跟读练习: Digital Nomads Explained - 通过视频学习英语口语
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An important lesson we've learned over the last few years is
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that most work doesn't need to be tethered to a physical office.
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Upwards of one-fifth of the world's companies are now fully remote, and more professionals are choosing to work away from the office.
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The increase in the number of remote workers following the COVID-19 pandemic indicates a new normal.
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This new normal provides many workers and their families unique opportunities to work where they want, travel when they want, and often combine the two.
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For example, the surge in remote work is seen in how Airbnb guests now use the platform.
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Many guests choose to live and work away from home for extended periods of time, and long-term stays of 28 days or more continue to be Airbnb's fastest-growing category.
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One in five nights booked in 2022 were for stays of a month or longer, and nearly 175,000 guests booked stays lasting 90 days or longer.
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Consider the experience of my friend Jerry, who works as an investment manager.
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Before the pandemic, I couldn't travel for long
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because I always had to be back home in Wisconsin to meet with my clients in person.
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After the pandemic, however, everyone has become comfortable with Zoom meetings and meeting online.
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This has opened the opportunity to live in southern France with my family for a month at a time.
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If I've got good Wi-Fi and a quiet place to talk with my clients, I can live and work from anywhere.
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These opportunities don't just apply to established professionals.
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Consider the experience of Anya, a young photographer and social media dilettante I met in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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I'm thinking of moving to Turkey, and then Japan, to work for six months at a time.
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I've always wanted to experience these cultures, and because I freelance online, I can work from anywhere.
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Anya and Jerry are classic examples of what are becoming popularly known as digital nomads, or people who work almost entirely over the internet while traveling.
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Digital nomads don't always have to be away from home or the office, but their jobs offer the flexibility to work remotely and experience new cultures while doing so.
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Some live, travel, and work for a month during the summer, while others are constantly on the move, taking all their worldly possessions with them.
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Life as a digital nomad is not as easy or glamorous as it sounds.
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Consider one nomad who works for a Silicon Valley tech company based in San Francisco.
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Most of the time, it's a lot of fun.
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You make new friends, experience new cultures, and break out of the usual monotony of daily routines.
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However, there are plenty of moments when you just want to pack up and go home.
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You get lonely for family and friends and stability.
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Research shows that the number one reason digital nomads return home is because of loneliness.
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When you're on the road all the time, you begin to question your purpose, stated a Spaniard living in Georgia in Eastern Europe.
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Getting back to base on a regular basis is nice and helps ground you in what really matters.
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As if loneliness and lack of stability weren't enough, Killjoy bosses and their friends in HR make it more difficult to be a digital nomad.
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I spoke to an HR manager at Allianz in Munich, Germany who said, We all want to live and work abroad,
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but the potential legal and cybersecurity liabilities can be stifling.
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Right now, we allow all our people to be digital nomads for one month a year, and we need to approve the country they are living in,
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as some countries present significant cybersecurity risks for our business.
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The month-long limitation is because of employment tax issues.
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After purchasing Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk removed the company's previous
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work-from-home-forever policy and required Twitter employees to work 40 hours per week in the office unless they were making an excellent contribution.
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In an email to managers, Musk stated, it is expected that you have in-person meetings with your colleagues on a reasonable cadence,
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ideally weekly, but not less than once per month.
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Even Airbnb, with a multi-billion-dollar market that has helped make life as a digital nomad possible,
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must cull its own employees by keeping roughly two dozen countries off-limits
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and limiting employees' foreign stays to no more than three months per year.
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Turns out that it is difficult for companies to allow digital nomads.
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For example, rules for business registrations, payroll and income taxes, and workers' compensation insurance vary from state to state in the U.S.
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Moreover, it's difficult to keep data secure when you don't know where it resides.
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These legal and security challenges make it difficult for companies to allow digital nomads.
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Despite these challenges, digital nomads may be a tremendous benefit for companies that traditionally struggle to attract direct foreign investment.
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Digital nomads tend to flock to lower-cost countries with fewer formal institutions that attract companies.
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Such lack of formal institutions offers an element of excitement, adventure, and lower cost of living Moreover,
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digital nomads are introduced to new and innovative ideas
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because they spend a portion of work time outside the company
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For more information on how digital nomads might be the answer to your country and company problems Watch our follow-up video entitled,
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How Digital Nomads Might Be the Answer to Your Country and Company's Problems Thank you.
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真实场景：数字游民的生活百态
视频里讲述了疫情后越来越多人成为“数字游民”的现象——有人像Jerry一样在法国远程工作，有人像Anya一样边旅行边接单，但也有人因孤独或公司限制被迫结束这种生活。这个场景很适合雅思口语练习，因为它涵盖了工作、生活、挑战等高频话题，能帮你积累丰富表达。
实用短语&搭配，必学！
- tethered to a physical office：被束缚在实体办公室（描述工作模式的经典表达）
- break out of the usual monotony：打破常规的单调（形容生活变化，口语加分）
- killjoy bosses：扫兴的老板（生动俚语，让表达更自然）
- cull its own employees：限制员工（职场相关的实用搭配）
- ground you in what really matters：让你明白什么才重要（抽象表达，提升口语深度）
你的影子跟读挑战
想要提高英语发音，现在就用这个视频做shadowing练习吧！打开视频，找到讲述“数字游民孤独感”的部分（大约从“生活并不像听起来那么轻松”开始），先听3遍，注意说话人的语气变化——提到“新朋友”时的兴奋，说到“想家”时的低落。然后跟着原音逐句跟读，模仿重音和节奏，就像在和对方对话一样。完成后，用手机录下自己的版本，对比哪里发音不够地道。如果觉得困难，可以找个shadowing site，用shadowspeaks或shadow speech功能反复练习。这个方法不仅能练口语，还超适合雅思口语练习哦！
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 | we've learned · has become · has opened |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | be tethered · is seen · is expected |
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。