跟读练习: Could caffeine cut obesity?: BBC News Review - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
C1
Grab yourself a coffee.
107 句
如果句子过短或过长，请点击 Edit 进行调整。
1
Grab yourself a coffee.
2
A new study says that caffeine might be good for you.
3
This is News Review from BBC Learning English.
4
I'm Neil.
5
And I'm Beth.
6
Make sure you watch to the end to learn vocabulary to talk about this story.
7
Don't forget to subscribe to our channel,
8
like this video and try the quiz on our website.
9
Now the story.
10
Caffeine could reduce your risk of obesity,
11
type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
12
That's according to a new study looking into the effects of high caffeine levels in the blood.
13
Researchers found that if your body processes caffeine slowly,
14
you are likely to be thinner and have a lower risk of diabetes.
15
Scientists say further research needs to be done.
16
You've been looking at the headlines, Beth.
17
What's the vocabulary?
18
We have, fancy a cuppa,
19
turns out and how come.
20
This is News Review from BBC Learning English.
21
Let's have a look at our first headline.
22
This is from Euro Weekly News.
23
Fancy a cuppa?
24
New study links caffeine consumption to reduced risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
25
So this headline starts with a question.
26
Fancy a cuppa?
27
Quite a strange-sounding question.
28
Can we break it down?
29
Yeah, well, here fancy means do you want.
30
So, we could say fancy a chat or fancy a film.
31
And then we have a cuppa,
32
which is the way that we naturally pronounce a cup of.
33
But a cuppa what?
34
Because the headline doesn't say.
35
No, the headline doesn't say,
36
but it is a cup of tea.
37
Maybe because in Britain we drink so much tea,
38
we just assume when we use this expression,
39
fancy a cuppa, we're talking about tea.
40
Yeah, and the headline writer is saying fancy a cuppa as though they are offering the reader a cup of tea,
41
which of course contains caffeine.
42
Now, this is friendly, it's inviting,
43
but also that cup of tea might have health benefits.
44
It might, yeah.
45
Let's have a look at that again.
46
Let's look at our next headline.
47
This is from the Huffington Post.
48
Turns out coffee has a health benefit we've only just discovered.
49
We already know that coffee has a lot of health benefits,
50
but this report is saying that the caffeine in coffee could also have health benefits.
51
We're looking at turns out,
52
which is short for it turns out that.
53
That's right.
54
And when we use turns out,
55
it means that the result or outcome of something becomes known.
56
And it's often something a bit surprising,
57
but it can be a positive or a negative surprise.
58
Yeah.
59
Like in this headline, it's something unexpected.
60
We're saying the results of this study show benefits we didn't know about previously.
61
That's right.
62
And turns out is used a lot in conversational English.
63
So, for example, maybe I leave my umbrella at home because I think it's going to be dry,
64
but then I end up very wet and I say,
65
turns out it's raining.
66
Yes, it can be positive as well, as you said.
67
You could take an exam and think,
68
oh no, what a disaster, I have failed.
69
But it turns out that you've passed.
70
Let's look at that again.
71
Let's have our next headline.
72
This is from Medical News Today.
73
How come higher blood caffeine is linked to lower body fat and type 2 diabetes risk?
74
So this headline is about this link between caffeine and health.
75
It starts with a question and it contains how come.
76
We know those words how and come,
77
but you put them together, what's the sense?
78
Well, how come is another way of saying why.
79
So an alternative question for the headline could be why is higher blood caffeine linked to lower body fat?
80
Yeah, so that seems simple – how come means why.
81
But there is an important difference in the way you use it.
82
When we use how come to ask a question,
83
we don't use the normal grammar for questions.
84
We don't say, how come did you go to the cinema?
85
We say, how come you went to the cinema?
86
That's right.
87
And intonation is important too,
88
because you need to use that to make it sound like a question.
89
So, I could say, Neil,
90
how come you're wearing that shirt again?
91
I like this shirt.
92
And there's another small difference between why and how come, isn't there?
93
Yes, it's quite informal, so we can hear it a lot in conversational English.
94
Let's look at that again.
95
We've had fancier.
96
Do you want to?
97
Turns out the result is...
98
And how come?
99
Why?
100
And coffee is a popular topic with a lot of you,
101
something that we've discussed many times before,
102
and you can listen to some of those discussions by clicking here right now.
103
Don't forget to click here to subscribe to our channel so you never miss another video.
104
Thanks for joining us.
105
Bye!
106
Bye!
107
you
下载应用
AI 为你说出的每个句子打分
TRENDING
热门
本课程概述
在本课程中，您将学习与咖啡因相关的健康益处，并能够理解如何利用这些知识来提高您的英语口语能力。通过分析有关咖啡因与肥胖、2型糖尿病和心脏病之间关系的最新研究，您将掌握在日常对话中使用相关词汇和短语的技巧。同时，您还会通过跟读练习来提升英语发音，让交流更加地道流利。
关键词汇和短语
- fancy a cuppa：想来一杯茶吗？
- turns out：结果是……
- how come：怎么会……
- health benefits：健康益处
- obesity：肥胖
- type 2 diabetes：2型糖尿病
- caffeine：咖啡因
练习技巧
如果您希望通过 影子跟读 来提高您的英语发音，可以尝试以下方法来练习这段视频中的内容：
- 首先，播放视频并仔细听讲解者的语调和发音。您可以通过 看YouTube学英语 来提高理解能力。
- 在听的同时，可以尝试一边跟读，一边模仿他们的口音和节奏。注意他们在发音时的停顿和重音，这些都是 提高英语发音 的关键。
- 反复聆听每一段落，特别是使用"fancy a cuppa"等短语的部分，因为这些表达在口语交流中非常实用。
- 每次跟读后，暂停视频并回顾自己说出来的内容，确保尽量接近原音。
- 利用 shadowspeaks 的技巧，您可以录下自己的声音，并与视频进行对比，以识别需要改进的部分。
坚持进行这样有针对性的练习，将使您在沟通中更加自信，也能更好地理解与健康相关的话题。
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。