisors say that we shouldn't eat ready meals too often and we need to read the labels carefully.
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Despite this, people who live in the UK spend over 1 billion pounds a year on ready meals
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and the market is growing rapidly.
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people in the USA and Sweden also buy a lot of ready meals, and they're becoming more common in Germany, France, and Holland.
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The Spanish and Italians still cook their own meals, but things are beginning to change there too.
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My mother will never change, though now she's doing an evening course in traditional English cooking.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这段视频共有 21 个句子、267 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 1:53。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 142 个词,很适合跟读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词,附发音和释义:

单词发音释义
meal 名词/ˈmiːl/餐, 飯 /饭
delicious 形容词/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/好吃, 可口
carefully 副词/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/小心地
label 名词/ˈleɪ.bəl/標籤 /标签, 簽條 /签条
rapidly 副词/ˈɹæpɪdli/迅速地, 快速地
investigate 动词/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/調查 /调查
popularity 名词/ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/名望, 聲望 /声望
advisor 名词/ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/顧問 /顾问
microwave 名词/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/微波
cook 动词/kʊk/做飯 /做饭, 做菜
survey 名词/ˈsɝˌveɪ/查勘, 調查 /调查
sugar 名词/ˈʃʊɡə/糖
salt 名词/sɒlt/ян, 鹽 /盐
expert 名词/ˈɛk.spɜːt/專家 /专家, 專門家 /专门家
contain 动词/kənˈteɪn/包含, 含有

视频中出现的短语动词

单词释义
heat up 动词加熱 /加热

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:

结构视频中的用法
现在进行时 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在发生的事I'm writing · is growing · they're becoming
义务:must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的have to work · need to read

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 6 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 they're, doesn't, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, sugar /ˈʃʊɡə/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, popularity /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 用正常速度逐句跟读,每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 meal, delicious, carefully 这类单词。

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。

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