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DeepEnglish.com Most of us take our breathing for granted, but we aren't all lucky enough to live in a place with clean air.
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In Beijing, pollution has gotten so bad that breathing the air has become dangerous.
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There are days when the smog is thick enough to block out the sun.
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On these days, schools close and construction stops.
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People walk around the city wearing masks to avoid breathing in the dangerous smog, which contains harmful particles from coal power plants.
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Some people in Beijing have started purchasing bottled air from Canada to avoid breathing their own dirty air.
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They pay about $28 for a single bottle of fresh mountain air.
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One bottle produces about 80 inhalations of air.
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Consumers say that the fresh bottled air helps them to stay alert and to do things like exercise, which is very difficult to do if you're breathing polluted air every day.
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A recent study of air quality in China showed that over 80% of Chinese people are exposed to unsafe air.
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In fact, air pollution is responsible for 4,000 deaths each day in China.
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According to researchers, breathing Beijing's air is like smoking a cigarette and a half per hour all day long.
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While it might seem odd to bottle air, it's not the first time this has been done.
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Inventor of the light bulb, Thomas Edison, had an interest in the chemical makeup of a breath.
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When he was on his deathbed, several open test tubes were left nearby to collect the air of his final breaths.
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The bottles were later sealed by his son.
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One was given to Edison's pal and fellow inventor, Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company.
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Ford kept this bottle of Edison's dying breath as a memento of his old friend.
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For human beings, breathing is a symbol of life.
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When we witness something beautiful or awesome or are emotionally moved, we feel alive.
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We call these moments breathtaking.
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We often use phrases about breathing to help us describe how we're feeling about something.
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A breath of fresh air is a phrase used to describe things
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that feel new and appealing
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when we're feeling sad we sometimes say we're feeling deflated like we've let all of our air
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or life force leak out notice your own breath now is your breath fast
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or slow deep or shallow take a deep breath feels good doesn't it
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“A Breath of Fresh Air”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：breathing, breath, bottle, Ford, fresh。 这段视频共有 27 个句子、398 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:23。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 167 个词，接近日常对话。 只有 81% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| smog 名词 | /smɑɡ/ | 煙霧 /烟雾 |
| inventor 名词 | /ɪnˈvɛntɚ/ | 發明家 /发明家 |
| pollution 名词 | /pəˈluʃən/ | 污染 |
| deathbed 名词 | /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/ | 臨終床 /临终床 |
| deflate 动词 | /diːˈfleɪt/ | 放气, 放氣 /放气 |
| inhalation 名词 | /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/ | 吸入 |
| memento 名词 | /məˈmɛntoʊ/ | 紀念品 /纪念品 |
| breathtaking 形容词 | /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/ | 驚險 /惊险, 嘆為觀止的 /叹为观止的 |
| bulb 名词 | /ˈbʌlb/ | 鱗莖 /鳞茎 |
| particle 名词 | /ˈpɑɹtək(ə)l/ | 粒子 |
| researcher 名词 | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | 研究員 /研究员, 研究者 |
| harmful 形容词 | /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ | 有害, 不良 |
| expose 动词 | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | 揭露, 暴露 |
| shallow 形容词 | /ˈʃæloʊ/ | 淺 /浅 |
| cigarette 名词 | /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ | 香煙 /香烟, 紙煙 /纸烟 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | are exposed · has been done · were left |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | has gotten · have started · has been done |
| 动词 + -ing enjoy、keep、stop… + -ing — 后接 -ing 形式的动词 | avoid breathing · started purchasing |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 7 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 we're, aren't, doesn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/, breathtaking /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: pollution /pəˈluʃən/, inhalation /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/, shallow /ˈʃæloʊ/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: inhalation /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: smog /smɑɡ/, deathbed /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/, deflate /diːˈfleɪt/, pollute /pəˈluːt/, bulb /ˈbʌlb/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: particle /ˈpɑɹtək(ə)l/, harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 smog, inventor, pollution 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。