跟读练习: Describe Your Appearance in English - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Describe your appearance in English.
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You are all beautiful.
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You're great.
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You're awesome.
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You're gorgeous.
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You're marvelous.
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When you talk about women, the synonyms for the word beautiful are attractive, good-looking and pretty.
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And when you talk about men, you can also say attractive or good-looking.
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But we don't usually say beautiful about men.
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We say handsome.
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So what's the opposite of the word beautiful?
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You can say unattractive, horrible, awful, ugly.
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How tall are you?
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I am 175 centimeters tall, so I am of average or medium height.
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The man on the left is tall and the man on the right is short.
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So what is your body type?
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I'm neither thick nor thin, so I'm of average build.
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The man on the left is quite thin.
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And the man on the right has a little bit of extra weight, so he's a bit overweight.
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People can also be well-built, slender or slim, especially when we speak about women.
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He's athletic or muscular.
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Please remember, it's rude to say that someone is fat or skinny, especially if you don't know these people very well.
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What is your face shape?
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Have you got a round face, a square face, an oval face or a triangular face?
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What color are your eyes?
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Have you got brown or Hazel eyes?
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Are your eyes blue or green?
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What's your eye shape?
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The eyes of Asian type are often called monolith eyes.
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If your eyes are quite large and you can see the white under or above the iris, you've got round eyes.
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And the eyes which look like almond are called almond eyes.
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If the eye distance is small, you've got close-set eyes.
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And if the eye distance is quite large, you've got wide set eyes.
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If the corners of your eyes go upwards, you've got upturned eyes.
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And if they go downwards, you've got downturned eyes.
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How long is your hair?
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Have you got long hair, short hair, shoulder length hair?
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And people who don't have any hair are bold.
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What color is your hair?
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Is it fair or blunt?
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Dark or black?
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Brown or chestnut?
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Red?
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Or maybe you've got grey hair?
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What is your hair type?
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Is it straight, curly, wavy and people who are losing their hair have got receding hair?
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What is your nose type?
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Have you got a straight nose, an upturned nose, a snub nose or maybe an aquiline or hooked nose?
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What shape are your lips?
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Are they full, puffy or sensitive?
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Or maybe they're just small and thin?
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Sometimes people have special features.
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For example, a mustache, a beard.
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A lot of people have moles.
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And those with light hair very often have freckles on their faces.
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After injuries, some people have scars.
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We're all very different.
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Black, white, Asian.
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But you must remember that you are beautiful.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 A2 级别的口语课以视频“Describe Your Appearance in English”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:eye, hair, nose, beautiful, type。 这段视频共有 59 个句子、477 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 4:37。 说话人语速较慢,每分钟约 103 个词,你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 86% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。 全部 59 个句子中有 24 个是问句,适合练习疑问语调和简短回答。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词,附发音和释义:

单词发音释义
thin 形容词/ˈθɪn/бә, 薄
almond 名词/ˈɑ(l).mənd/杏仁, 扁桃
awful 形容词/ˈɔːfʊl/壞 /坏, 糟糕
sensitive 形容词/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/敏感
thick 形容词/θɪk/ху, 厚
horrible 形容词/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/可怕的, 可畏
ugly 形容词/ˈʌɡli/難看 /难看, 醜 /丑
hook 名词/hʊk/鉤 /钩, 鉤子 /钩子
gorgeous 形容词/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/華麗 /华丽, 絢爛 /绚烂
bold 形容词/ˈbəʊld/膽大 /胆大, 勇敢
rude 形容词/ɹuːd/粗暴, 無禮 /无礼
handsome 形容词/ˈhæn.səm/俊, 俊美
lip 名词/lɪp/зуйчунзы, зуйчур
beard 名词/bɪɹd/хўзы, 喙鬚 /喙须
skinny 形容词/ˈskɪni/瘦, 枯瘦

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:

  • What is your face shape?
  • What color are your eyes?
  • Are your eyes blue or green?
  • What's your eye shape?
  • How long is your hair?

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
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的are often called · are called
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物people who don · people who are

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 17 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 you've, you're, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “th” 音: thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/, athletic /æθˈlɛt.ɪk/, monolith /ˈmɑn.əˌlɪθ/

中文母语者容易读错的音:

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: sensitive /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/, oval /ˈoʊvəl/, overweight /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/, marvelous /ˈmɑɹvələs/, wavy /ˈweɪvi/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: almond /ˈɑ(l).mənd/, sensitive /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/, thick /θɪk/, hook /hʊk/, gorgeous /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, marvelous /ˈmɑɹvələs/, freckle /ˈfɹɛkəl/, triangular /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 用正常速度逐句跟读,每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 thin, almond, awful 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。

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