跟读练习: Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 8 pt. 1 - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Hello, it's time for Learning Curve again.
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That's right.
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Simon?
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Wow, and I'm just in time, Kate.
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My tube station was closed.
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I took a taxi.
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I was lucky that the driver had a sat-nav.
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It's a good thing to have when the roads are very busy.
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It told us to drive here a different way.
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It only took 15 minutes and cost about 14 pounds.
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A sat-nav?
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Oh, you mean a GPS.
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Yes, it can tell you exactly where the traffic is.
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And that brings us to today's topic, inventions.
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What inventions do you think are important?
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So, tell us more about the sat-nav or GPS and the person who invented it, Simon.
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In the UK we call it sat-nav.
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That's satellite navigation.
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In the US it's It's called GPS.
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Its full name is Global Positioning System.
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You call it by both names, but it's a very easy and modern way to help drivers find faster,
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better ways to get from place to place and avoid traffic.
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The inventor of this popular system was Roger Easton, the father of the GPS.
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In 1943, Easton worked in the United States at a research center in Washington, DC.
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In the early 1960s, Easton studied objects moving around the earth in the sky.
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He thought
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that a good way to find the position of moving objects
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here on Earth was to put clocks on a system of satellites in the sky.
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It cost about $100 million to build the first GPS.
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That's about £76 million.
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On February 22nd, 1978, the first GPS satellite,
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called Navstar, went to space.
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We can now use the system Roger Easton invented to travel easily from A to B.
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It's a very popular machine.
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It helped the taxi driver find the roads and helped me to arrive on time today.
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Are you enjoying that coffee, Kate?
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Oh yeah, I love a cup of coffee in the morning.
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And I love a cup of tea.
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And I can thank Melita Benz from Germany for her invention.
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Her special filter helps me make a cup of coffee at home.
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Melita Benz was born on January 31st, 1873, more than 140 years ago.
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In the early 20th century, people made their coffee by putting it in a little bag and then putting that little bag in hot water.
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But it didn't taste very good.
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Melita Benz invented a way to pour water through a special piece of paper to make coffee.
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It was delicious.
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She started her own company and gave it her first name.
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Melita is a company that is now over 100 years old.
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I usually spend two to three pounds, three to four dollars, when I buy a coffee at a cafe.
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I can save money by making coffee at home with this invention.

你能学到什么

这段视频非常适合雅思口语练习，能帮你提升两项关键口语技能：一是用具体事例描述发明的能力，比如像对话中那样介绍GPS和咖啡过滤器的历史与用途；二是在交流中自然转换话题，从导航系统顺畅过渡到咖啡发明，学会用生活场景串联内容。此外，通过模仿对话中的节奏，你还能掌握如何在口语中清晰表达数字（如时间、金额），让表达更准确。

注意这些发音现象

视频中的对话包含不少连读和弱读，比如“sat-nav”读作/ˈsæt næv/，“GPS”的发音要轻读尾音；“It's a good thing”中“it's a”连读为/itsə/。还有“cost about 14 pounds”里“about”弱读为/əˈbaʊt/，这些都是提高英语发音需要关注的细节。另外，“Melita Benz”的人名发音要注意重音在第一个音节，避免读错。

像母语者一样表达

想要练好shadow speak（影子跟读），可以模仿对话中的节奏和重音。比如“the father of the GPS”要重读“father”和“GPS”，突出身份；“It only took 15 minutes and cost about 14 pounds”中，“only”和“15 minutes”“14 pounds”需要加重语气，强调时间和费用。此外，对话中使用的“a good thing to have”“It's delicious”等口语表达，要注意语调上扬，让语气更自然。通过反复看视频学英语并跟读，你能逐渐掌握这些技巧，让口语更流畅。

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。