跟读练习: Life in the UK 🍫Easter Traditions🐰 Beginner English Story with Subtitles | British English Accent - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Before we start reading, let's go through some of the difficult words in this story.
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This will help your understanding.
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Mass Mass A mass is a religious ceremony.
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Religious Religious If you are religious,
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then you believe in a religion and a god or gods.
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Tomb A tomb is a large stone structure or underground room where someone,
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especially an important person, is buried.
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Tradition A tradition is a way of behaving or a belief that has happened for a long time.
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A branch is a part of something larger.
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For example, a tree branch grows out from the main trunk and grows leaves and flowers.
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Celebrate To celebrate To celebrate is to take part in something enjoyable and to show that it is special.
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Donkey Donkey A donkey is an animal that looks like a small horse but has bigger ears.
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Exchange To exchange is when one person gives someone something and they give something back in return.
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Hide. To hide.
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To hide is to put something in a place where that thing cannot be seen or found.
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Disciple A disciple is a person who believes in the ideas of a leader,
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usually religious or political, and they try to live in the same way.
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Crucify To crucify To crucify is to kill someone by fastening them to a cross with nails.
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Rose.
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Rose is the past simple of to rise, which means to stand up or to become higher.
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Now, let's start reading.
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Hopefully, those explanations will help.
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A2, B1, English Story Easter This coming weekend will be Easter weekend in the UK.
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The date of Easter changes every year.
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It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon on or after March 21st. This year,
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Easter Sunday falls on Sunday, April 17th.
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Most people celebrate Easter by enjoying the long weekend with their friends and family.
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Most companies around the UK close for Good Friday and Easter Monday.
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Many people exchange chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday and some families make Easter egg hunts for their children.
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They hide Easter eggs around their house and garden for their children to find.
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For religious people, Easter is one of the most important times of the year.
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The week up to Easter is called Holy Week.
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It starts with Palm Sunday, which is the Sunday before Easter Sunday.
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Palm Sunday is when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem riding on a donkey.
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Lots of people came to see him and they put palm branches on the road.
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Nowadays, churches give out small crosses made from palm leaves to remember this day.
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You might see that some people keep these small crosses in their homes.
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The next important day is Maundy Thursday.
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This is the Thursday before Easter Sunday.
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On this day, Christians remember when Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples.
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This is called the Last Supper.
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Christians eat bread and drink red wine at Holy Communion or Mass.
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Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday.
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This was the day that Jesus was crucified.
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On this day, Christians remember Jesus and that he died on the cross.
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Easter Sunday is the day of Jesus' resurrection.
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After Jesus was crucified, his body was taken to a tomb.
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Roman soldiers put a big stone over the entrance of the tomb.
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On the Sunday, Mary Magdalene and some of the disciples went to visit the tomb.
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The big stone in front of the tomb had been moved and Jesus' body was not inside.
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For the next 40 days, people kept seeing Jesus.
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It is said that he rose from the dead.
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That is why Christians call it the resurrection.
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Around Easter, aside from eating lots of chocolate Easter eggs,
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people also eat hot crossed buns.
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These are normally eaten on Good Friday to remember Jesus on the cross. Do you celebrate Easter?
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If so, what traditions do you have?
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关于本课

在本课中，您将通过观看有关英国复活节传统的视频，练习初级至中级英语。您不仅可以增强您的词汇量，还能提高听力和口语能力。通过分析故事中的难词和短语，并结合影子跟读练习，您将能更好地理解复活节这一传统节日。同时，您将在理解每个单词的基础上，尝试模仿视频中的语音语调，这对于提升您的英语口说能力是非常有帮助的。

关键词汇与短语

  • Mass (弥撒)：一种宗教仪式。
  • Tradition (传统)：长期以来遵循的行为方式或信念。
  • Exchange (交换)：一个人给予另一个人某物，反之亦然。
  • Hide (隐藏)：将某物放在看不见或找不到的地方。
  • Celebrate (庆祝)：参与愉快的活动以表现其特殊性。
  • Disciple (门徒)：相信某位领导者思想的人，通常是宗教或政治方面的。
  • Maundy Thursday (圣餐星期四)：复活节前的一个重要日子，基督教徒在这一日纪念最后的晚餐。
  • Crucify (钉死十字架)：一种用钉子将某人固定在十字架上的处决方式。

练习技巧

在进行英语影子跟读时，您可以首先选择与视频相匹配的句子进行练习。视频以适中的语速和清晰的口音提供对话，这使得初学者能够更容易跟上。建议您在观看每个片段后，暂停视频并尽量模仿发音和语调，练习时注意视频中使用的情感和节奏。此外，您可以在看YouTube学英语的同时，积极利用雅思口语练习的一些方法，帮助自己更好地适应语音的节拍。通过英语影子跟读的方法，您将能有效提升您的口语表达和听力理解。

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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。