跟读练习: Stay in Touch - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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If you have ever heard people saying goodbye in American English, you probably have heard this.
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Make sure to stay in touch.
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People who don't see each other often like to find ways to stay in touch.
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But what does that mean?
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It was great to see you at the class reunion.
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Now make sure to stay in touch.
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I want to talk to you before our next reunion.
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I will.
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I'll stay in touch and I'll call you sometime next week.
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Staying in touch or keeping in touch says that you want to communicate with someone.
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It means you want to keep in contact, maybe by phone or email, even though you don't see that person often.
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Make sure to stay in touch.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Stay in Touch”. This video has 15 sentences and 138 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:55. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
reunion noun/ɹiːˈjuːnjən/The process or act of reuniting.
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
communicate verb/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
sometime adverb/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
email noun/ˈiˌmeɪl/A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet…
touch verb/tʌt͡ʃ/To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
contact noun/ˈkɑntækt/The act of touching physically; being in close association.
welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

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have ever heard
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物People who don
“will” 表将来 will + 动词 — 决定、承诺或预测I'll stay

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like reunion, goodbye, communicate.

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。

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