跟读练习: Bilingual Brains are Better - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Are you bilingual?

Trilingual?

You might have a better brain than me, and you might live longer.

Hola hombres, esta tres.

That doesn't work.

That's my name is the number three.

Thanks, mom and dad.

What was I in Spanish class?

Manuel, I think?

Hola, me amo Manuel.

I don't like that either.

I think I'm just going to stick to English for now.

Thanks for tuning in to DNews, everybody it looks like bilingualism isn't just useful when you're traveling,

or when you're trying to order food at your favorite restaurant,

or if you're trying to figure out what those girls on the train are talking about across from you, and if it's your shoes.

No, it also could help you live longer.

They know this because when they tested English -speaking seniors, the ones that were bilingual answered quicker.

Without getting too deep into the technical and medical details, bilingual brains are better at switching between major tasks,

like languages, and simultaneously filtering out superfluous information.

Obviously, this is really beneficial throughout people's lives, but if you enroll children in a bilingual school, it will not only help them learn to learn,

but keep their brain agile throughout their life.

It's not the only way.

You can also exercise, do stimulating tasks, or even do the crosswords.

And they've all been shown to keep your brain spry.

Although this is the most fun, unless you want to know what 77 down is vacation destination for sandwich lovers.

Ooh, Delhi!

Ha!

You know, India, Delhi.

Now that you're all jazzed to learn Cantonese or whatever, let's have science stomp on your bilingual dreams for a minute.

After about 12 months, you begin to filter out sounds that aren't found in your language,

which is why my German friend Nina can't really do the sound very well, and I can't do the, you know, the U with the dots.

I can't do that.

They're just not part of our learning.

That being said, it is of course possible to learn new languages, but it's better to be exposed early, like before you're four years old.

If living longer isn't a good enough reason for you to learn a new language, then perhaps this will help.

Look, we're about to get real deep.

Words are just an outward expression of emotions and thoughts.

They don't really mean anything on their own unless we assign them meaning.

Design student Pei Ying Lin created this infographic of untranslatable emotions.

My favorite shortcoming in the English language is that chasm that exists between liking someone and loving someone.

You might really like them or whatever, you might adore them, but that's a little trite.

The infographic shows that Italian and Korean have a word for love that's specifically for friends, family, inanimate objects, and pets.

We have to use the same word to express romantic love to our wife

or our husband as we would express to our mom or our dog or a really nice painting.

That is insane.

Here are some other words that we don't have that show up in other cultures.

I'll probably pronounce some of them really badly.

In Japan they have a really weird one, bakushan, which has to do with a beautiful girl but only when viewed from behind.

This one is really good.

It's Filipino and it has to do with seeing something cute and wanting to pinch or squeeze it.

And it's called giggle.

In Mexican Spanish they have a word for when you feel embarrassed for watching someone else's humiliation.

That's pena ajena.

You get the picture.

So there are a lot of words that English just doesn't have that express these emotions.

So not only can you learn another language, maybe you can just learn these and that'll help you live longer.

I mean, probably not a lot longer, like a few hours.

But hey, at least you can express yourself better.

Have you ever made up a word?

I'm sure you have.

I know I do it all the time.

Leave your made up word down in the comments

and give a definition so that we can all start using your fake words and maybe they'll become real words.

So thanks for watching and ti voglio bene,

which is the Italian word for I really care about you but I don't love you like a romantic partner.

So it would be nice if we had a word in between like and love.

Thanks for watching.

I'm Trace.

See you later.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“Bilingual Brains are Better”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：word, learn, language, bilingual, longer。这段视频共有 69 个句子、756 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 3:59。说话人语速较快，每分钟约 190 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
bilingual 形容词	/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/	雙語 /双语
emotion 名词	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	感情, 情感
romantic 形容词	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	浪漫
filter 名词	/ˈfɪltɚ/	過濾器 /过滤器, 濾過器 /滤过器
pet 名词	/pɛt/	寵物 /宠物
insane 形容词	/ɪnˈseɪn/	精神失常, 精神錯亂 /精神错乱
vacation 名词	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	假期
jazz 名词	/d͡ʒæz/	爵士樂 /爵士乐, 爵士
tune 名词	/tjuːn/	曲調 /曲调, 曲子
lover 名词	/ˈlʌvɚ/	戀人 /恋人, 情人
destination 名词	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	目的地
shoe 名词	/ˈʃu/	鞋子, 鞋
simultaneously 副词	/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/	同時地 /同时地
beneficial 形容词	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	有益的, 有利的
embarrassed 形容词	/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/	難為情 /难为情, 尷尬 /尴尬

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	发音	释义
make up 动词	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	組成 /组成
figure out 动词		弄清楚

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：

That's my name is the number three.
I don't like that either.
They're just not part of our learning.
Look, we're about to get real deep.
Have you ever made up a word?

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 26 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, don't, can't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
长单词——注意重音位置: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, lover /ˈlʌvɚ/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, pet /pɛt/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, dot /dɑt/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: enroll /ɪnˈɹəʊl/, trilingual /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, untranslatable /ˈʌnˌtɹænz.leɪt.ə.bəl/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 bilingual, emotion, romantic 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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