跟读练习: How Do I Know if I Made the Wrong Choice? - 通过视频学习英语口语

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All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right.
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Here we go.
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Is it too?
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I think it's fine.
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Probably fine, right?
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Probably fine.
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Okay.
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Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Essential Presents.
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So, I don't know if you've ever been in a situation like this where
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You were so sure that something was God's will and then you pursued it.
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whether that was a major in college or that was a career path or that was a relationship,
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or maybe even discernment in religious life or discernment oriented towards marriage.
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And you were so
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convinced you were so certain that this was what god wanted you to do
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and then then it wasn't right then it didn't turn out
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and sometimes i you know i hear from a lot of
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people who say like i thought i was i was i
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thought for sure this is what god wanted for me i thought for sure this was his path
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and then it didn't work out you know the uh i didn't get the job
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or um i didn't get accepted into the program
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or the person broke up with me or the people in discernment
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and formation they they said i wasn't i couldn't go on and continue formation whatever that thing is sometimes
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We can be certain that something is God's will.
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It turns out that it's not.
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And it's really easy in those moments to second guess ourselves.
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It's really easy in those moments actually even to get upset with God.
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And so what do we do in those moments?
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And so in order to kind of dive into this, I want to look at a couple different aspects of this, maybe even four things.
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The first is the things we have to consider.
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One is, that Well, God has made it very clear in some areas.
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this is what I want, always do this, and this is what I don't want, never do this.
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Like, you know, we know those things, the commandments, that kind of thing, teachings of the church.
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There are some things that God always says, don't do this.
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Don't commit murder.
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Don't commit adultery, etc. down the line.
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And there's some things God says, always do this, like always go to mass on Sunday and always have a prayer life.
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And those those things we need to do.
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Take care of the people around us.
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A lot of our choices God lets us have the choice.
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God lets us have the freedom to choose.
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How are you going to live my commandments?
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How are you going to live out my will in your life?
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That God gives us, if he doesn't make it clear that here's what I want, in a lot of ways, I think what God is doing is he's saying, okay, go ahead and choose.
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You know what?
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My broadly speaking my will my perfect will for you
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So now I'm giving you some freedom
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and you have this freedom to be able to choose in the midst of my will
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The direction you can go this way or
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that way you can your major could be engineering your committee your major could be architecture Your major could be education.
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It could be nursing You don't even have to go to
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college like all of those things can fall under God's permissive will
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and he doesn't necessarily have a a perfect will in those moments right it's kind of like that
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so number one god gives us a lot of freedom to
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choose our own now on those lines sometimes we don't like that why because we have choose God's perfect will,
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if I choose God's will, then it'll be smooth sailing.
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And if I...
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it's up to me, then...
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I don't have anyone else to blame except for myself.
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So sometimes we really like the idea that if God's will is out there, it's this mysterious kind of a thing.
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And if I pick the right thing, then things are going to be absolutely perfect.
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Of course, that's never a guarantee.
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God never promised that ever, ever, ever.
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Did he ever promise that if we follow him and do exactly what he asks, that our life is going to be perfect?
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In fact, it's the opposite.
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Sirach chapter 2, verse 1 says, My son, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.
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Jesus himself says, In this world you will have trouble.
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You will have trouble.
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But take heart, I've overcome the world.
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to say yes to God's will as it has as as he wills it, does not preserve us from pain.
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And secondly, if it's my choice, then I have no one to blame.
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I have no one to blame about myself and I can't just automatically blame God.
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So that's the first thing.
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You have some freedom.
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Second thing is, okay, when it comes to discernment, I thought I discerned the right thing.
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And it turns out it wasn't the right thing.
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Well, we realize this.
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We realize that our discernment can be wrong.
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Like, yeah, but I was praying, I was talking to people, and I thought I was following God's will.
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I was really striving after that.
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Even in the midst of that, our discernment can be wrong.
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I mean, think about this.
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The history of the church is full of people who...
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claimed heresies, right?
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They thought this is absolutely, this is what the truth is.
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And they had to be corrected by the church.
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I mean, even for kind of a lot of the reformation, - Thank you.
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That was led by what?
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That was led by people who were praying, and people who said they were listening to God's voice, but they did exactly the wrong thing.
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It took the unity of the church and now it's splintered into tens of thousands of different denominations.
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And they did this while they were praying.
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We can discern wrong.
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We just know that.
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If that can happen on a massive scale, like the division of the body of Christ, that can happen in my life too.
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So number one, I have a lot of freedom.
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Number two, I can discern wrong.
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I can get it wrong.
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Even if I'm praying number three, I This is important.
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Just because things have not panned out how I wanted them to pan out, doesn't mean that this isn't part of God's will.
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Just because the road is now marked by pain, or the road is now marked by failure, doesn't mean that this isn't part of God's will.
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I mean, look at the life of Jesus himself.
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Jesus did the Father's will perfectly And where did it lead him?
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led him to a place of,
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yes, incredible beauty and power and miracles and people accepting him and yet receiving him and being converted,
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but it also was marked by rejection.
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It was marked by betrayal.
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It was marked by failure or apparent failure.
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He was marked by torture and death.
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So keep this in mind.
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One of the criterion is not going to be, "This is clearly God's will because I've succeeded and because I have everything I want."
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And this clearly can't be God's will because I failed and because it's hard and painful.
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We recognize that When we come to serve the Lord, we have to prepare ourselves for trials.
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And so keep that in mind.
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But the fourth thing is this.
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First thing, right, we have a lot of freedom.
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Secondly, we can discern wrong.
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Thirdly, so keep that humility.
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Thirdly, The criterion for judging whether this was and discerned well or poorly is not failure or success.
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But fourthly, It's possible that you discerned incredibly well.
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And you said, I thought for sure that God wanted me to go down this road.
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But now all of a sudden, there's a roadblock.
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I thought for sure God wanted me to go down this road, but all of a sudden I'm being forced to down this alleyway, down this side street.
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Who's to say
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that God did not want you to start going down this road so that you can get to the roadblock.
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Who's to say that God didn't want you to start going down this road
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so that you could get to the side street?
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Now, see, our problem is this.
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Our problem is we thought that when God set me on this road, I knew the destination.
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I thought when God set me on this road that I just said, oh, yeah, this is how it's going to be for the rest of...
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my life or the rest of whatever the next foreseeable future is.
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And God was like, no, no, no. I just wanted you to get on the road.
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So you discern that completely correctly.
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That was accurate.
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You did discern well.
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You said, here's a relationship.
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I thought that this was the relationship for my whole life.
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Yes, you might have, but maybe it was merely the relationship to get you to that next stage in life.
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I thought this was the major that I was going to.
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and get his career in this field, Maybe, but maybe it was just the beginning of getting you to the place where you got to make the next decision.
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Again, every act, you know, life is not crockpot.
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This is not crockpot Christianity where you kind of set it and forget it.
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Mm -hmm.
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God wants to be actively engaged in our lives.
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And so we don't just say, okay, made this decision.
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Now I'm on this track and I'm going to go until the end and how I see the end.
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It could be, okay, I'm on the road, and I'm constantly, every day, waking up and saying, "Okay, God, here we go.
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Okay, God, are we still on this road?
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Are we taking a side street?
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Are we on this road?
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Are we taking a trail?
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Are we on this road?
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Are we doubling back?" "God, where do you want me to go today?" Now, it's not to be obsessive about this, but it is to be active, right?
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It is to be cooperative with the Lord himself.
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because It might be the case that you made the exact right decision.
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that you discerned, completely accurately.
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And God got you on that road and got you moving so that He could get you to this fork, so that He could get you to this roadblock, so that He could get you to this side road.
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Because He has other places that you and I cannot even imagine.
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where he wants you to go.
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So don't give up discernment.
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Don't give up discerning because what you thought it would be turns out to be something different.
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Continue discerning, knowing that God, you're in the driver's seat.
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I am...
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here cooperating with you, and I will go wherever you lead me.
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even if it's not exactly where I thought it would be.
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Anyways, from all this here, this is my name is Father Mike.
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God bless.

背景与上下文

在这段视频中,讲者迈克尔·施密茨神父探索了一个重要的话题:当我们对生活中的选择充满信心时,如何判断这些选择是否符合上帝的旨意。他讨论了在选择职业、教育方向或人际关系时的内心挣扎,以及当事情没有按照预期发展时,内心的不安和怀疑。迈克尔强调了在面对失望时,许多人常常会重新考虑自己的决定,甚至对上帝产生疑虑。因此,如何在这样的时刻做出正确的思考和反应,是我们需要探讨的。

日常交流的五个常用短语

  • 这是我所选择的: 这个短语可以用来表达你对某个决定的坚定态度。
  • 我很确定这是对的: 用于强调你对某个选择的信心。
  • 我改变了主意: 表达在反思后,可能对之前的选择有了新的看法。
  • 这不是我想要的: 适合用来描述对某个结果的不满。
  • 我会继续寻找方向: 用于表示在遇到困难时,不放弃寻找更好的解决方案。

逐步跟读指南

在练习英语口语时,影子跟读(shadow speech)是一个非常有效的方法。以下是您可以遵循的逐步指南,以便更好地吸收视频内容:

  1. 选择片段: 从视频中选择一个简短的片段(例如 1-2 分钟)。
  2. 初次观看: 不带字幕观看,尽量捕捉讲话者的语音和语调。
  3. 逐句模仿: 暂停视频,通过重复讲者的每句话来练习发音和语调,提高英语发音技巧。
  4. 使用字幕: 接着观看带字幕的版本,确保你理解每个单词的意思,这有助于雅思口语练习。
  5. 反复练习: 定期回来复习这些片段,直到你可以流利地无障碍地模仿。

通过这样的练习,不只可以提高你的发音能力,还能够增强对语言的灵活运用,进一步提升你的英语能力。在跟读时,可以搜索类似英語影子跟讀的练习资源,获取更多技巧及练习机会,让你的学习更加多元和有效!

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 I choose God's will
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的be corrected · was led · is now marked
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 ever been · has made · I've overcome
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物people who say · people who were

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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