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Our brains are not special, but humans are.

Why?

Human brains are smart, but they're built the same way as all the other mammalian brains, from mice to whales.

In fact, our human neurons are so similar to rats' neurons, they can fit right into their brains.

What we do have is a lot of neurons for our body size, like a supercharged V8 engine squeezed into a hatchback.

That's what evolution did with our heads.

Humans make full use of that advantage to get the most thinking neurons possible on board.

There are bigger brains with even more neurons like in elephants.

They have three times more neurons than us, but 97 .5 % of those neurons are simply needed to handle their large bodies.

We get to use our neurons for thinking instead.

So our intelligence is simply the result of having a lot more thinking power.

A resource we've learned to use well, But nothing more special.

That's both fascinating and humbling.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 C1 级别的口语课以视频“Our Brains Are Not Special. But Why Are We?”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：neurons, brains, thinking。这段视频共有 13 个句子、162 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 0:48。说话人语速较快，每分钟约 203 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。只有 81% 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 12 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
evolution 名词	/ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/	演變 /演变, 變遷 /变迁
resource 名词	/ɹɪˈzɔːs/	資源 /资源
mouse 名词	/maʊs/	лочў, 鳥鼠 /鸟鼠
rat 名词	/ɹæt/	лочў, 鳥鼠 /鸟鼠
humble 形容词	/ˈhʌmbəl/	謙卑 /谦卑, 謙遜 /谦逊
elephant 名词	/ˈɛlɪfənt/	щён, 象
whale 名词	/ˈweɪl/	鯨魚 /鲸鱼
squeeze 动词	/skwiːz/	壓榨, 擠壓 /挤压
neuron 名词	/ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/	神經細胞 /神经细胞, 神經元 /神经元
fascinate 动词	/ˈfæsɪneɪt/	誘惑 /诱惑, 迷住
hatchback 名词	/ˈhæt͡ʃˌbæk/	掀背車 /掀背车
mammalian 形容词	/məˈmeɪl.jən/	哺乳動物的 /哺乳动物的

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	we've learned
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	are simply needed

需要注意的发音

中文母语者容易读错的音：

词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, mouse /maʊs/, rat /ɹæt/, elephant /ˈɛlɪfənt/, squeeze /skwiːz/
/æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: rat /ɹæt/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, hatchback /ˈhæt͡ʃˌbæk/

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。
先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 evolution, resource, mouse 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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