跟读练习: Bài 9 - Du Lịch đen - 通过视频学习英语口语

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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I'm Rob.
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And I'm Neil.
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Hello.
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Today we're talking about an unusual type of tourism.
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Now, tourism is the business of providing services such as transport, or places to stay, or entertainment for people who are on holiday.
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But instead of providing sunny holidays in a nice hotel by the sea, this is where tourists travel to sites of death, brutality and terror.
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It's being called dark tourism.
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Now, Rob, have you ever been to any dark tourist destination or place?
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Yes, I visited Auschwitz in Poland.
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A fascinating trip, but an obviously depressing place.
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And next month I'm planning to go to visit Chernobyl, the site of a catastrophic nuclear accident back in 1986.
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So these are not your typical sightseeing trips, but a visit to places that make you curious because of their significance significance, their importance in history.
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Exactly.
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We'll talk more about this soon, but not before I set you today's question.
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Now, Robyn Island in South Africa is one dark tourism destination.
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It's where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 18 years.
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But do you know in which year it finally closed as a prison?
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Was it in A 1991, B 1996 or C 1999?
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I don't know but I am going to guess A 1991
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because I think he was released in 89 and surely they would have shut it down pretty quickly after that.
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Well, I like your thinking.
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I'll reveal the answer later on.
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So let's talk more about dark tourism.
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The word dark is used here because it relates to places that are connected with bad or sinister things, or things that could be considered morally wrong.
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It's strange to want to visit places like these.
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There is what we call a morbid fascination.
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It's showing an interest in things connected with death and destruction, and these kinds of trips are on the increase.
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Yes, there are organised tours to places like Ground Zero in New York, the killing fields in Cambodia and the nuclear power station in Chernobyl.
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And there are the battlefields of World War I and II and the top security prison of Alcatraz.
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There are also plans to turn the disaster site of the
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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan into a tourist destination once the radiation is reduced.
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But why do people want to visit these macabre sites?
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Well, I mentioned curiosity and a chance to learn about history, but sometimes people just feel compelled to visit them.
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But what about the ethics of dark tourism?
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Is it wrong to make this trip?
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Are we not just exploiting or making money or cashing in on someone suffering?
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Dr Philip Stone is an expert in the subject.
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He's director of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research.
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He says this type of tourism isn't new.
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People have been visiting these types of places for years.
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He says it's always been there.
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It's not new in the sense that we are fascinated by other death and the people's suffering,
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but it's how it's packaged up by the tourist industry.
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So, he says, dark tourism isn't new.
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In fact, a medieval execution was an early form of dark tourism.
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Maybe it's just human nature that draws us to these places.
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Dr Stone says it's all about how these dark trips are packaged.
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So it depends how they're sold and how tasteful they are.
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Are they sensitive to the horrors of what has taken place?
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Yes, being able to walk around a historic site or visit a museum is one thing,
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but how about staying in a former prison in Latvia and paying to be treated like a prisoner?
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Or how about crawling around Vietnamese war tunnels whilst people fire guns outside?
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Hmm, maybe that's taking the experience too far.
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Dr Stone says there's a blurred line between memorialisation and tourism.
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He means it's hard to separate going to remember an event and the people who've died
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with visiting somewhere as part of a holiday.
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Another issue when visiting these places is how you remember your visit you must be respectful.
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Perhaps taking photos, yes, but should you take a selfie?
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And should you buy a souvenir or send a postcard home?
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Yes, well you certainly wouldn't write on your postcard, wish you were here.
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Anyway, let's now reveal the answer to the question I set you earlier.
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Yes, this was about the former prison on Robben Island, which is now a popular destination for dark tourism.
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I asked you when it finally closed as a prison.
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Was it in A 1991, B 1996 or C 1999?
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And I said A 1991.
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you were wrong actually.
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It was in 1996.
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About 350,000 people now visit the site every year, which shows how much interest there is in a place that you would have once never wanted to go near.
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Is it somewhere you would like to visit, Neil?
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Err, I'm not so sure about dark tourism, to be honest.
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OK.
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Well, could you instead remind us of the vocabulary that we've heard today?
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Yes, we heard...
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...tourism, depressing, catastrophic, curious, morally wrong,
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morbid fascination, macabre, compelled, ethics,
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exploiting, human nature, tasteful, memorialisation, Respectful.
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Thanks, Neil.
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Well, we hope you've enjoyed today's programme.
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Please join us again soon for 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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That was 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Bài 9 - Du Lịch đen”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:tourism, dark, visit, site, prison。 这段视频共有 83 个句子、890 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 6:06。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 146 个词,很适合跟读。 只有 81% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇难度较高。 全部 83 个句子中有 15 个是问句,适合练习疑问语调和简短回答。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 15 个单词,附发音和释义:

单词发音释义
compel 动词/kəmˈpɛl/強迫 /强迫
fascinate 动词/ˈfæsɪneɪt/誘惑 /诱惑, 迷住
fascination 名词/fæsɪˈneɪʃən/魅惑
postcard 名词/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/明信片
tasteful 形容词/ˈteɪstfəl/有品味的, 雅緻 /雅致
catastrophic 形容词/ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/災難的 /灾难的, 災難性的 /灾难性的
respectful 形容词/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/恭敬
exploit 名词/ˈɛksplɔɪt/功勛 /功勋, 勛績 /勋绩
depressing 形容词/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/令人沮喪的 /令人沮丧的
significance 名词/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/重要性
imprison 动词/ɪmˈpɹɪzən/關押 /关押, 監禁 /监禁
sightseeing 名词觀光 /观光, 遊覽 /游览
souvenir 名词/ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/紀念品 /纪念品
blur 动词/blɝ/模糊
brutality 名词/ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/殘暴 /残暴, 殘忍 /残忍

值得反复跟读的句子

视频中简短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常对话里:

  • Today we're talking about an unusual type of tourism.
  • I'll reveal the answer later on.
  • Perhaps taking photos, yes, but should you take a selfie?

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:

结构视频中的用法
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的being called · was imprisoned · was released
现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事has taken · we've heard · you've enjoyed
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物people who are · Island, which is

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 15 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 I'm, isn't, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: fascination /fæsɪˈneɪʃən/, memorialization /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: fascination /fæsɪˈneɪʃən/, memorialization /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/, catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/, brutality /ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/

中文母语者容易读错的音:

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: souvenir /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, medieval /mɪdˈi.vəl/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, macabre /məˈkɑb/, morbid /ˈmɔɹ.bɪd/, postcard /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/, catastrophic /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: memorialization /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/, morally /ˈmɔɹəli/, respectful /ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/, brutality /ˌbɹuːˈtælɪti/, crawl /kɹɔːl/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 用正常速度逐句跟读,每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 compel, fascinate, fascination 这类单词。

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。

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