跟读练习: American English Connected Reading | IELTS Topic: Describe a photo you're proud of (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, let's look at the connected sounds in a short answer to the IELTS question, Describe a photo you're proud of.
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Let's take a look.
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I'm proud of a lot of photos I've taken.
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Proud of a.
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So here, we must say, proud of a.
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We have to have that v sound in of.
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But, lot of photos, lot of photos.
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Here we don't need a v sound.
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The f sound of photos connects to of.
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You can think about it as dropping the f and just going straight to photos. Of photos.
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Also in lot, that t is a tap.
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Lot of photos.
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A lot of photos.
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But I think one photo of myself.
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But I think. But I.
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So here that t in but is a tap as well.
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But I think one photo of myself, photo of, photo of, you don't really need to add a strong wuh here.
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Photo wuh.
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You could do that if it feels more comfortable and fluent to you, but photo of is fine too o wuh, o wuh.
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Just a very, very light wuh is okay.
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Photo of myself.
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Now here, of myself, the F can disappear as well between O and M here.
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Photo of myself that I'm proud of is that I'm.
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That's a tap T as well. That I'm.
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That I'm proud of is when I was running a race in high school.
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When I was running a race in sin, sin, sin.
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So So here, in, the vowel in in kind of drops completely, or drops almost completely.
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Race and high school.
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I have a really intense expression on my face in the photo.
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On my face.
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On my connects together, and it just becomes on my.
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No N anymore.
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On my face in the photo, in the connects together as well.
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In the, in the, my face in the photo.
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So the i in in kind of gets reduced, and the n connects to the th.
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Face in the photo, so you can tell, so you can tell, so you can tell, here's so you kind of blends together.
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So you, so you, so you can tell.
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Also, can turns into gyn.
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So you can tell, gyn, gyn tell.
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So you can tell I was giving it my best effort.
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Giving it my, giving it my.
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The T in it turns into a glottal stop.
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Giving it my, it my, best effort, best effort, effort.
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So here there's nothing to change with best, best effort.
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We have the S, T, and E, but then the T at the end of effort turns into a glottal stop, giving it my best effort.
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In the background, again we're going to connect in the, in the background you can see the clock showing the time of the race.
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You can, can, can, again can turns into can.
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You can see the clock showing the time of the race,
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of the race, so here of the connects very quickly into the time of the, time of the, time of the race,
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which makes it a great record.
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Which makes it a...
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We tap the T in it, makes it a great record.
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And here, the T in great turns into a glottal stop before the R in record.
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Makes it a great record of how fast I ran, too.
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I'm proud of a lot of photos I've taken, but I think one photo of myself that I'm proud of is when I was running a race in high school.
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I have a really intense expression on my face in the photo, so you can tell I was giving it my best effort.
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In the background, you can see the clock showing the time of the race, which makes it a great record of how fast I ran too.
为什么要通过这个视频练习口语？
在这段视频中，我们将通过讨论“描述你引以为豪的一张照片”的雅思口语题目，帮助学习者提升口语能力。与视频中的演讲者一起进行跟读，不仅能够提高你的语言流利度，还能培养你的自信心和表达能力。利用看YouTube学英语的方式，学习者可以通过重复和模仿来吸收自然的语音和节奏，达到更好的口语效果。此外，参与这样的雅思口语练习，能够让你在真实的语言环境中，熟悉地道表达，从而更加自如地进行交流。
语法与表达在语境中的应用
- proud of：在句子中，学习者需要注意介词的使用方式。这里说的是“为某事感到自豪”，在影子跟读时应特别注意该短语的连贯发音。
- a lot of：这个表达能够有效地表示数量。在跟读时，注意和后面的名词连接，听起来更自然。
- when I was running：时态的使用非常重要，清楚表达过去的动作，可以帮助你在口语考试中更加准确地描述情境。
- on my face：这种短语的连接发音可以让句子听起来更流畅，注意连读技巧。
- giving it my best effort：这是一个常见的表达，强调努力的重要性，在口语中常用于激励自己。
常见发音陷阱
在视频中，有几个容易让学习者困惑的发音点：
- 在proud of a中，要注意v音的清晰发音，这对于表达的自然性至关重要。
- 对于lot of来说，t的音效需要轻轻敲打，同时与后面的单词连接，音变为lot of photos时要注意。
- 注意photo of中的连读，虽然可以加上轻微的w音，但不加也完全可以。
- 趁势练习giving it my，这里的T在发音时可以变成一个轻声的停顿，使得发音更加流畅。
- 在so you can tell中，注意将can的发音简化，变为gin，这样说的时候更加自然流畅。
通过不断的英语影子跟读，你能更好地克服这些发音陷阱，提高口语水平。shadowing site提供了针对性的练习，让你更好地掌握这些发音技巧。
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。