跟读练习: Is your phone listening and targeting you with ads? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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We've all wondered, is your iPhone, Android phone, or smart device eavesdropping on everything you say?
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A new investigation sheds some new light on this old debate.
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Christy Burnett is pretty sure her iPhone is eavesdropping.
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Who do you want to message?
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One day, my son came up to me and said, I want a Scorpion Rex for my birthday.
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And I'm like, I don't know what that is.
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The Anderson Township mom decided to look it up, but...
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I went into Amazon and I'm getting ready to type in to the search Scorpion Rex.
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But before I do, he immediately looks at my screen.
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Mom, that's it.
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Sure enough, an ad for the Jurassic Park toy.
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So was her phone listening or had her six-year-old looked up the toy on some other device?
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It's hard to say.
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But researchers at the universities of California
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and Washington this spring released a report claiming that Amazon's Alexa is listening if you have one and maybe ads.
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Amazon now says it t based ads based on your a which PC mags, Chandra St they've said before.
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Amazon to admit it.
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But once these forward with this, they h Amazon, Apple and others We asked WCBO newsroom,
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w talk about her favorite m cover girl and I follow c I use the cover girl.
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I th mascara.
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I'm a true cover later,
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she checked her so and found one related ad here in the caption,
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Colo could be based on her inst says it does not listen,
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s is a fundamental human ri expert Dave Hatter says, i feature is on, it's liste
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is the thing people have t you have a smart digital to listen if it's going t protect yourself,
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he says a Siri in your settings and check your microphone settings and turn off which apps can use it.
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It really does make you wonder.
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Sure does.
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Finally, with an Android phone, disable the OK Google listening feature.
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That way you know your phone is not listening for the wake-up word.
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You better protect yourself and you don't waste your money.
这个视频适合谁？
无论你是英语初学者还是想要提升口语的学习者，这个视频都是理想的练习素材。它围绕日常话题展开，对话真实自然，非常适合用来进行“shadow speak”（影子跟读）训练，帮助你在理解内容的同时，锻炼听力和口语表达能力。如果你想通过“看视频学英语”来增强实际交流能力，或者希望提升英语发音的准确性，那么这个视频能为你提供丰富的练习场景。
值得学习的词汇和习语
- eavesdropping：偷听，窃听。例如视频中提到手机是否在“eavesdropping”我们的对话。
- shed some new light on：为……提供新的解释或线索。研究者的报告为这个老问题“shed some new light on”。
- wake-up word：唤醒词，如手机的“OK Google”。
- disable：关闭，禁用。比如“disable the OK Google listening feature”就是关闭谷歌助手的语音唤醒功能。
如何练好发音？
视频中的演讲者发音清晰，语速适中，非常适合用来练习英语口语。想要“提高英语发音”，可以重点关注以下几点：首先，注意单词的重音，比如“eavesdropping”的重音在第二个音节，“investigation”的重音在第四个音节。其次，模仿演讲者的连读和弱读，比如“shed some new light on”中，“shed some”可以连读为/shed sʌm/。另外，通过“shadow speak”（影子跟读）的方式，紧跟演讲者的节奏，重复他说的每一句话，这样能有效提升口语的流畅度和自然度。
对于“英语口语练习”，还可以尝试截取视频中的片段，逐句听写并模仿发音，对比自己与演讲者的差异，针对性地改进。记住，坚持每天练习，结合“shadowspeaks”的方法，你的口语水平一定会有所提升。
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。