跟读练习: I cried over food while pregnant - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 23 个句子、154 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 0:33。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 280 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 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 11 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (名词) — 牛油, bá-tah. A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
• peanut /ˈpiˌnʌt/ (名词) — 花生, 落花生. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
• cookie /ˈkʊki/ (名词) — 餅乾 /饼干, 曲奇. A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
• dough /doʊ/ (名词) — 麵團 /面团, 生麵糰 /生面团. A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
• chocolate /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/ (名词) — 巧克力, 朱古力. A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
• cream /kɹiːm/ (名词) — 奶油, 乳脂. The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
• cry /kɹaɪ/ (动词) — кў, 吼. To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
• extreme /ɪkˈstɹim/ (形容词) — 盡頭 /尽头, 末端. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
• pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ (形容词) — 懷孕 /怀孕, 有喜. Carrying developing offspring within the body.
• stupid /ˈstjuːpɪd/ (形容词) — 笨, 蠢. Lacking in intelligence.
• text /tɛkst/ (名词) — 課文 /课文. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

视频中出现的短语动词

• look at (动词) — 觀察 /观察, 看. To observe or watch.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 6 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, didn't, shouldn't。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. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 butter, peanut, cookie 这类单词。