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Have you ever seen a painting like this? Or this? Or this?
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And thought to yourself, what's the big deal?
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I could have painted that.
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Well, you're wrong.
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And not for the reason you might think.
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Over the last few years online, I've seen the steadily rising opinion along the lines of abstract art isn't real art.
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And this isn't a new opinion by any means,
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but these days it usually comes in the form of people on TikTok pointing out famous abstract artworks
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that they claiming they could easily replicate themselves so these couldn't possibly be real pieces of art.
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Well, as someone with a degree in fine art who is
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honestly just tired of hearing the same like really shallow critique of art that you don't like, I'm here to offer you a counterpoint, okay?
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This is a peace offering.
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I'm not claiming to be the expert, I'm not claiming to have all the authority, but I am claiming to have an opinion and a camera.
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And that kind of seems like the only qualifications you need these days.
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So let's talk about it.
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The artist we're going to be talking about today is Piet Mondrian, and if you don't recognize that name,
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you might still recognize his artwork because he's the artist behind this painting and lots of others that look very similar.
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This composition is a great example because this is one that I have seen multiple people critiquing in this very specific way.
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Looking at this painting, we can see it's pretty simple, right?
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We've got straight lines, basic shapes, limited color palette.
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This simplicity is usually the catalyst for the inevitable, I could have painted that, that everyone is just dying to say.
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The issue is when somebody says, I could have painted that, they're usually only referring to technical skill, meaning I, regular
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Joe, have the physical dexterity to replicate these straight lines and basic shapes onto a canvas.
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And that is probably true, but you still couldn't have painted this.
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Okay, teeny tiny speed run history lesson.
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Are you ready?
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Piet Mondrian was born in the Netherlands, 1872.
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His dad was a professor who taught him how to draw from a really early age,
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and his uncle was a professional artist and he taught him how to paint.
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When he was 20 years old, he enrolled in Amsterdam's Royal Academy of Visual Arts to further his artistic career.
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He graduates, he becomes the world famous artist that we all know today.
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Good?
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All that is to say, Mondrian obviously led a very creative life from start to finish.
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He was an artist through and through, right?
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He did not just sit down and put lines and squares onto a canvas.
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Abstraction is not just an art style, it's actually an iterative process, and oftentimes it's a really long one.
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When we see a finished abstract painting hanging in a museum
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and we wonder what's so great about a couple lines on a canvas,
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it's because we're missing the fundamentals of how those lines actually got onto the canvas.
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Let's look at this painting.
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This is one of Mondrian's earlier works.
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This piece is from 1910
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and it's safe to say looks a little bit different than the work we know him for, right?
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You can look at this painting, I can look at this painting, and even though he's taking some inspiration from the post -impressionist,
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he's got expressive brushstrokes, he's got vivid colors, we can very clearly see that it is absolutely, positively a tree.
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Right?
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That's very clear to us.
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This is a painting of a tree.
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Lucky for us, Mondrian actually loved painting trees and he kept painting them as his style evolved.
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Now this painting is from 1911.
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It's about a year later and at this point we can tell he's interested in simplifying the forms.
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We've stripped all the color out so we're only working in black and white and we're down to the most basic shapes.
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You can look at this painting and probably still come to the conclusion that it is a tree, but it's getting a little bit more abstract.
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Now in 1912, one year later, we get this painting.
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Would anyone like to guess what this is a painting of?
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If you said a tree, you win.
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I think you probably get it at this point.
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Mondrian is essentially playing a years -long game of artistic telephone with himself.
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He's painting the same subject over and over and over
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and over again until it's stripped down to its absolute most basic form.
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Until in 1929 his paintings start to look like this.
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The least interesting critique that you can make of a piece of art is, I could have painted that.
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Because we don't really care if you could have painted it.
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That's not even really the question.
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The question is, would you have painted that?
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And every single time, every piece of artwork, the answer is no. You wouldn't have painted that.
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And you didn't paint that, because you're not Mondrian.
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You didn't grow up where he grew up, you didn't hear all the songs that he heard, you didn't see the trees that he saw.
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You have lived an equally valuable but very different life up to this point, so your painting would have been different.
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But While you couldn't have painted this, you could have painted something.
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And that brings me to my other issue with this phrase.
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Let's all picture our mutual hypothetical friend, Regular Joe.
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We love Regular Joe.
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He's walking into an art museum.
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He would not describe himself as a creative or an artistic person.
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In fact, Regular Joe is probably the type of guy where if he sees someone out in the wild drawing, painting, doing a wonderful job,
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he gets in real close and he looks over their shoulder and he goes, I can't even draw a stick figure.
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He loves seeing it.
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He's that guy.
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He's that guy.
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But we love him.
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He's our best friend.
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Regular Joe's in this museum.
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He's walking around.
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He's looking at a piece of abstract art.
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Lots of people gathered around.
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People are oohing.
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People are aahing.
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They're taking pictures.
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It's very famous, supposedly.
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And Regular Joe sees it and he says, oh, come on.
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I could have painted that.
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What Regular Joe is really saying is if he of all people has the skills necessary to replicate this very famous artwork,
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then this very famous artwork must not be worth anything, right?
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If regular Joe can do it, it's meaningless. That is where regular
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Joe is wrong.
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If you are alive, and I'm assuming you are because you're watching this, you have artistic value.
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Every single one of you watching this and every single one of you not watching it, could call yourself an artist today and be absolutely correct.
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You don't need a degree.
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You don't need any awards.
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You don't need an exhibit in a museum.
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If you are a human being who has put anything out into the world that was not there before, congratulations!
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You have made art.
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Art is a pre -programmed universal language.
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You don't have to earn it.
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So the fact
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that you could make a piece of art just as easily as some famous artist could make a piece of art
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doesn't really make either piece better or worse.
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The only information that that tells us is that both of you are people.
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And we already kind of assumed that.
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So saying I could have painted that isn't even a critique on whatever artwork you happen to be unimpressed by.
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It's just a criticism of yourself.
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And an unnecessary one at that.
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We're living in a world right now where AI art is becoming more and more prevalent.
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I know you've seen it.
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I've seen it.
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Your grandparents on Facebook posting pictures of like Jesus made out of shrimp.
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Yeah.
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It's dark.
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We're being encouraged to abandon our natural creativity in the name of convenience, and doing this disregards the only,
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only prerequisite for something to be considered art and that is life.
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The point of this video is not to force you into liking abstract art if it's not your thing.
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I'm not even the world's biggest abstract art fan.
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To be honest, I like a broad range of artwork, okay?
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As long as it's made by people or animals or trees.
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You guys ever seen that?
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Just not AI.
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My hope is that you can look at a piece of art, even a piece of art that you really hate and still know
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that it's art and the reason
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that you hate it should never ever be I could have painted that because that's not a very good reason
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so the next time you see something and you think I could have made
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that you should probably just go make something thank you guys
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so much for watching this is your prize for making
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it to the end of the video I would love to hear any thoughts
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that you have down in the comments
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they don't even have to be art related it can be about anything
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we have lots of interests over here on the channel
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and speaking of this channel if you enjoyed this video I would love
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if you subscribed because we're kind of brand new and we're just getting started so see you next time
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“Saying "I could have painted that" Is Cringe”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：painting, painted, piece, regular, Joe。 这段视频共有 139 个句子、1578 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 8:58。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 176 个词，接近日常对话。 86% 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 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| abstract 名词 | /ˈæbˌstɹækt/ | 摘要 |
| artistic 形容词 | /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ | 藝術的 /艺术的 |
| canvas 名词 | /ˈkæn.vəs/ | 帆布 |
| skill 名词 | /skɪl/ | 技巧, 技能 |
| universal 形容词 | /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/ | 宇宙的 |
| earn 动词 | /ɝn/ | 掙 /挣, 賺 /赚 |
| lesson 名词 | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | 課業 /课业, -課 /-课 |
| encourage 动词 | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | 鼓勵 /鼓励, 激勵 /激励 |
| refer 动词 | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | 談到 /谈到 |
| uncle 名词 | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | 伯父, 伯伯 |
| essentially 副词 | /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ | 本質上 /本质上, 基本上 |
| telephone 名词 | /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ | 電話 /电话 |
| conclusion 名词 | /kənˈkluːʒən/ | 結束 /结束 |
| congratulations | /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ | 恭喜, 恭喜恭喜 |
| equally 副词 | /ˈiːkwəli/ | 一樣地 /一样地, 同樣地 /同样地 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| grow up 动词 | 長大 /长大 |
| point out 动词 | 指, 指出 |
| sit down 动词 | 坐下, 坐 |
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：
- Have you ever seen a painting like this?
- We've got straight lines, basic shapes, limited color palette.
- Let's look at this painting.
- The question is, would you have painted that?
- You guys ever seen that?
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 |
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| 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 | Have you ever seen · I've seen · have seen |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | was born · be unimpressed · being encouraged |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 44 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, we're, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, composition /ˌkɑm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: canvas /ˈkæn.vəs/, universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/, convenience /kənˈvinjəns/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: abstract /ˈæbˌstɹækt/, artwork /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/, artistic /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/, canvas /ˈkæn.vəs/, critique /kɹɪˈtiːk/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: replicate /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/, universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, prevalent /ˈpɹɛvələnt/, enroll /ɪnˈɹəʊl/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 abstract, artistic, canvas 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。