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Welcome, dear learners.
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I'm Anna, and today we'll dive into an inspiring speech by Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.
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This speech is filled with valuable lessons, but we'll also focus on its language structure, grammar and unique phrases to enhance your English comprehension.
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Ready?
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Let's get started.
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Point number one.
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Now, when you hear someone longing for the good old days, take it with a grain of salt.
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Take it with a grain of salt.
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We live in a great nation, and we are rightly proud of our history.
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We are beneficiaries of the labor and the grit and the courage of generations who came before.
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But I guess it's part of human nature, especially in times of change and uncertainty,
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to want to look backwards and long for some imaginary past when everything worked,
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and the economy hummed, and all politicians were wise, and every child was well -mannered, and America pretty much did whatever it wanted around the world.
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Guess what, it ain't something.
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In this section, Obama employs repetition in, take it with a grain of salt, which emphasizes his point.
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This phrase means to be skeptical or doubtful about something.
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He claims to be an expert, but take it with a grain of salt.
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Also, notice the use of the past simple in, we lived and we were, expressing completed actions in the past the good old days weren't all
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that good yes there have been some stretches in our history where the economy grew much faster
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or when government ran more smoothly there were moments
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when immediately after world war ii for example or at the end of the cold war before, when the world bent more easily to our will.
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But those are sporadic, those moments, those episodes.
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In fact, by almost every measure, America is better and the world is better than it was 50 years ago
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or 30 years ago or even eight years ago.
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Here, Obama uses the past simple tense, as in the economy grew, to describe historical facts.
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The word sporadic means occurring irregularly.
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Sporadic rain showers are expected throughout the day.
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He contrasts the past with the present, making comparisons using the comparative form better.
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And by the way, I'm not — set aside 150 years ago,
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pre -Civil War — there's a whole bunch of stuff there we could talk about — set aside life in the 50s,
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when women and people of color were systematically excluded from big chunks of American life.
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Since I graduated in 1983, which isn't that long ago,
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I'm just saying, crime rates,
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teenage pregnancy, the share of Americans living in poverty, they're all down.
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The share of Americans with college educations have gone way up our life expectancy has as well.
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Blacks and Latinos have risen up the ranks in business and politics.
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More women are in the workforce.
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They're earning more money.
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Although it's long past time that we pass laws to make sure
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that women are getting the same pay for the same work as men.
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Notice the ellipsis in I'm not set aside, which shows a pause or omission.
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He also uses the present perfect in have gone way up, indicating a connection between the past and present.
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The phrase long past time means something that should have happened earlier.
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Example, it's long past time for him to take responsibility.
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Meanwhile, in eight years since most of you started high school, we're also better off.
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You and your fellow graduates are entering the job market with better prospects than any time since 2007.
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20 million more Americans know the financial security of health insurance.
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We're less dependent on foreign oil.
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We've doubled the production of clean energy.
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We have cut the high school dropout rate.
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We've cut the deficit by two -thirds.
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Marriage equality is the law of the land.
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And just as America's better, the world is better than when I graduate.
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Since I graduated, an iron curtain fell, apartheid ended, there's more democracy,
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we virtually eliminated certain diseases like polio, we've cut extreme poverty drastically,
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we've cut infant mortality by an enormous amount.
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Now, I say all these things not to make you complacent.
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We got a bunch of big problems to solve.
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But I say it to point out that change has been a constant in our history, and the reason America's better is because we didn't look backwards.
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We didn't fear the future.
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We seized the future and made it our own.
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And that's exactly why it's always been young people like you that have brought about big change.
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Because you don't fear the future.
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This section contains numbers and statistical facts utilizing the present perfect as in we've doubled.
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The phrase law of the land refers to laws that must be obeyed by everyone.
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Example, free speech is the law of the land in many democratic countries.
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That leads me to my second point.
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The world is more interconnected than ever before And it's becoming more connected every day.
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Building walls won't change that.
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Look, as President, my first responsibility is always the security and prosperity of the United States.
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And as citizens, we all rightly put our country first.
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But if the past two decades have taught us anything, it's that the biggest challenges we face cannot be solved in isolation.
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When overseas states start falling apart,
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they become breeding grounds for terrorists and ideologies of nihilism and despair that ultimately can reach our shores.
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When developing countries don't have functioning health systems, epidemics like Zika or Ebola can spread and threaten Americans too,
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and a wall won't stop that.
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Obama introduces his second point using a future prediction, the world is becoming more connected every day.
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The modal verb, won't, is used to express a strong determination or belief about the future.
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The phrase, breeding grounds, means a place where something develops.
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For example, the damp bathroom became a breeding ground for mold.
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If we want to close loopholes that allow large corporations and wealthy individuals to avoid paying their fair share of taxes,
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we've got to have the cooperation of other countries in a global financial system to help enforce financial laws.
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The point is, to help ourselves, we've got to help others.
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Not pull up the drawbridge and try to keep the world out.
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He discusses international cooperation and the use of the conditional if to express a requirement or condition.
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The term loopholes refers to ways of avoiding laws or rules.
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Example, he found a loophole in the contract and managed to avoid extra costs.
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The phrase, pull up the drawbridge, is a metaphor for isolating oneself.
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Throughout our history, a new generation of Americans has reached up
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and bent the arc of history in the direction of more freedom and more opportunity and more justice.
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And class of 2016, it is your turn now to shape our nation's destiny as well as your own.
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So get to work.
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Make sure the next 250 years are better than the last.
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Good luck.
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God bless you.
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God bless this country we love.
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Thank you.
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In the conclusion, Obama uses the imperative, get to work, to instruct or encourage.
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The phrase, bent the arc of history, is metaphorical, meaning to change the course of history.
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He also wishes luck and blessings, using the simple future will be to express future predictions.
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Excellent work, learners.
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We've dissected a meaningful speech by Barack Obama, focusing on verb tenses, unique phrases, and grammar rules.
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Make sure to revisit the speech, identifying the aspects we've discussed.
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Remember, practice makes perfect, so keep working on your English skills.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这段视频共有 110 个句子、1313 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 10:08。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 130 个词，很适合跟读。 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。
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 |
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| phrase 名词 | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | 短語 /短语, 片語 /片语 |
| grain 名词 | /ɡɹeɪn/ | 糧食 /粮食, 穀物 /谷物 |
| bend 动词 | /bɛnd/ | 彎 /弯 |
| breed 动词 | /ˈbɹiːd/ | 配種 /配种 |
| lesson 名词 | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | 課業 /课业, -課 /-课 |
| poverty 名词 | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | 貧窮 /贫穷, 貧困 /贫困 |
| refer 动词 | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | 談到 /谈到 |
| solve 动词 | /sɒlv/ | 解決 /解决 |
| connect 动词 | /kəˈnɛkt/ | 連接 /连接 |
| cooperation 名词 | /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | 合作, 協作 /协作 |
| grammar 名词 | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | 語法 /语法, 文法 |
| prediction 名词 | /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ | 預言 /预言, 預估 /预估 |
| tense 名词 | /tɛns/ | 時態 /时态, 時制 /时制 |
| verb 名词 | /vɝb/ | 動詞 /动词 |
| backward 形容词 | /ˈbækwɚd/ | 逆向 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| point out 动词 | 指, 指出 |
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 been · have gone · have risen |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | is filled · are expected · must be obeyed |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 30 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 we've, I'm, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: cooperation /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, prediction /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: cooperation /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, equality /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, virtually /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
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。
- 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。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 phrase, grain, bend 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。