跟读练习: IELTS Cambridge Book 15 Listening Test 3 Part 2 Questions with Audioscripts - 通过视频学习英语口语
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IELTS 15.
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Test 3.
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Part 2.
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You will hear a woman called Alice Riches talking on the radio about a scheme
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which involves closing streets to traffic to allow children to play.
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My guest on the show today is Alice Riches, who started the Street Play Scheme where she lives in Beechwood Road.
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For those of you that don't already know, Street Play involves local residents closing off their street for a few hours
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so that children have a chance to play in the streets safely.
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She started it in her own street, Beechwood Road, and the idea caught on, and there are now street play schemes all over the city.
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So when did you actually start the scheme, Alice?
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Well, I first had the idea when my oldest child was still a toddler.
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So that's about six years ago now, but it took at least two years of campaigning before we were actually able to make it happen.
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So the scheme's been up and running for three years now.
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We'd love to be able to close our road for longer, for the whole weekend, from Saturday morning until Sunday evening, for example.
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At the moment it's just once a week but when we started it was only once a month, but we're working on it.
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So what actually happens when Beachwood Road is closed?
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We have volunteer wardens – mostly parents, but some elderly residents too – who block off our road at either end.
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The council have provided special signs, but there's always a volunteer there to explain what's happening to any motorists.
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Generally they're fine about it, we've only had to get the police involved once or twice.
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Now I should explain that the road isn't completely closed to cars, but only residents' cars are allowed.
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If people really need to get in or out of Beechwood Road, it's not a problem, as long as they They drive at under 20 kilometres per hour.
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But most people just decide not to use their cars during this time, or they park in another street.
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The wardens are only there to stop through traffic.
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So, can anyone apply to get involved in street play?
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Absolutely.
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We want to include all kids in the city, especially those who live on busy roads.
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It's here that demand is greatest.
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Obviously, there isn't such demand in wealthier areas where the children have access to parks or large gardens,
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or in the suburbs where there are usually more places for children to play outside.
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I'd recommend that anyone listening who likes the idea should just give it a go.
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We've been surprised by the positive reaction of residents all over the city, and that's not just parents.
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There are always a few who complain, but they're a tiny minority.
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On the whole, everyone is very supportive and say they're very happy to see children out on the street, even if it does get quite noisy.
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There have been so many benefits of street play for the kids.
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Parents really like the fact that the kids are getting fresh air instead of sitting staring at a computer screen.
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even if they're not doing anything particularly energetic.
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And of course, it's great that kids can play with their friends outside without being supervised by their parents.
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But for me, the biggest advantage is that kids develop confidence in themselves to be outside without their parents.
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The other really fantastic thing is that children get to know the adults in the street.
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It's like having a big extended family.
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It certainly does have a lot of benefits.
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I want to move on now and ask you about a related project in King Street.
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Right.
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Well, this was an experiment I was involved in where local residents decided to try and reduce the traffic along King Street,
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which is the busiest main road in our area, by persuading people not to use their cars for one day.
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We thought about making people pay more for parking, but we decided that would be really unpopular.
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So instead, we just stopped people from parking on King Street, but left the other car parks open.
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It was surprising how much of a difference all this made.
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As we'd predicted, air quality was significantly better, but what I hadn't expected was how much quieter it would be, even with the buses still running.
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Of course, everyone said they felt safer, but we were actually amazed that sales in the shops went up considerably that day.
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We thought there'd be fewer people out shopping, not more.
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That's really interesting.
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So, the fact that the street was.. was that is the end of part two
为什么通过这个视频练习口语？
通过观看Alice Riches在电台节目中讨论街道游玩的方案，学习者可以体验到实际生活中英语的运用。这个视频提供了一个生动的语境，让你了解到如何在社区中组织活动以及促进儿童社交的方式。与其静态地记忆单词，不如通过实际的对话练习，提高英语发音，体验真实的语言交流。
参与这样的讨论，不仅丰富了你的词汇量，还增强了你的表达能力。这种形式的学习有助于提高沟通技巧，特别是与陌生人和不同背景的人交谈时的自信心。通过重复听和模仿，你可以自然而然地掌握口语技巧，运用在日常对话中，使“看YouTube学英语”的过程更加轻松有效。
语法与表达分析
- 被动语态的使用：在视频中提到“街道被关闭”，通过这种结构强调了行动的受影响者，而非施动者。这种表达帮助学习者理解如何在不同语境下使用被动语态。
- 条件句的运用：Alice提到“如果人们真的需要进出Bechwood Road”，这种条件句的结构可以帮助学习者表达假设情况，增加语言的灵活性。
- 具体时间表达：她提到“在过去的三年里”，这种时间表达的使用让听众能够清晰理解事件的时间线，有助于提高表达的准确性。
常见发音难点
在视频中，几些词汇的发音对学习者而言可能具有挑战性。例如，“scheme”这个词的发音常常被困扰，尤其是在快速对话中，容易被误听或误读。此外，Alice提到的“volunteer wardens”中的“wardens”可能对于非母语者较难掌握发音。建议学习者集中练习这些词汇，提高英语发音的流畅度，避免口语交流中的误解。
通过重复练习和shadow speak的方式，你可以有效地掌握这些发音，从而在实际对话中显得更为自信。利用这种方法不仅提供了更好的语言体验，还能有效提高对语言的掌握程度。
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。