跟读练习: 'Come to the Edge' Anthony Garvey, District finalist, Toastmasters International - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Come to the edge, we might fall.
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Come to the edge, we might fall.
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Come to the edge, it's too high.
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Come to the edge, and they came,
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and we pushed, and they flew.
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Mr. Contest Chair, fellow Toastmasters and very welcome guests,
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I was 16 years of age when I first read those words by Christopher Logue.
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I had asked my dad for advice on how to win the heart of the most beautiful girl in Ireland.
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Her name was Helen and I was afraid to talk to her.
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My dad gave me this book and asked me to read the poem I have just recited for you.
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Later that evening at our school disco,
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I spotted Helen across the crowded dance floor.
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Spurred on by the words,
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I began to edge nearer.
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Our eyes seemed to meet just as flash dance started to play.
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First, when there's nothing but a slow,
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glowing dream, that your fear seems to hide deep inside your mind.
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As I edged nearer, I noticed out of the corner of my eye,
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my best friend Fergus was also walking towards Helen.
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Then I realized she was looking at him, not at me.
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I stopped in my tracks as the two of them held hands and started to dance.
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Come to the edge, climb onto a ledge more like it.
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But looking back I realize just how important that experience was.
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Helen may have chosen Fergus but ten years later Fergus chose me as best man at their wedding.
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And later that evening at their wedding reception,
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I got to meet my wife for the very first time.
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I was 36 years of age and I had just failed my driving test for the seventh time.
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My dad sent me a press clipping about Cha Sa Soon from South Korea.
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She had sat her driving test not seven times,
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not 70 times, but 700 times, and still hadn't passed.
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But she was still trying.
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At the bottom of the page,
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my dad had added the words,
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Remember, come to the edge.
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It was the boost I needed.
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I reapplied for the test,
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took extra lessons, and on the day of the exam,
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I greeted the examiner warmly with a firm Toastmaster-style handshake.
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And just one short hour later,
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I had failed my driving test. For the eighth time.
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Anyone here need a lift home later on this evening, by the way?
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No?
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No takers?
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It was the worst exam of the lot.
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I went the wrong way round a mini roundabout.
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Jumped a red light and worst of all,
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I reversed into a small bush outside our local garden centre.
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Centre.
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Come to the edge, mow down a hedge, more like it.
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But looking back I realise just how important that experience was.
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Thanks to the example of Chasasun and the words of the poem,
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I left the exam centre that day not despondent but determined.
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And on the 17th of May 2006,
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I passed my driving test on my ninth attempt.
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Four years later, to the very day,
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Cha Sa-soon in South Korea passed her driving test on her 960th attempt.
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I was 46 years of age and I was on my way to Dublin to visit my dad in hospital.
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He had gone in for a minor operation
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and I took with me the book of poetry he had given me as a teenager.
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I wanted to tell him about the positive impact it had on my life.
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One hour into the journey I got a call from my sister and I pulled the car over safely to take it.
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She told me that But my dad had had a heart attack.
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They had tried to revive him without success.
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As I sat helplessly in the car,
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I took the book of poetry from my bag and read Christopher Logue's poem,
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Come to the Edge Aloud.
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There was not a sound to be heard,
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apart from the the distant murmur of the car radio.
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When I had finished, I closed my eyes.
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Through the darkness came something on the car radio that I had not heard for over 30 years.
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First, when there's nothing, But a slow,
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flowing dream That your fear seems to hide Deep inside your mind.
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Thirty years ago, my dad gave me this book.
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He taught me to live life to the full,
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to have a go, rather than sit it out.
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If you have a dream,
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if there's something you'd love to do,
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but you're afraid of, then I have just one piece of advice.
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Come to the edge, and who knows, you may fly.
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Thank you.
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关于本课
在本课中，学习者将通过影子练习（shadowspeak）来提升他们的英语口语能力，特别是理解和使用情感表达与个人故事的技巧。通过分析Anthony Garvey的演讲，学习者可以练习发音、语调，以及如何将个人经历融入语言使用中。学习者将被引导去聆听并模仿演讲者的语速和情感，从而增强他们的表达能力。
关键词汇与短语
- come to the edge - 迈出舒适区
- pushed - 推动
- beautiful girl - 美丽的女孩
- driving test - 驾驶考试
- best man - 伴郎
- fail - 失败
- try - 尝试
- experience - 经验
练习技巧
在进行影子练习（shadow speech）时，建议注意以下几点，以便更好地适应视频的语速和语调：
- 首先，慢慢聆听演讲内容，确保你能清晰理解每句话的意思。可以选择暂停视频，逐句分析。
- 然后，开始跟读。在模仿演讲者的语气和情感时，注意他们的停顿和重音，尽量做到自然。
- 建议在说话时，适当地添加个人感受或经历，使所练习的内容更具个性化和真实感。
- 通过反复练习（shadowspeaks），你可以逐渐提高你的流利度和自信心，且能够更准确地传达情感。
- 最后，记录你自己的声音，并回听，以便找出需要改进的地方，这样可以让你的英语口语练习更加有效。
无论你是初学者还是有一定基础的学习者，这种影子练习都将极大提升你的英语口语技巧。使用这种方法，你将更自如地在真实对话中表达自己，容纳更多的情感与故事。快来尝试吧！
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。