跟读练习: Life is Short, Travel Now | Jared Kamrowski | TEDxFargo - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Leonardo Silva Reviewer Reviewer Edecijio K.P.
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We all think that we're invincible,
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and we assume that we're going to live forever.
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But far too often, life reminds us that that's not the case.
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Recently, a family member of mine who had worked hard his entire life found out that he had cancer,
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and he didn't have much time left.
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And one of the biggest regrets that he had when he looked back on his life was that he worked too hard,
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and he hadn't spent enough time with his family.
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So he impressed on his kids,
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worked just a little less,
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spent more time together, and most of all, have fun.
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Because spending time together as a family is one of the most important things we have.
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You know, we all have plans and goals in life,
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but sometimes life takes us down a different road,
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and we need to adapt. So, life is short.
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Take vacations.
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You know, while that's going to the Maldives on a beautiful beach,
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or just going to a lake cabin a couple hours away,
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we need to take off time from school and work to recharge our batteries and just kind of kick back and relax.
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Sadly, as Americans, we choose to spend too much time at work,
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and we don't take the vacation that we earned off to recharge our batteries and enjoy life.
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And this is a serious problem.
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So according to the research done by Project Time Off,
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52% of Americans aren't using all their vacation.
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This totals an astounding 212 million days that are forfeited.
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Basically, all these days, 212 million days that you've earned have been just given back to your employer,
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and that's just in the US alone.
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Another stat, 24% of us who are taking a vacation,
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you're not actually even leaving home.
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You're just, you know, obviously there's nothing wrong with being a homebody,
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but getting out there into the world is shown as a lot healthier for your overall well-being.
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And those of us that are taking vacations,
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66% of you are still working while you're on vacation, myself included.
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And not being able to disconnect is a huge problem.
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Simply put, many of us are missing out on the experiences,
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memories, and moments that define us.
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So digging a little bit more into the research that Project Time Out did,
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there's a strong correlation between travel and happiness.
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Those of us who use more of our vacation time to travel are happier.
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And actually when you return back to work,
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you're more productive than another person who's just been toiling away in their cubicle,
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never taking any of your leave.
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And surprisingly, you're more likely to be promoted at work if you're the person who's on vacation all the time.
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Which is like mind-boggling but I think it goes back to the idea that if you're happier and you're more productive,
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you're more likely to get promoted.
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And I think it takes a lot of us a
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while to come to that conclusion but once you realize that you're like,
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yeah this is pretty awesome.
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I think one of the big things is you know building these stronger relationships,
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traveling with friends and family, it's so important.
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Like I said, you know at the end of the day what do we really have at the end?
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It's friends and family and trying to enjoy life.
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And the last benefit of traveling,
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the one that I think really embodies the spirit of TEDxFargo,
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is seeing the world and diversity in a new light.
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In the polarized world that we live in,
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I think travel is essential for breaking down the walls and preconceived notions that we have about other countries and other cultures. So prioritize travel now.
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Why wait?
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Why procrastinate?
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Why wait until you're old and gray?
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Do it now.
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There's no reason not to.
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I know some of you are thinking,
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I can't afford it, I can't do it.
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But I'm sure that there's plenty of ways that you could cut costs,
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and if you applied those savings,
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you put it towards travel, you could afford it.
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So saving and living a frugal lifestyle,
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it's the key to unlocking a world of travel.
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Alright, so, first myth.
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Travel is expensive.
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Can it be expensive?
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Absolutely, travel can be disgustingly expensive.
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And this stops many people from doing it.
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They just are like, it isn't for me,
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can't afford it, too much credit card debt.
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I mean, you hear this all the time.
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So what we need to do is we need to develop strategies
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and we need to use tools in order to reduce those costs.
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So let's dig into it.
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Let's bust up this myth.
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All right, first off, there's some beautiful things that have happened in the last 10 to 20 years,
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and one of them is airline competition.
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There's been so many new airlines that have popped up,
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some ultra-low-cost carriers like Spirit and Frontier,
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and also these transatlantic carriers like Wauer,
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Norwegian, Icelandair that have helped to drive down prices.
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And while I wouldn't necessarily advocate for flying Spirit all the time,
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in fact, I have a saying,
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friends don't let friends fly Spirit.
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You know, these low-cost carriers have been able to drive down prices and make it cheaper for all of us to fly.
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Also cheap oil, cheap fuel.
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Up until recently, oil's been at some of the lowest points in a long time.
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And while it still has uptick,
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airline prices are as cheap now as they have ever been in the history of aviation.
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Think about that.
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It's a crazy concept.
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Flights used to cost $5,000 in the 70s to fly from New York to London,
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and you can now go there for under $500.
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And now this sharing economy,
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this is one of my favorite things.
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And we're talking about Airbnb,
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VRBO, Lyft, Uber, you name it.
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There's so many new ones popping up all the time.
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There's these entrepreneurs in different parts of the world
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that are offering their homes for rent or driving people around instead of using a traditional taxi.
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And it offers an opportunity for us as travelers to save
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and maybe do things instead of staying in a stuffy hotel or sitting in that boring taxi.
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And it's created this beautiful new economy that's helped build out so many new relationships.
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Airline flash sales.
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And I can see the blank look on a lot of your faces.
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You're like, what is an airline flash sale?
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So this is what I do for a living.
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The airlines have these unadvertised sales that they don't want any of you guys to know about.
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And for example, most people don't know that at least one or two times a month,
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you can fly from any city in the US to Europe for about $400 to $500.
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They have these sales that last maybe like five,
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six, seven hours, and then they're gone, even from Fargo.
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So this is what I do for a living,
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and this is what I get super excited about.
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People who think that flying to Europe is something that's going to be incredibly expensive,
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and that doesn't necessarily need to be the case.
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Bank competition.
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And when I'm talking about bank competition,
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I'm talking about credit card travel rewards.
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So we have a huge problem in this country with credit card debt.
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It is crushing.
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But if you're the kind of frugal person who's able to pay off your cards every single month,
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taking advantage of those $50,000 and $60,000 sign-up bonuses,
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That's the key to reducing your travel costs.
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Alright, so let's dig into my favorite cheap travel tips.
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First off, we need to reduce the cost of the two most expensive components of your travel,
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reducing the cost of flights and lodging.
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So the first one, search with Google Flights.
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If you're using Kayak, Priceline, Expedia, whatever, stop.
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Use Google Flights.
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All I do is search for flights for a living,
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and Google Flights is without question the number one tool.
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Follow Flight Deal websites like ThriftyTraveler or TheFlightDeal.com.
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You guys don't have time to be looking for these fares, but we do.
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So follow us and figure it out.
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Use Airbnb and VRBO.
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I was talking about stuffy hotels.
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Airbnb is incredible that you can stay in a house on the coast in the Caribbean
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for pennies on the dollar in comparison to an expensive four or five star hotel.
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Also, traveling with friends and family abroad,
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maybe getting a house that you can fit 10 or 15 people,
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friends and family, it's incredibly important to reduce costs.
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If you have a $500 house and you get 10 people to stay in it,
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that's 50 bucks a night,
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and it's much cheaper than a hotel.
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And maximizing that world of points and miles that I talked about.
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This is the thing that I created Thrifty Traveler about just
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because I get so excited that you don't even need to pay money for flights or hotels.
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You can use all these travel rewards,
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and you don't even need to travel to get them,
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and that's where the credit card travel rewards comes about.
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All right, so don't limit yourself.
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The one thing that I absolutely despise is the words once-in-a-lifetime trip.
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There should be no such thing as a once-in-a-lifetime trip.
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You should travel early, and you should travel often.
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The world is a beautiful and massive place,
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and it would be tragic for you not to go out and explore as much of it as possible.
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When I quit my job,
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my wife gave me a card in the morning,
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right before I was going to tell my corporate employer that I was done,
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and I was going to do thrifty traveler full-time and on the front of this card it said,
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do one thing every day that scares you.
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And I'm not a huge quote person,
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but this really resonated with me.
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And I think it can apply to travel as well as everyday life,
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whether eating street food in Bangkok,
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solo traveling in New York,
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or even giving a TED talk in front of a sold out crowd in Fargo.
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You need to push yourself to take that vacation,
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try new things, and visit new places.
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but most importantly, have fun and live without regrets.
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Thank you.
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在这一节课中，学习者将通过对杰瑞德·卡姆罗夫斯基（Jared Kamrowski）在TEDxFargo演讲的内容进行影子跟读来提高英语发音。我们将关注生活的短暂以及旅行的重要性，并通过理解演讲者的情感和意图，增强自己的口语表达能力。通过跟读，学习者不仅能够提高发音准确性，还能够提升流利度，帮助更自信地与他人交流。
关键词汇与短语
- 生活短暂 (Life is short)
- 家庭 (Family)
- 旅行 (Travel)
- 度假 (Vacation)
- 幸福 (Happiness)
- 工作效率 (Productivity)
- 人际关系 (Relationships)
- 放松 (Relax)
练习建议
在进行影子跟读的时候，学习者应注意以下几点，以适应该视频的语速和语调：
- 跟随速度：视频中的讲话者语速适中，适合影子跟读。开始时，可以降低播放速度，听清楚每个单词的发音和语调，再逐渐恢复到正常速度。
- 模仿语调：注意演讲者的声音情感和语调变化，尝试模仿。这种语音模仿不仅有助于提高口音，还能帮助理解其传达的信息。
- 重复练习：选择短小的段落进行重复练习，这样可以逐步提高流利度。可将一些有挑战性的句子进行多次练习，以提高在真实对话中的运用能力。
- 记录反馈：在影子跟读的过程中，可以录下自己的声音，与原视频比较，注意发音和语调的差异，做到有针对性的改进。
通过以上方法，学习者将能在英语影子跟读中取得明显进步，有效提高自身的英语表达水平。积极参与不但能提升个人的工作效率，也将有助于建立更强的人际关系，享受更加充实的生活。
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。