跟读练习: Dear Future Generations: Sorry (2026) - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Dear Future Generations, I think I speak for the rest of us when I say, sorry.
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Sorry we left you with our mess of a planet.
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Sorry that we were too caught up in our own doings to do something.
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Sorry we listen to people who made excuses to do nothing.
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I hope you forgive us, we just didn't realize how special the earth was, like a marriage gone wrong, we didn't know what we had until it was gone.
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For example, I'm guessing you probably know it as the Amazon desert, right?
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Well believe it or not, it was once called the Amazon Rainforest and there were billions of trees there, all of them gorgeous and...
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Oh.
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You don't know much about trees, do you?
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Well, let me tell you, trees are amazing.
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I mean, we literally breathe the air they are creating.
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They clean up our pollution, our carbon.
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They store and purify water, give us medicine that cures our diseases, food that feeds us.
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Which is why I am so sorry to tell you that we burn them down.
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I cut them down with brutal machines, horrific, at a rate of 40 football fields every minute.
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That's 50% of all the trees in the world gone in the last hundred years.
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Why? For this.
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And that wouldn't make me so sad if it weren't so many pictures of leaves on it.
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You know, when I was a child, I read how the Native Americans had such consideration for the planet
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that they felt responsible for how they left the land for the next seven generations.
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Which brings me great sorrow Because most of us today Don't even care about tomorrow
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So I'm sorry I'm sorry
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that we put profit above people Greed above need The rule
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of gold above the golden rule I'm sorry we use nature
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as a credit card With no spending limit Over drafting animals to extinction Stealing your chance to ever see their uniqueness
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Or become friends with them
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Sorry we poisoned the oceans so much that you can't even swim in them But most of all,
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I'm sorry about our mindset Cause we had the nerve to call this destruction Progress Hey Fox News,
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if you don't think climate change is a threat I dare you to interview the thousands of homeless people in Bangladesh See,
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while you were in your penthouse nestled Their homes were literally washed away beneath their feet due to rising sea levels.
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And Sarah Palin, you said that you love the smell of fossil fuels.
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Well, I urge you to talk to the kids of Beijing
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Who are forced to wear pollution masks just to go to school See you can ignore this,
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but the thing about truth is It can be denied, not avoided
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So I'm sorry future generations I'm sorry that our footprint became a sinkhole
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and not a garden I'm sorry that we paid
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so much attention to ISIS and very little to how fast the ice is melting in the Arctic.
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I'm sorry we doomed you, and I'm sorry we couldn't find another planet in time to move to.
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I am s— You know what?
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Cut the beat.
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I'm not sorry.
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This future, I do not accept it.
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Because an error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
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We can redirect this.
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How?
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Let me suggest that if a farmer sees a tree that is unhealthy, they don't look at the branches to diagnose it, they look at the root.
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So like that farmer, we must look at the root, and not to the branches of government, not to the politicians run by corporations.
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We are the root, we are the foundation, this generation, it is up to us to take care of this planet, it is our only home.
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We must globally warm our hearts and change the climate of our souls and realize that we are not apart from nature, we are a part of nature.
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And to betray nature is to betray us To save nature is to save us
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Because whatever you're fighting for Racism or poverty Feminism, gay rights or any type of equality It won't matter in the least
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Because if we don't all work together to save the environment, we will be equally extinct.
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Sorry.
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Hey guys, for the past several weeks I've been here in Africa, heart of Africa witnessing the horrific destruction of the rainforest which inspired me to write this piece.
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Why are forests being destroyed at such an enormous rate? For this.
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Today we live in a world where destroying trees makes you money.
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So what can we normal people do about it?
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One way to directly fight the destruction is to stand for trees.
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By standing for trees not only can you save the lives of trees, help forest communities, and protect the rights of animals to live in their homes,
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but you will also balance the amount of pollution that you yourself give off with your everyday activities, making you a part of the solution and not the problem.
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This is the option that I chose, but whatever way that you choose to stand for trees, do it.
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Because a wise man once said, when the rivers are all dried up and the trees cut down,
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man will then realize that he will not be able to eat money.
背景与上下文
在这段充满情感的影片中，演讲者向未来的世代表达歉意，反映了我们这一代在环境保护方面忽视和失败的现状。他们承认自己的错误，包括对地球资源的掠夺和对气候变化的忽视，强调了人们应当为未来的生存负责任。通过讲述自己对树木和自然的深切情感，演讲者呼吁每个人都应该意识到自己与自然之间的紧密联系，从而积极行动以改善现状。这种情感深刻而真实，特别适合通过英语口语练习来提高同学们的听说能力。
日常交流的五个关键短语
- I'm sorry - 我感到抱歉
- We need to take care of our planet - 我们需要保护我们的星球
- Let’s change our mindset - 让我们改变心态
- We are part of nature - 我们是自然的一部分
- It’s time to act - 是时候采取行动了
这些短语在大多数日常交流中非常实用，对于学习者在参与讨论环保问题或气候变化时更为重要，能够帮助提高他们的表达能力和信心。
逐步跟读指南
对于想要通过影片提高英语口语能力的学习者，以下是逐步跟读的方法：
- 初次观看：完整观看视频，理解演讲者的情感和主题。
- 分段练习：将视频分成若干小段，每段时长为20-30秒。每观看一段，暂停并重复演讲者的句子，模仿语音语调。
- 重点词汇：注意关键词汇（例如“抱歉”、“行动”、“自然”），并尝试在日常英语口语练习中使用这些词汇。
- 情感表达：不仅模仿发音，还要注意情感的传达，结合语调变化等来读出每句话的核心感情。
- 自主总结：最后，独立复述或总结视频的主要内容，尽量使用自己学到的短语和词汇。可以在学习小组中分享，进行互动练习。
通过这样的shadow speech练习，学习者能够在环境话题上熟练运用英语，同时提升自身的演讲能力和表达自信。这使得他们在雅思口语练习中能更从容自信地参与讨论。
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。