跟读练习: Rachel's First Associate Case | Suits - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Enjoy the show.
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Wow.
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Rachel.
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Lewis, hi.
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I'm at the ballet.
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Are you, uh, an aficionado?
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Since I was a girl, yes.
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Oh, me too.
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I mean, uh, a boy.
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I-I-I got that.
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So you, um, you here with someone?
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You know, Donna was supposed to come with me, and then she canceled at the last minute.
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Well, you talked to her.
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How is she?
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No, I haven't.
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I keep calling, but she just won't.
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Can't answer.
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I know.
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I tried.
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You tried?
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Yeah.
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Are you here with someone?
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I'm alone.
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I feel it's a better way to experience the dance, you know?
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Too distracting to have to talk about it.
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I just want to...
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To feel it.
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No, I...
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I know.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Um, uh, I should probably get going.
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Wait.
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I have an extra ticket, third row.
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Yeah, I'd like to buy a seat to my right, just as a precaution.
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Yeah, I would love to.
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Great.
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Yeah, okay.
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Magnificent.
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Superb.
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Riveting.
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Outrageous.
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Insulting.
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Disgusting.
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Don't let it ruin your evening.
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I mean, I won't.
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No. I won't.
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Yeah.
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Hey, asshole.
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Why don't you have a little more respect for the...
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Oh, my God, it's you.
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Yes.
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It is I.
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Sergei Vascov.
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I profaned at you.
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I am so sorry.
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No, no, no, please.
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You're defending the ballet.
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I was defending the ballet.
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Our rehearsal space.
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Two ballerinas sprained their ankles.
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Well, that's why Kanye didn't dance tonight.
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Sadly, yes.
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The Royal Hall is beautiful, magnificent, but behind the scenes, they look with a blind eye.
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Well, if I may be so bold, please, it would be my honor to right this wrong for you.
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Oh, I could not impose.
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Thank you so much.
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Tenant disputes are my forte.
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Please, allow me to be your nutcracker and join in the battle against the Mouse King.
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The Mouse King?
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Well, in that instance, then, I would be in your death, Mr. White.
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It's actually Mr. Griffin.
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Wonderful, thank you.
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I need a list of everything that's wrong with the rehearsal space.
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For example, the creaky floorboards that are affecting certain dancers' attitudes.
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Well, you shouldn't let that get them down.
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Attitude is a pose.
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Oh, yeah, like striking an attitude.
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Whatever, I do that all the time.
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Okay, I also need a list of the ballet company principles.
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Okay, integrity, fidelity, patriotism.
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Not that kind of principle.
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Okay, we're done.
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How am I supposed to know?
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Rachel, you've just been drafted.
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Oh, but she's not even a- Not what?
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She's not what, Harold.
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Mrs. Zane not only knows more about ballet than you do, she also knows more about law. But...
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Zip it.
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My mind's been racing ever since we met Sergei yesterday, so I've dictated a to-do list for you to handle.
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I'm on it.
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Okay.
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I did.
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You wouldn't tell me.
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Exactly, because if you had, I wouldn't know one anymore.
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Mr. Spector, I'm Cameron, your assistant. Where are my...
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Messages.
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Urgent to ignoreable, top to bottom.
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I also took it upon myself to fan the folders on your desk on your desk in alphabetical order.
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Wow, look at that, Harvey.
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He fanned your folders in an order of some sort.
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I also reorganized your filing system and redid your calendar.
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Ha, that is not gonna be a problem at all because Harvey loves change.
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It was a train wreck.
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Yep.
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He's in mourning over your predecessor, her filing system, her calendar.
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It's probably best that nothing else is different than the other this morning, okay?
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Uh-oh.
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Mike?
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Yeah.
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You might want to take an early lunch.
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Yeah.
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Oh, wow.
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Harold, can I get the rest of the files on the ballet case?
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Sure.
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Let me grab them for you.
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Thank you.
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What is it about ballet?
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I just, I don't get it, you know?
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There's no, um, words, there's no story, there's no action.
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It's just all... and... and, like...
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I don't...
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Will you just tell me that Louis isn't behind me?
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Louis isn't behind you?
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Penelope Cruz, Zoe Saldana, Audrey Hepburn.
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What do they all have in common?
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They're all hot?
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No, dumbass.
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They all owe their success to ballet because it gives them discipline and grace,
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it embodies our emotions, It's breathtaking in its beauty, and most importantly, it expresses what cannot be put into words.
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You want to get ahead here, Harold?
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Take ballet, because right now, the only thing that's breathtaking about you can easily be put into words.
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Nothing.
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Now, relevate your ass back to work.
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Hey.
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You steady enough to break the house?
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Uh, counting drinks.
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Don't most people count cards?
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It's a thing.
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Ah, right there.
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See that?
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Drink number 15.
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Your client?
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That's awful.
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No, no, no, no. It's good.
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We're even putting him in rehab to help nullify his contract.
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Touching.
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Harvey truly cares about his clients.
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My idea.
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Well, you're really coming along.
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What are you doing here so late?
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Working with Louis.
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I'm sorry? With Louis.
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Associate work.
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He replaced Harold with me.
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Good for you.
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Looks like you're really coming along.
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Thank you, Mike.
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You were here all night?
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You said you wanted everything by this morning.
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So here's everything on the lease agreements and all of the financials.
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Oh, no. Sergey waltzed me through the financials earlier.
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Did you know that he danced with Nuriav?
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I did.
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Also, I found this.
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Lead paint?
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Okay, this is excellent.
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You can use it.
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Use it?
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We are going to pas de deux all over their asses with it.
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We?
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Get out.
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Lastly, section 5, page 30, states that the Royal Hall is responsible for all maintenance and repairs of the rehearsal space.
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Aware of what the lease says, Mr. Litt, having grafted it myself?
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Okay, well then how do you explain this?
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The Royal Hall's knowing failure to fix the air conditioning system has created a toxic environment.
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Lead-based paint.
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See, your disregard for the safety of your charges takes from a tenant dispute to a criminal action.
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The fact that I will happily bring to the attention of the district attorney unless repairs are made yesterday.
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Then you'll be exposing the ballet itself.
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Because the terms require they cover all repairs from a special fund they stopped paying into a year ago.
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No, no, no. Payments have been going on every month then perhaps you should figure out where they've been going in.
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Because it's not here.
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I'm sorry, I don't understand our financial records.
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Mr. Litt, we were willing to look the other way, but since you have come in here and threatened me, I'm gonna take legal action of my own.
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We'll be filing for eviction.
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It's time the ballet moves on.
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You wanted to see me?
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It was Sergei.
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He lied to me.
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The money went into his account.
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There's no way that you could have...
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What, known?
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It's my job to know.
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God, I never take anyone at their word.
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You know I was eight years old when I saw him perform the Nutcracker?
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Eight.
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Everybody else was into sports and I was this rebel gliding down my own path.
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He inspired me, that's why I'm so light on my feet.
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I just can't do it to him.
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I cannot do it to him, Rachel.
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He is the ballet.
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No. The ballet is bigger than Sergei.
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It embodies our emotions.
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It is breathtaking in its beauty.
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And most importantly, it expresses what cannot be put into words.
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Yes, but...
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No buts.
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The Louis I know wouldn't be defeated by something like this.
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He is ruthless.
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He is mean.
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And if someone wronged him, he wouldn't hesitate to tear them apart limb from limb.
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You ruined everything.
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I took your help and now we're evicted.
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I want you to...
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Shut up, Sergei.
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How dare you?
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Me.
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You.
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You brought disgrace to my beloved ballet.
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I am the ballet.
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You were the ballet, and now you're done.
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And the Royal Hall had been paid.
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How?
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I reorganized accounts, moved money.
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I did what I do.
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I showed them how they can pay for everything by eliminating your bloated salary.
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Well, the board would never agree, so it's ridiculous.
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Stop.
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It's why they're here, Sergey.
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This isn't about the eviction.
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They know what you've done.
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They want to see your face when they tell you you're fired.
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But I'm giving you one chance to avoid scandal.
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My leaving is a scandal.
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Your leaving is a gift.
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Take it before I change my mind.
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Thank you.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“Rachel's First Associate Case”为素材。 这段视频共有 240 个句子、1426 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 10:21。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 138 个词,很适合跟读。 只有 79% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇难度较高。 全部 240 个句子中有 37 个是问句,适合练习疑问语调和简短回答。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 15 个单词,附发音和释义:

单词发音释义
ballet 名词/bælˈeɪ/芭蕾舞, 舞劇 /舞剧
breathtaking 形容词/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/驚險 /惊险, 嘆為觀止的 /叹为观止的
rehearsal 名词/ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/排練 /排练, 預演 /预演
embody 动词/ɪmˈbɒdi/體現 /体现, 表現 /表现
eviction 名词/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/驅逐 /驱逐, 赶出
financials 名词財務報表 /财务报表
nutcracker 名词/ˈnʌtˌkɹækɚ/癟嘴食管 /瘪嘴食管, 胡桃夾子 /胡桃夹子
limb 名词/lɪm/肢, 手腳 /手脚
folder 名词/ˈfoʊldɚ/卷宗, 文件夾 /文件夹
tenant 名词/ˈtɛ.nənt/房客
magnificent 形容词/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/壯麗 /壮丽, 堂皇
importantly 副词/ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/重要的是...
scandal 名词/ˈskændəl/醜事 /丑事, 醜聞 /丑闻
lease 名词/liːs/租約 /租约
emotion 名词/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/感情, 情感

视频中出现的短语动词

单词发音释义
come along 动词陪伴, 陪同
figure out 动词弄清楚
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/閉嘴 /闭嘴, 住口

值得反复跟读的句子

视频中简短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常对话里:

  • Are you, uh, an aficionado?
  • Are you here with someone?
  • How am I supposed to know?
  • Louis isn't behind you?
  • You steady enough to break the house?

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
条件句 if + 从句,will/would + 动词 — 条件及其结果if you had, I wouldn't know · if someone wronged him, he wouldn't hesitate
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的been drafted · cannot be put · be put
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you've just been drafted · I've dictated · has created

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 49 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 I'm, don't, you're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “th” 音: breathtaking /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/, ruthless /ˈɹuːθləs/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: eviction /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, aficionado /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, precaution /pɹiːˈkɔ.ʃən/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, aficionado /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, alphabetical /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/, patriotism /ˈpeɪtɹi.əˌtɪzəm/

中文母语者容易读错的音:

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: eviction /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/, beloved /bɪˈlʌvd/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: tenant /ˈtɛ.nənt/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, lease /liːs/, dictate /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/, ruthless /ˈɹuːθləs/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: rehearsal /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, ruthless /ˈɹuːθləs/, rebel /ˈɹɛb.əl/

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 ballet, breathtaking, rehearsal 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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