跟读练习: I moved to NYC for a software engineer job... - 通过视频学习英语口语
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I'm going to go to the next episode.
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hey guys welcome back to my channel my name is gazzy
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and if you're new here welcome welcome
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so you might be wondering why i have a new background
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or maybe you never noticed
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and don't care i literally just robbed in new york city people think i just moved here randomly
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but girl why am i gonna choose a dirty
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and expensive city to live in
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when i got my home to pronto essentially moved here
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because i got a new job i got a new job
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as a software engineer at google my team was based in New York City
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and they paid for my relocation and that's why I'm here
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but I know everyone just like thinks about New York as this like special place
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but I was thinking of like the downsides for the longest
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time like I was thinking about the subway rat the dirt the crackheads I was thinking about all these things
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so yeah I'm in my new apartment now I'm still moving
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in I'm still settling in this vlog is an assortment of
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a lot of different things like you will see me transition
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into New York City you will see what I do as a software engineer at Google
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and since I'm also doing a part-time master's in computer science
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and doing content creation you will see a part of
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that as well
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so yeah i hope you like this vlog i'm literally still
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very new to this like even talking to a camera right now feels super awkward i can't believe
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that there are people that actually watch me so the fact
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that you're watching right now yes you that means
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so much to me oh my god i've been yapping for so long let's get to the video good morning
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okay i'm gonna show you guys my simple skincare routine i like to dry my face with a microfiber cloth
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because i feel like this is very soft in your skin
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and you don't want to be rubbing your skin barrier this is my go-to moisturizer this is the
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Soonjeon barrier cream The last step of my skincare is obviously sunscreen This is the Centella Waterfit Sun Syrup
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Let's go make some breakfast guys
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I'm gonna go.
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My local Trader Joe's my local trader joe's is out of egg whites
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and for some reason i think i mentioned this before there
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is a freaking egg hoarder on the loose let's dismember this avocado by the way guys don't get the impression
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that i know what i'm doing like literally this is my first time actually living alone
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if you see me doing dumb stuff in my apartment just keep it moving Yummy
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okay it's saturday right now
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and i'm gonna show you what i do as a software engineer at google
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and you must be thinking gazzy why the hell are you working on a weekend uh
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if you've watched my previous videos i was at pinterest before this
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and before that i was at amazon
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and i was a full stack engineer in both the companies
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so the workflow was pretty predictable before google I'm actually in a machine learning team
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and if you're familiar with machine learning models you just know
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that they're very time consuming like every change you make it takes
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so long for it to train on data the reason why I work in the weekends is
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because I train my models during the weekend
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so it finishes training by the time it's Monday
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and I can just like see the results and work on top of it
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so let's go through what i actually do as a software engineer at google
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and my team so obviously i can't like specify what i do
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because i'll get fired high level my team deals with google search
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so anyone that searches on google gets a bunch of ads catered to who they are as a person At first,
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like I wasn't really that into working with ads because obviously as a user and a consumer, no one likes seeing ads all the time.
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But from the backend side, like making these machine learning models, adding features to them and seeing how they work in real time, how they affect revenue is super interesting to me.
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And over here, I literally use two laptops.
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So one laptop is for my work and the other one's my personal laptop for like any sort of personal coding.
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And I have this setup where it's just literally one plug
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and this wire connects to this Thunderbolt hub where I connect the power
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and the usb hub and that connects to this usb hub
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which i can use to essentially switch between my pc
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and the three laptops so yeah i love it a lot
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because it's literally one connection
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and you can control three things later today i was invited
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by a restaurant to have lunch there literally i'm like
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so hungry right now and i feel like
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if i eat right now i won't be able to eat in the restaurant
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so look at what i'm eating this is
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so sad teardrop oh my god i could literally eat like
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a big mac right now there's got to be hungry
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when i get there so i can actually enjoy the experience i gotta delay it the restaurant
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that i'm going to today is called nari
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and it's a korean restaurant i'll take you guys with me
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so you can see the food oh my god this is
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the outfit okay i'm ready to go okay i forgot my bag
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We're at Nori right now.
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This place is so beautiful.
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They're really spot-wise and what they're making.
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There's this...
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We do a few Shambleton We do a lot of champagne The shades are from Shein
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Everything is from Shein
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I'm getting better at chopsticks You are supposed to I'm so full It's doing so good
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Everything that you do looks good I'm so full
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I'm so
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excited to be here.
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So so so
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The material is like super soft and malleable and they also gave me this AirPod keychain.
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I just got home and I'm honestly so tired right now
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but of course the course that I'm taking for my master's has a deadline tonight.
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A lot of people was basically asking me like why am I doing a master's if I already have a job?
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So what happens usually is when you first start a job there's obviously a huge learning curve.
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You learn a lot.
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After a year or two you reach a kind of plateau where you stop learning and you get into a maintenance phase.
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You already know what you know it's just you're kind of applying
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that knowledge over and over in one sense it's super comfortable
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when you get to that stage
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and in another sense i feel like you lose out on a lot of opportunities to learn new things so for
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my master's i'm basically learning about path planning and
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that is in the simplest sense how a character maps out where to go
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when it has like a destination or target
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and in video games like this happens all the time
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when an enemy is chasing you when you're trying to find something
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when there's a map
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and that's just like one part of what i'm learning it
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has broadened my perspective on video games in general i can see how things work from a gamer perspective
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and also from an engineer perspective.
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Very surreal given the fact that I was literally an undergrad a couple years ago
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and I was just like thinking to myself how computer science might not be for me
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and the assignments i was working on was so hard
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and i was like about to give up
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and i was just like there's no way and i really think
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that if you just try hard enough if you put the effort into yourself you will get dividends
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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“I moved to NYC for a software engineer job..”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:google, learning, engineer, thinking。 这段视频共有 114 个句子、1353 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 11:27。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 118 个词,很适合跟读。 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 |
|---|---|---|
| laptop 名词 | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | 手提電腦 /手提电脑, 手提計算機 /手提计算机 |
| skincare 名词 | /ˈskɪn.kɛɹ/ | 護膚 /护肤, 皮膚護理 /皮肤护理 |
| vlog 名词 | /ˈvlɑɡ/ | vlog |
| trader 名词 | /ˈtɹeɪdɚ/ | 商人 |
| barrier 名词 | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | 障, 柵欄 /栅栏 |
| avocado 名词 | /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/ | 鱷梨 /鳄梨, 酪梨 |
| broaden 动词 | [ˈbɹɔː.dn̩] | 擴大 /扩大 |
| dismember 动词 | /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/ | 斷手足 /断手足, 支解 |
| keychain 名词 | /ˈkiːˌt͡ʃeɪn/ | 鑰匙扣 /钥匙扣, 鑰匙鏈 /钥匙链 |
| malleable 形容词 | /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/ | 可锻造的 |
| moisturizer 名词 | 保濕霜 /保湿霜, 保濕劑 /保湿剂 | |
| sunscreen 名词 | 防曬 /防晒, 防曬霜 /防晒霜 | |
| teardrop 名词 | /ˈtɪədɹɒp/ | 淚滴 /泪滴, 淚水 /泪水 |
| workflow 名词 | /ˈwɝkfloʊ/ | 工作流 |
| downside 名词 | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | 負面 /负面, 缺點 /缺点 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| give up 动词 | 投案, 自首 |
| go through 动词 | 通過 /通过 |
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 eat right now i won't be |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的 | was based · was invited · is called |
| 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 watched · has broadened |
| 过去进行时 was/were + -ing — 过去某一时刻正在进行的动作 | was thinking · was working |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 49 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 I'm, you're, gonna。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, shade /ʃeɪd/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, malleable /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/, relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
中文母语者容易读错的音:
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, dividend /ˈdɪvɪdɛnd/, curve /kɚv/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/, vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, assortment /əˈsɔːtmənt/, teardrop /ˈtɪədɹɒp/, downside /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, surreal /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, randomly /ˈɹændm̩li/
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。
- 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。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 laptop, skincare, vlog 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。











