跟读练习: Character: Advice - 通过视频学习英语口语

I think if you're looking for what kind of story you want to tell, I actually, what I used to do when I was in school, before I would start making a film, is I would just ask myself,

"If I could take a vacation anywhere, where would I want to go?" "You know, I'd like to go to a medieval castle.

Oh, that'd be a cool place to tell a story." So, you don't even have to necessarily start from a theme or a conflict, just

jump into a setting and then start thinking of the characters and what do they want and maybe

"Maybe this is a castle that's been too boring, so they've got to hire a dragon to come attack them." "And

so we're going to do a talent scout for a dragon." and then you just go from there.

So, you know, when in doubt, just let your mind go on a vacation.

Through storytelling and especially in animation, you can go anywhere that your mind can take you.

Sometimes it's fun to just think about what you would like to see.

What would you like to watch.

What is something that and for you personally, you would say, "Oh, I'd love to watch a movie like that," and make it.

And even if it's not perfect, it's great to

just have things out in the world that are personal to you and

It's good to look at other films for ideas and inspiration and structure and how they you know, work things out, problems that they may have,

But always.. try to stay true to your gut and go with something that is important to you.

I went to California Institute of the Arts, the school that was started by Walt Disney specifically for animators, and I studied character animation.

And one of the things you learn at CalArts is that you have your professors, which are great, they're professionals in the field.

The people you're really learning from are your fellow students.

They're the people that you are spending every day with

and you're telling jokes to and you're learning if you're not funny or if you're pitching your stories and you're realizing,

oh, you know what, I'm not making JG laughs.

Maybe I should make this story a little funnier.

And even to this day, when we pitch scenes to each other, Sometimes we forget that we're going to be showing them to billions of people in the world,

and we're just trying to make the director and our story crew laugh.

Because at the end of the day, we're just people telling stories to each other.

What happens when I tell the story to another person is that all these other things show up.

without me asking for them.

Even while I'm telling them.

the story starts to come alive.

the characters start to come along.

And then also, the person you told the story to, will tell you what they thought of it.

Notes.

They're free.

they actually are helping you make your story and your character better.

So that's why I encourage everybody, if you're crafting a story, and you want it to get better, keep telling your story over and over again.

You'd be surprised how good those characters and those stories become over a short period of time.

And you don't have to sit alone in a room.

with it, thinking that's good or bad or whatever.

Somebody can tell you.

So another important thing that I've coming to learn the more I'm working in the industry is,

it's, you know, it's filled with really amazing artists and you're kind of always struggling to figure out how to stand out.

And I think the best way to do that is to worry less about

what you think people want from you and just do express yourself as best as possible.

All the responses I got from the internship

and all the responses I got on my portfolio were just me going back and thinking about

what made me laugh or what were things that my siblings did

that made me laugh really hard and just try to express that into my boards and people would be like, how did you come up with that?

And I'd be like, you know, I, didn't come up with it.

It's just like, you know, this is me and what I'm exposed to.

And, you know, and people really react into that and wanted more of it and, you know, thought it was entertaining or fresh and new.

So I think that's the biggest advice I could give is just, you know, figure out what influences you in your life and try to display that in your art.

So I think a big thing to remember if you're trying to get a job somewhere like Pixar is to be yourself.

I know it sounds cliche, but it really is important.

There's a lot of failure, of course.

There's a lot of times when you're wrong.

There's a lot of times when you think that something is working and it's not.

That actually is the most important thing that could happen to you as a storyteller.

is when things are not working.

and when things are kind of only slightly working, you always want to get better.

And the only way you're going to get better is if you keep trying.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Character: Advice”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：character, laugh, telling。这段视频共有 60 个句子、909 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 4:51。说话人语速较快，每分钟约 187 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 89% 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

视频中最难的 10 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
animation 名词	/ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/	動畫 /动画, 動漫 /动漫
animator 名词	/ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/	動畫製作者 /动画制作者
cliché 名词	/kliˈʃeɪ/	陳詞濫調 /陈词滥调, 老生常談 /老生常谈
storyteller 名词		故事員 /故事员
sibling 名词	/ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/	兄弟姐妹, 兄弟
internship 名词	/ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/	實習 /实习
bore 动词	/boɹ/	煩擾 /烦扰
scout 名词	/ˈskaʊ̯t/	斥候, 偵察兵 /侦察兵
expose 动词	/ɪkˈspoʊz/	揭露, 暴露
medieval 形容词	/mɪdˈi.vəl/	中世紀的 /中世纪的

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
come up with 动词	想出, 提出
figure out 动词	弄清楚
come along 动词	陪伴, 陪同
go back 动词	回去, 返回
show up 动词	露面

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 33 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, I'm, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, cliché /kliˈʃeɪ/, internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/
长单词——注意重音位置: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, portfolio /pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, scout /ˈskaʊ̯t/, expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
/æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: animation /ˌæn.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/, react /ɹiːˈækt/

如何用这段视频练习

先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 animation, animator, cliché 这类单词。

什么是跟读法？

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需要注意的发音

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