跟读练习: Practicing Climate-Friendly Agriculture - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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this is the Agriculture Report.
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Agriculture produces a lot of the heat-trapping gases that scientists link to rising temperatures and climate change.
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Agriculture also can be hurt by the effects of climate change.
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The World Watch Institute in Washington suggests ways that agriculture can reduce its effects on the environment.
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World Watch released a report called Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture,
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Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production.
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Researcher Danielle Nirenberg was one of its authors.
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She says 25 to 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture.
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This is because fertilizers, pesticides,
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antibiotic drugs, transportation, and processing are all dependent on oil, gas, and coal.
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Danielle Nirenberg says animal production has an especially big effect on the environment.
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She notes that more meat is being eaten in countries like Brazil, China and India.
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As a result, more industrial factory farms are being built in the developing world.
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The report recommends six land and water use practices that it says are sustainable.
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These include growing trees on farmland to reduce soil erosion and planting cover crops to protect soil from drought,
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heat and pests.
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Danielle Nirenberg says urban farming can help as well.
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Growing more food in cities can reduce transportation costs, she says.
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Urban residents then can buy food from within their communities.
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Other recommendations include recycling wastewater in cities,
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drip irrigation, and catching and storing rainwater.
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The United Nations estimates that changes in the agriculture industry could cut its carbon dioxide production by 88 percent.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.
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关于本课
在这节课中，学习者将通过听取关于气候友好型农业的报道，实践英语听力与口语技能。通过了解农业如何影响气候变化，学习相关词汇与短语，将有助于提高英语发音，增强语言表达能力。
关键词汇与短语
- 气候变化 (climate change)
- 温室气体 (greenhouse gases)
- 可持续农业 (sustainable agriculture)
- 加工 (processing)
- 城市农业 (urban farming)
- 食品生产 (food production)
- 水回收 (recycling wastewater)
- 雨水储存 (catching and storing rainwater)
练习建议
在进行模仿练习时，建议你选取视频中速度适中的段落进行跟读。可以使用 shadowspeak 技巧，即在听的同时重复说出相同的句子，这样可以帮助你逐渐 提高英语发音。注意语调的变化和停顿，可以先轻声跟随，再逐渐提高音量，直到能够完整流畅地复述所听内容。尽量录下自己的声音，与原声对比，找出差距并加以改善。使用 shadow site 或相关练习资源，进行多轮重复练习，直到你觉得更加自信。此外，结合短语与词汇，特别关注如何在对话中自然使用这些内容，能够极大提升你的口语水平。
同时，注意在交流时的语速和语调，利用 shadowspeaks 的理念，使你的英语口语更具自然流畅感。人的语音表达往往会随着语速的不同而有所改变，所以从慢速开始，再逐步提高，便会更容易掌握这一技能。
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。