跟读练习: Middlemarch by George Eliot | Brief Plot Summary - 通过视频学习英语口语

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In the introduction of Middlemarch,
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the novel's omniscient narrator, who's wise, empathetic, and clear-sighted, takes time to comment on the action of the story and its meaning,
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as well as comment on how epic life is not possible in modern times.
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In The Rising Action, Dorothea Brooke, an ardent and religious young woman who aspires to lead an epic life, is being courted by a handsome baronet, Sir James.
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But she chooses instead a middle-aged clergyman,
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Edward Cazabon, because she thinks he has a great mind and will broaden her intellectual and spiritual horizons.
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Cazabon has been compiling notes for 30 years for a treatise he called the key to all mythologies.
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Essentially, he's a failed scholar and writer.
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Will Ladislaw, a student and Casabon's cousin, falls in love with Dorothea.
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He comes to Middlemarch to work for Mr. Brooke.
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Meanwhile, Fred Vinci does not inherit the wealthy Featherstone's money.
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Casabon has a bad heart, and after an emotional scene with Dorothea, he has a heart attack.
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Not long after, he dies, having left a codicil to his will, saying that if Dorothea ever marries Ladislaw, she will lose Casabon's wealth and estate.
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A secondary protagonist, Tertius Lydgate, a gifted doctor who comes to Middlemarch hoping to participate in medical reform and make an important scientific discovery,
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falls for the beautiful and charming narcissist, Rosamund Vinci, who marries him to move up the social ladder.
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The shady character Raffles arrives in Middlemarch, lurking around Mr. Bolstrode, a powerful evangelical Christian,
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philanthropist, banker, and the paternal uncle of Lydgate's wife, threatening to reveal the man's dark family secrets.
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It turns out Bolstrode made his first fortune by snatching the inheritance of the heirs of his first wife, who is now deceased.
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Lydgate, as a result of his marriage, teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
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In the climax of the novel, Raffles gets sick because of his drinking and is taken to Stone Court, a property Bolstrode recently bought.
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Raffles is suffering from alcohol poisoning, and when Bolstrode doesn't follow Lydgate's treatment orders, he passively kills the patient.
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In the following action, the town finds out about Bolstrode's disreputable past.
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Lydgate is under suspicion of taking a bribe.
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Dorothea defends Lydgate.
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Rosamond clarifies a mix-up of whether or not Will loves her.
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Dorothea and Will determine to defy the codicil.
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In the resolution, Dorothea and Will marry, and Fred marries lower-class Mary Garth, whom he's always loved.
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Thank you.
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本课的词汇与口语要点

这段视频共有 28 个句子、410 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:49。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 146 个词，很适合跟读。 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：

  • marry /ˈmæɹi/ (动词) — 結婚 /结婚, 嫁. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • epic /ˈɛp.ɪk/ (名词) — 史詩 /史诗. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  • meanwhile /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ (副词) — 同時 /同时. During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place.
  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (动词) — 保衛 /保卫, 守衛 /守卫. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ (名词) — 發現 /发现. Something discovered.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (动词) — 受苦, 遭受. To undergo hardship.
  • uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ (名词) — 伯父, 伯伯. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
  • reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (动词) — 透露, 顯示 /显示. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
  • essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ (副词) — 本質上 /本质上, 基本上. In essence: by nature.
  • participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ (动词) — 參加 /参加. To join in, to take part, to involve oneself (in something).
  • cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (名词) — 堂兄, 堂哥. Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
  • spiritual /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ (形容词) — 精神. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
  • arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (动词) — 到達 /到达, 到. To reach; to get to a certain place.
  • fortune /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ (名词) — 命運 /命运, 氣數 /气数. Destiny, especially favorable.
  • intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ (形容词) — 智力的, 思想的. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

视频中出现的短语动词

  • turn out (动词) — 原來 /原来. To end up; to result.

需要注意的发音

  • “th” 音: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, mythology /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, empathetic /ˌɛmpəˈθɛtɪk/
  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, shady /ˈʃeɪdi/, omniscient /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/, inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/

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. 用正常速度逐句跟读，每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 marry, epic, meanwhile 这类单词。

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。

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