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There is some rubbish going around on the internet about how the numbers on these toaster dials are actually minutes.

And it is completely, utterly untrue, and I shall now prove it.

All these four toasters are set to two on each of their dials.

We have the cheap toaster, beloved students everywhere.

We have the not -so -cheap toaster, beloved of people who have just stopped being students and thought, I shouldn't buy the cheapest toaster.

And we have the slightly more expensive toaster, for people who think that adjustable, removable crumb tray is a good feature.

We also have the office toaster, which I've nicked from the office next door.

All of them set to tomb, and I guarantee you none of them will pop up in exactly two minutes.

Why?

Because toasters don't have timing chips on them.

They're far too cheap for that.

What these have is a bimetallic strip.

Two bits of metal, back to back, that heat up and expand at different rates, so the strip slowly curves.

What you're changing with these dials is how far

that strip has to curve before it triggers the thing that pops the toast up again.

There we go, nowhere near two minutes, and at a completely different time to all these other toasters.

Two minutes on the toaster's arms is absolutely rubbish, and here's the thing, it doesn't even make sense, because even if there were minutes,

what would that do to help you?

You still have to experiment through trial

and error to find out how many minutes your particular type of bread needs to be in there for,

and I'll tell you, it's way more than we've currently got.

The office toaster?

The one that is apparently this kind of enterprise -grade thing designed to toast your factory?

Toast your toast quickly?

No. Nothing at all.

What we have here are four completely different toasters, all set to the same dial number, none of them popping up in two minutes.

Someone is wrong on the internet, and now you can correct them.

Where anyone like some toast?

That's not very well done.

It's not actually done so, is it?

That's parable.

Well, I'm still wrong, this toaster still hasn't popped up.

That's how different the the dials are.

We are literally waiting for toast to pop up now.

There we go.

Tom?

Yeah?

I think that one was two minutes.

What, on the nose?

I think so.

Okay, so maybe expensive ones do have chives in them.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“Do The Numbers On Toaster Dials Mean Minutes?”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：toaster, toast, dial, strip, cheap。这段视频共有 41 个句子、423 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 2:10。说话人语速较快，每分钟约 196 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 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 41 个句子中有 10 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
toast 名词	/toʊst/	烤麵包 /烤面包, 吐司
beloved 形容词	/bɪˈlʌvd/	親愛的 /亲爱的, 心愛的 /心爱的
curve 名词	/kɚv/	彎子 /弯子
rubbish 名词	/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/	胡扯, 瞎掰
guarantee 名词	/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/	保證 /保证
nowhere 副词	/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/	無處 /无处
enterprise 名词	/ˈɛntəˌpɹaɪz/	企業 /企业
experiment 名词	/ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/	實驗 /实验
expand 动词	/ɪkˈspænd/	擴展 /扩展, 擴張 /扩张
chip 名词	/t͡ʃɪp/	筹码
trigger 名词	/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/	扳機 /扳机
tomb 名词	/tum/	墳墓 /坟墓, 墓葬
tray 名词	/tɹeɪ/	托盤 /托盘, 盤 /盘
toaster 名词	/ˈtəʊ̯s.təː/	烤麵包機 /烤面包机, 多士爐 /多士炉
chive 名词	/t͡ʃaɪv/	細香蔥 /细香葱, 蝦夷蔥 /虾夷葱

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
pop up 动词	弹出
find out 动词	找出, 查明
heat up 动词	加熱 /加热

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	have just stopped · I've nicked · hasn't popped
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物	people who have · people who think · one that is
义务：must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的	has to curve · have to experiment · needs to be
现在进行时 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在发生的事	you're changing · are literally waiting

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 10 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 doesn't, don't, hasn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

长单词——注意重音位置: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, adjustable /əˈd͡ʒʌstəbəl/, bimetallic /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: beloved /bɪˈlʌvd/, curve /kɚv/, chive /t͡ʃaɪv/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: toast /toʊst/, strip /ˈstɹɪp/, beloved /bɪˈlʌvd/, curve /kɚv/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/
/æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: guarantee /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/, expand /ɪkˈspænd/, bimetallic /baɪmɪˈtælɪk/, parable /ˈpæɹ.ə.bəl/

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 toast, beloved, curve 这类单词。

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