跟读练习: Michelle brings Barack to tears and trolls Trump in heartfelt speech at Obama Center opening - 通过视频学习英语口语
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You told me all those years ago that you couldn't promise me the world, but you could promise me an interesting life.
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And of course you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.
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I know it hasn't always been easy,
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but there hasn't been a single second through this experience that standing by your side hasn't left me in awe.
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Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat.
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Not once did you let it harden you.
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Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence,
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your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage,
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your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency,
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your ferocious work ethic, an absolutely unshakable moral fiber.
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And to do it all as a first and the higher standard that comes with all that,
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the claims that a U.S senator and constitutional law expert wasn't qualified for the job.
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The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism.
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The outrage when you stated the biological fact that if you had a son, that he too would be black.
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Yet, you were unflappable at every turn,
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always focused, always calm, always looking at the long view.
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How absurd it is to even imagine that you might have buckled under the pressure even once,
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lashed out in frustration, lost your temper.
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How absurd it is to imagine that you might have done anything but make our family and this entire country proud.
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No, you were too busy.
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I'm not done, y'all.
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Not done.
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So much to say.
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We were doing the people's work, rescuing our economy, expanding health care,
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ending a war, ordering the bin Laden raid, saving an auto industry, winning a peace prize.
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Keeping us safe from Ebola, regulating the banks, standing up for marriage equality,
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listening to science, and comforting an entire nation in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
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And you did it all with such grace and class
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and cool that you made the hardest job in the world look like a walk in this beautiful park.
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Your mother, two Gramps, you are a tribute to their love.
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They are up there grinning and hugging today because you never forgot who you are and where you came from.
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Single mother working hard to get by and get an education and show her son the world.
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Grandparents who didn't have much, but they had the perfect recipe to nurture your flame.
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You never forgot the folks in the union halls and church basements here in Chicago, where you first put your ideals to this test.
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You never forgot all the voters you registered and students you taught and neighbors you organized.
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You never You never fell for the temptation of a quick fix or an easy payday.
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You never changed from that idealistic summer associate who showed up on that rainy day when we first met without an umbrella.
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You always gave us the very best within you.
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And in doing so, you reminded the rest of us that we could too.
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Barack, there are no words to express how proud I am of the way you showed up
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and continue to show up every single day.
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It has been an honor to be by your side.
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You have made me a better person and have given us all an example that we should strive to emulate.
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And I hope you know, oh, there is truly no higher calling than that.
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All right.
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To all of you joining us today, our invited guests and everyone listening and watching from afar,
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The Obama Presidential Center was created as a beacon of hope, a monument to our unshakable values,
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the ones my husband has exemplified his entire life.
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Equality, empathy, honesty, inclusion, fairness.
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And especially during these anxious and divisive times, it is so important that we remember that those values are not unique to my husband.
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They are the same ones that your husbands and wives, your parents and children, your friends and neighbors exhibit and pass on.
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Every single day, millions of people in this country wake up doing their very best.
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to live decent and purposeful lives.
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Yeah, we're all tested in one way or another.
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And there are plenty of times we all fall short.
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But deep down in our hearts and souls, we all know right from wrong.
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We know selflessness from greed, righteousness from injustice.
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We understand that we all rise and fall together,
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that every last one of us is an invaluable contributor to the greatness of America.
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And I'm talking about the workers living paycheck to paycheck, hoping to give their kids a better future.
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The teachers using their own money to take their students on field trips.
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The business owners struggling to meet payroll but refusing to close their doors.
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All those folks sweating over stoves to provide meals for their communities.
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Folks shivering in the freezing cold to deliver our packages.
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Picking up trash to keep our parks clean.
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volunteers dedicating their weekends to coaching t-ball or directing the church choir or mentoring a child.
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That's where the truth of this country lies,
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not in grabbing as much as we can get for ourselves or knocking folks down to prop ourselves up,
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But in the overwhelming goodness,
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the relentless striving, the quiet dignity that is inside all of us,
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our greatest hope is that this center can reflect back just a fraction of that light.
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And it can capture the beauty of who we all are, no matter what we look like or where we come from
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or how much money we earn or how we pray or vote or speak or love.
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It's why during our administration, we threw open the White House doors to all sorts of folks who don't usually get to meet the president
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or first lady.
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The families pinching pennies to send their first child to college.
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The teenagers who know that a hot afternoon means the bullets start flying.
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The military spouses and children serving and sacrificing just like their loved ones in uniform.
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The Native kids showing us that resilience and pride can never be stolen.
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The 4-H'ers and FFA members with calluses on their hands from feeding livestock.
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The immigrants proving what it truly means to be a dreamer.
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These folks, these folks aren't Americans too.
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They are America.
背景与上下文
在这段演讲中，米歇尔·奥巴马通过对她丈夫巴拉克·奥巴马的深情致辞，展示了他们的共同经历与奋斗。她的演讲不仅回顾了巴拉克在任期间所面临的挑战，也强调了他所倡导的重要价值观，如平等、同理心和诚信。米歇尔通过感人的语言，让听众体会到家庭、奋斗和理想的重要性，为在场的观众和全球的听众传递了一种希望的讯息。这种高情感的演讲可以作为学习英语的一个绝佳范例，尤其是在讲述个人故事和表达情感方面的技巧。
日常交流中的五个常用短语
- 你让我惊讶： "you left me in awe"
- 我为你感到骄傲： "I am proud of you"
- 坚持自己的信念： "never let it harden you"
- 你为大家做了很多： "you did it all with such grace and class"
- 牢记自己的根： "never forgot who you are and where you came from"
这些短语不仅能够帮助学习者在日常交流中表达准确的情感，也为大家提供了在不同场合中有效沟通的灵感。
逐步跟读指南
为了有效掌握米歇尔·奥巴马的演讲内容，以下是一个逐步的影子跟读（shadow speech）方法，适合进行英语口语练习（英语影子跟读）：
- 听取原音： 首先，反复播放这段演讲，尽量熟悉讲话的语调和节奏。
- 逐句跟读： 在每句说完后，暂停并大声重复，模仿语音的语调和情感。
- 分析短语： 特别关注上面提到的常用短语和表述，理解其含义并尝试用自己的话复述。
- 录音对比： 使用录音工具记录自己的声音，与原音进行对比，纠正发音和语调。
- 情感渲染： 在跟读过程中，尝试传达演讲者的情感和激情，帮助提升表达能力。
通过这样的影子跟读（shadowspeaks）练习，学习者不仅能提高英语口语能力，也能在日常生活中更自信地表达自己的情感和观点。
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。