跟读练习: Cambridge 15 listening (Test-1) (Part-3) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Part 3.
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You will hear two psychology students discussing the effects of the order in which the children in a family are born.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 26.
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Ed, how are you getting on with the reading for our presentation next week?
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Well, OK, Ruth, but there's so much of it.
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I know.
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I hadn't realised birth order was such a popular area of research.
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But the stuff on birth order and personality is mostly unreliable.
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From what I've been reading, a lot of the claims about how your position in the family determines certain personality traits are just stereotypes,
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with no robust evidence to support them.
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OK, but that's an interesting point.
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Right.
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We could start by outlining what previous research has shown.
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There are studies going back over a hundred years.
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Yeah.
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So we could just run through some of the typical traits.
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Like the consensus seems to be that oldest children are generally less well-adjusted
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because they never get over the arrival of a younger sibling.
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Right.
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But on a positive note, some studies claim that they were thought to be good at nurturing.
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Certainly in the past, when people had large families, they would have been expected to look after the younger ones.
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There isn't such a clear picture for middle children, but one trait that a lot of the studies mention is
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that they are easier to get on with than older or younger siblings.
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Generally eager to please and helpful, although that's certainly not accurate as far as my family goes.
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My middle brother was a nightmare, always causing fights and envious of whatever I had.
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As I said, none of this seems to relate to my own experience.
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I'm the youngest in my family and I don't recognise myself in any of the studies I've read about.
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I'm supposed to have been a sociable and confident child who made friends easily, but I was actually terribly shy.
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Really?
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That's funny.
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There have been hundreds of studies on twins, but mostly about nurture versus nature.
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There was one on personality which said that a twin is likely to be quite shy in social situations,
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because they always have their twin around to depend on for support.
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My cousins were like that when they were small.
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They were only interested in each other and found it hard to engage with other kids.
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They're fine now, though.
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Only children have had a really bad press.
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A lot of studies have branded them as loners, who think the world revolves around them because they've never had to fight for their parents' attention.
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That does seem a bit harsh.
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One category I hadn't considered before was children with much older siblings.
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A couple of studies mention that these children grow up more quickly and are expected to do basic things for themselves, like getting dressed.
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I can see how that might be true, although I expect they're sometimes the exact opposite, playing the baby role and clamouring for special treatment.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 27 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 27 to 30.
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What was the problem with most of these studies, do you think?
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I think it was because, in a lot of cases, data was collected from only one sibling per family,
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who rated him or herself and his or her siblings at the same time.
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Hmm.
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Some of the old research into the relationship between birth order and academic achievement has been proved to be accurate, though.
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Performances in intelligence tests declined slightly from the eldest child to his or her younger siblings.
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This has been proved in lots of recent studies.
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Yes, although what many of them didn't take into consideration was family size.
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The more siblings there are, the likelier the family is to have a low socioeconomic status,
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which can also account for differences between siblings in academic performance.
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The oldest boy might be given more opportunities than his younger sisters, for example.
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Exactly.
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But the main reason for the marginally higher academic performance of oldest children is quite surprising, I think.
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It's not only that they benefit intellectually from extra attention at a young age, which is what I would have expected,
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it's that they benefit from being teachers for their younger siblings by verbalising processes.
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Right.
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And this gives them status and confidence, which again contributes in a small way to better performance.
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So would you say sibling rivalry has been a useful thing for you?
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I think so.
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My younger brother was incredibly annoying and we fought a lot but I think this has made me a stronger person.
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I know how to defend myself.
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We had some terrible arguments and I would have died rather than apologise to him.
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But we had to put up with each other and most of the time we co-existed amicably enough.
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Yes, my situation was pretty similar.
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But I don't think having two older brothers made me any less selfish.
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I was never prepared to let my brothers use any of my stuff.
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That's perfectly normal, whereas sometimes...
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That is the end of part three.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part three.
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Thank you.
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为何这个视频是绝佳的口语练习素材？
这段关于出生顺序与性格的对话，语速适中且充满日常表达，非常适合英语学习者模仿。对话中两人自然的交流节奏、真实的语气变化，能帮助学习者熟悉母语者的沟通方式。无论是讨论研究结论的严谨性，还是分享个人经历，都包含了大量实用的口语短语，比如“get on with”“run through”等，既贴近生活又能提升表达的丰富性。
拆解自然表达，学习地道口语
我们来看看几个让对话听起来自然的句子：
- “Well, OK, Ruth, but there's so much of it.” 这里的“Well, OK”弱化了语气，避免回答过于生硬，是母语者常用的缓冲表达。
- “That does seem a bit harsh.” 句中的“does”起到了强调作用，让观点更有力度，同时保持口语的亲切。
- “I can see how that might be true, although...” 转折词“although”的使用让表达更严谨，体现了思考的过程，符合真实对话的逻辑。
这些细节看似微小，却能让你的口语摆脱“背诵感”，变得更流畅自然。
影子跟读练习法，轻松提升发音与流利度
想要用好这个视频，不妨试试“英语影子跟读”（shadowspeak）。具体步骤很简单：先完整听一遍对话，熟悉内容；然后逐句播放，每听完一句就立刻跟读，尽量模仿语气、语速和重音；最后用录音设备记录自己的跟读，对比原音，找出差异。比如练习“From what I've been reading, a lot of the claims...”时，注意“been reading”的连读和“claims”的重音。坚持每天15分钟，不仅能提高英语发音，还能增强语感。这种“看YouTube学英语”的方式，让练习不再枯燥，边学边用更高效。
影子跟读（shadow speak）的关键是“即时模仿”，不要害怕出错，重点是培养口腔肌肉的记忆和对语音的敏感度。长期坚持，你会发现自己的口语越来越接近母语者的水平。
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。