跟读练习: Powerful Closing Argument - For The People - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Where were you when you can fill in the blank?
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A big moment in history, a small moment on the playground, in a bar, on the subway,
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a time when someone needed help,
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needed your help, needed you to stand up. Did you? Did you stand up?
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Did you do something?
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Did you say something?
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You don't have to.
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You can look away.
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Put your head down.
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Cross the street.
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You can stay home and lock your doors.
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There is no law that says you have to do anything to prevent a crime.
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And if Jared Nash hadn't sat there eating cereal and watching the light die from Christine Campbell's eyes...
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Then we wouldn't be here today.
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You don't have to help the victim, but you cannot help the perpetrator.
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That is what you cannot do, and that is why we're here, because that is what Mr. Nash did do.
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Missed prison of a felony is a crime as old as this court, and it requires that the government prove four essential elements.
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One, that the principal committed and completed the felony alleged.
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Well, we know that.
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Brad Hargrove has pleaded guilty to murdering Christine Campbell.
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Two, that the defendant had full knowledge of that fact.
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That also is not a question.
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Jared Nash has admitted he knew, and the defense does not contest that he knew Brad Hargrove killed Christine Campbell.
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Three, that the defendant failed to notify the authorities.
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This, too, is not in dispute.
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Jared Nash proudly did not notify authorities.
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And four, that he took an affirmative step or steps to conceal the crime of the principal.
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We're here on that question and that question alone.
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And on that question, the evidence is clear.
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At the exact time Hargrove was beating Ms. Campbell to death, Jared Nash turned up his music.
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So loud, you could hear nothing else in that building.
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He did this to conceal the screams of Christine Campbell.
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He did this to conceal this crime.
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Where were you when Christine Campbell was dying?
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Most of you were at home, asleep.
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Some of you may have been working or out or out.
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You didn't know her.
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You couldn't see her, you couldn't hear her.
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You couldn't help her. But you can now.
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You are here now. And she needs you.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这段视频共有 40 个句子、386 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 3:14。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 120 个词,很适合跟读。 84% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 13 个值得学习的单词,附发音和释义:

单词发音释义
conceal 动词/kənˈsil/隱瞞 /隐瞒, 隱藏 /隐藏
defendant 名词/dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/被告
notify 动词/ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/通知, 通告
element 名词/ˈɛləmənt/要素
asleep 形容词/əˈsliːp/睡著的, 睡着的
dispute 名词/dɪˈspjuːt/爭論 /争论, 爭議 /争议
scream 动词/skɹiːm/叫喊, 嗷叫
subway 名词/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/地鐵 /地铁, 地下鐵路 /地下铁路
playground 名词/ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/操場 /操场, 遊樂園 /游乐园
cereal 名词/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/穀物 /谷物, 穀類 /谷类
plead 动词/pliːd/辩护
allege 动词/əˈlɛd͡ʒ/宣誓
perpetrator 名词/ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)/作案者, 犯罪者

视频中出现的短语动词

单词释义
stand up 动词站起來 /站起来, 起來 /起来

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 10 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 couldn't, don't, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • 长单词——注意重音位置: affirmative /əˈfɝməɾɪv/, perpetrator /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 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。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 conceal, defendant, notify 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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