跟读练习: Sisyphus and the Impossible Dream - 通过视频学习英语口语

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you're broke totally broke it's embarrassing it hurts but then in that moment you say to yourself
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you're finally brave enough to ask her out
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she was the love of my life she just didn't know it yet yeah i know who you are casey
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but who gave you my number right then and there you think someday i'm gonna marry this girl
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dad wake up are you awake casey was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident tonight
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i was like are you okay are you okay are you okay and he said no no
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and then i looked at him and his leg was snapped winter 2007 I was on a scooter, the other guy ran a red light.
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I'm a mess.
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Tomorrow they're cutting me open and replacing my femur with a titanium rod.
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They rebuilt the leg out of metal.
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The doctor said I'd mostly recover, but they made it clear.
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I'd never run again.
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Broken here.
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Here.
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And then in that moment,
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a thought, I would heal and I'd run a marathon and I'd do it in the impossible time of under three hours.
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Now, a marathon is always 26 .2 miles long.
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And to break three hours, you have to run faster than a six minute and 50 second per mile pace.
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That's impossible.
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First attempt, Richmond, Virginia.
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The goal was two hours and 59 minutes.
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Now I'd never run 26 miles in my life but I was confident I could do it.
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I failed.
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For context the average worldwide marathon time is four hours
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and 29 minutes
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and my very specific goal was 259 I had to make some changes starting
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now I'd run every day no more drinking definitely no more smoking
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and I lost 20 pounds I was a A totally different person for that second marathon.
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Still failed though.
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New York City, 2009.
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This was my first time breaking 310.
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California International.
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This is a super fast course.
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Disney.
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You get stuck in this loop.
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You try, fail, try, fail.
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All right, today is February 20th, 2011.
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Failure, it's a muscle, and every time you use it, it gets a little stronger.
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Open it up, Joe!
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You're so close.
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Try, fail.
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Try, fail.
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Get knocked down, get back up, get knocked down again.
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In Greek mythology there's this story of a king who's been cursed.
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And his curse was to push a boulder up a hill, and just as he got to the top,
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the boulder would roll back to the start.
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His curse was to do this really hard thing, and he'd get super close to accomplishing it, but then he'd fall back,
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and after the entire thing over again.
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And he'd do this over, and over for eternity.
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See you in 26 miles!
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Three hours, three minutes.
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Fail, fail, fail.
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Ow!
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And then you get married, and then you have a kid, and then another kid, and then a new job,
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and you're moving, and you're moving again, then you're 40.
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Dear Casey.
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You're 40!
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But you still haven't done it.
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Happy birthday to you.
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Okay, we're off.
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Alright, just had to have a quick visit to the medical tent.
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I feel good now, but a minute ago, I felt very dizzy.
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This is my Nana.
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Her impossible dream was to dance forever.
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She did that.
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She was on her feet dancing until the day she died at age 92.
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She made it happen.
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No one else has anything invested in this.
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No one cares if you do it or don't do it.
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To the world, this pursuit is just your cute little hobby.
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I was 26 when I set this goal.
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I was young then, and I couldn't do it.
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Now I'm old.
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If I don't do this now, it's just going to get harder.
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And if I back off, if I let reason win, then I have to carry the weight of that unrealized goal until the day I die.
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So those are the stakes.
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And I want to be like Nana.
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Go runner!
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Cheers!
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Thank you.
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6 a .m.
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August 1, today's day one of marathon training.
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2023 New York City Marathon.
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This year was really different.
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This is Roberto.
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He's my coach now, and I followed all of his guidance.
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This stadium is seeing all the fans.
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I took no shortcut.
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Crazy, we're cooking 653 of it, so.
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I have an Olympic marathon coach.
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He's running next to me.
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I told, yes!
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And me alone for 26 hours.
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This was it.
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Your boy is fit.
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I was fitter than I've ever been.
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I was fast.
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Six days, Roberto.
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And I had Roberto pacing me.
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That is the New York City marathon finish line.
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It was pretty exciting.
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It was 16 months of focused training just for this race.
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Good luck!
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Good luck!
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Today's gonna be the day.
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I was stronger than I'd ever been.
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KC!
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KC!
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At mile 13, I was on pace.
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KC!
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Mile 18, I was on pace.
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KC!
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I felt strong.
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Go KC!
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Go KC!
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Go KC!
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Why was this so hard, talking about a margin of less than two minutes?
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Moreover, why do I care anymore?
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It's not about a broken leg or needing to prove that doctor wrong.
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I have now run two dozen marathons.
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I won.
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at age 42 I had just run the fastest marathon of my entire life we had a good day the official
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The final result is 3 .01.
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We had a good time, 6 .48 through 22 miles, but you were all great out there.
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Thanks for cheering.
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It's just an arbitrary number.
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I don't need to break three hours to know who I am.
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What matters are the experiences, the journey, even if I failed in the goal.
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See, life's a battle, and there are times when you need to accept that you've been beat.
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It's been a long road, and there's a lot to be proud of, but I'm never gonna break three.
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I'm just not that guy.
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Oh, fuck that.
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It's been, uh, Five weeks since I failed in New York City.
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I'm here in Tucson, Arizona.
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Doing it again.
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You don't just give up.
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You can't just walk away.
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You get out there and you find that fucking dog.
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Yes, it's hard.
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If it was easy, everyone would do it.
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You're not out here because it's easy.
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You do a lot of meaningless, purposeless, stupid things.
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You get obsessed.
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You spend years focused on them.
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And literally no one cares but you, but you persevere anyway.
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You keep running.
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You keep running, you don't quit, you die trying.
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Because when you add up all those stupid, meaningless obsessions and accomplishments, what they equal, what they add up to, is your life.
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Yeah!
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Woo!
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Coming over from New York.
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It's about to finish.
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Casey Neistat and Roberto Mangi.
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What's the time?
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Bro, 2 .57!
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Say it again, say it again.
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2 .57!
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Oh, my God.
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Let's go, Casey!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Thank you.

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这节口语课以视频“Sisyphus and the Impossible Dream”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:marathon, Casey, mile, fail, goal。 这段视频共有 190 个句子、1189 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 11:33。 说话人语速较慢,每分钟约 103 个词,你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 83% 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
marathon 名词/ˈmæɹəθən/馬拉松 /马拉松
pace 名词/peɪs/步伐, 步幅
curse 名词/kɝs/詛咒 /诅咒
knock 动词/nɑk/敲
boulder 名词/ˈboʊl.dɚ/漂礫 /漂砾, 磐石
fort 名词/fɔɹt/要塞, 碉堡
muscle 名词/ˈmʌs.əl/肌肉, 筋肉
marry 动词/ˈmæɹi/結婚 /结婚, 嫁
brave 形容词/bɹeɪv/勇敢
guidance 名词/ˈɡaɪdəns/指導 /指导
invest 动词/ɪnˈvɛst/耗費 /耗费, 投資 /投资
loop 名词/luːp/圈, 環 /环
recover 动词/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/追回, 收复
pump 名词/pʌmp/泵, 唧筒
margin 名词/ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒɪn/邊界 /边界

视频中出现的短语动词

单词发音释义
knock down 动词砍价
give up 动词投案, 自首
wake up 动词/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/醒, 醒來 /醒来

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 finally brave enough to ask her out.
  • I was like, are you okay?
  • Starting now, I'd run every day.
  • I'm not going to make a good time.
  • Moreover, why do I care anymore?

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
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who's been cursed · haven't done · I've ever been
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的was snapped · been cursed

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 43 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 you're, I'm, I'd。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • “th” 音: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, mythology /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
  • “sh” 和 “zh” 音: accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, obsession /əbˈsɛʃən/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/
  • 长单词——注意重音位置: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, arbitrary /ˈɑː.bɪ.tɹə.ɹi/, eternity /əˈtɜɹnəti/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, mythology /mɪˈθɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

中文母语者容易读错的音:

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: brave /bɹeɪv/, invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, recover /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/, moreover /mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/, persevere /ˌpɝ.səˈviɹ/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: pace /peɪs/, curse /kɝs/, knock /nɑk/, meaningless /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/, fort /fɔɹt/
  • /æ/ — 嘴张大,不要读成 /e/: marathon /ˈmæɹəθən/, marry /ˈmæɹi/, snap /snæp/, embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 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。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 marathon, pace, curse 这类单词。

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