跟读练习: English Listening Practice | Build a Relationship with English | B1-B2 - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Hello.
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Let's practice intermediate listening.
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Listen first, then shadow along.
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Welcome back to my Slow English Podcast.
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If you want more of a challenge, then speed this video up to 1.25 or 1.5.
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Today, I want to talk about a book that I've been reading about nature,
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gratitude, and the way that we see the world.
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And I think the relationship that we have with languages is pretty similar.
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Sometimes we see English as another course,
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another subscription, another thing we need to buy to become fluent in English.
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But language isn't a product.
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It's a relationship.
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And I think the moment we start treating English as a relationship,
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a relationship with people, with stories like mine,
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with culture, with yourself, The moment we start treating language like a relationship, everything changes.
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So today, while you practice your listening with me or shadowing,
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whichever one you prefer, I also want you to think about the relationship you have with the world around you.
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So this book really changed my perspective.
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It changed the way I see the world.
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It changed how I treat the world.
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And I want to share it with you.
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So, when something is given to us,
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we, to a certain degree, feel responsible for it.
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We feel a relationship with it.
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We take better care of it.
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if it's given to us.
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Different from when we buy something.
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I don't think we cherish things as much when we buy them ourselves.
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Once something becomes a commodity,
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something we can buy, we stop feeling any responsibility,
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gratitude, or relationship toward it.
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Like when you buy a pair of socks, you will definitely wear them.
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You will definitely appreciate them for what they are,
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socks that keep your feet warm.
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But now, let's say your grandma knits a pair of socks for you.
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She gives them to you for your birthday.
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You'll probably take much better care of those socks, right?
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Maybe even wear them when you go to see your grandma to show your appreciation.
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You show responsibility, gratitude, and you have a relationship with them.
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If you lose the pair of socks that you bought for yourself,
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I don't think I would lose any sleep over it.
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But if I lost my grandma's handmade socks that she made thinking of me for my birthday,
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of course I'm going to feel sad.
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But like I said, I wouldn't lose any sleep over the ones that I bought.
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I think this is a really interesting way to look at the world,
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to look at the food we eat, for example, the beaches we lay on,
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the forests we walk through.
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They are all gifts.
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Can you imagine feeling like you received a gift every day?
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Every time you eat?
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Every time you see the beautiful trees outside?
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Every time you lay on the grass or on the sand at the beach,
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can you imagine how happy you would be all the time in the book?
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she mentions the gift economy where you can't just pay for something.
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You can't pay your grape tree to grow grapes.
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you can plant its seed water it
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and take care of your grape tree
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and how will it repay you by giving you sweet
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juicy grapes in the spring you can't pay to enjoy laying on the beach You can enjoy the beauty of it.
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You can pick up after yourself.
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You can leave the beach looking cleaner than it did when you arrived.
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And the same thing goes for our forests,
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our parks, our lakes, our oceans, our trees, our animals.
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We are all nature.
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That's the point of this book.
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to help you understand that by not taking care of nature,
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it's like not taking care of yourself.
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When we look at the world as a gift,
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it changes the way we treat the world,
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how we respect it and feel gratitude towards it every day.
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And I believe that when you do,
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you'll see more gifts pouring into your life day by day.
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Try it out and see.
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I also think that learning English is similar.
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When you force yourself to study,
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you lose the joy in it when you build a relationship with language through conversations,
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music, podcasts, books, friends, stories like these,
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and moments from real life.
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Then you'll see real change, real progress.
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Just think about how amazing it feels to receive a gift,
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to be thought of, to be loved by someone.
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I have a list of my favorite gifts that I remember to this day.
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flowers from my grandma, letters from my sister,
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drawings from my brother, a stuffed animal from my cousin,
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and a video from my best friend.
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What's the most thoughtful gift you've ever received.
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Now, think of the feeling you had when you received it.
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It's pretty special, right?
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Now, imagine feeling that every day when you're walking outside
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and looking at all the gifts that you've been given today just try
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and think of one
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that you have right now with you for me it's my orange juice it's in the effort
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that it took me and the person making my juice it's in the bowl of oats
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that I can't show you anymore because I already finished it.
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But it's in the time and patience it took me to get just the right consistency that I like.
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It's in the delicate slices of banana I cut.
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It's in the honey that I had to patiently wait to drizzle all over my oats.
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The patience that was actually eternal at that moment because I was so hungry,
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But I took the time anyway, and it's in the way that I'm sharing this with you right now.
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Nothing is a waste when it's appreciated.
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I would also like to mention that it's not completely our fault that we don't see life as a gift.
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How could we when all we see is the food stacked up on shelves in the grocery store?
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That's probably costing us more than it should,
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therefore stressing us out more than it is helping us or making us feel grateful.
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we only see the private beaches
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that charge us stupid amounts just to lay on the sand
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and swim in the ocean something that was already there they didn't build that create that
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it was already there.
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Why should we have to pay for it?
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Because when we have to pay for something,
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I feel like we think our debt is paid.
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We owe nothing else and we can just do as we please,
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whatever we want, leaving our trash and therefore hurting the animals
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that rely on us just as much as we rely on them,
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contaminating our oceans and forgetting the relationship that we have with nature.
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All respect is lost, but there is hope.
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I believe in hope, and I believe that nature is very forgiving.
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Nature doesn't hold a grudge.
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If we start now, We could bring so much love into the world
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if we give without the expectation of receiving anything in return
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and create a relationship with the world.
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The same with language.
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Real progress happens when we start asking ourselves,
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how can I create a relationship with this language?
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because relationships grow through consistency,
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care, attention, and presence, just like nature.
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Guys, I could say so much more, but I think I'm going to leave it there for now.
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I hope you learned something new today while you were studying English with me.
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If you want to read this book with me, you're still on time.
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It's called Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
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I'm only on the first chapter, so if you start reading now,
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you'll probably catch up with me because it takes me an eternity to finish a book.
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If you liked this video, be sure to like it because if we get to 10,000 likes,
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I'll do a part two.
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Also subscribe for more English practice with me.
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Never stop growing, guys.
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It's truly never too late to start giving,
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to start spreading your love to the people and world around you.
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Let's take care of the world as we would take care of our grandma's handmade socks.
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See you next week.
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Bye.
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为什么要通过这个视频练习口语？
通过这个视频进行英语影子跟读，不仅能够提高你的听力理解能力，还能帮助你在真实的语境中练习口语。与讲者的节奏同步，可以极大增强你的语言流利度和发音准确性。建立一种与英语的关系就像与朋友交流一样，能够让你感受到学习的乐趣和成就感。这个视频强调了语言与我们生活的联系，从而使学习变得更具人性化和亲切感。无论是准备雅思口语练习，还是日常的英语口语练习，都能从中受益。
语法和表达方式分析
- 关系的概念：视频中提到“语言是一种关系”，这个表达强调了语言学习不仅是知识的积累，更是情感的交流。
- 责任感与感恩：讲者提到“当我们接受某物时，我们感到有责任”，通过这种方式引导学习者思考他们与语言之间的情感联系。
- 比喻的使用：通过将自购与接受礼物进行比较，创造了一个形象的表达方式，让学习者更容易理解语言学习的重要性。
常见发音陷阱
在视频中，有些词汇的发音可能会对学习者造成困扰。特别是“gratitude”和“responsibility”，这些词的音节较多，容易发错音。因此，进行英语影子跟读时要注意慢速练习，确保每个音节都发音准确。此外，讲者的语调与节奏也是提升英语发音的关键。通过多次跟读，你可以有效地避免发音的错误，并逐渐提高你的发音流畅度。
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。