跟读练习: COUNTRYBALLS: WORLD WAR ONE (part 1) - 通过视频学习英语口语
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This is Europe Today!
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And this is Europe roughly a hundred years ago.
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Looks like there are way fewer countries, right?
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Well, you'd be correct.
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Germany used to be much bigger and far more powerful.
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Russia stretched much further into Europe, and countries like Poland, Finland, or the Baltic states simply didn't exist.
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Austria and Hungary used to be best buddies, united in a single empire.
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Although many of the nationalities inside it didn't exactly like their bosses.
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The Ottoman Empire was still around too crumbling and collapsing, but still an empire.
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Italy was a newly unified kingdom trying to establish itself as a major European power, and France still wanted revenge for its humiliating defeat to Germany 40 years earlier.
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Soon I will get my revenge!
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Europe was full of rivalries, alliances, and empires competing against each other and everyone was building armies, everyone was producing new weapons,
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Everyone expected a massive war sooner or later.
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all they needed was a reason to start fighting.
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And that reason, it came much sooner than anyone expected.
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In 1914, the Austrian Archiduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife decided to visit the city of Sarajevo, in these primarily Serbian -inhabited lands.
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And these local Serbian nationalists were not exactly happy about it.
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As the Arkaduke's car was driving through the city, one Serbian nationalist threw a bomb at it, and...
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Thankfully for the Arkaduke, he missed and only injured several officers.
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"Mr. Arkaduke, they tried to assassinate you !" "Yes, I noticed." "You should immediately leave Sarajevo." "Hmm,
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no." "Good, I'll prepare the car and..." "What?" Instead of fleeing to safety, the Arkaduke decided to visit the wounded officers in the hospital.
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be the last thing he would ever do.
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By complete coincidence, the driver took a wrong turn and accidentally stopped right in front of one of the assassins.
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"Oh, today is my lucky day !" Seeing his second chance, he pulled out his pistol and killed both the Archiduke and his wife.
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Having your heir to the throne assassinated in broad daylight was not exactly on Austria -Hungary's bucket list.
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The Empire was furious and believed Serbia had something to do with the attack.
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So, Austria -Hungary sent Serbia an ultimatum filled with demands that were almost impossible to accept.
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"Hmm, Austria, it says here that you want your officials to operate inside my country." Yes, correct.
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We need to investigate the assassination.
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Well, that sounds like a violation of my sovereignty, so no. Oh, really?
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No problem then.
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Um, are you sure you're not angry?
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"Nah, don't worry about it, you just killed our future emperor, totally fine." Three days later, Austria -Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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"Wow, wow, wow!
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I am seeing that you are attacking innocent Slavic countries !" Russia immediately jumps on Serbia's side and declares war on Austria.
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Then Germany jumped in to protect its ally Austria.
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France, seeing that Germany attacks their ally, the Russians declared war on Germany.
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And there you have it.
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Four European great powers and a two -front war in just three days.
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It looks random, like everything exploded out of nowhere, but in reality, everyone knew this was coming.
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They were just waiting for the excuse, and the most prepared one: Germany.
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Germany had developed a plan called the Schliffenplan.
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So, the plan is very simple.
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Those Russians will need a lot of time to mobilize everyone from their large country, so before they are ready, we have to strike first and conquer them in lightning speed.
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But then, after we're done with France, we go to Russia and defeat them while they are still mobilizing.
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Any questions?
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Absolutely not!
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Yeah, what could go wrong?
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It turns out, a lot can go wrong.
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France was way more prepared and had a lot "Saisa!
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Isn't there any safer road we could take?
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Somewhere with no fortifications and flat terrain?" "Hey, what is that over there?" "No plan, soldiers!
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We are marching through Belgium to avoid the French forts !" "Hey, you can't do that!
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I'm neutral!
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You can't just march through me !" Germany invades Belgium in the hopes of avoiding the French fortifications and encircling them.
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The Germans expected Belgium to surrender immediately.
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unexpected.
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Belgium's resistance slowed the German advance just enough for France and Britain to prepare their defenses.
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Oh yeah, Britain joined in too.
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You see, Britain had promised to protect Belgian neutrality many years earlier, and just like that, almost all major European powers were now involved in the war.
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On one side, we have the Central Powers: Germany and Austria -Hungary, and on the other, it's the intent: Russia,
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France, Serbia, Montenegro, and now Britain and Belgium.
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mobilized and way quicker than anyone expected.
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"Hey Austria, would you take care of that?" "Yes, absolutely, no problems." Austria -Hungary had a hard time fighting Russia.
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Austria -Hungary wasn't made only of Austrians and Hungarians, but from many ethnic groups that didn't exactly want to fight in this war.
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"Why does no one understand my orders?" couldn't even defeat small Serbia with whom they started the war with.
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So, Germany had to spare some troops from the front with France, where they were getting closer and closer to the French capital of Paris.
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The French commanders were panicking, and they knew that if Paris fell, the war would be lost.
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So, they ordered the army to stop retreating, and instead try to fight the Germans.
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On the river Marne, the Germans were defeated and forced to retreat a bit.
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Then, they turned their attention to the coastal cities of France, and tried to capture them while the intent tried to stop them.
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Yeah, so the schleifenplan didn't work.
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"Of course it didn't.
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We're already fighting a two -front war." So what is the plan now? To dig. In.
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Germany wasted all their attacking potential and decided to start entrenching.
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Their foes did the same.
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Soon, a massive trench system formed, stretching from the North Sea all the way to Switzerland.
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this completely changed warfare.
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Unfortunately though, for the soldiers in World War I, uh, conquering territory was nowhere near this fun.
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The trenches were not a very good experience for any soldiers.
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Wait, I should probably say they were actually rather terrible.
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Mud, diseases, rats, and constant artillery bombing.
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Soldiers lived in horrible conditions.
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Those rats here look delicious, don't you think?
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I lost my eyesight to an artillery shell.
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Whoever didn't die of illness died in a pointless charge against enemy machine guns,
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sometimes resulting in thousands of deaths just to move the front line ever so slightly. And yet...
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That was the strategy for years.
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Meanwhile, over in the East, things were way more mobile.
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Russia suffered a huge defeat by Germany in the north and had to retreat to safer positions.
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In the south, they were deep into Austria and held a stronger position.
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Because of its enormous size, Russia had a hard time supplying all its soldiers.
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Some Russian units even lacked rifles and ammunition. Where are the supplies?
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Still coming.
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It's been three months!
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And unlike the Western Front, where trenches barely moved, The Eastern Front remained fluid and chaotic.
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Entire regions could be lost or taken in weeks.
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By 1915, Germany and Austria -Hungary launched a massive counter -attack,
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Russia was pushed hundreds of kilometers backward in what became known as the Great Retreat.
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"E is a strategic withdrawal.
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That's a fancy way to save running away." But despite the retreat, Russia was still in the war, bruised, exhausted, and poorly equipped but still fighting.
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As the war continued, more and more countries started joining the conflict.
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One of the first new major participants was Japan.
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Now, at first, this might sound strange.
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"What does a war in Europe have to do with me?" Well, Japan had an alliance with Britain
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and saw the war as the perfect opportunity to expand its influence in Asia and the Pacific.
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Germany had some colonies and small islands in the Pacific, and Japan was more than happy to take those without much resistance.
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The Central Powers also gained a new ally.
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It was the crumbling Ottoman Empire.
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In late 1914, the Ottomans officially entered the war by attacking Russian ports in the Black Sea.
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And suddenly, the war spread into entirely new regions the Middle East, the Caucasus, Mesopotamia, and the Dardanelles.
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This was a huge problem for Britain and Russia.
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The Ottomans controlled the strategically vital straits connecting the Mediterranean to Russia through the Black Sea.
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That's not good.
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The British and French later attempted to knock the Ottomans out of the war through the disastrous Gallopoli Campaign.
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How hard can it be to defeat the Ottomans?
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Yeah right, that country's on the verge of collapse should be an easy win.
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The campaign became a complete disaster for the Allies and turned into one of the Ottoman Empire's greatest wartime victories.
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It became known as the most pointless campaign of the entire war, with around half a million casualties.
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The war, though, was only just beginning.
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More countries were yet to join the conflict.
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Millions of new soldiers would soon be mobilized across the world.
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Germany would introduce terrifying new weapons like zeppelins, flamethrowers, and massive gas attacks.
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And the first British tanks would roll out onto the battlefield.
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Entire cities were soon to be destroyed.
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Empires about to collapse.
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The deadliest battles of the entire war were yet to come.
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But all of that, we'll have to discuss in the next video.
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Because the Great War was far from over, and Europe was about to change forever.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B1 级别的口语课以视频“COUNTRYBALLS: WORLD WAR ONE”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Ottoman。 这段视频共有 144 个句子、1795 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 11:28。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 156 个词，接近日常对话。 只有 81% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| retreat 名词 | /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/ | 後退 /后退, 退卻 /退却 |
| conquer 动词 | /ˈkɑŋkɚ/ | 征服 |
| trench 名词 | /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/ | 壕溝 /壕沟, 戰壕 /战壕 |
| alley 名词 | /ˈæl.i/ | 弄, 里弄 |
| declare 动词 | /dɪˈklɛɚ/ | 宣布 |
| collapse 动词 | /kəˈlæps/ | 倒坍, 崩潰 /崩溃 |
| assassinate 动词 | /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/ | 刺殺 /刺杀, 暗殺 /暗杀 |
| crumble 动词 | /ˈkɹʌmbəl/ | 崩溃 |
| fortification 名词 | /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ | 防禦工事 /防御工事, 工事 |
| nationalist 名词 | /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/ | 民族主義者 /民族主义者 |
| artillery 名词 | /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/ | 炮兵部隊 /炮兵部队 |
| warfare 名词 | /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/ | 戰爭 /战争 |
| rat 名词 | /ɹæt/ | лочў, 鳥鼠 /鸟鼠 |
| revenge 名词 | /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ | 報仇 /报仇, 復仇 /复仇 |
| intent 名词 | /ɪnˈtɛnt/ | 意圖 /意图 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| run away 动词 | 逃跑 |
| sign up 动词 | 報名 /报名, 註冊 /注册 |
| turn out 动词 | 原來 /原来 |
值得反复跟读的句子
视频中简短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常对话里：
- Um, are you sure you're not angry?
- Isn't there any safer road we could take?
- Those rats here look delicious, don't you think?
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| “used to” used to + 动词 — 过去的习惯或状态，现在已不再如此 | used to be |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | were now involved · wasn't made · would be lost |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | I've built · It's been |
| 过去进行时 was/were + -ing — 过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 | was producing · was driving · was coming |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 27 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 didn't, don't, isn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: flamethrower /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/, withdrawal /wɪðˈdɹɔ(ə)l/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: fortification /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, nationalist /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, assassination /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: assassinate /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/, fortification /ˌfɔː(ɹ)tɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, nationalist /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/, artillery /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: revenge /ɹəˈvɛnd͡ʒ/, invade /ɪnˈveɪd/, verge /vɜːd͡ʒ/, rivalry /ˈɹaɪ.vəl.ɹi/, sovereignty /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: retreat /ɹɪˈtɹiːt/, trench /ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃ/, collapse /kəˈlæps/, assassinate /əˈsæs(ə)nˌeɪt/, mobilize /ˈməʊbɪlʌɪz/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: crumble /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, artillery /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/, flamethrower /ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ/, neutrality /nuˈtɹæləti/, rivalry /ˈɹaɪ.vəl.ɹi/
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 retreat, conquer, trench 这类单词。
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。