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Welcome to Spotlight.
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I'm Liz Waid.
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And I'm Adam Navis.
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Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
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It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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A small group of people sit in silence.
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Her eyes are fixed on the movement of one woman, Sachiko.
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Sachiko is a small Japanese woman.
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She wears traditional Japanese clothes, a beautiful kimono.
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She is busy preparing a green tea.
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She concentrates on each of her movements.
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Each movement flows into the next.
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What is she doing?
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She is leading, or hosting, a Japanese tea ceremony.
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Today's Spotlight is on the Japanese tea ceremony.
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In Japan, drinking tea is very popular.
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Originally, people drank tea as a form of medicine.
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Soon they drank it because they enjoyed it.
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At first, black tea was the most popular.
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But in the 12th century this changed.
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The people used a different kind of tea.
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Green tea or matcha.
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Both green and black teas come from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.
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People put the plant leaves in the sun to dry them.
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Black tea is dried in the sun for a longer time.
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The leaves react with the oxygen in the air and turn black.
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But to make green tea, people gently steam the leaves before drying.
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This way the leaves keep their green color.
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The Japanese tea ceremony developed over many years.
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But during the 16th century, the ceremony became an art form called wabi cha.
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One of the people who influenced this art was the great tea master Senno Rikyu.
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He believed in the importance of peace, respect, purity, and calmness.
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He combined this simple, everyday part of life with his spiritual beliefs.
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These are now called Sado, the way of the tea.
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Sachiko is a young Japanese woman.
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She has studied the tea ceremony for many years.
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She describes what the tea ceremony means to her.
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For me, the tea ceremony is like learning about life,
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how I live and how do I see myself in this life.
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And my tea master will teach me history of the tea ceremony and teach me about movements
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or flower arrangement or utensil or pottery or any sort of thing.
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The tea ceremony takes normally about three hours.
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It takes many years to perform the art of a tea ceremony perfectly.
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Like Sachi-ko, students do not just learn about tea.
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They must also learn other traditions, such as Japanese writing and flower organizing.
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At official tea ceremonies, even the people who attend must know some things about Sado.
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They must know the right ways to move, such as how to drink the tea.
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They must know when to speak and what to say.
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In most tea ceremonies, a host will invite four people.
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They are guests of the ceremony.
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The host's helper leads these people into a waiting room.
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The helper offers Sayu to drink.
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This is hot water for tea making.
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At the right time, the helper leads the people to the tea room, or chashitsu.
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This special room is only for tea ceremonies.
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Tea rooms are usually inside a tea house.
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Pretty houses are usually outside in the garden.
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Before the host receives her guests, she fills the stone basin with water.
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She washes her hands and mouth.
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She walks to the middle gate.
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Here she welcomes her guests with a bow.
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No one speaks.
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The host leads the guests through the gate.
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Then they too wash at the stone basin.
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They are then ready to enter the tea house.
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They enter the tea house through a sliding door.
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The door is just under a meter high.
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One must bow to go through.
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This is an important act.
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It is a sign of equality.
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When people are through the door, they become equal.
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They lose their social position.
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The tea room is simple.
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It usually has a hanging piece of material.
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This has Japanese writing on it.
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It may include words that show the values of the tea ceremony,
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like peace, respect, purity, and calmness.
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The room also usually contains flowers.
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The guests bend down on their knees.
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And they wait for the host to serve them.
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They leave their worries behind them.
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They center their minds only on the room.
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Hosts may serve the guests sweets called higashi.
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The host then organizes the tea instruments.
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She cleans them with water.
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She dries them with a fine cloth.
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Then she places three scoops of tea for each guest into the tea bowl, or chawan.
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She puts the right amount of water into the chawan.
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And then she mixes it using a chasen.
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She needs skill to mix the powdered tea in the correct way, to make it become a thick liquid.
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Then she bows.
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She lifts the chawan with her right hand, and she places it on her left hand.
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She turns the chawan to the right three times using her right hand.
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The host then passes the chawan to one of the guests.
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He bows and accepts the bowl.
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After he drinks from it, he cleans the top.
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Then he passes it to the next guest with his right hand.
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The guest turns the chawan and drinks from it in the same way.
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Guests look at the bowl before they drink from it.
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They see its beauty.
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During the whole ceremony, the host serves the guests.
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Each instrument and movement is important in the ceremony.
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Buddhist theology influences much of these movements, positions, and instruments.
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However, you do not have to be a Buddhist to take part in a tea ceremony.
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Some people take part in the ceremony simply to enjoy the social gathering.
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Others take part to enjoy the peace and calmness of the ceremony.
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The way of the tea has four main teachings.
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Wa means harmony or peace.
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People must try and be at peace with everything in their life.
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People and nature.
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Kei means respect.
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People must respect everything around them.
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Sei means purity.
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People must try to act purely.
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Jakku means peace of mind.
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It is these values that tea masters spend years trying to learn through sado, way of the tea.
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Would you like a Japanese tea ceremony?
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Are there any ceremonies for food in your culture?
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You can leave a comment on our website.
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The writer of this program was Marina Santee.
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The producer was Michio Ozaki.
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All quotes were adapted for this program and voiced by Spotlight.
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背景信息
在这部关于日本茶道的视频中，由两位主持人介绍了茶道的起源和历史，强调了这项艺术形式的文化重要性。视频中的女人Sachiko正忙于准备绿茶，展示了她在茶道中的专注与优雅。日本的茶道不仅仅是饮茶，更是一种生活哲学，关注内心的和平、尊重与宁静。这使得茶道成为一种教育与生活的学习方式，学习者在这里可以深刻体会到自己的生活与价值观。
日常交流中的五大短语
- “我在准备茶水。” - 适用于茶道相关的对话。
- “这杯茶代表着平和。” - 用于表达茶道中茶的象征意义。
- “你需要知道一些关于茶道的礼节。” - 适合在茶会之前的介绍。
- “请注意每一个动作。” - 强调在茶道中要关注细节。
- “茶道是一种生活的学习。” - 总结茶道的内涵。
逐步影子跟读指南
要提高英语口语水平，我们可以借助“影子跟读”的方法来练习。这里有一些具体步骤来应对这段视频的难度：
- 选择片段：从视频中选择1-2分钟的片段，建议选择有明确对话的部分，例如Sachiko在准备茶水时的解释。
- 初步观看：不看字幕，专注于听对话，注意语音、语调和停顿。
- 观看并带字幕跟读：再次播放视频，打开英文字幕，理解其中的每一句话，并尝试跟上主持人的讲话。
- 慢速影子跟读：将视频的播放速度调慢，逐句模仿发音和语调，确保捕捉到细节。
- 逐步提升速度：随着对内容的熟悉，将播放速度逐渐调回正常，并重复跟读，提升发音的流畅度。
通过以上步骤，您可以有效进行英语口语练习，结合“英语影子跟读”技巧，逐步提高自己的英语发音和日常交流能力。
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。