跟读练习: Let’s Steal a New Moon - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 16 个句子、216 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 1:09。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 187 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 只有 69% 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 15 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• dense /ˈdɛns/ (形容词) — 密, 稠密. Having relatively high density.
• methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/ (名词) — 甲烷. The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
• stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ (名词) — 馬厩, 馬棚 /马棚. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
• atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (名词) — 大氣 /大气, 氣圈 /气圈. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
• steal /stiːl/ (动词) — 偷, 盜 /盗. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ (名词) — 液體 /液体, 液態 /液态. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those…
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (动词) — 探索, 探險 /探险. To examine or investigate something systematically.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — 再見 /再见, 再會 /再会. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ (名词) — 相互作用. The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (动词) — 呼吸, 吸. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (名词) — 科學家 /科学家. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
• shine /ʃaɪn/ (动词) — 發亮 /发亮, 照. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• pile /paɪl/ (名词) — 堆. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/ (形容词) — 引人入勝的 /引人入胜的, 壯觀 /壮观. Amazing or worthy of special notice.
• orbit /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ (名词) — 軌道 /轨道, 軌跡 /轨迹. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.

视频中出现的短语动词

• come from (动词) — 來自 /来自. To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.

需要注意的发音

• “th” 音: methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/, breathe /bɹiːð/
• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/, eruption /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
• 长单词——注意重音位置: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

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. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 dense, methane, stable 这类单词。