跟读练习: Intermediate Pronunciation - Day 18 - Happy birthday - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 26 个句子、141 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 1:04。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 133 个词，很适合跟读。 只有 80% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 12 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/ (名词) — 背包, 背囊. A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when…
• bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (名词) — 臥室 /卧室, 寢室 /寝室. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
• bake /beɪk/ (动词) — 烤, 烘. To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
• bracelet /ˈbɹeɪslət/ (名词) — 手鐲 /手镯, 鐲子 /镯子. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
• bead /ˈbiːd/ (名词) — 念珠, 珠. Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.
• bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/ (名词) — 書架 /书架, 書櫥 /书橱. A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
• cookbook /ˈkʊkˌbʊk/ (名词) — 菜譜 /菜谱. A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
• paintbrush /ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/ (名词) — 畫筆 /画笔, 油漆刷. A thin brush for applying paint.
• cake /keɪk/ (名词) — 蛋糕. A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
• celebrate /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ (动词) — 頌揚 /颂扬. To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
• birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ (名词) — 生日, 生辰. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
• somebody /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ — 有人, 某人. Some unspecified person.

视频中出现的短语动词

• go out (动词) — 出, 出口. To leave, especially a building.
• 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 4 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 can't, I'm, I've。请按听到的简短形式来说。

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/, paintbrush /ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/

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. 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。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 backpack, bedroom, bake 这类单词。