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35 句
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1
I'd like to begin with a few seconds of silence.
我想先从几秒钟的沉默开始。
2
There. How did that feel?
好了。感觉怎么样？
3
I noticed a few of you reaching for your phones!
我看到有几位已经伸手去拿手机了！
4
Was it peaceful, or a little uncomfortable?
是觉得平静，还是有点不自在？
5
For many of us, silence feels like something's gone wrong.
对我们很多人来说，沉默让人觉得好像出了什么问题。
6
Researchers in the Netherlands studied exactly this feeling.
荷兰的研究人员专门研究过这种感受。
7
Volunteers imagined a conversation that suddenly went quiet.
志愿者们想象自己身处一场突然安静下来的对话中。
8
Just four seconds of silence was enough!
只要四秒钟的沉默就够了！
9
People felt anxious, and they felt rejected.
人们感到焦虑，还觉得自己被排斥了。
10
Four seconds, and we start to doubt we belong.
短短四秒，我们就开始怀疑自己是否属于这里。
11
But does everyone feel silence the same way?
但是，每个人对沉默的感受都一样吗？
12
In the 1980s, John Graham recorded real business negotiations.
上世纪80年代，John Graham录下了真实的商务谈判。
13
He counted every silence of ten seconds or more.
他统计了每一次长达十秒或更久的沉默。
14
Japanese negotiators had about five every half hour.
日本谈判者每半小时大约有五次。
15
Americans had three or four.
美国人有三四次。
16
And the Brazilians? Almost none at all!
那巴西人呢？几乎一次都没有！
17
Instead, they interrupted each other all the time!
相反，他们总是互相打断！
18
So what does a silence actually mean?
那么，沉默到底意味着什么？
19
That depends on where you learned to talk.
这取决于你是在哪里学会说话的。
20
The same pause can say very different things.
同样的停顿，可能传达完全不同的意思。
21
In Finland, friends can sit together without saying a word.
在芬兰，朋友们可以坐在一起，一句话也不说。
22
Nobody feels awkward. It's simply comfortable.
没有人觉得尴尬，只是觉得很自在。
23
In Japan, a pause often shows respect and careful thought.
在日本，停顿往往表示尊重和深思熟虑。
24
But in many English-speaking places, silence signals a problem.
但在许多英语国家，沉默意味着出了问题。
25
Years ago, I flew to Tokyo for my first big deal.
多年前，我飞到东京去谈我的第一笔大生意。
26
I made my offer, and the room went completely quiet.
我提出报价后，整个房间一片寂静。
27
Five seconds. Ten seconds. I started to panic.
五秒，十秒。我开始慌了。
28
So I kept talking, and I lowered my own price.
于是我一直说个不停，还自己把价格降了下来。
29
Later, my host told me, 'We were just thinking!'
后来，接待我的人告诉我：“我们只是在思考而已！”
30
Silence isn't empty. It's full of thinking.
沉默并不空洞，它充满了思考。
31
So here's my challenge for you this week.
所以，这是我给大家这周的挑战。
32
When a conversation goes quiet, count slowly to five.
当谈话安静下来时，慢慢数到五。
33
Ask someone a real question, and then actually wait.
向别人提一个真正的问题，然后真的耐心等待。
34
You might hear the most honest answer of all.
你可能会听到最真诚的回答。
35
Thank you.
谢谢大家。
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“SEtalk: What Silence Says”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：silence, seconds, quiet。 这段视频共有 35 个句子、286 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:31。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 114 个词，很适合跟读。 只有 81% 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 12 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| silence 名词 | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | 沉默 |
| pause 名词 | /pɔːz/ | 停頓 /停顿, 暫停 /暂停 |
| belong 动词 | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | 屬於 /属于 |
| awkward 形容词 | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | 彆扭 /别扭 |
| volunteer 名词 | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | 志願者 /志愿者 |
| panic 名词 | /ˈpænɪk/ | 恐慌 |
| depend 动词 | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | 信任, 信賴 /信赖 |
| uncomfortable 形容词 | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | 不舒服 |
| anxious 形容词 | /ˈæŋkʃəs/ | 緊張 /紧张 |
| researcher 名词 | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | 研究員 /研究员, 研究者 |
| negotiation 名词 | /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/ | 談判 /谈判, 交涉 |
| interrupt 动词 | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | 打斷 /打断, 插嘴 |
需要注意的发音
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, negotiation /nɪˌɡəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/, negotiator /nɪˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪ.tə/
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: silence /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/, pause /pɔːz/, awkward /ˈɔk.wɚd/, panic /ˈpænɪk/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: panic /ˈpænɪk/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
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 silence, pause, belong 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。