跟读练习: American English Connected Reading | Business English: Tech meeting (Part one) - 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, I'd like to talk about the connected readings in a passage where somebody is in a meeting at a tech company.
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Let's take a look.
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I'm pretty swamped on my end.
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Pretty.
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I'm pretty swamped.
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This T in pretty is a tap.
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Pretty.
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Pretty.
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I'm pretty swamped on.
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Swamped on.
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Now here we have pt.
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Swamped on.
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The ed is just pronounced t and the t connects to on.
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Swamped on my end.
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Swamped on my end.
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We definitely have to have the p and the t.
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On my end.
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Now here if I say this quickly on my turns into just on my.
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the N disappears and it just becomes M.
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I'm pretty swamped on my end.
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I've been working on...
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I've been turns into just I've been.
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I've been.
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Now if you say this slowly, it doesn't sound good.
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I've been, as a connected reading for I've been, only sounds good when it's at the beginning of a sentence and it's unstressed.
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I've been working on getting, again, getting is a tapped T in the middle there.
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I've been working on getting the new APIs ready, getting the new APIs ready for Python and Java.
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For, for Python, turns into for Python.
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And in Python and Java, turns into just un, Python and,
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Python and Java, Python and Java.
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But I ran into a few issues.
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But I, but I, there's a tapped T there. But I.
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But I ran into a few issues yesterday that I'm still trying, that I'm...
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So here, that, with a strong a sound, turns into just a thet thet.
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That I'm still trying. That I'm.
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That I'm still trying to get fixed.
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To get fixed.
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Trying to get fixed.
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There's a glottal stop for the t in get before the f in fixed.
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And at the end of fixed, we need to have all three sounds.
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We can't say fist or anything like that.
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We have to say fixed.
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Fixed.
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E-D is here pronounced t-fixed.
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I'll keep everyone posted, but I think, but I think, here the T is tapped in but I, but I think I'm going to have to.
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So going to have to.
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If you speak it at medium speed or slower, it sounds fine.
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Going to have to.
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But in rapid speech, it'll be, gonna have to, gonna have to, but I think I'm gonna have to, but I think I'm gonna have to.
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So if you increase the speed, you do more connections here.
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But I think I'm gonna have to.
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Gonna have to.
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And remember have to, it's written have to, but it's always pronounced have to. Have to.
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Gonna have to.
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Gonna have to.
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That last to gets reduced into to. Have to.
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Have to push the release date for these tools.
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Release date for, date for after 8 that glottal stop there replaces the t in date.
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Release date for these tools back to next Tuesday.
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Next Tuesday.
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Here we don't say next Tuesday, the two T sounds connect together.
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Next Tuesday.
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I'm pretty swamped on my end.
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I've been working on getting the new API's ready for Python and Java, but I ran into a few issues yesterday that I'm still trying to get fixed.
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I'll keep everyone posted, but I think I'm going to have to push the release date for these tools back to next Tuesday.
为什么要通过这个视频练习口语?
在这个视频中，Alex与我们分享了在科技公司会议上的对话内容。通过这种真实的情境，我们不仅可以练习口语，还能提高理解和应对商务环境中的英语能力。学习如何在高压情况下进行流利的交流对于任何希望在职场中脱颖而出的人来说都是至关重要的。此外，赶上同事的步伐和完成任务的能力可以增强我们的自信心，进而提升整个英语交流的流畅度。利用这种边看边学的方式，学习者能够通过模仿音调和语音语调，更好地掌握商务英语交流的技巧。
上下文中的语法和表达方式
- Tapped T 发音：在短语 "I'm pretty swamped on my end" 中，"t" 发音被轻声化，使句子更加流畅。此外，"but I" 这样的结构也是常见的表达，展示了如何在快速对话中简化词语。
- 完成时态：使用 "I've been working on" 来表达持续的动作，这是商务沟通中常见的结构，能够有效传达您的工作进展。
- 连读: "for Python" 变成 "for Python"：这种连读有助于提高实际交流中的流利度，使听众更容易理解。
- 使用省略形式：短语 “that I'm”的发音变化突出了在快速对话中如何省略某些音，帮助我们更好地适应母语者的表达习惯。
常见的发音陷阱
在这个视频中，有一些特别 tricky 的词汇和发音值得注意。比如 "swamped" 这个词，其结尾的 "ed" 需要发出清晰的 "t" 音，而不是像 "fist" 或其他近似的发音。此外，"get" 这个词在以 "fixed" 结尾的短语中，出现了 声门塞音 现象，让我们更仔细地练习以便能自信地使用。这些细微的发音差异常常是提高英语发音的关键，因此使用 shadow speech 和 shadowspeak 技巧帮助你纠正这些发音是极为重要的。
总之，观看这样的 YouTube 视频，不仅能增加您对实际对话情景的理解，还有助于提高您的口语表达和听力技巧。通过不断的练习，你可以轻松掌握这些交流形式，为日后的商务活动和社交场合打下坚实的基础。
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。