跟读练习: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 🚶An Evening Walk🚶 B1 - B2 | British English Reading & Listening Practice - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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B1 B2 English Story An evening walk
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One of my favourite things to do is to get out into the countryside and escape from my busy life.
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I have a stressful job
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and sometimes the best thing for me to do is to put on my trainers
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and go for a long early evening walk.
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This week has been particularly busy.
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Each day has morphed into the next and I feel like I haven't had a minute to myself.
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This evening I decided to chuck on my old walking boots and drive out to one of my favourite country villages.
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I parked up my car,
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got my bag, which was full of snacks and drinks,
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out of the boot and started on a lovely summer evening stroll.
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The walk is around 8 kilometres in total and the perfect length to walk off the stressors of the week.
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I start by walking through a small football field which is adjacent to the village cricket club.
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I could hear the players practising ahead of a game at the weekend.
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Then I have to go through a little gate and walk down a country lane to get to the fields.
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The houses on this particular country lane are stunning.
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They're all turn of the century stone cottages that overlook a small hamlet.
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I'd love to live in one of those houses.
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As soon as I get to the bottom of the lane,
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I always take a left.
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It looks like it's private land, but it isn't.
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It's a public footpath.
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Then I follow the winding path all the way to the next village.
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It's a stunning walk.
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It takes me through woodland and up and down fields.
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I love to see what the farmers are growing.
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Along the route, I pass a field that is home to some ponies.
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They're beautiful creatures.
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I always give them a stroke and say hello as I pass.
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In another field, I see about 20 cows.
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I kept looking up at the clear blue sky
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and smiling at the beautiful birds that hovered and swooped above the fields looking for worms and grubs to eat.
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One of my favourite things about this walk is passing other walkers or runners along the way.
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I often make friends with a few dogs and have some polite chit-chat with people passing by.
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It's a fantastic way to find out the local gossip or when village events or parties are happening.
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Then when I'm almost at the next village,
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I always turn around and take in the beautiful scene before me.
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I love to see the church spire of the village I've just left with the stunning little cottages surrounding it.
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It looks the most beautiful at sunset in winter when people have their Christmas trees twinkling in their windows.
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There's something incredibly magical about it.
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Today it was a muggy summer day so there were no fairy lights to be seen.
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Instead, I watched the plane soaring high overhead and spotted a hot air balloon in the distance.
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Tonight, I decided to take a seat under a beautiful oak tree and have a drink of water.
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I sat for about 10 minutes enjoying the shade and the fresh air.
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When I sit there, I always imagine what life would have been like back in the day
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when there were no cars or electricity and life was simpler.
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The people who lived in these small villages would have walked miles to work and often lived in very cramped conditions.
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In some ways, their lives were simpler,
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but they lived a hard life.
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On the final part of my walk,
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I go through a small woodland that leads me to the smaller of the two villages.
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Once at the village I always enjoy a cup of tea
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and a small snack at a beautiful cafe The staff are friendly
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and open to chat As it was a little later in the day than
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when I usually go The shops were shutting up
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so I couldn't have a nosy I made my way back and took a different path to my car
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which follows a small stream.
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I love to hear the water trickling downstream.
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I saw some tiny fish,
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a heron and some swans.
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I also scared a couple of rabbits as they sniffed around for food near the blackberry bushes.
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At the end of my walk,
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I chatted to a young couple who had a very excitable puppy.
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They have just moved to the village.
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I wished them well and was secretly very envious.
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During the last part of the long evening walk,
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I breathed in the scented air and listened to the sounds of the tractors in the fields.
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One day, I hope this long walk will be a shorter one.
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as I'll be a resident of the beautiful countryside village.
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Now let's go through some of the vocabulary from the story.
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Gossip.
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Gossip.
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Gossip is conversation or reports about other people's private lives.
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Lane A lane is a narrow road in a country or town.
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Overlook To overlook To overlook is to have or give a view of something from above.
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Resident Resident.
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A resident is a person who lives or has their home in a certain place.
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Stroke.
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To stroke.
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To stroke is to move your hand or an object gently over something, usually repeatedly.
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stunning, stunning.
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If someone or something is stunning,
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then they are extremely beautiful or attractive.
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Worm, worm.
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A worm is a small animal with a long,
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narrow, soft body without arms, legs or bones.
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Pony.
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Pony.
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A pony is a small type of horse.
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Soaring.
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Soaring.
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If something is soaring it is rising high in the air while flying without moving its wings or using any power.
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Stroll, to stroll To stroll is to walk in a slow or relaxed way Adjacent,
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adjacent If something is adjacent,
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it is very near, next to or touching Nosy,
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nosy If someone is nosy,
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they are too interested in what other people are doing and are wanting to discover too much about them.
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重点词汇与短语
- 散步 (walking): 一种轻松的户外活动，帮助放松身心。
- 乡村小道 (country lane): 通往乡村的狭窄道路，通常充满自然风光。
- 私家土地 (private land): 不对公众开放的土地，但有时会有公共通道。
- 小屋 (cottage): 乡村的传统石头房屋，充满魅力。
- 牧场 (field): 用于种植或放养动物的开放土地。
- 鸟类 (birds): 经常在乡间出现的生物，增加了宁静的氛围。
- 太阳下山 (sunset): 天空变色的美丽时刻，适合反思。
- 热气球 (hot air balloon): 迷人的飞行工具，常在乡间上空飘浮。
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