跟读练习: American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（上）｜Describe a Journey（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, we're going to look at a sample answer to the IELTS question, Describe a journey that you remember well.
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Let's take a look. When I was 15,
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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When I was. When I. When I.
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We connect the n and the I together.
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I went with.
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The T disappears.
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It's a glottal stop.
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Went with.
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch.
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Around a.
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Around a.
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This duh kind of disappears.
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Around a.
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Around a.
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Around a bunch.
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Around a bunch of national parks.
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So if I speak quickly here, I'll say buncha.
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buncha.
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If I speak a little slower, I'll make it bunch of, bunch of national, bunch of national.
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Both are okay, but buncha sounds a little bit more informal.
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Around a bunch of national parks,
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around a bunch of national parks in the western United States. In the. In the.
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We connect the n and the th together. In the.
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I can't really remember.
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I can't really.
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Can't.
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This T becomes a glottal stop before an R.
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Can't really, can't really, can't really remember how much time we spent at each one.
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We spent it, we spent at each one.
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Spent at, we spent at each one.
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This T totally disappears.
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Spen it, spend at each one.
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And at becomes really de-stressed.
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At, But the whole trip took about three weeks.
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So, took a connects together.
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How about about three? About three.
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It's not about about three.
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It's about three.
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There's a glottal stop first, and then I say th. about three.
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It's not connected with the T and TH.
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It's just a glottal stop first. About three. About three.
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And the same thing here.
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Three weeks in total.
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At that time, at that, at that time, glottal stop, then th.
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At that time, at that time, at that time, I was just beginning to take pictures.
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Just beginning.
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This t disappears.
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Just beginning to take pictures.
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Take, take pictures.
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This kuh is unreleased.
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My tongue is in the position for kuh,
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but it doesn't release the sound take pictures take pictures as a hobby
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so i love seeing i love seeing this d kind of
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disappears i love seeing i love seeing all the different landscapes seeing all seeing all this
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and the sound connect together seeing all seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also. That was.
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Again, the t in that becomes a glottal stop.
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That was also.
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That was also when I first got to practice. When I.
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When I connects together.
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First got to.
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So here, first got to.
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We don't say gotta.
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First gotta practice.
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That's got to, like I have to do something, I've got to go to school,
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but got to practice, I got to practice, I could practice for the first time.
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First got to practice, first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving, let me, glottal stop, let me.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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For a, for a, for a.
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Both of these sounds are de-stressed.
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For a few minutes.
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Out on a really lonely road.
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Out on a, out on a.
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This t connects together, it becomes a flap.
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Out on a, out on a really lonely road.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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Where it was.
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This ㄱ takes a glottal stop.
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ㄱ.
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Where it was safe.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a...
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It's been a...
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This ㄱ at the beginning of this sentence kind of gets de-stressed.
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So we kind of begin the sentence with s.
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It's been a, it's been a, it's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that. Been to.
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This to becomes to.
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Been to parks like that.
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And I definitely, and I, and I, this d in and isn't pronounced,
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and I'd definitely connects together.
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And I definitely, and I definitely like to see them again.
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Like to, like to see them.
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This to becomes to.
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When I was 15, I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one, but the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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At that time, I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby.
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so I loved seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes out
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on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.

背景与上下文

在这段视频中，讲述者Alex与大家分享了他在15岁时与家人一起游历美国西部多个国家公园的经历。这一段旅行不仅让他留下了深刻的记忆，也为雅思口语练习提供了丰富的素材。通过对连读的分析，观众可以学习到如何在实际交流中更自然地使用美式英语。

日常交流常用的五个短语

  • I went with my family - 我和家人一起去
  • Around a bunch of - 一堆，许多
  • At that time - 在那个时候
  • I can't really remember - 我真的记不起来
  • It took about three weeks - 花了大约三周时间

逐步跟读指南

为了帮助你更好地理解和掌握美式英语的连读技巧，以下是具体的步骤：

  1. 选择片段：从视频中选取一小段你感兴趣的对话，最好是与旅行相关的内容。
  2. 熟读文本：先阅读文本，注意每个单词的发音和拼写，从而建立基本的语音意识。
  3. 聆听并模仿：反复聆听视频，尝试模仿Alex的说话方式，包括连读和语调变化。
  4. 进行影像跟读：在听的过程中，尝试用自己的声音进行跟读（shadowspeak）。注意不同单词之间的连接，例如“I went with”可以连读为“wentwith”。
  5. 自我反馈：录制自己的声音，与原音进行对比，找出需要改进的地方，确保你的发音接近自然的美式英语。

通过这样的shadowing练习，你将能够有效提升口语表达能力，增强在真实对话中的自信心，并为雅思口语考试做好充分准备。此外，定期使用这些连读技巧，不仅可以让你在日常交流中更流畅，也能为你的英语学习之旅增添更多乐趣。

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。