跟读练习: Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 1 - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Hi, Coleman.
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How are you?
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Good, thanks.
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I wanted to have a chat with you
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because our friend Josh told me that you've joined a guitar group and it sounds interesting.
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I'd really like to learn myself.
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Why don't you come along?
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I'm sure there's room for another person.
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Really?
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So, who runs the classes?
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He's called a coordinator.
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His name's Gary Matheson.
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Let me note that down.
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Gary.. how do you spell his surname?
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It's M-A-T-H-I-E-S-O-N.
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Right, thanks.
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He's retired, actually, but he's a really nice guy and he used to play in a lot of bands.
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Thanks.
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So, how long have you been going?
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About a month now.
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And could you play anything before you started?
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I knew a few chords, but that's all.
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I'm sure everyone will be better than me.
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That's what I thought too.
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When I first spoke to Gary on the phone, he said it was a class for beginners, but I was still worried that everyone would be better than me.
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But we were all equally hopeless.
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Oh, that's reassuring.
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So where do you meet?
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Well, when I joined the group, they were meeting in Gary's home.
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But as the group got bigger, he decided to book a room at the college in town.
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I prefer going there.
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I know that place.
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I used to go to tap dancing classes there when I was at secondary school.
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I haven't been since, though, and I can't remember what road it's in.
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Is it Lock Street?
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It's just beyond there, at the bottom of New Street, near the city roundabout.
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Yes, of course.
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The guitar club is on the first floor in room T347.
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Right.
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And when do you meet?
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Is it at the weekend?
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We meet on Thursdays.
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It used to be 10.30 and that suited me well.
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But now we meet at 11.
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The class that's in there before us asked if they could have the room for another thirty minutes.
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Oh, I see.
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Well, I'd love to come, but I don't have a guitar.
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Well, you can always buy a second-hand one.
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There's a website called The Perfect Instrument that sells all kinds of guitars, violins and so on.
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I'm sure you'll find something there.
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So, what's a typical lesson like with Gary?
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Well, he always starts by getting us to tune our guitars.
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That takes about five minutes.
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Uh-huh.
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Some people have an app they use, but others do it by ear.
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Gary goes round and helps them.
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And while he's doing that, he tells us what he's going to do during the lesson.
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Right.
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First, we usually spend about ten minutes doing some strumming.
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So, is that using...oh, what are they called?
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Plectrums?
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No, we just use our thumbs.
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Much easier.
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Gary reminds us where to put our fingers for each chord and then we play them together.
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Sometimes we all just start laughing because we're so bad at keeping time.
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So Gary starts clapping to help us.
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Do you learn to play any songs?
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Yes.
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We do at least one song with words and chords.
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I mean, that's harder than you think.
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Oh, I'm sure it is.
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That part of the lesson takes about 15 minutes.
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He often brings a recording of the song and plays it to us first.
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Then he hands out the song and if there's a new chord in it, we practice that before we play it together, but really slowly.
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Do you do any finger picking?
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That's the last ten minutes of the lesson, when we pick out the individual notes from a tune he's made up.
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It's always quite simple.
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That must be hard, though.
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It is.
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But people like it because they can really concentrate.
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And if we're all playing well, it sounds quite impressive.
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The only trouble is that he sometimes gets us to play one at a time.
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You know, alone.
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Oh, that's scary.
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It is.
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But I've got used to it now.
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At the end, he spends about five minutes telling us what to practice for the following week.
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Well, thanks, Coleman.
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I'll go and have a look at that website, I think.

背景与语境

在这段对话中，两个朋友讨论了一位名为Coleman的人加入了一个吉他小组的经历。对话中提到了课程的协调者Gary Matheson，他的背景以及小组的聚会地点和时间。这段对话不仅涉及了音乐兴趣，还体现了朋友间的互动和对新活动的好奇心，非常适合提升英语交流能力。

日常交流的五个实用短语

  • I wanted to have a chat with you - 我想和你聊聊。
  • Could you play anything before you started? - 在开始之前你能弹什么吗？
  • I was still worried that everyone would be better than me - 我还是担心大家会比我强。
  • Well, you can always buy a second-hand one - 你总是可以买一个二手的。
  • I prefer going there - 我更喜欢去那里。

逐步影子跟读指南

想要提高英语发音，不妨尝试“shadowspeak”或“英语影子跟读”技术。在学习这段对话时，可以按照以下步骤进行练习：

  1. 听力理解 - 首先仔细聆听对话内容，捕捉每个细节。可以借助音频材料反复听，从中理解对话的背景和氛围。
  2. 文本阅读 - 阅读对话的文字稿，注意每个发音及语调，帮助理解句子的结构和含义。
  3. 模仿跟读 - 使用影子跟读技术，跟随音频朗读。初次可以慢速跟读，逐渐加快速度，确保每个词的发音清晰无误。
  4. 录音反馈 - 录下自己的声音，与原音频进行比较，找出发音的不同之处，并加以纠正。
  5. 定期练习 - 将此过程纳入日常学习，选择不同的对话材料，持续提升语言能力。

通过以上步骤，配合合适的学习工具和网站，可以有效提高英语发音，使您的交流更加流畅。挑战自己的同时，请记得经常使用“shadow speak”和“shadowing site”来检验和提高自己的语言技能。

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。