跟读练习: American English Connected Reading | IELTS: Why do some people prefer phone calls over texting (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 the connected readings in an IELTS sample answer for the question, why do some people prefer phone calls over texting?
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Let's have a look.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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The first thing, the first thing, that T at the end of first disappears.
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The first thing that that comes to mind,
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the T in that becomes a glottal stop, comes to mind.
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To is reduced.
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Comes to mind is speed.
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Is and speed connect.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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I can express myself.
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I can.
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Can gets reduced.
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The vowel becomes a lot shorter.
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I can.
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I can express myself much faster when I'm speaking.
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I bet a lot of other people.
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I bet a lot of other people.
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Here, a lot of kind of connects into one word.
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And depending on the speed that you're speaking and how formally you're speaking, you might choose to say a lot of other, a lot of other.
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Or you might say a lot of other.
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Both are correct.
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But to me, a lot of other is a little bit less formal.
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A lot of other people are like that too.
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Like that.
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We connect like and that.
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Like that too.
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Like that too.
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A lot of other people are like that too, especially older people.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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Also easier, we add a wa in between o and e.
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also easier.
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It's also easier to do other things.
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Here, to gets reduced to to.
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To do other things. Do other.
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We have a wuh here too.
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Do other things.
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It's also easier to do other things. Do other.
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We have a w here too.
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Do other things.
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It's also easier to do other things when you're talking on the phone. On the.
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We connect the n and the th. On the.
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On the phone.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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Here, R gets reduced and kind of connects to hands.
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Hands are occupied.
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Hands are occupied.
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Both hands are occupied.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice.
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Just nice.
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That T after the S disappears.
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Just nice.
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Just nice to hear.
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Again, to gets reduced to to to to hear, to hear the sound of someone's voice,
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like a friend or a family member,
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like a friend or a or a gets reduced and combined into one sound.
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A friend or a family member.
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You can't get that with a text message.
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Here, can't and that both turn their final T's into glottal stops.
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Can't get that.
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Can't get that with a text message.
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Here, that T doesn't turn into a glottal stop.
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Text message.
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If I speak carefully, I say text message.
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But if I speak quickly, the T disappears.
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Text message.
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Text message.
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You can't get that with a text message.
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The first thing that comes to mind is speed.
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I can express myself much faster when I'm speaking, and I bet a lot of other people are like that too, especially older people.
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It's also easier to do other things when you're talking on the phone.
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When you're texting, both hands are occupied.
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Also, sometimes it's just nice to hear the sound of someone's voice, like a friend or a family member.
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You can't get that with a text message.
背景与语境
在这段视频中，Alex通过分析雅思口语提问，探讨了为何有些人更喜欢电话沟通而非发短信。通过对连读现象的解读，观众不仅能了解说话者的观点，还能提高他们的英语口语能力。视频适合所有希望提高英语沟通能力的学习者，尤其是准备雅思口语考试的考生。通过看YouTube学英语，学习者可以直观地听到和模仿母语者的发音和语调。
日常交流的五个实用短语
- 第一件事（The first thing） - 这个短语用来引入一个观点，是日常对话中非常常见的表达方式。
- 我可以（I can） - 简洁明了地表达能力，适合各种场合。
- 许多人（A lot of other people） - 用来泛指其他人的观点，增强调性和吸引力。
- 也更容易（It’s also easier） - 适合描述在某些情况下相关做法的便利。
- 双手被占用（Hands are occupied） - 形象地表达在特定情况下的忙碌状态。
逐步跟读指导
为了提高你的英语口语练习能力，可以使用以下的逐步跟读方法。通过shadowspeak技术，练习每个短语前后文中的发音和连读。以下是具体步骤：
- 首先，观看视频并集中注意力于Alex的讲话，注意他的语速和发音。
- 暂停视频，重复每个短语，确保你能准确模仿他的语调和连读。注意shadow speech中的发音，如”the first thing”听起来更像“the firs’ thing”。
- 多次跟读，尝试加快你的语速，使其接近母语者的表达。
- 在说话时，尝试自然地连接词语，像在视频中那样，例如把“are like that”连读成“are likethat”。
- 最后，找到一位学习伙伴，共同练习你们的对话，运用上述短语来提升口语流利度。
通过上述方法，你将能够在雅思口语考试中更加自信地与考官交流，同时也能提升你的日常英语沟通能力。
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。