跟读练习: Barack Obama's speech to graduates - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 5 个句子、59 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 0:24。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 148 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。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 12 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ (动词) — 征服, 克服. To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
• earn /ɝn/ (动词) — 掙 /挣, 賺 /赚. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
• suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (动词) — 受苦, 遭受. To undergo hardship.
• discrimination /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/ (名词) — 區別 /区别. Discernment, the act of discriminating, discerning, distinguishing, noting or perceiving differences between things, with the intent to understand rightly and…
• pale /peɪl/ (形容词) — 蒼白 /苍白, 白皙. Light in color.
• endure /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/ (动词) — 承受, 忍受. To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
• hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/ (名词) — 困難 /困难. Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
• upbringing /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋ/ (名词) — 教養 /教养. The traits acquired during one's childhood training
• comparison /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/ (名词) — 比較 /比较. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
• nobody /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ (名词) — 無名小卒 /无名小卒. A person dismissed as unimportant.
• previous /ˈpɹi.vi.əs/ (形容词) — 以前的, 上. Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
• generation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ (名词) — 生, 生育. The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.

视频中出现的短语动词

• go through (动词) — 通過 /通过. To travel from one end of something to the other.

需要注意的发音

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: discrimination /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/, generation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/
• 长单词——注意重音位置: discrimination /dɪskɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/, comparison /kəmˈpæɹ.ɪ.sən/, generation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

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 overcome, earn, suffer 这类单词。

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：