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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
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American language experts have chosen they as the 2015 Word of the Year.
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The American Dialect Society, or ADS,
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voted on the issue at a conference in Washington.
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They is a plural pronoun.
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For years, people speaking English have used it as a singular pronoun.
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For example, I am meeting a friend for coffee,
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and I hope they are not late.
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The correct use, however, is as a third-person plural pronoun.
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For example, when I meet my school friends for coffee,
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they are always late.
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Ben Zimmer writes about language for the Wall Street Journal.
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He says there has been a lot of debate recently about something that has been in our language for centuries.
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He explains that English does not have a third-person singular pronoun that does not identify as male or female.
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Zimmer says that more and more,
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they is being used to replace the traditional phrase he or she.
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For example, they is used for people who identify as transgender.
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When former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner took a female identity last year,
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he changed his name to Caitlyn Jenner.
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The new use of they would replace he and the word their would replace his.
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For example, they changed their name to Caitlyn Jenner.
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ADS President Alan Metcalf says,
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People have argued about the use of a singular they for more than 100 years.
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And he says, 100 years from now,
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people will still be debating it.
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Metcalf says, The decision for the word of the year is not based on science.
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Instead, he says, the ADS chooses from words that express the concerns and stories of the past year.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Ana Mateo.
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背景与上下文
在这段来自VOA学习英语的视频中，演讲者讨论了美国语言专家选择的2015年年度单词：“他们（they）”。此次讨论是在华盛顿进行的一次会议上，由美国方言协会（ADS）投票决定的。这一词汇的选择反映了当今年轻人对性别认同的关注，标志着英语语言的一次重要演变。在过去的几年里，“他们”被越来越多地用作单数代词，尤其是在表示性别模糊或非传统性别认同时。
日常沟通的五个重点短语
- I hope they are not late.（我希望他们不会迟到。）
- They are always late.（他们总是迟到。）
- They changed their name to Caitlyn Jenner.（他们把名字改为凯特琳·詹娜。）
- There has been a lot of debate recently.（最近有很多争论。）
- People have argued about the use of a singular they for more than 100 years.（人们对单数“他们”的使用争论了超过100年。）
逐步模仿指南
如果你想通过这一视频提高英语口语水平，可以采用以下逐步模仿练习（shadowspeak）的方法：
- 观看视频：首次观看时，注意整体内容和演讲者的语气。尽量理解所讨论的概念。
- 分段练习：将视频分成若干个小段，重复听每一段。掌握关键词和短语的发音、语调。
- 模仿发音：在shadowing时，可以随声模仿演讲者的语音、语速和语调。尽量做到与演讲者的发音一致，这是提升英语口语技巧的有效方法。
- 练习对话：找一个学习伙伴，随机抽取关键短语进行对话练习。比如使用“他们总是迟到”来描述朋友的习惯。
- 反馈与调整：通过录音或与他人交流，寻求反馈并做出相应调整。使用看YouTube学英语的资源进行更多实战练习，提升表达的流畅性和自然度。
通过以上方法，不仅能提高你的英语口语，还能深入理解当今语言的变化与文化背景。慢慢来，享受这个学习过程吧！
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。