跟读练习: Food for new mums ⏲️ 6 Minute English - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Beth.
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Leaving home, getting married and a parent dying are three of the most important experiences in many people's lives.
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But perhaps the most defining moment in some women's lives is the miracle of birth – in other words,
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having a baby.
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Throughout pregnancy, a lot of care and attention is given to expecting mums.
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But as soon as the baby is born,
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this attention moves to the newborn baby – making sure they are healthy, warm and safe.
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We talk a lot about baby nutrition,
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but what the mother eats can be just as important – especially the first meal after the intense effort of giving birth.
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whether it's chicken soup, a glass of champagne or a good old cup of tea.
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In this programme, we're talking about what women eat and drink in the first few weeks after having a baby.
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And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
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But first, I have a question for you, Beth.
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A typical pregnancy lasts about 40 weeks.
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But when does an unborn baby's stomach start to grow in the mother's womb?
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Is it a at three b at five weeks or c at eight weeks?
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Er, I'll say the baby's tummy starts to grow at about five weeks.
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OK Beth, we'll find out if that's the correct answer later in the programme.
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Giving birth is not called labour for nothing.
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It's hard work, leaving the new mum physically and emotionally exhausted
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and in need of food that's nourishing for both herself and her baby.
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Here's Alison Oman-Lowie, Deputy Director of Nutrition to the United Nations World Food Programme,
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explaining more to BBC World Service programme The Food Chain.
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A woman who is breastfeeding and during that postpartum time,
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the first six months, she could need up to 650 additional calories a day,
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which actually is quite a bit more than she even needed in addition during pregnancy.
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Alison says that women need to eat even more calories postpartum,
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meaning after childbirth, than they do during pregnancy.
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That's especially true for mothers who are breastfeeding feeding their baby directly with milk from her breasts.
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How new mums get those extra calories changes from place to place,
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and different cultures have developed their own traditions about what foods are best.
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For Chinese-American mum, Heng Wu,
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roast pig trotters were one of the best things to eat after childbirth because they contain a lot of collagen,
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which helps produce breast milk.
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And when Ruma, whose Punjabi family originally comes from India,
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gave birth to a baby boy,
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her mother cooked panjiri, a kind of spicy nut mix with cashews,
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almonds and melon seeds to promote breast milk and help the healing process.
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Listen now as Ruma explains how important her mother's help was to BBC World Service programme,
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The Food Chain.
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So the first 10 days were amazing.
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My mum came to stay.
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And it, gosh, it was so important because I was on,
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I had a C-section, so I had,
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I was on very strong painkillers.
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I was in a daze anyway.
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And to be honest, because she was here,
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I was fed, you know,
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so she would look after me while I would look after baby.
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And my husband was very hands-on as well.
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So that first 10 days,
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whilst it was really hard,
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I didn't fall apart, which I might have done if I'd been by myself.
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When Ruma talks about her mother's help,
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she uses the word gosh,
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an exclamation used to show a feeling of wonder or surprise.
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Ruma also says she was in a daze because of medicine she was taking for pain.
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If someone is in a daze,
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they feel confused and cannot think clearly,
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maybe because of a shock or surprise.
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Luckily, Rumour had help from her mum and also her husband,
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who was very hands-on, meaning that he was closely involved in organising things and making decisions,
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and didn't leave it up to someone else.
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Along with her mother's healthy home cooking,
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the help Rumour got from her family meant she didn't fall apart.
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A phrase which means become so emotionally disturbed that you're unable to think
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or act calmly or to deal with the situation you're in.
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New mums have to be expert jugglers,
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balancing a new baby and recovering from childbirth with getting too little sleep.
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No wonder they need hot, healthy food to eat!
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Right, isn't it time you revealed the answer to your question, Georgie?
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Sure.
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I asked you when an unborn baby's stomach starts to grow.
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You guessed it was at five weeks,
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which was the correct answer, Beth!
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At about five weeks, the cells forming a baby's stomach,
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lungs, bone and brain all start to divide and grow.
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Right, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this programme,
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starting with postpartum, meaning following childbirth.
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Breastfeeding is feeding a baby directly with milk from the mother's breasts.
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The exclamation gosh is used to express a feeling of surprise or wonder.
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If you're in a daze,
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you feel confused and unable to think clearly,
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often because of a shock or surprise.
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If someone is hands-on, they're closely involved in organising things and making decisions,
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rather than just talking about it or getting someone else to do it.
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And finally, the phrasal verb,
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fall apart, means to become seriously emotionally disturbed so
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that you are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult situation you are in.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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Join us again soon for more trending topics and useful vocabulary here at 6 Minute English.
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Goodbye for now.
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Bye!
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在这段视频中，主持人乔治与贝丝探讨了新妈妈们在分娩后饮食的重要性。尽管怀孕期间妈妈们会受到很多关注，但在宝宝出生后，关心的重心往往会转移到新生儿身上。新妈妈们在经历过艰难的分娩后，需要营养丰富的食物以恢复体力并能喂养婴儿。视频中还引用了专家的观点，强调哺乳期的母亲需额外摄入更多的卡路里，并介绍了不同文化中对产后饮食的独特传统。
日常交流中的五大短语
- Give birth - 分娩
- Breastfeeding - 哺乳
- Postpartum - 产后
- Mother's help - 母亲的帮助
- Nourishing food - 营养丰富的食物
逐步跟读指南
下面的步骤可以帮助你有效利用这段视频进行英语口语练习，从而提升你的英语表达能力。使用这种shadow speech方法，可以提升你的发音和流利度。
- 观看视频：第一次观看时，不要暂停，尽量理解全篇内容。
- 逐句跟读：在观看时，暂停并尝试重复每个句子。在这一过程中，你可以利用shadowspeaks的技巧来模仿发音。
- 注意停顿和语调：观察主持人的停顿和语调变化，模仿他们的说话节奏。
- 练习发音：特殊名词如“breastfeeding”和“postpartum”，需要多次重复，以确保发音准确。
- 录音对比：录下你自己的声音，与视频中的声音进行对比，观察自己的进步和不足。
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