跟读练习: Fix Things = Fix Yourself - 通过视频学习英语口语

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I sometimes find myself in somewhat of a silly position as I don't have a whole lot of time and

when stuff breaks you know like this drill for some reason

sometimes it works sometimes it does not you end up justifying it to yourself in a way of like well

that was just planned off lessons chuck it in a bin forget about it for 10 years buy a new one.

Becoming acclimated to a world where that is somewhat possible is a very big problem, for me at least.

I don't feel that should be normal.

And when I take a closer look at this drill

and take a look at how beautifully it's designed and constructed and what it's all made out of, it very simply feels extremely precious.

It feels like a very beautifully done device and that only more so increases as I take this thing apart.

It's interesting because this is possibly one of the cheapest drills that you can buy.

I did notice that a couple of the teeth here were snapped off.

I couldn't imagine that that was causing the issue though.

It also comes about when you start building stuff yourself where you realize how much time

and effort actually goes into making something like this.

The amount of time to just design all of these parts is incredible how this was all put together.

At the same time you come to realize how simple a lot of this stuff is as well.

You imagine things being incredibly complex, but when you break them down into their individual components, they seem quite rudimentary sometimes.

After some scouring around, I figured out that because I was drilling holes in the ceiling for a prolonged period of time,

dust would come across the intake fan and actually spread a bunch of dust onto these contact points.

So it's not actually making contact as I squeeze the trigger.

I tried to clean off all of these contact points and sharpened them a little bit, so that I would actually pinch into the copper.

Putting things together is always a far bit more difficult than ruining stuff.

As with any tool that you've repaired, I often test it thoroughly just to try and get it to fail again.

It's nothing worse than grabbing a tool just to figure out that it doesn't work anymore.

When you eventually get acclimated to fixing things that are already broken,

it inevitably also ends up happening that you start to wonder how other stuff actually works

and you might actually start taking things apart

that aren't broken you know like this little mini wrench how does

that actually work

and I often over complicate things I get the distinct sensation there's this very complex system inside of it

but when you actually take a closer look and see how this thing is put together

first off you gain a lot of inspiration by taking things about right you start to think wow that's

so simple i can do

that as well in this case quite surprisingly it seemed to revolve around

this tiny little spring i initially thought it was a thread

then i started to press in on it with my finger over here

and i realized that this thing was squishing in and

that is actually enabling this little teeth mechanism to rotate in one direction

because the spring lets loose a little bit but not in the other direction.

It's quite amazing isn't it?

Fixing things doesn't have to be complicated every time either.

I recently actually managed to ruin the screen on my camera and of course we need this thing to film the videos.

I would have liked to replace that screen but you know i'm busy

so i came up with a really simple little fix

that also means i've become a little bit more careful

if this hdmi port breaks this camera has become entirely useless

so i want to make sure that

that does not happen using an external display on the camera now

and that also results in the hdmi port being a little bit more exposed

having to fix something gives you some kind of direction which is possibly also

why it calms me down so much i know where i need to go

and i'm not entirely sure which steps I'm taking but I know which direction I'm going.

I think this one goes to show you can fix things without them being fixed.

Being able to fix things has also become a really big selling point for me in the products that I buy.

I want to be able to fix things and that's why I prefer bikes over cars.

I don't doubt that I could learn how to fix a car and you know

Someday I would love to do that.

It's also entirely possible that by the time I do own a car, I might not actually own it.

It might just lock me out as soon as something's broken, drive itself to the repair shop.

At that point, I'm probably going to have to learn how to become a hacker as well.

I find I can more easily relate to a bike braking as well.

I can understand why this bottom bracket failed.

The amount of pressure and strain is on this thing.

but when you don't understand how something works that also results in a lot of ignorance and

ignorance might be bliss in some cases but it also makes you impossibly unreasonable

and this bottom bracket apparently relied on this little plastic piece between the spindle

and the actual bearing that might actually be to save the spindle from wear

and tear so this is a more sacrificial component to the bike.

I attempted to put a little plastic piece back in its spot

and get it to function again but it still did not work and the seal is somewhat important as well.

Now that that little plastic component is broken a lot of dust

and grit can get into the bottom bracket and cause even more damage which I wanted to prevent on this one.

Sometimes things just can't be fixed, they can be replaced and I can do my best to keep the other bottom bracket

and see if I can re -utilize it for something else.

I don't think anything is ever truly completely broken unless you can't actually find a new use case for it.

Saving things can then also become somewhat of a curse.

I like to save things though,

I like to have the option and anytime I do chuck something away I find I need it like a week later.

In somewhat more rare instances you might also find yourself fixing something that is not necessarily even broken.

Something can be declared perfectly functional yet still not be functional enough for the end user.

It's actually also one of the more inspiring processes to go through as you take something apart

and redesign something you might actually figure out why it was designed in

that way in the first place

it's not necessarily a clean process going about it your fresh prototypes might look like well

they might look like this it's very easy to get very discouraged by your own capacity

and it's pretty difficult to actually push through that

get yourself some new knowledge so to say try and do better next time it is also one of the more

freeing skills in my opinion you somewhat gain confidence that even

if something ever goes badly you might lose stuff

but you always have the capacity to fix it it's not necessarily about the tools

that you have access to all of the stuff

that you've been able to collect over the years but mostly

that you have that mindset and that you are able to get yourself out of a hurt situation.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“Fix Things = Fix Yourself”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：fix, somewhat, broken。这段视频共有 93 个句子、1330 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 7:55。说话人语速自然，每分钟约 168 个词，接近日常对话。 84% 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
drill 名词	/dɹɪl/	鑽 /钻
bracket 名词	/ˈbɹækɪt/	支架, 托架
necessarily 副词	/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/	必然地, 必定地
dust 名词	/dʌst/	чынтў, хуэйтў
component 名词	/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/	元件, 部件
repair 动词	/ˈɹiːpɛɚ/	修理
ruin 名词	/ˈɹuː.ɪn/	遺址 /遗址, 廢墟 /废墟
functional 形容词	/ˈfʌŋkt͡ʃənəl/	功能的
ignorance 名词	/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/	無知 /无知
beautifully 副词	/ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/	美麗地 /美丽地
finger 名词	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	手指, 指頭 /指头
complicated 形容词	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	複雜 /复杂
lesson 名词	/ˈlɛs.ən/	課業 /课业, -課 /-课
loose 形容词	/lus/	鬆動 /松动, 鬆弛 /松弛
thread 名词	/ˈθɹɛd/	線 /线

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
figure out 动词	弄清楚
end up 动词	到达
put together 动词	拼合, 組合 /组合
come up with 动词	想出, 提出
go through 动词	通過 /通过

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	was just planned · were snapped · are already broken
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	you've repaired · i've become · has become

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 20 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, I'm, can't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“th” 音: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, sensation /sɛnˈseɪʃən/, sacrificial /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɪʃ.əl/, sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/
长单词——注意重音位置: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, revolve /ɹɪˈvɑlv/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: bracket /ˈbɹækɪt/, dust /dʌst/, component /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/, chuck /t͡ʃʌk/, ignorance /ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: drill /dɹɪl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, rely /ɹɪˈlaɪ/, relate /ɹɪˈleɪt/

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 drill, bracket, necessarily 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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