跟读练习: NEWS: Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier than we Thought - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello friends, this is Teacher JB.
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Today we are studying English with World News.
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And the title of the news is,
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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First, listen to the audio.
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Cooking Began 600,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel
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assert that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans,
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who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals
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and early Homo sapiens around 160,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more and more information
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until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw and then their bones thrown into the fire,
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or whether it had been cooked first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two-meter-long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Now let us practice vocabulary.
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The first one, to do something to show that you have power.
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To do something to show that you have power, the word is assert.
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Assert.
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Assert is a verb and it has two syllables,
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A, S, S, E, R,
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T, and the second syllable, assert.
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Assert means to do something to show that you have power.
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The next one, a problem that is difficult to deal with.
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A problem that is difficult to deal with, the word is conundrum.
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Conundrum.
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Conundrum is a noun it has three syllables,
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C-O-N-U-N-D-R-U-M as in the second syllable, conundrum.
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Conundrum means a problem that is difficult to deal with.
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The next one, a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard.
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A decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard,
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the word is enamel.
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Enamel is a noun.
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It has three syllables, E N A M E L,
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in the second syllable, enamel.
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Enamel is a decorative glass-like substance that is melted onto clay,
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metal, or glass objects and then left to cool and become hard.
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The next one, a period of 1000 years or the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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A period of 1000 years or the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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The word is millennium.
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Millennium is a noun.
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It has four syllables.
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M, I, L, L, E,
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N, N, I, U, M.
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It's in the second syllable.
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Millennium.
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Millennium is a period of 1000 years by the time when a period of 1000 years ends.
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The next one describing the period before there were written records.
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Describing the period before there were written records.
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The word is prehistoric.
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Prehistoric is an adjective it has four syllables P R E
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H I S T O R I C action
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the third syllable store prehistoric means describing the period before there were written records.
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And the last one, a plant such as a cactus in
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which the leaves and stem are thick and can store a lot of water.
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And as an adjective, pleasantly juicy.
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A plant such as a cactus in which the leaves
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and stem are thick and can store a lot of water or as an adjective,
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pleasantly juicy, the word is succulent.
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Succulent is a noun, an adjective.
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It has three syllables as U C C U L E N T as in the first syllable.
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Succulent.
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Succulent means a plant such as a cactus in which the leaves
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and stem are thick and can store a lot of water.
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And as an adjective, pleasantly juicy.
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So if you say succulent of food,
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it means the food is pleasantly juicy.
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Absurd, conundrum, enamel, millennium, prehistoric, succulent.
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Now let us read the news.
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Cooking began 600,000 years earlier than we thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel assert
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that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens,
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around 170,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more
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and more information until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw
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and then their bones thrown into the fire or whether it had been cooked first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two meter long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Okay, now let us listen to the whole audio just one more time.
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Cooking began 600,000 years earlier than we thought.
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New research suggests that using fire to cook food started 600,000 years before previously thought.
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Archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University's Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Israel
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assert that our early ancestors cooked fish with fire 770,000 years ago.
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The archaeologists claim that these prehistoric humans,
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who lived alongside the banks of the Jordan River in what is present-day northern Israel,
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used fire to cook the huge fish they caught in a nearby lake.
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They say their finding is the earliest recorded evidence of food being cooked.
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Until this new discovery, scientists believed the first definitive evidence of cooking was by Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens,
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around 160,000 years ago.
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Lead researcher Irit Zohar spent 16 years analyzing ancient fish bones and the enamel found on fish teeth.
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Her analysis showed that the grilled or baked fish had been eaten 770 millennia ago.
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She told the AFP news agency that it was like facing a puzzle with more
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and more information until we could make a story about human evolution.
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She added that her biggest conundrum was to ascertain whether
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or not the fish had been eaten raw and then their bones thrown into the fire,
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or whether it had been cooked for a while.
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first.
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She said the whole question about exposure to fire is whether it is about getting rid of remains
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or a desire to cook.
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She said the fish were two meter long carp that would have been particularly succulent when cooked.
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Okay friends, this is the conclusion of today's study.
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I will come back to you with another news as much as possible.
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Until then keep studying English and and have a great day.
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Bye.
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大家好，我是JB老师。今天我们将通过世界新闻来学习英语，新闻标题为“烹饪的起源比我们想象的早了60万年”。这项研究揭示了烹饪的历史比之前认为的要早得多，由以色列特拉维夫大学的考古学家所进行的研究表明，早在77万年前，人类的祖先就已经开始使用火来烹饪食物，这一发现改变了我们对人类演化的理解。在此过程中，我们不仅了解了古人类的生活方式，也可以提升我们的英语听说能力。
日常交流的五个关键短语
- Assert - 表达权威或主张
- Conundrum - 难以解决的问题
- Enamel - 一种可以融化并固化的装饰材料
- Prehistoric - 史前的，古代的
- Evidence - 证据，证明
这些词汇在日常对话中非常实用，特别是讨论科学或历史话题时，了解并运用这些词汇将帮助你更流利地表达思想。
逐步模仿指导
如果你想提高英语发音，可以尝试“shadow speak”或“shadowspeak”的练习。以下是具体的步骤：
- 首先，观看视频，专注于听力，注意每个单词的发音和语调。
- 在第二次播放视频时，暂停并重复每个句子，努力模仿发音和节奏。这个过程叫做“shadow speech”。
- 尽量在说的同时观察你自己的口型和音调，确保你的发音尽可能接近原始音频。
- 记录自己的声音，与视频中的原声进行对比，找出改进的地方。
- 最后，持续练习，通过“看YouTube学英语”的方式，不断增强你的语言能力。
学习英语需要耐心和练习，但通过这种模仿练习，你将明显提高你的英语发音和流利度。
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。