跟读练习: American English Connected Reading | Business English: A meeting at a tech company - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, let's look at the connected sounds in a short excerpt
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from a meeting at a tech company where somebody is talking about fixing a problem.
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Let's take a look.
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I just wanted to update everyone.
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I just wanted.
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So here, just wanted, that T gets dropped.
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Just wanted.
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I just wanted.
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Now here, wanted, the T in the middle of wanted gets completely removed too.
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wanted wanted to update and this is interesting
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because we could say to update with a wuh sound in the middle
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or we could just relax speak quickly
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and say to update to update I just wanted to update
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I just wanted to update everyone update everyone update everyone that's a very light T at the end
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and it connects to the e in every.
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I just wanted to update everyone about the website issues people were reporting. About the. About the.
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That t at the end of about gets connected to the the in the. About the.
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About the website issues.
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Website issues.
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Now here there's a tap t.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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People were reporting.
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People were.
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Now that L sound before a W sound gets reduced.
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People were.
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It's not a very strong people were.
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There's not a strong L there.
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People were reporting.
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Now we have two r sounds right next to each other. Were reporting.
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And they just link together.
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People were reporting.
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About the website issue is people were reporting.
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We found the bug yesterday.
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We found the, found the, the D and TH connect together.
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Found the, found the bug yesterday.
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G and Y.
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It doesn't make a new sound, but you can hear it kind of connects.
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G, yesterday, found the bug yesterday.
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G, yesterday, we found the bug yesterday.
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And pushed out a fix.
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And pushed, that D in and gets removed.
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and pushed and pushed out a fix.
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Pushed out a fix.
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The D and the OW sound connect together, and the T and the UH sound connect together.
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Pushed out a fix.
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The D and the OW sound connect together and the T and the UH sound connect together.
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Pushed out a fix.
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Pushed out a fix early this morning.
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Pushed out a fix early this morning.
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So here this gets reduced very heavily.
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Early this, this, this, the vowel and the the sound both get reduced.
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They're spoken very quickly without a really full sound.
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This, this, early this morning.
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It should have only affected.
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It should have.
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So here, it turns into it.
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It should.
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It should.
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It's a glottal stop instead of a T in it.
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It should have only.
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Now here, have, should have turns into should've.
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It should have only affected a handful of users.
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Handful.
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That D in handful is either really, really light or not there at all.
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Handful.
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Handful.
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Both are okay, with or without the D.
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A handful of users.
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And here, of gets reduced.
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You could say handful of users, handful of users, or handful of users.
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Both are okay.
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We can have a v sound or nothing.
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Handful of users.
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Both are okay.
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Handful of users running older browsers.
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We'll keep an eye out.
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We'll keep an eye out.
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That will turns into will.
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The L at the end of will gets reduced and it's not really a full L sound.
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It's more like a vowel.
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Will, will keep.
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Now, this reduction only works in fast speech.
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You've got to say the L if you're speaking slowly and clearly.
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Will keep, will keep an eye out.
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Or, will keep, will keep an eye out.
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Will keep an eye out for any new bug reports.
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Now, two things here.
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With for, we turn for into fur.
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Fur, like there's no vowel at all.
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and then out before an F, before any consonant sound, turns into out with a glottal stop.
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Out for any.
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Out for any.
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We'll keep an eye out for any new bug reports.
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I just wanted to update everyone about the website issues people were reporting.
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We found the bug yesterday and pushed out a fix early this morning.
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It should have only affected a handful of users running older browsers.
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We'll keep an eye out for any new bug reports.

背景与上下文

在这段视频中，讲述者Alex通过一个科技公司会议的片段，向观众展示了美式英语中如何连接发音。他去掉了一些不必要的音节，以使交流更加流畅，尤其是在快速对话中。这对于学习者理解和模仿日常英语的口语表达非常重要，特别是在商业环境中。

日常交流中的五个重点短语

  • I just wanted to update everyone. - 我想通知大家。
  • About the website issues. - 关于网站问题。
  • People were reporting. - 人们在报告。
  • Found the bug yesterday. - 昨天发现了一个漏洞。
  • Pushed out a fix. - 发布了修复。

逐步影子跟读指南

要掌握这段对话的流畅发音，可以按照以下步骤进行英语影子跟读练习：

  1. 首先，观看视频并用心聆听 - 理解讲述者的语调和节奏。
  2. 选择一个短句 - 例如“I just wanted to update everyone.”。
  3. 重复跟读 - 同时注意发音的弱化和连读的地方，如“just wanted”中的“T”音减弱。
  4. 录音自己的声音 - 与原音进行对比，找出偏差之处。
  5. 进行反复练习 - 通过这种方式，你可以提高自己的英语口语能力，让习惯形成自然。

通过运用这些技巧，让自己在看YouTube学英语的过程中，逐步掌握商务会议中的口语交流技巧。影子跟读（shadowspeak）实际上就是鼓励你跟随原始语音，重复和模仿，达到更高的英语口语练习效果。

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。