跟读练习: How to make a Bee Cafe! | Maddie Moate - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Hi everyone, I'm Maddie and welcome back to my channel.
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By now you probably know that I really love bees.
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My mum and I, we keep a hive, it's just over there, of about 40,000 girls who pollinate the flowers around us and they make delicious honey.
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But not everyone's lucky enough to have the space or the time to dedicate to a hive.
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So today I'm going to show you a way
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that you can help the bees that come and visit you no matter where you live.
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Bees will travel about two miles in search of flowers with nectar and pollen for food.
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Especially in towns
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and cities this can be a really long exhausting journey before they even find something to eat
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so you can help them out by making them a bee cafe to help them along the way.
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It doesn't matter if you've got a small garden or a big garden or no garden at all,
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all you need is a space for a small container with a couple of cheap and easy to find materials.
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The first thing you want to do is have a good think about where you're going to put your bee cafe.
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It's got to be somewhere easy for the bees to get to
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but also somewhere that you can get to
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so you can freshen it up and give it a tidy once in a
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while so you could use a hanging basket like this one maybe you could get a tub
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that sits on a windowsill if you're short of space
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but today i'm just going to use a big old pot
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that can go on a patio next you want to gather
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all of your bits together i've already got my pot
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but i'm also going to use a shallow tray
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if you wanted to you could just make one out of the bottom of a juice carton.
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I've collected some stones in different sizes from the garden.
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I've got some water in the watering can, soil and plants and seeds, but more about those later
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okay first we're going to prepare the pot
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and i'm going to start by tipping in the stones i collected from the garden
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and these will help with drainage
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when we eventually water our bee cafe i'm going to film this with a gopro
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so you can see what i'm doing in goes our stones oh they're
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so heavy make sure you keep just a few stones back
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and now we're going to fill the pot about two thirds
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full of compost all right this pot is now ready for plants now you could go
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and buy some from the garden center or grow them from seeds
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but the important thing is that you pick ones
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that are of bees favorites a bee sees blue
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and purple colors best so any flower that's blue
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or purple is going to be a big hit
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and i've got some lavender here when it flowers it's going to look like this
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and the bees absolutely love it it smells amazing for us too
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and next a bee loves a daisy shaped flower
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because it looks a bit like a target
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and this yellow part in the middle helps to guide them towards the nectar and the pollen that's there.
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This type of daisy is called marguerite but any daisy shaped flower will do.
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And then finally I've got some ivy and ivy's great
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because it stays green all year round and it flowers in the autumn
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which is perfect if you you want your bees to come
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and stop off and have a little snack later on in the year.
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Of course, if you wanted to, you could always take your favourite grown-up to a garden centre and see what packets of seeds are on offer.
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And quite often they have this little icon on them that will tell you if they're good for pollinators like our bees.
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Personally, I love growing plants from seeds and seeing them pop out all fresh and new from the ground, but it can take quite a long time for flowers to grow,
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so today I'm using pot plants.
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Whether you're starting with seeds or plants, now it's time to get them in the soil.
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so if like me you're using plants in pots you need to get them out so take away any labels
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then you gently tip the plant upside down give it a tap
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and then you can just squeeze and twist the pot off
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if you think the roots need a bit of a loosen
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you can give them a bit of a tickle just to free them up a little bit
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and then place it in the pot where you think you want it to go now
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if you're using a trailing plant like ivy like i am then you want to make sure
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that that goes on the edge let's take that pot off
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and place that about there so daisy
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if you want to come just about here like so
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that one came out easily tick all the roots just loosen them a little bit
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and then place it in the pot where you want it
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to go make sure there's a bit of space between all of your plants too
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because you want to give them room to grow and then
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when you're happy with the position get some more soil surround your plant and then pat everything down with your fingers
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oh it's just started to rain that's too loud
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okay so where were we a bit more compost around the front just to tuck in the iv
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there you go buddy right they're in now they just need a bit of water
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Remember to keep these plants watered along with any other pots
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and plants you might have because all of this is going to provide fantastic food for the bees.
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But like us, bees don't just need food, they need water too.
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And that is where our shallow tray comes in.
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I'm going to bring you a bit closer.
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Get your tray and then just push it into the compost at the front of the bee cafe
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and then take the stones that you had left over from earlier and place them just at the bottom of the dish.
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Once you've done that, you want to fill it just halfway with some water.
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what you've done is created a safe place for the bees to drink
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so they can stand on the stones
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and keep dry whilst they sip at the water then
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if you want to get your recycled bottle caps
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and just push those into the compost as well i think they look like stepping stones
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which is quite sweet but what you can do later on in the year is
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when your plants have stopped flowering you can fill these with a mixture of sugar
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and water and it means your bees will continue to have something to eat.
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And there you go.
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Now we just need to find somewhere to put it.
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So with food to eat,
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water to drink and some sugary liquid to keep them going in the cooler months, this is the perfect one pot stop bee cafe.
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But don't be surprised if other insects stop by as well.
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In fact, if you want to attract butterflies, then you could always chop up some pieces of orange,
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their favourite, put them skewers like I have here and add those to your cafe.
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This is so much fun to make.
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If you have a go then make sure you take some pictures and send them to me on social media.
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Subscribe to the YouTube channel for more bee videos.
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Stay curious and I'll see you soon.
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Bye! So good!
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为什么通过这个视频练习口语?

在这个视频中,Maddie以轻松的方式介绍了如何为蜜蜂创建一个“蜜蜂咖啡馆”。通过观看和模仿她的说话风格,学习者可以在实际情境中提升英语口语练习的能力。Maddie的讲解富有热情,并且涉及社区与自然的主题,这为练习者提供了一个生动的语境,帮助他们更好地理解和记忆表达方式。通过本视频,学习者不仅可以增强他们的口头表达能力,还可以了解到蜜蜂及其生态的重要性,进而拓展他们的词汇和文化背景。

语法与表达在语境中的应用

  • “help the bees that come and visit you” - 这个表达展示了如何用从句的方式描述具体的情况,强调了蜜蜂的行为,这在提高雅思口语练习中十分重要。
  • “it doesn't matter if you've got a small garden or a big garden” - 使用了条件句的形式,帮助学习者理解如何表达不确定因素,适合在各种场合中使用。
  • “you can help them out by making them a bee cafe” - 这里展示了动词短语的使用,强调了动作为宾语,从而提高了表达的清晰度和准确性。

常见发音陷阱

在视频中,一些单词和短语可能会让学习者感到困惑。例如,“pollinate”这个词在口语中很常见,但发音不够准确时,可能会影响交流的效果。此外,Maddie提到的“nectar”和“pollen”这两个名词也容易被混淆。通过提高英语发音和模仿Maddie的发声,学习者可以有效地改善自己的口音。此外,练习时注意语调和停顿,能够帮助他们在日常交流中更加自信、自然。运用shadowspeaks等技巧进行发音练习,尤其是与自然生态相关的话题,可以增强学习者的兴趣。

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。