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It was May of 2006, and I was traveling 8,600 miles from my home in Phoenix,
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Arizona, to Bangalore, India.
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I grew up in Maine.
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Traveling to India was something I had never thought was going to be in my future.
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But I was heading there to onboard a team of employees.
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It was important to me not only to know their skills, what they wanted out of the job,
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but about them, them as people, their culture.
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So with that in mind, I decided to take a trip to what they call City Market.
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Now, City Market in Bangalore, India can best be described as an assault on all of your senses.
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It's not a tourist destination.
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In fact, they kept looking at me incredulously when I said, I really want to go there.
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They're like, no. No, no, no, no, no. An assault on the senses.
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Sights I had never seen before.
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Bright-colored fruits and spices.
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Lots of people.
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Smells.
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Not all of them are great.
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There was a lot of livestock around.
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And did I mention it was May and really, really humid.
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So crowds of people, all these scents, all these smells, all of these noises that I had never experienced in my life.
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It was a little overwhelming, to be honest.
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I kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
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So when I spied over in the corner of the market, this alcove, this concrete alcove, that not only offered some shade,
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but it also offered a beautiful visual.
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See, it was in this basement-like structure that the ladies were sitting there, stringing flowers together, making lays for the temple.
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These colors in these flowers was absolutely amazing.
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And the smell of the jasmine in the air was incredible.
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And they sat there and they delicately strung these together.
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And as I was walking by and looking at them, one woman caught my eye.
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You see, she caught my eye because she was probably older than my grandmother.
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And I thought, oh, my gosh, she's sitting on that hard concrete floor,
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little bent hands, stringing these flowers for rupees.
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She had no teeth.
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She had probably nothing.
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So I unzip my very fancy fanny pack, as American tourists do, and I pull out my rupees.
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She doesn't speak English, I don't speak Hindi, so the international sign for, hey, I want to buy your things, right?
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And she looks at me up and down and she goes, devastated.
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I'm so embarrassed that I'm backing away from her into my guide and I say, Danny, my guide, I did something to offend her.
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Can you please go make it right?
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So he walks over, he has a little conversation with her, and then he waves me over.
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And she gets up and she picks the most beautiful jasmine lei I've ever seen.
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And with her arthritic hands, she pins it in my hair.
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And again, unzip the fanny pack.
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And she, I said, I don't understand.
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Danny said, Belinda, you picked her.
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You honored her by wanting her flowers.
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Your debt is paid in full.
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That moment changed my life because I realized I had gotten it all wrong.
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I was a child of the 80s.
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I was climbing that corporate ladder.
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Next title, next promotion, corner office.
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I had it all wrong.
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I was defining my value by what I earned and not by who I was serving.
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When we put money before honor, we're only going to get so far.
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But when we truly serve from our hearts, the people who honor us with their time, their trust, their money, we will be abundantly rich.
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I have a journal from that time in India.
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When I open that journal, I see that lay preserved.
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Flowers are now brown and wilted, but they are my constant reminder of a woman who had nothing,
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yet was the wealthiest person I have ever met in my life.
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Made a lot of changes in my life after that.
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I left India a new woman, my heart full, my mind full, and actually my arms were full too.
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Because not only did I go home and quit my job, I went home with a dog I had adopted off the streets of Bangalore.
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And he was my reminder as well of what we can do in this world.
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So I would leave you with this.
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Service over sales, honor over hustle,
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and most importantly, people over profits.
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Thank you.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“My Life Lesson from a Trip to India”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：flowers, India, Bangalore, smell, honor。 这段视频共有 67 个句子、750 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 5:35。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 134 个词，很适合跟读。 只有 80% 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
视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| alcove 名词 | /ˈæl.koʊv/ | 壁龕 /壁龛 |
| rupee 名词 | /ɹuˈpi/ | 盧比 /卢比 |
| unzip 动词 | 解壓縮 /解压缩 | |
| jasmine 名词 | /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/ | 茉莉花, 茉莉 |
| reminder 名词 | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | 提醒物, 提醒 |
| abundantly 副词 | /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/ | 丰富地 |
| delicately 副词 | /ˈdɛlɪkətli/ | 優美地 /优美地, 精緻地 /精致地 |
| overwhelm 动词 | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | 吞沒 /吞没 |
| humid 形容词 | /ˈhjuːmɪd/ | 濕 /湿, 濕潤 /湿润 |
| offend 动词 | /əˈfɛnd/ | 冒犯, 觸犯 /触犯 |
| devastated 形容词 | /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ | 毀壞的 /毁坏的 |
| scent 名词 | /sɛnt/ | 香味, 香水 |
| livestock 名词 | /ˈlaɪvstɑk/ | 家畜, 牲畜 |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | 唉, 啊呀 |
| spice 名词 | /spaɪs/ | 香料 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| get up 动词 | 起床 |
| stick out 动词 | 突出, 凸出 |
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | I've ever seen · have ever met |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | be described · is paid |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | people who honor · woman who had |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 8 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, I'm, doesn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: arthritic /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: delicately /ˈdɛlɪkətli/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, livestock /ˈlaɪvstɑk/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, arthritic /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/, humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/, onboard /ɒnˈbɔːd/, offend /əˈfɛnd/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, jasmine /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/, ladder /ˈlæd.ɚ/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 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。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 alcove, rupee, unzip 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。