跟读练习: SE-Ed: Why Does a Week Have Seven Days? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Why does a week have seven days?
为什么一周有七天？
2
Why not five, or ten, or even twelve?
为什么不是五天、十天，甚至十二天？
3
A day comes from the Earth turning once.
一天来自地球自转一圈。
4
A year comes from one trip around the Sun.
一年来自绕太阳一圈。
5
But the week? That one is a little stranger.
那一周呢？这个就有点奇怪了。
6
Let's start with the Moon.
我们从月亮说起。
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Every night, its shape changes a little.
每天晚上，它的形状都会变一点。
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Each big change takes about seven days.
每一次大的变化大约需要七天。
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Long ago, this made the Moon a handy clock.
很久以前，这让月亮成了一个方便的时钟。
10
There's just one problem, though.
不过，有一个问题。
11
The numbers don't fit perfectly,
这些数字并不完全吻合，
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so the Moon isn't the whole story.
所以月亮并不是全部答案。
13
Thousands of years ago, people in Babylon studied the sky.
几千年前，巴比伦人仔细观察着天空。
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They noticed seven bright lights that moved among the stars.
他们注意到有七个明亮的光点在群星间移动。
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The Sun, the Moon, and five planets they could see.
太阳、月亮，还有他们能看到的五颗行星。
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For them, seven became a very special number.
对他们来说，七成了一个非常特别的数字。
17
The Jewish calendar also has a rest day every seventh day.
犹太历也是每到第七天就有一个休息日。
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You can still see these old ideas in English.
这些古老的观念至今仍保留在英语里。
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Sunday is the Sun's day, and Monday is the Moon's.
Sunday是太阳日，Monday是月亮日。
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Saturday was named after the planet Saturn.
Saturday是以土星Saturn命名的。
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And Thursday comes from Thor, the Norse god of thunder!
而Thursday来自北欧雷神Thor！
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In French, Tuesday is "mardi", the day of Mars.
在法语里，星期二是“mardi”，也就是火星日。
23
Believe it or not, the Romans once had eight-day weeks!
信不信由你，罗马人曾经一周八天！
24
Slowly, the seven-day week spread across their empire.
慢慢地，七天一周在整个帝国传开了。
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In the year 321, Emperor Constantine made Sunday a day of rest.
公元321年，君士坦丁大帝把星期日定为休息日。
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Since then, much of the world has followed the same pattern.
从那以后，世界上大部分地方都沿用了这个模式。
27
Some countries tried to change it, though.
不过，也有一些国家试图改变它。
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After the French Revolution, France switched to ten-day weeks.
法国大革命后，法国改用十天一周。
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Workers got only one day off in ten!
工人十天里只能休息一天！
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Not surprisingly, people hated it,
不出所料，人们很讨厌这种安排，
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so Napoleon brought back the old week.
于是拿破仑恢复了原来的一周。
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In 1929, the Soviet Union tried five-day weeks instead!
1929年，苏联则尝试了五天一周！
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Family members often had different days off, so they rarely met.
一家人常常不在同一天休息，所以很少见面。
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By 1940, the seven-day week was back again.
到了1940年，七天一周又回来了。
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So the week isn't really a law of nature.
所以，一周其实并不是自然法则。
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It's a habit we've shared for thousands of years.
它是我们共同延续了几千年的习惯。
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And honestly, who would want to give up the weekend?
说实话，谁愿意放弃周末呢？
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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 Does a Week Have Seven Days?”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：seven, Moon, ten。 这段视频共有 37 个句子、315 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:07。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 149 个词，很适合跟读。 88% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇容易理解。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中最难的 14 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| worker 名词 | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | 工人, 工作者 |
| rarely 副词 | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | 很少, 罕有地 |
| calendar 名词 | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | 日曆 /日历, 曆 /历 |
| seventh 形容词 | /ˈsɛvənθ/ | 第七 |
| habit 名词 | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | 習慣 /习惯 |
| thunder 名词 | /ˈθʌndɚ/ | 雷, 雷公 |
| surprisingly 副词 | /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/ | 竟, 竟然 |
| planet 名词 | /ˈplænɪt/ | 行星 |
| strange 形容词 | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | 奇怪 |
| slowly 副词 | /ˈsloʊli/ | 慢 |
| bright 形容词 | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | 亮, 明 |
| switch 名词 | /swɪt͡ʃ/ | 開關 /开关, 電門 /电门 |
| pattern 名词 | /ˈpætɚn/ | 模式, 樣式 /样式 |
| empire 名词 | /ˈɛmˌpaɪ̯ɹ/ | 帝國 /帝国 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| give up 动词 | 投案, 自首 |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 4 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 isn't, don't, we've。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: twelve /twɛlv/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: clock /klɑk/, twelve /twɛlv/, seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, planet /ˈplænɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: rarely /ˈɹɛəɹli/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
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 worker, rarely, calendar 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。