跟读练习: Holding Back the Years - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 15 个句子、158 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 4:39。 说话人语速较慢，每分钟约 34 个词，你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 82% 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 9 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• tear /tɛɹ/ (动词) — 撕, 撕破. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
• ear /ˈɪə̯/ (名词) — 耳朵, 耳. The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
• fate /feɪt/ (名词) — 命運 /命运, 氣數 /气数. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• strangle /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/ (动词) — 抑制, 压制. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.
• escape /ɪˈskeɪp/ (动词) — 逃生, 逃跑. To get free; to free oneself.
• fear /fɪə/ (动词) — 害怕, 怕. To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
• somebody /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ — 有人, 某人. Some unspecified person.
• prove /ˈpɹuv/ (动词) — 證明 /证明. To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
• arm /ɑɹm/ (名词) — 胳膊, 胳臂. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

视频中出现的短语动词

• point out (动词) — 指, 指出. To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 9 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 I've, I'll, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。

如何用这段视频练习

1. 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
2. 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。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 tear, ear, fate 这类单词。

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：