跟读练习: Japan's Anti-Procrastination Café - 通过视频学习英语口语
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This is the world's first anti-procrastination cafe.
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And of course it's in Japan.
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All of the coolest stuff is in Japan.
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In this cafe, once you enter, you aren't allowed to leave until all your work is done.
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You write out all of your goals for the evening and choose one of three difficulty levels.
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Level 1 is a verbal confirmation with the staff upon leaving that you completed everything you set out to do.
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So, it's pretty simple and honestly it seems quite easy to get out of doing the work in this one.
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You can just lie whenever you're leaving, just lie to the staff like, yeah, I got my work done.
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That's by design though, this is the easiest difficulty.
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Level 2, which is normal difficulty, sees a staff member check in on you every hour.
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And finally level 3, the hardest difficulty, has staff members frequently standing directly behind you and applying pressure.
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That one seems a little excessive, but hey, I mean, if you've got a deadline for tomorrow and you work well under pressure, you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Customers pay around about 85p or a little over a dollar every 30 minutes, and with that they get Wi-Fi and charging ports for their laptops.
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Interestingly though, there are no food products to buy at all.
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The only beverages are self-served tea and coffee that come at no extra charge.
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Which you might really need, because the owner is so committed to you finishing your work, that he will keep you there even if it means staying past cafe opening hours.
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But apparently the people of Tokyo really love this place, and is incredibly effective at helping them achieve their goals.
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Could this really be the answer to the world's procrastination problem?
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I'll just have to see for myself.
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Okay, so maybe I don't have the budget to just go to Japan and go to one of these actual anti-procrastination cafes, but what I'm going to do is experiment to see how this actually works.
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I went to my local cafe with an excessively long to-do list
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and I was not going to leave until I completed everything.
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Let's see just how effective these anti-procrastination cafes really are.
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Okay, so I just got out of there, I actually got everything I wanted to get done, done, to a really high quality, much faster than I thought I would.
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So I got it done faster than I thought I would, and to a higher quality than I thought I would.
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Now at this point these cafes probably seem amazing, and you're probably wishing you had these in your local area, but there is a caveat here.
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You see, I've tried sitting down for other big work sessions before in other cafes
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and libraries as I'm sure most of you watching have as well, but I wasn't nearly as productive.
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With the difference being, every time I've done it before, I was doing work that I just didn't care about, I just didn't naturally enjoy.
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Whereas this time it was something I was genuinely passionate about, YouTube.
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People are always looking for a quick fix and a hack for procrastination, and sure those things can work in the short term,
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but in the long term you're always going to struggle if you don't actually enjoy your work at all.
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But hey, even the most passionate workers procrastinate sometimes, so these cafes are perfect if you're just looking for that little bit of extra incentive to meet the deadline.
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And who knows, maybe one day Tokyo won't be the only city to have their local anti-procrastination cafe.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B1 级别的口语课以视频“Japan's Anti-Procrastination Café”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：cafe, procrastination, difficulty, anti, staff。 这段视频共有 34 个句子、615 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 3:18。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 187 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 84% 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 14 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| procrastination 名词 | /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | 耽擱 /耽搁, 拖延 |
| café 名词 | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | 咖啡屋, 咖啡店 |
| passionate 形容词 | /ˈpæʃənɪt/ | 多情, 熾熱 /炽热 |
| deadline 名词 | /ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/ | 截止日期, 限期 |
| caveat 名词 | /ˈkæviɑt/ | 警示 |
| excessively 副词 | /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/ | 過分地 /过分地, 過度地 /过度地 |
| procrastinate 动词 | /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/ | 耽擱 /耽搁, 拖延 |
| beverage 名词 | /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | 飲料 /饮料, 飲品 /饮品 |
| verbal 形容词 | /ˈvɜː.bəl/ | 詞的 /词的 |
| incentive 名词 | /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ | 刺激, 誘因 /诱因 |
| confirmation 名词 | /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | 確認 /确认 |
| excessive 形容词 | /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ | 過度 /过度, 過分 /过分 |
| productive 形容词 | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | 生產的 /生产的 |
| laptop 名词 | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | 手提電腦 /手提电脑, 手提計算機 /手提计算机 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | I've tried · I've done |
| 最高级 the -est / the most … — 一组中最高或最低的 | the coolest · the easiest · the hardest |
| 比较级 -er than / more … than — 比较两个事物 | faster than |
| 现在进行时 am/is/are + -ing — 此刻或近期正在发生的事 | you're leaving · you're probably wishing · are always looking |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 19 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, didn't, don't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: caveat /ˈkæviɑt/, excessively /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/, beverage /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, verbal /ˈvɜː.bəl/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, caveat /ˈkæviɑt/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/, beverage /ˈbɛv(ə)ɹɪd͡ʒ/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: procrastination /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, cafe /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, caveat /ˈkæviɑt/
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 procrastination, café, passionate 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。