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Most people believe their real life will begin shortly.
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Not today, of course.
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Today is mostly emails, laundry, and watching someone on the internet renovate a farmhouse in Portugal.
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Thank you.
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But soon, soon they'll start the novel or the business, or maybe the version of themselves who wakes up earlier, drinks less coffee, and somehow knows how to make a dinner party feel.
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It's effortless.
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Soon they'll become the person whose life they keep bookmarking. In the meantime...
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They watch.
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And by they, I of course mean most of us.
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We watch people move to cities we haven't visited, watch people fall in love in apartments with very good lighting.
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We watch people start companies, quit jobs, train for marathons, buy sourdough starters, and explain their morning routines as if mornings were something that required strategy.
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And the strange thing is that this has become a perfectly acceptable way to spend a life.
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observing other people appear to live theirs.
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There's now an entire economy built around it.
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You can watch someone build the life you want in 10 tidy minutes right here on YouTube.
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You can watch them wake up at 5 in the morning, journal, meditate.
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Drink some form of green liquid, answer emails from a laptop beside a window, and then say something encouraging about designing your life.
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It's very convincing.
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Mostly because it looks like the beginning of a story.
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And most of us, if we're being honest, feel a little like we're still waiting for ours to start.
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The peculiar thing about waiting for your life to begin is that it feels extremely responsible.
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Mature, even.
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People say things like, "I just need to get a few things sorted first." Which, yeah, sounds reasonable because there are always a few things to sort.
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Money, mostly. Or time.
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the vague but persistent feeling that you aren't quite the person who should be doing the thing yet.
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The strange assumption here is that there will eventually be a moment when you are.
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There'll be a version of yourself who's slightly more organized, more confident, and definitely more qualified to begin.
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This future self is very capable.
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Unfortunately, this future self is also fictional.
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But we spend a surprising amount of time preparing for them.
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We save ideas for them, trips for them, conversations for them, entire careers for them.
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We say things like, "One day I'd love to live somewhere else for a while,"
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which is a charming phrase because one day is the most accommodating timeline ever invented.
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One day asks nothing of you.
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It's not that people are lazy.
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Laziness would actually require a decision.
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What most people are is something closer to provisional.
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They're living a sort of draft version of their lives.
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The good dishes are saved for later.
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The interesting risks are postponed.
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The strange idea that keeps returning, the one that might embarrass you a little, is carefully placed into the category of Eventually...
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Meanwhile, the present continues in a very determined way.
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The calendar fills, the weeks acquire momentum, years begin to move with a slightly unsettling efficiency.
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And yet the feeling persists that the real narrative is somewhere ahead.
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You're merely warming up.
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Part of the problem, of course, is comparison.
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There's always been comparison, but it used to require leaving the house.
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Now it arrives continuously, you barely even have to participate.
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You open your phone and find people who appear to have things figured out.
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They're living in cities you admire, pursuing projects that sound suspiciously like the ones you once mentioned at dinner.
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Except they've somehow begun.
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You watch them document the process.
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They talk about the leap they took, the move they made, the decision that changed everything.
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But this is where it becomes slightly misleading.
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Because the leap, when described afterward, sounds intentional.
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as though it were always the plan.
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But if you listen carefully, the people who actually changed the shape of their lives rarely began with a plan at all.
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They started in a small, sometimes mildly humiliating way.
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They signed up for the class, eventually sent the email, bought the train ticket, and then spent three weeks wondering if they'd made a terrible mistake.
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This doesn't look impressive in real time, it almost always looks like confusion.
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But confusion, it turns out, is the beginning of most interesting lives.
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What's deceptive about watching other people live is that you're almost always seeing the edit.
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The uncertainty has been trimmed away, the awkward pauses are gone.
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The parts where someone doubted themselves in a kitchen at midnight have been replaced with a helpful voiceover.
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Life, unfortunately, does not provide a voiceover.
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This is obviously an exception.
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But it does mostly provide unimpressive moments in which you could do something slightly braver than usual, and often don't.
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Consider the number of people who've been meaning to write a novel for the past decade.
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These people aren't unserious about the novel.
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They've thought about it extensively.
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They've described it to friends.
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Many of them own very good notebooks.
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What they're waiting for, generally, is the moment when writing the novel will feel justified, or when they'll feel sufficiently prepared to begin a thing that might turn out badly.
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This moment has remarkable staying power.
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It can last 15 years.
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The same thing happens with other ambitions.
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People talk about learning a language or living somewhere new for a while.
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Finally starting the project they bring up every few months with an apologetic tone, as though the idea itself has begun to feel slightly embarrassing from overexposure.
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These conversations often occur in comfortable settings: restaurants, living rooms, long walks where everyone agrees that someday they will do something interesting.
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The advantage of "Someday," of course, is that it places the entire burden of action on a version of you who doesn't currently exist.
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And in the meantime, something else fills the space.
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Observation.
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You watch other people do the thing.
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You watch them move cities, start companies, publish books, train for marathons, quit jobs with alarming confidence.
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They explain the decision later with a clarity that suggests the entire thing was inevitable.
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It rarely was.
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Most lives that look intentional from the outside began in a way that felt, at the time, somewhat premature.
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Someone applied before they felt qualified, moved when it didn't seem especially sensible.
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And someone began something with absolutely no proof it would work.
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From a distance, this reads as boldness.
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Up close, it usually looks more like impatience.
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Because eventually, a realization occurs you notice
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that the life you keep imagining in the future is suspiciously dependent on decisions you've been postponing in the present.
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This realization doesn't arrive at a meaningful moment.
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You aren't gazing out at the ocean thinking about your future, you're doing something forgettable.
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Answering emails, sitting in traffic, pretending to listen while someone tells you how they've completely changed their life.
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And then it occurs to you: somewhat rudely.
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What if nothing notable is going to happen before the part you've been waiting for?
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And what if the life you're waiting to start is already underway, with or without your participation?
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Once that possibility occurs to you, it becomes slightly harder to remain a spectator.
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you My therapist says this thing, often enough that I've started hearing it in places she's not.
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What's in the way is the way.
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I hate it.
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Not real hate, just the kind of mild, domestic hate you reserve for people who are right too often.
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The hate that sounds like, huh, while you stir your coffee too loudly or nod a little too fast.
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I've rolled my eyes at it more than once, not out loud, I'm not that dramatic, but in that half -smile, sure, okay, way, you respond to something that sounds like it should be true,
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but mostly just feels like a lot of work. And still, it lingers.
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It follows me into parts of the day I don't have language for.
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The parts where I'm not stuck exactly, but circling something I don't want to name.
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Because I know what she means.
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I know what she's trying to do.
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I just don't want to be the kind of person who's in her own way.
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I want to be evolved, I want to be the kind of person who maybe was a mess once, but now works out because it's fun and drinks water before she's even thirsty.
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I think that's what she's trying to get me to see, that the thing I keep calling in the way might actually be the way through.
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which is So irritating because what's in the way is me.
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But I could never see it that way.
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I'd laid my life out like a nice, polite sidewalk.
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Flat, sensible, and absolutely no cracks.
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Also well -lit, you know, in case anyone passing by needed directions.
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I told myself it was caution.
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I've certainly called it maturity, and when all else fails, I've called it some thoughtful, evolved thing I probably read in a Brene Brown caption, but...
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Really?
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I was just.. trying to be easy to digest.
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like a saltine cracker stable predictable.
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Not exactly anyone's favorite, unless you're sick, of course, but no one's problem either.
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Careful in a way that looked responsible on the surface and afraid underneath.
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What looked like a block was really choreography.
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I was keeping things small and neat and narratable.
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I got very good at it.
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What's in the way is the way.
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God, I hate how right she was.
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Because once you see it, it becomes difficult to pretend you're still waiting for the conditions to improve.
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the conditions were never really the issue.
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I was.
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I had built a life where nothing had to challenge me so I could remain a spectator in my own life.
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someone observing events from a comfortable distance occasionally offering commentary.
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It was a very pleasant position, actually.
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You get to imagine the life you might live without the inconvenience of attempting it.
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The future remains flattering.
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The version of you who eventually gets around to things stays impressive.
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largely because they never have to show up.
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And once you recognize that arrangement, it becomes harder to ignore how often the same thing is happening everywhere else.
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Not because people lack ambition, most people have plenty of that.
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What they lack is the willingness to be slightly embarrassing in public while the story is still forming.
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Observation is safer.
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You can study other people's decisions, admire them, even narrate them a little.
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all while assuming your own life will become interesting later.
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But the uncomfortable part is that there is no separate moment when the narrative officially begins.
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There's no signal that the camera has turned in your direction.
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You've been in the scene the entire time.
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The only real question is whether you're still standing off to the side explaining it.
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or finally doing something that makes the explanation unnecessary. so.
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Which is it?
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Spectator or...
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Participant.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“it’s time to start participating in your own life”为素材。 这段视频共有 155 个句子、1840 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 10:41。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 172 个词，接近日常对话。 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 |
|---|---|---|
| embarrass 动词 | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | 使…尷尬 /使…尴尬, 使…困窘 |
| spectator 名词 | /spɛkˈteɪtə/ | 旁觀者 /旁观者, 觀眾 /观众 |
| postpone 动词 | /pəʊstˈpəʊn/ | 延緩 /延缓 |
| suspiciously 副词 | 怀疑地, 猜疑地 | |
| realization 名词 | /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | 實現 /实现 |
| intentional 形容词 | /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ | 故意, 蓄意 |
| ambition 名词 | /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ | 奢望, 抱負 /抱负 |
| leap 动词 | /ˈliːp/ | 跳躍 /跳跃, 飛躍 /飞跃 |
| admire 动词 | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | 佩服, 欣賞 /欣赏 |
| someday 副词 | 日後 /日后, 有一天 | |
| observe 动词 | /əbˈzɜːv/ | 遵守, 遵循 |
| observation 名词 | /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/ | 觀察 /观察 |
| marathon 名词 | /ˈmæɹəθən/ | 馬拉松 /马拉松 |
| confusion 名词 | /kənˈfjuːʒən/ | 混亂 /混乱 |
| bookmark 名词 | /ˈbʊkmɑːɹk/ | 書籤 /书签 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| turn out 动词 | 原來 /原来 | |
| bring up 动词 | 撫養 /抚养, 養大 /养大 | |
| figure out 动词 | 弄清楚 | |
| show up 动词 | 露面 | |
| wake up 动词 | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | 醒, 醒來 /醒来 |
| warm up 动词 | /ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/ | 暖和（起來） /暖和（起来） |
| work out 动词 | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | 計算 /计算, 算出 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成进行时 have/has been + -ing — 以前开始、现在仍在继续的动作 | you've been postponing · you've been waiting |
| 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 | haven't visited · has become · There's always been |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | are saved · are postponed · has been trimmed |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | person who should · people who appear · people who actually |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 45 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, don't, I've。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/, theirs /ðɛɚz/, therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, intentional /ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/, apologetic /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/, choreography /ˌkɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfi/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, deceptive /dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/, renovate /ˈɹɛn.ə.veɪt/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, leap /ˈliːp/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, apologetic /əˌpɑləˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, effortless /ˈɛfə(ɹ)tlɪs/, rudely /ˈɹuːdli/, provisional /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/
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。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 embarrass, spectator, postpone 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。