跟读练习: A2 English Listening Practice - High School - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hey everybody!
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Welcome to this A2 English Listening Practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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Before we start, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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You ready?
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So today, I'm going to talk about high school.
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I think this is an interesting topic to discuss because high school is different in different countries.
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In today's video, we'll focus on high school in America.
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First, let's talk a little bit about the structure of high school in America.
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Most high schools in the country include 9th,
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10th, 11th, and 12th grade.
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Before students start high school,
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they attend elementary school first and then middle school second.
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High school is like the third level of education.
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So let me teach you some important words we use to label each year of high school.
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People in their first year of high school,
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ninth grade, are called freshmen.
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People in 10th grade are called sophomores.
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11th graders are called juniors and 12th graders are called seniors.
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These words are important to learn because this is how native speakers refer to different years of high school.
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So, during each school year,
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there are two separate semesters.
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Normally, the first semester lasts from the end of summer to the beginning of winter.
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Then the second semester starts at the beginning of the new year and continues on until the end of spring.
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In the traditional school system,
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students have a long summer vacation at the end of the school year.
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However, nowadays many schools have a year-round schedule.
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In this system, the summer break is shorter,
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but the other vacations like winter break and spring break are longer.
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A lot of students prefer this system
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because they would rather have more vacation time throughout the year instead of a really long summer break.
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So during each semester, most students have around six different classes for six different subjects.
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In general, most students take the same or similar classes.
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However, some students take advanced level classes.
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We usually call these AP classes.
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I had a few AP classes during my time in high school and they were definitely more difficult than the regular classes.
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I think the normal high school classes in the US aren't that hard.
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Many of my students who live in other countries tell me
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that their high school classes were hard and required a lot of work.
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How about your high school classes?
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Were they hard?
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Another important topic to talk about is the quality of the teachers.
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In my experience, some public school teachers are good and some are bad.
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Honestly, I don't think I had a lot of good teachers.
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Most of them were average or bad.
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In private school, the quality of the teachers is usually better.
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This is probably the situation in most countries, not just the US.
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One question that many people ask me is about which foreign languages American students study in high school.
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Well, in the US, most students get to choose which language they want to study.
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The majority of the students choose Spanish because it's the most useful foreign language for most Americans.
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There are usually more Spanish teachers in classes than any other language.
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The second most popular language that students choose is French,
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and the third language is probably Italian.
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I studied Spanish in high school because I thought it would be the easiest language to learn.
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Okay, lastly, let's talk about the importance of high school in America.
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Students need to do well in high school if they want to go to a good college.
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They need to get good grades and they need to do well on the SAT.
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The SAT is the exam that high school students take if they want to go to college.
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Students can take this test multiple times to try to get a good score.
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I only took the SAT once and I didn't study for it.
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I didn't really care about going to a good college.
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Alright, now I'm gonna ask you three questions about today's video to check your comprehension.
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Number one, in the US,
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what do we call people who are in ninth grade?
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Number two, what are AP classes?
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Number three, what are the three most common languages that American students study?
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Okay, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram for more English tips and lessons.
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I'll see you next time.
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We'll see you next time.
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在这段 A2 英语听力练习视频中，我们讨论了美国的高中生活，这是一个非常适合练习英语口语和听力的主题。通过对话练习，学生们可以在真实的语境中学习，帮助提高他们的理解能力。使用这种英语影子跟读的方法，学生不仅能够模仿发音，还能更加流利地表达自己的观点。这也有助于增强信心，特别是在与英语为母语的人交流时。
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在视频中，有几个重要的语法结构和表达值得注意：
- 时间状语从句：在谈论学期的结构时，视频中提到“第一学期通常从夏季末持续到冬季初”，这样的句子结构帮助说明事件的先后关系和时间。
- 选择性表达：讲到学生选择语言时，使用了“I think this is an interesting topic to discuss”，这种表达方式让人听起来更有说服力，同时鼓励学生参与讨论。
- 对比结构：视频中提到公立学校和私立学校老师的质量差异，使用了“some are good and some are bad”来进行对比，使得信息更加清晰明了。
常见的发音陷阱
在视频中，有一些词语的发音可能会让学习者感到困惑：
- “semester”：许多学习者可能会将这个词发音错误，正确的发音是/səˈmɛstər/。
- “freshmen”、“sophomores”、“juniors”、“seniors”：这些特定年级的称呼对非母语者来说可能是一个挑战，学习正确的发音非常重要，以便在对话中自如使用。
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