跟读练习: Sept. 20, 2001 - Bush Declares War on Terror - 通过视频学习英语口语
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On September the 11th, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country.
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Americans have known wars, but for the past 136 years,
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they have been wars on foreign soil except for one Sunday in 1941 one.
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Americans have known the casualties of war, but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning.
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Americans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of civilians.
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All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell on a different world,
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a world where freedom itself is under attack.
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Americans have many questions tonight.
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Americans are asking, who attacked our country?
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The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist organizations known as al -Qaeda.
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They are some of the murderers indicted for bombing American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and responsible for bombing the USS Cole.
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Al -Qaeda is to terror what the mafia is to crime.
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But its goal is not making money.
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Its goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.
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The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism
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that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics,
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a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teaching of Islam.
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The terrorist directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews,
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to kill all Americans, and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.
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This group and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different countries,
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including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.
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There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries.
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They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods
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and brought to camps in places like Afghanistan where they are trained in the tactics of terror.
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They are sent back to their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.
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The leadership of Al -Qaeda has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban regime in controlling most of that country.
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In Afghanistan, we see al -Qaeda's vision for the world.
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Afghanistan's people have been brutalized.
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Many are starving, and many have fled.
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Women are not allowed to attend school.
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You can be jailed for owning a television.
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Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate.
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A man can be jailed in Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough.
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The United States respects the people of Afghanistan.
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After all, we are currently its largest source of humanitarian aid.
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But we condemn the Taliban regime.
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It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.
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By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder.
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And tonight, the United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban.
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Deliver to United States authorities all the leaders of al -Qaeda who hide in your land.
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Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned.
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Protect foreign journalists, diplomats, and aid workers in your country.
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Close immediately and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan
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and hand over every terrorist and every person in their support structure to appropriate authorities.
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Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps so we can make sure they are no longer operating.
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These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.
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The Taliban must act, and act immediately.
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They will hand over the terrorists, where they will share in their fate.
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I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world.
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We respect your faith.
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It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends.
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Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.
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The terrorists are traitors to their own faith,
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trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.
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the enemy of america is not our many muslim friends
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it is not our many arab friends our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them
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Our war on terror begins with al -Qaeda, but it does not end there.
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It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这段视频共有 58 个句子、722 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 7:51。 说话人语速较慢,每分钟约 92 个词,你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 只有 79% 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 15 个不太常见的单词,附发音和释义:
- terrorist /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/ (名词) — 恐怖分子, 恐怖份子. A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
- regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/ (名词) — 制度, 體制 /体制. Mode of rule or management.
- terror /ˈtɛɹɚ/ (名词) — 詭異的事物 /诡异的事物, 恐怖. Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- radical /ˈɹædɪkəl/ (名词) — 根. A root (of a number or quantity).
- fringe /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/ (名词) — 流苏, 穗. A decorative border.
- vast /væst/ (形容词) — 浩大. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- belief /bɪˈliːf/ (名词) — 相信, 信心. Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (名词) — 工人, 工作者. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- soil /sɔɪl/ (名词) — 土壤, 泥土. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- citizen /ˈsɪtɪzən/ (名词) — 市民. A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
- journalist /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ (名词) — 記者 /记者, 新聞工作者 /新闻工作者. The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
- destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ (名词) — 毀滅 /毁灭, 破壞 /破坏. The act of destroying.
- fate /feɪt/ (名词) — 命運 /命运, 氣數 /气数. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ (名词) — 棲身之地 /栖身之地, 住處 /住处. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
- tactics /ˈtæktɪks/ (名词) — 戰術 /战术. The military science that deals with achieving the objectives set by strategy.
视频中出现的短语动词
- hand over (动词) — 交出, 移交. To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
需要注意的发音
- “th” 音: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/, humanitarian /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, casualty /ˈkæʒu.əlti/
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 terrorist, regime, terror 这类单词。
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 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的 | was brought · has been rejected · are linked |
| 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 known · have been · have gathered |
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。











