跟读练习: CAE TEST29 PART4 - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Part 4 consists of two tasks.
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You'll hear five short extracts in which people are talking about memorable events.
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Look at task 1.
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For questions 21 to 25, choose from the list A to H what the event was.
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Now look at task 2.
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For questions 26 to 30, choose from the list A to H why the speaker found the event memorable.
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While you listen, you must complete both tasks.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at Part 4.
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Thank you.
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I've just been to something I'm sure I'll remember all my life.
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It was one of my favourite bands of all time playing in front of the National Gallery.
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It was just the perfect setting, a square surrounded by elegant historic buildings.
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Quite a severe location in some ways, but that suited their style.
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The bit I'll personally always treasure was how taken my son was by it all.
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Usually he's a bit dismissive of my tastes in songs, but he agreed to let me drag him along
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and it was clear from his face
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that he found it spellbinding i've now agreed to go along to watch a cricket match with him
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and hope i'll be equally surprised to find it enjoyable
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speaker two it was an absolutely extraordinary evening well worth the
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long rail journey i'd had to make to get there the speakers were excellent managing to be both moving
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and witty in a way that seemed totally appropriate given the nature of the occasion,
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a hundred years since the halls that had housed such a major national exhibition had burnt down.
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But I remember the event also for personal reasons.
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I bumped into a friend I hadn't seen for a good ten years, a guy I used to play football with before we both headed off to university.
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I'd thought about him often but hadn't managed to find out where he was living or what he was doing now, despite googling him every now and then.
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Speaker 3 When you think back over the memorable events in your life,
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I think sometimes it's relatively ordinary ones that can stand out more than the big public occasions.
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My grandfather becoming 80, for example, had a surprisingly significant impact on my life.
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A famous actor who'd been to school with Grandpa, gave a very touching speech about the importance of roots, and it came to me with total clarity
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that I really did want to move back to the town where I grew up.
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I'd been turning the idea over in my mind for quite some time, but might never have got round to doing anything about it had it not been for that speech.
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Speaker 4 I met Fiona when we were both on a train going to the airport last month, and we started talking about where we were heading.
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Fiona told me she was going back to the island where she'd spent many happy holidays as a child,
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but this time because she had to attend a conference in connection with her work as an architect.
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I explained
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that I was off to the city where I'd had the
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luck as a child to go to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
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The thing that struck me most then were the fireworks over the snowy mountains.
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I don't think I've ever seen anything more stunning in the twenty years since.
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Speaker 5 I was a bit late coming home last night because I'd had to hand in a piece of lost property.
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I'd found a purse on the floor of the auditorium.
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You remember I was going to see one of my favorite plays it was an excellent performance
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but i think i'll remember the evening most because of that purse
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when i looked inside it the credit card had the name of a really famous political figure on it
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do you think they might ask to meet me
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when they learn their purse has been handed in they should be very grateful
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because there was a lot of money in there And I mean a lot.
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Enough to buy a new car.
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I've just been to something I'm sure I'll remember all my life.
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It was one of my favourite bands of all time playing in front of the National Gallery.
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It was just the perfect setting, a square surrounded by elegant historic buildings.
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Quite a severe location in some ways, but that suited their style.
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The bit I'll personally always treasure was how taken my son was by it all.
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Usually he's a bit dismissive of my tastes in songs, but he agreed to let me drag him along, and it was clear from his face that he found it spellbinding.
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I've now agreed to go along to watch a cricket match with him, and hope I'll be equally surprised to find it enjoyable.
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It was an absolutely extraordinary evening, well worth the long rail journey I'd had to make to get there.
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The speakers were excellent, managing to be both moving and witty in a way that seemed totally appropriate given the nature of the occasion,
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a hundred years since the halls that had housed such a major national exhibition had burnt down.
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But I remember the event also for personal reasons.
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I bumped into a friend I hadn't seen for a good 10 years, a guy I used to play football with before we both headed off to university.
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I'd thought about him often, but hadn't managed to find out where he was living or what he was doing now, despite googling him every now and then.
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Speaker 3 When you think back over the memorable events in your life,
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I think sometimes it's relatively ordinary ones that can stand out more than the big public occasions.
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My grandfather becoming 80, for example, had a surprisingly significant impact on my life.
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A famous actor who'd been to school with Grandpa gave a very touching speech about the importance of roots, and it came to me with total clarity
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that I really did want to move back to the town where I grew up.
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I'd been turning the idea over in my mind for quite some time, but might never have got round to doing anything about it had it not been for that speech.
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Speaker 4 I met Fiona when we were both on a train going to the airport last month, and we started talking about where we were heading.
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Fiona told me she was going back to the island where she'd spent many happy holidays as a child.
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But this time, because she had to attend a conference in connection with her work as an architect, I explained
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that I was off to the city where I'd had the
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luck as a child to go to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
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The thing that struck me most then were the fireworks over the snowy mountains.
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I don't think I've ever seen anything more stunning in the 20 years since.
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Speaker 5 I was a bit late coming home last night because I'd had to hand in a piece of lost property.
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I'd found a purse on the floor of the auditorium.
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You remember I was going to see one of my favorite plays.
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It was an excellent performance, but I think I'll remember the evening most because of that purse.
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When I looked inside it, the credit card had the name of a really famous political figure on it.
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Do you think they might ask to meet me when they learn their purse has been handed in?
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They should be very grateful because there was a lot of money in there.
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And I mean a lot.
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Enough to buy a new car.
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That's the end of part four.

这个视频适合谁看?

如果你正在备考CAE,或是想提升英语口语练习能力,尤其是想通过“shadow speech”(影子跟读法)掌握自然表达,那这个视频再合适不过了。它包含真实对话场景,话题围绕“难忘事件”,既能积累实用词汇,又能模仿 native speaker 的语调节奏,是看视频学英语的优质素材。

值得“偷学”的词汇和习语

  • spellbinding:令人着迷的。比如视频中“he found it spellbinding”,形容事物极具吸引力。
  • turn over in my mind:反复思考。“I'd been turning the idea over in my mind”,表达对某事的斟酌。
  • bump into:偶然遇见。“I bumped into a friend”,比“meet by chance”更口语化。

这些表达生动且高频,融入日常对话能瞬间提升语言质感。

如何练好口音?

视频中说话者的语调起伏自然,尤其是讲述难忘经历时的情感变化,很适合用来练习“shadowing”。建议先逐句跟读,注意shadow speech的关键:延迟0.5秒,模仿发音、重音和停顿。比如“the bit I'll personally always treasure”,“treasure”的重音要突出,表现出珍视的情感。另外,对话中的连读(如“agreed to”)和弱读(如“had to”)也需重点关注,多听多练就能掌握地道节奏。

想要高效练习?不妨利用shadowing site的资源,结合视频反复模仿,坚持一周就能明显感受到进步。记住,口音练习贵在“像”,而影子跟读法正是快速接近 native 水平的秘诀!

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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