跟读练习: SE-Ed: Why Do We Hiccup? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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You're having lunch with friends, and everything is fine.
你正和朋友们吃午饭,一切都很正常。
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Then, suddenly, your whole body jumps!
突然,你整个人猛地一抖!
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A strange little sound comes out of your mouth,
嘴里冒出一声奇怪的小声响,
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and it happens again, and again, and again.
然后一次又一次,停都停不下来。
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You've got the hiccups!
你打嗝了!
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But why does your body do this?
可是,身体为什么会这样呢?
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Under your lungs, there's a large, flat muscle.
在你的肺下面,有一块又大又扁的肌肉。
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It's called the diaphragm.
它叫作膈肌。
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It moves down, and air rushes into your lungs.
它往下一沉,空气就涌进你的肺里。
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This happens every time you breathe in.
你每次吸气,都会发生这种事。
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A hiccup happens when this muscle suddenly jumps by itself.
打嗝,就是这块肌肉突然自己抽了一下。
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You breathe in sharply, but you can't control it!
你会猛吸一口气,可是根本控制不了!
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Then, a tiny moment later, something else happens.
接着,就在一眨眼之后,又发生了另一件事。
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Your vocal cords close very quickly,
你的声带会飞快地合上,
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and the air suddenly stops.
空气一下子就被挡住了。
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That's why you hear that funny little sound.
所以你才会听到那个好笑的小声音。
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It all takes less than a second.
整个过程还不到一秒钟。
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So what makes the diaphragm jump?
那么,是什么让膈肌抽动的呢?
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Eating too fast is a common reason.
吃得太快是一个常见的原因。
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Fizzy drinks and big meals can do it too,
汽水和大餐也会引起打嗝,
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because they stretch your stomach.
因为它们会把你的胃撑大。
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Laughing hard can start them, and so can feeling nervous.
大笑会引起打嗝,紧张也会。
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Usually, they stop on their own after a few minutes.
通常过几分钟,它就会自己停下来。
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That isn't always true, though!
不过,也不是每次都这样!
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In 1922, an American farmer named Charles Osborne was lifting a pig,
1922年,一位名叫Charles Osborne的美国农民正在抬一头猪,
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when he suddenly started hiccupping.
突然就开始打嗝了。
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He didn't stop for sixty-eight years!
他这一打就是68年!
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He still got married and had eight children,
他照样结了婚,生了8个孩子,
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but he hiccupped all the way through.
可是从头到尾都在打嗝。
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His hiccups finally stopped in 1990, about a year before he died.
直到1990年,他的打嗝才终于停下,那时离他去世大约只有一年。
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Babies even hiccup before they're born!
宝宝甚至在出生前就会打嗝!
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Doctors can see it on ultrasound scans.
医生在B超上就能看到。
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Some scientists think that hiccups are a leftover from our distant past.
有些科学家认为,打嗝是我们遥远过去留下的痕迹。
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Tadpoles breathe with gills, and they use a very similar movement.
蝌蚪用鳃呼吸,它们用的就是非常相似的动作。
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A 2019 study suggests another reason.
2019年的一项研究提出了另一个原因。
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Each hiccup sends a signal to a newborn baby's brain,
每打一次嗝,就会向新生儿的大脑发出一个信号,
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and this may help it learn to control its breathing.
这也许能帮宝宝学会控制自己的呼吸。
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So how can you stop hiccups?
那么,怎样才能止住打嗝呢?
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People have tried everything, from sugar to scary surprises.
人们什么办法都试过了,从吃糖到吓人一跳。
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You can hold your breath, or you can sip cold water.
你可以憋气,也可以小口小口地喝冷水。
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These tricks might help, but there isn't much science behind them.
这些小妙招也许有用,但背后没什么科学依据。
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The good news is that hiccups almost always go away.
好消息是,打嗝几乎总会自己停下来。
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And if they don't, at least you'll have a great story!
就算停不下来,至少你也有个精彩的故事可讲了!
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B1 级别的口语课以视频“SE-Ed: Why Do We Hiccup?”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:hiccup, suddenly, happens, breathe, jump。 这段视频共有 43 个句子、344 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:52。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 120 个词,很适合跟读。 只有 80% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇难度较高。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 11 个单词,附发音和释义:
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| hiccup 名词 | /ˈhɪkʌp/ | 打嗝(兒) /打嗝(儿), 呃逆 |
| breathe 动词 | /bɹiːð/ | 呼吸, 吸 |
| diaphragm 名词 | /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/ | 橫膈膜 /横膈膜 |
| lung 名词 | /ˈlʌŋ/ | физы, 肺 |
| tadpole 名词 | /ˈtædpoʊl/ | 蝌蚪 |
| ultrasound 名词 | /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/ | 超聲波 /超声波, 超音波 |
| gill 名词 | /ɡɪl/ | 鰓 /鳃 |
| newborn 名词 | 新生兒 /新生儿 | |
| cord 名词 | /ˈkoɹd/ | 繩 /绳, 繩子 /绳子 |
| farmer 名词 | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | 農夫 /农夫, 農民 /农民 |
| scientist 名词 | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | 科學家 /科学家 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| go away 动词 | 離開 /离开, 走 |
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:
- You're having lunch with friends, and everything is fine.
- Under your lungs, there's a large, flat muscle.
- You breathe in sharply, but you can't control it!
- That's why you hear that funny little sound.
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 9 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 isn't, can't, didn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
中文母语者容易读错的音:
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: hiccup /ˈhɪkʌp/, ultrasound /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/, cord /ˈkoɹd/, distant /ˈdɪstənt/, scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: ultrasound /ʌl.tɹə.saʊnd/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大,不要读成 /e/: diaphragm /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/, tadpole /ˈtædpoʊl/, scan /skæn/
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。
- 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。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 hiccup, breathe, diaphragm 这类单词。
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