跟读练习: READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 1: Monkey College - 通过视频学习英语口语
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The coconuts
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from very tall trees.
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Trainer Somporn Saekwo says it takes months for the young monkeys to learn the strategy for picking coconuts.
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For the first month, he just lets the monkey play.
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He shows him how to spin a coconut in a box.
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Then he holds the monkey's hand and encourages him to twist the coconut himself.
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Later he brings the monkey to a tree
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and lets him learn how to pick the coconuts that and the water ready to eat.
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Step by step, the monkey goes higher and higher.
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The trainer uses a rope to control and direct the monkey's work.
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The monkey goes left, right, up and down.
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When Somporn pulls the rope, the monkey goes faster.
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Monkeys have been helping Thai farmers to pick coconuts for more than 100 years.
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The monkeys climb trees and twist coconuts with their hands until the fruit falls to the ground.
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Sompon Saekwo explains the advantages of using monkeys for this job.
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Nowadays there are about 12,000 monkeys in Suratani that are working to pick coconuts helping humans.
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If we climb up those trees, we can fall and die.
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The coconut is an important fruit for farmers here.
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Farmers can earn about $2 for every 100 coconuts that they bring to market.
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People buy the fruit on Thai beaches, and it is also used in the country's popular coconut curry.
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A huge number of coconuts, about 2 million, are produced each month in Thailand.
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And many farmers say they couldn't pick the fruit without help from their monkeys.
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Park D's three-year-old monkey assists with his work.
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The monkey picks fruit from Park's own trees.
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Park also lends the monkey to other farmers to earn extra money.
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The animal is so valuable that Park never leaves it home alone.
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The monkey could run away or somebody could take it.
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Park D describes the system he uses.
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I tie the monkey to a coconut tree near the house.
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I give him rice to eat, sometimes with curry.
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The monkey can live to be 13 years old, so he has 10 more years that he can work.
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I don't need any more monkeys than I have now.
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I just want to carry on with this monkey for his lifetime.
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Farmers say that because the monkeys are so important to them, most are well cared for and don't have a hard life.
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But some people make the animals work too hard and treat them badly.
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In the past, everyone was training monkeys in a different way, and some people were hurting the monkeys.
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Trainer Somporn Saekwo created a different, more gentle method of teaching monkeys, which is now used by others at the Monkey Training College.
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Because a lot of Thailand's forests have disappeared, more and more monkeys now need man's help to be able to live.
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All the monkeys that come to stay with us have a better living than in the jungle.
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One side does not have an advantage over the other.
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As long as Thailand continues to produce coconuts, these farmers will probably continue to use monkeys.
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You see, the monkey and the coconut will be together always.
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As long as you have the coconut, you will also have the monkey.
关于本课
在这一课中，学习者将通过观察与梳理有关猴子采摘椰子的过程，来提高英语听力和口语技能。通过理解猴子与农民之间的互动，您将能更好地掌握与水果采摘相关的用词。同时，本课也将帮助您提高英语发音，在学习内容的基础上进行模仿练习，从而实现说得更流利和自信。
关键词汇与短语
- 椰子 (coconut) - 一种重要的水果，对泰国农民收入至关重要。
- 猴子 (monkey) - 用于采摘椰子的动物，帮助农民完成繁重的工作。
- 训练 (training) - 教导猴子如何采摘椰子的方法和过程。
- 水果 (fruit) - 椰子是主要的水果，广受欢迎。
- 工作 (work) - 猴子与农民合作，以采摘椰子为生。
- 帮助 (help) - 猴子为人类在椰子采摘方面提供的支持。
- 方法 (method) - 老师所创造的温和训练猴子的方法。
练习技巧
在观看这段视频的过程中，建议您进行shadowing练习，也就是模仿视频中讲者的发音和语调。您可以在适当的地方暂停，重复讲者所说的话，特别注意他们的语速和情感表达。由于视频中的对话较快，您可能需要多次回放以跟上节奏。
要提高英语发音，尤其可以关注听到的一些短语和句子结构，尝试用自己的方式复述。通过这种方式，您不仅可以提升口语能力，还能增强对语音的敏感性，改善发音。
此外，可以使用一些shadowing site来帮助您进行练习。通过不断重复与模仿，您就能在看YouTube学英语的同时，逐步熟悉并掌握自然流畅的表达方式。通过这种方法，您将能更好地适应不同的说话人风格，提高英语口语的自信心与流利度。
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。