跟读练习: Technology Made Us Human - 通过视频学习英语口语
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You know, there is a constant debate that takes place when looking at the subject of technology.
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Between people that argue that technology is part of who we are,
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and those that believe that technology is fundamentally unnatural and that it's a tool that's being used to ultimately destroy the world.
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I don't fall into that camp.
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I echo Kevin Kelly's ideas that stipulate that actually technology is the real skin of our species.
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Technology is the exterioration of our nervous system.
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Technology is our extended mind.
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I phone, therefore I am.
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But think about it.
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Technology is literally the way we turn our mind inside out.
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The cognitive philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers describe it as a kind of scaffolding that extends our thought,
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our reach, and our vision.
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We are a tool-making animal that has been in a symbiotic feedback loop with technology since the beginning of stone tools.
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I mean, think about it.
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Once we created stone tools, our jaws shrank.
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Once we discovered that fire could cook our foods, making every meal more efficient,
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it freed up the cognitive real estate necessary for the emergence of culture, religion, and arts.
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So you might say that who we are is due to the feedback loops between us and our tools,
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to the degree that our tools become extended appendages, that even though they are not within our biological skin tissue,
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they are nonetheless a part of our cognitive arsenal.
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They are a part of us the same way a nest is a part of a bird
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and a spider's web is a part of a spider.
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It is our extended phenotype.
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It is who we are.
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It is our termites colony.
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It is temperature controlled.
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It is the extension of our mindedness.
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This is technology.
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This is the technium.
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The seventh kingdom of life.
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为什么要通过这个视频来练习口语?
在学习英语的过程中,口语表达是至关重要的一环。本视频探讨了科技如何深刻地影响了人类的发展和思维方式,提供了丰富的素材,适合进行口语练习。通过观看并跟随视频中的讲解,你不仅可以提高自己的语音语调,还能更深入理解科技与人类的关系。同时,看YouTube学英语也能让你在轻松有趣的环境中学习,增加学习的积极性。
语法与表达的应用
在视频中,演讲者使用了一些关键的语法结构和表达,下面列出其中的几种:
- “I phone, therefore I am.” - 这个句子采用了简单的因果关系结构,强调科技对我们存在的影响。
- “It's a tool that's being used to ultimately destroy the world.” - 使用被动语态,突显科技对环境可能带来的负面后果。
- “We are a tool-making animal.” - 这里的“are”简洁明了地阐明了人类的特性,适合用在描述或分类时。
在练习时,不妨尝试模仿这种表达方式,通过shadow speak提升口语能力。
常见的发音陷阱
在视频中,有些词汇和发音可能会给学习者带来挑战:
- “technology” (科技) - 注意中间的音节,确保发音准确。
- “cognitive” (认知的) - 这个词的重音部分容易被忽略,练习多次可以改进发音。
- “scaffolding” (支架) - 该词的音节较长,学习时注意分开练习各个音节。
以上词汇在英语影子跟读过程中,反复练习可以帮助你提高发音的准确性和流利度。
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。













