跟读练习: Growing Up POOR in AMERICA - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Growing up, my family was broke.
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And before anybody comments, Oh my god, Sam, my family only went to Disneyland once again.
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I mean, broke broke, as in, Let me count these coins and see if I can afford school lunch tomorrow, kind of broke.
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$1.50.
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I spent the first year of my life in the Philippines
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because my parents were struggling to keep everything together financially in the state.
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Then we came back and spent the next 10 years living in a one-bedroom apartment in LA with my mom, my dad, my sister, me,
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our soon-to-be little brother, and then like two emotionally supportive cockroaches.
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And as a kid, of course, I wanted toys, especially Moonsand.
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But my parents always looked stressed.
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Like, you know when you're a kid and your parents are talking about bills or whatever and money, looking all stressed out, and suddenly you develop financial anxiety before you even know how to count.
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So yeah, I learned not to ask for things, which was It's really unfortunate because I grew up during the era of kids saying
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Because these poor kids weren't wearing Nikes They were not wearing Adidas, Vans They were wearing Adidas,
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Mike Adidin And you know who else was wearing these?
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Me!
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I was wearing them!
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While other kids were shopping at Forever 21, Abercrombie and Fetch And I don't know,
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Gucci or whatever brand was picking that era I was at Didi's discount Ross,
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Goodwill, my older cousin's bag of old hand-me-downs The stores where your mom would say, Pick wisely.
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You will be wearing these for the next three years.
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And you'd find that one pair of shoes that looked like Vans, but weren't actually Vans.
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You know, the bootleg ones that looked super fat, stiff, and heavy.
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But I didn't care.
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Like, who would actually notice?
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On rare occasions, my mom would take us out to the mall.
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But the moment we walked in, straight to the clearance section.
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Everything else in the store, I don't know what you're talking about.
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If we found a $5 shirt, perfect.
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$12 dress, perfect.
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Anything above $15, no. At school, I wore the same pair of shoes for years.
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And eventually, I'd be like, Mother, I believe I need new shoes.
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Go.
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And she'd hit me with a Y.
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What's wrong with your old ones?
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They're okay.
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No, they were not okay.
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You know, in the Philippines, we didn't even have shoes.
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And I didn't even push for new ones because I was such an anxious little empath child.
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My parents probably would have bought me new bootleg shoes, But instead my brain was like,
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no, I'll just continue walking through these puddles in my decaying footwear Lunchtime was the worst
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because this is where you'd see who was rich and who was poor The rich kids had cute lunchboxes, lunchables, Gatorade, branded chip bags,
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and a handwritten note from their mom saying You can do hard things xoxo mom Meanwhile, my lunch?
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First of all, no lunchbox,
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just grocery bag Then Tupperware of sweaty Vienna sausages and rice Asterius chips in a folded plastic bag Fruit snacks,
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if we were feeling wealthy that week And then water from the water fountain.
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My mom would sometimes send me to school with coins in an envelope, literally just coins, like, ah, the sound of poverty.
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And most days it worked, but on the days when I happened to be short, even a little, so bad, but what's for you?
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And you're humiliated in front of all your peers, then handed an apple and a milk, like the filthy poor peasant you were.
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And the crazy part was that they throw away The food right in front of you.
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They throw it away.
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Bro, if you're just gonna throw it away, why can't I just eat it?
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So I'd sit down with my apple and milk, trying not to cry as I watched everyone else eat their Lunchables and Gatorade, all happy.
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Field trip days, everyone else would be like, And then there was me.
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Because I already knew we probably couldn't afford it.
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And even if we somehow could, asking would just make me feel guilty.
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So I would just pretend it didn't exist.
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Boom, problem solved.
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Except not really because then field trip day would arrive
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and everyone would be lining up to get on the bus
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and I'd be standing there with a work packet like I had again committed a federal crime.
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The teacher would be like, okay, sweetie, you're gonna be staying with Mrs. Johnson's class today, okay?
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Then I'd spend the entire rest of the day in the back of some other classroom trying not to cry again.
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Home life was another experience.
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Touch the thermostat, you die.
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So in the summers, I'd open the fridge and just stand there.
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Another cooling strategy was wet arms, wet legs, stand directly in front of the fan.
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Sometimes I'd get a little bucket of water and pour it over myself in bed.
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Yes, I would sleep in a puddle of water when it was hot.
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No, this is not a lie or exaggeration.
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I am aware this was disgusting.
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Anyways, grocery shopping was done at Dollar Tree or the 99 cent store, Food for Less, Walmart, Food Drives, which by the way, if you live in the US,
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you can look up the nearest food drive near you
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and what days they operate to get yourself a box of free groceries.
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Shampoo bottles were half shampoo, half water.
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Dish soap was half dish soap, half water.
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And hand soap was probably just water with a molecule of soap.
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Struggle meals were things like microwaved cupped noodles.
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Oh, cancer.
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Raw Vienna sausages.
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Hot dogs and rice.
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Bologna and rice.
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Microwave TV dinners.
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And if I was really struggling, I'd watch mukbangs or literally google pictures of food while chewing on air Growing up,
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I was embarrassed thinking everyone else had more than me And honestly, most of them did But looking back now as an adult,
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it really wasn't that bad We always had a roof over our heads There was always food Maybe not the healthiest, but food
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And my parents worked really hard Like ridiculously hard My mom
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would sometimes sacrifice eating lunch for the day at work
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So she could give us what we needed These hardships taught
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me how to be kind to others who didn't have as much as me
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And how to be responsible with money So yeah, growing up poor was humbling But also kind of funny
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B1 级别的口语课以视频“Growing Up POOR in AMERICA”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：mom, wearing, kid, shoes, parents。 这段视频共有 89 个句子、1101 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 5:56。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 185 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。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| shoe 名词 | /ˈʃu/ | 鞋子, 鞋 |
| soap 名词 | /soʊp/ | йизы, 雪文 |
| coin 名词 | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | 硬幣 /硬币, 銅錢 /铜钱 |
| bootleg 名词 | /ˈbutˌlɛɡ/ | 盜版 /盗版 |
| lunchbox 名词 | /ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/ | 飯盒 /饭盒 |
| puddle 名词 | /ˈpʌdəl/ | 水坑, 水窪 /水洼 |
| shampoo 名词 | /ʃæmˈpuː/ | 洗髮水 /洗发水, 洗髮精 /洗发精 |
| sausage 名词 | /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ | 香腸 /香肠 |
| microwave 名词 | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | 微波 |
| dish 名词 | /dɪʃ/ | 碟子, 盤子 /盘子 |
| chip 名词 | /t͡ʃɪp/ | 筹码 |
| exaggeration 名词 | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | 誇大 /夸大, 誇張 /夸张 |
| footwear 名词 | /ˈfʊtwɛə(ɹ)/ | 鞋類 /鞋类, 鞋子 |
| humiliate 动词 | /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ | 羞辱, 侮辱 |
| microgram 名词 | /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌɡɹæm/ | 微克 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| grow up 动词 | 長大 /长大 | |
| come back 动词 | 回來 /回来, 返回 | |
| look back 动词 | 回顧 /回顾 | |
| look up 动词 | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | 仰, 上看 |
| throw away 动词 | 棄置 /弃置, 扔 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 条件句 if + 从句，will/would + 动词 — 条件及其结果 | if we somehow could, asking would just · if I was really struggling, I'd watch |
| 过去进行时 was/were + -ing — 过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 | were struggling · weren't wearing · was wearing |
| 最高级 the -est / the most … — 一组中最高或最低的 | the worst · the nearest · the healthiest |
| 现在进行时 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在发生的事 | are talking · you're talking |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 31 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 I'd, didn't, you're。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: empath /ˈɛm.pæθ/, thermostat /ˈθɝməstæt/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: shoe /ˈʃu/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, dish /dɪʃ/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, ridiculously /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
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 shoe, soap, coin 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。