跟读练习: CAE2 O TEST 2 PART 3 - 通过视频学习英语口语

正在创建课程...
1
I'm talking to Chef Heston Blumenthal.
2
Now Heston, most of us think that the business of eating is pretty simple, don't we?
3
We eat things and we like the taste of them or we don't.
4
But you reckon it's more complicated than that, don't you?
5
Yes.
6
Eating is a process that involves all the senses.
7
Any notion that food is simply about taste is misguided.
8
Try eating a beautifully cooked piece of fish off a paper plate with a plastic knife and fork, it is not the same.
9
So how does taste operate then?
10
The sense of taste can be broken down into five basic categories, all of which happen in the mouth and nowhere else.
11
These categories are salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami, the most recently identified taste.
12
There is a current theory that fat is a taste, but this has yet to be proved.
13
We have up to 10,000 taste buds on the tongue and in the mouth.
14
These regenerate so the receptors we use today will not be the same as we used a couple of days ago.
15
When we eat, taste buds on our tongue pick up taste but not flavour.
16
The molecules in food
17
that provide flavour pass up into the olfactory bulb situated between the eyes at the front of the brain.
18
It contains hundreds of receptors that register molecules contained in everything that we eat and smell.
19
This This is where the flavour of the food is registered.
20
OK, so our sense of smell is connected with flavour rather than taste?
21
Is that what you're saying?
22
That's right.
23
Smell and taste are registered in different parts of the head.
24
There is a simple but effective and enjoyable way of demonstrating this.
25
Have ready some table salt and biscuits, fruit or anything easy to eat.
26
Squeeze your nostrils tightly enough to prevent breathing through them, but not so tight as to hurt.
27
Lick a good bite of biscuit or fruit and start chomping, making sure the nostrils remain clenched.
28
You will notice that it is impossible to perceive the flavour or smell of the food being eaten.
29
Now, with nostrils still squeezed and food still in the mouth, lick some salt.
30
Although it was impossible to detect the flavour of the food that was being eaten with clenched nostrils, the taste of the salt is unhindered.
31
Finally, let go of your nostrils and notice the flavour of the food come rushing into your headspace.
32
I'll definitely try that sometime.
33
So what you're saying is that all the senses can affect your experience when you eat?
34
Yes.
35
The brain has to process information given to it by other senses while we are eating, sometimes with surprising results.
36
Here's another example.
37
A few years ago, at a sommelier school in France, trainee wine waiters were put through a routine wine tasting.
38
Unknown to them, a white wine that they had just tasted had been dyed red with a non-flavoured food dye, then brought back out to taste and evaluate.
39
Something very interesting happened.
40
They all made notes on the assumption that the wine was what it looked like – red.
41
In this case, the eyes totally influenced taste perception.
42
OK, so it's not just about taste.
43
All the senses are coming into play in different ways.
44
Yes.
45
And as well as allowing us to enjoy food, the senses act as warning systems,
46
taste being the last of the sensory barriers and bitterness the last of the taste barriers.
47
A natural aversion to bitterness can prevent us from eating foods that could be harmful,
48
although it appears that we have the ability to modify such basic likes and dislikes.
49
For example, we generally grow to like bitter foods such as tea, coffee and beer as we grow older.
50
What got you interested in this business of the role played by various senses in the experience of eating?
51
Was it just professional curiosity?
52
Well, I began thinking about this whole subject a couple of years ago
53
when I noticed that more and more customers at my restaurant were commenting on the fact
54
that the red cabbage with grain mustard ice cream served as an appetiser just got better each time they ate it.
55
This was the only dish on the menu whose recipe had not changed over the past year.
56
It seemed that the barrier being presented with this dish was the vivid purple colour of the cabbage, a colour not normally associated with food.
57
To some diners, the initial difficulty of accepting this colour interfered with the appreciation of the dish, but as they got used to it,
58
they lost their inhibition and simply enjoyed its flavour.
59
I see.
60
Now, of course, the sense of smell must come into play when...
61
Now you will hear part three again.
62
I'm talking to Chef Heston Blumenthal.
63
Now Heston, most of us think that the business of eating is pretty simple, don't we?
64
We eat things and we like the taste of them or we don't.
65
But you reckon it's more complicated than that, don't you?
66
Yes.
67
Eating is a process that involves all the senses.
68
Any notion that food is simply about taste is misguided.
69
Try eating a beautifully cooked piece of fish off a paper plate with a plastic knife and fork.
70
It is not the same.
71
So how does taste operate then?
72
The sense of taste can be broken down into five basic categories, all of which happen in the mouth and nowhere else.
73
These categories are salt, sweet, sour, bitter and umami, Umami, the most recently identified taste.
74
There is a current theory that fat is a taste, but this has yet to be proved.
75
We have up to 10,000 taste buds on the tongue and in the mouth.
76
These regenerate, so the receptors we use today will not be the same as we used a couple of days ago.
77
When we eat, taste buds on our tongue pick up taste, but not flavour.
78
The molecules in food
79
that provide flavour pass up into the olfactory bulb situated between the eyes at the front of the brain.
80
It contains hundreds of receptors that register molecules contained in everything that we eat and smell.
81
This is where the flavour of the food is registered.
82
OK, so our sense of smell is connected with flavour rather than taste?
83
Is that what you're saying?
84
That's right.
85
Smell and taste are registered in different parts of the head.
86
There is a simple but effective and enjoyable way of demonstrating this.
87
Have ready some table salt and biscuits, fruit or anything easy to eat.
88
Squeeze your nostrils tightly enough to prevent breathing through them, but not so tight as to hurt.
89
Take a good bite of biscuit or fruit and start chomping, making sure the nostrils remain clenched.
90
You will notice that it is impossible to perceive the flavour or smell of the food being eaten.
91
Now, with nostrils still squeezed and food still in the mouth, lick some salt.
92
Although it was impossible to detect the flavour of the food that was being eaten with clenched nostrils, the taste of the salt is unhindered.
93
Finally, let go of your nostrils and notice the flavour of the food come rushing into your headspace.
94
I'll definitely try that sometime.
95
So, what you're saying is that all the senses can affect your experience when you eat?
96
Yes.
97
The brain has to process information given to it by other senses while we are eating, sometimes with surprising results.
98
Here's another example.
99
A few years ago, at a sommelier school in France, trainee wine waiters were put through a routine wine tasting.
100
Unknown to them, a white wine that they had just tasted had been dyed red with a non-flavoured food dye, then brought back out to taste and evaluate.
101
Something very interesting happened.
102
They all made notes on the assumption that the wine was what it looked like, red.
103
In this case, the eyes totally influenced taste perception.
104
OK, so it's not just about taste.
105
All the senses are coming into play in different ways.
106
Yes, and as well as allowing us to enjoy food, the senses act as warning systems,
107
taste being the last of the sensory barriers and bitterness the last of the taste barriers.
108
A natural aversion to bitterness can prevent us from eating foods that could be harmful,
109
although it appears that we have the ability to modify such basic likes and dislikes.
110
For example, we generally grow to like bitter foods such as tea, coffee and beer as we grow older.
111
What got you interested in this business of the role played by various senses in the experience of eating?
112
Was it just professional curiosity?
113
Well, I began thinking about this whole subject a couple of years ago
114
when I noticed that more and more customers at my restaurant were commenting on the fact
115
that the red cabbage with grain mustard ice cream served as an appetizer just got better each time they ate it.
116
This was the only dish on the menu whose recipe had not changed over the past year.
117
It seemed that the barrier being presented with this dish was the vivid purple colour of the cabbage, a colour not normally associated with food.
118
To some diners, the initial difficulty of accepting this colour interfered with the appreciation of the dish, but as they got used to it,
119
they lost their inhibition and simply enjoyed its flavour.
120
I see.
121
Now, of course, the sense of smell must come into play...

对话背景:美食与感官的奇妙联系

视频中,主持人与名厨赫斯顿·布卢门撒尔展开对话,探讨饮食体验背后的感官奥秘。他们不仅聊到味觉的分类,还通过有趣的实验揭示了嗅觉、视觉对食物感知的影响,让我们重新认识“吃”这件事。这样的对话内容生动有趣,非常适合用来练习英语听力和口语,尤其是想通过看YouTube学英语的学习者。

日常交流必备的5个短语

  • reckon:认为,相当于“think”。比如“你认为这很复杂吗?”可以说“Do you reckon it's more complicated?”。
  • regenerate:再生。对话中提到味蕾会“regenerate”,即不断更新。
  • olfactory bulb:嗅球,是大脑中处理气味的部分。
  • sommelier:侍酒师,指专业的葡萄酒侍者。
  • aversion:厌恶。比如“对苦味的天然厌恶”可以说“a natural aversion to bitterness”。

影子跟读分步指南:轻松掌握对话节奏

想通过这个视频练习英语影子跟读?别担心,跟着步骤来!首先,先完整听一遍对话,感受整体语气和节奏。视频中主持人与厨师的对话自然流畅,包含不少长句,适合训练听力理解。第二步,挑选3-5句你觉得有难度的句子,比如关于“嗅球作用”或“红酒实验”的部分,进行shadowing练习。播放一句,暂停,立刻跟读,注意模仿发音和语调。第三步,尝试连续跟读整段对话,重点关注连读和弱读,比如“the sense of taste”中的“of”要弱读。最后,录音对比自己的跟读与原音,找出差距并调整。

记住,shadowspeak的关键是“即时模仿”,不要害怕出错。这个视频的内容贴近生活,话题有趣,坚持练习不仅能提升口语,还能学到关于感官与饮食的小知识。现在就打开视频,开始你的shadowing之旅吧!

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。

影子跟读法: 阅读完整分步指南 →