跟读练习: Call It A Day - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Welcome to English in a Minute, where we teach you all about idioms in American English.
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Let's say you have worked all day and you are really tired, like these people.
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I am exhausted.
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I have been working at this since 7 a.m this morning.
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Me too.
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I think it's time we call it a day.
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I agree.
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Let's go.
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Call it a day.
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When you call it a day in American English, it means you're ending work, play, or something you are doing that day.
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Often, it means you have finished your work and you are going home.
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You can use this phrase in any situation, and everybody in America will understand you.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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So I'm calling it a day and going home.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这段视频共有 14 个句子、129 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 0:54。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 143 个词,很适合跟读。 88% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇容易理解。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 9 个不太常见的单词,附发音和释义:

  • phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (名词) — 短語 /短语, 片語 /片语. A short written or spoken expression.
  • exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/ (动词) — 抽完. To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely.
  • idiom /ˈɪdiəm/ (名词) — 文風 /文风. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
  • teach /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ (动词) — 教, 教授. To pass on knowledge to.
  • welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — хуанйин, 歡迎光臨 /欢迎光临. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
  • agree /əˈɡɹi/ (动词) — 同意. To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
  • finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ (动词) — 完成, 完. To complete (something).
  • everybody /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/ — 大家. All people.
  • tired [ˈtaɪ̯ɚd] (形容词) — 累, 疲. In need of some rest or sleep.

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 phrase, exhaust, idiom 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:

结构视频中的用法
现在完成进行时 have/has been + -ing — 以前开始、现在仍在继续的动作have been working
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have worked · have finished
现在进行时 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在发生的事you're ending · are going · I'm calling
“will” 表将来 will + 动词 — 决定、承诺或预测will understand

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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