跟读练习: The danger of silence | Clint Smith | TED - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Reviewer Gopalco Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
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Reviewer Gopalco Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
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in a 1968 speech where he reflects upon the Civil Rights Movement,
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states, in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
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but the silence of our friends.
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As a teacher, I've internalized this message.
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Every day all around us,
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we see the consequences of silence manifest themselves in the form of discrimination,
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violence, genocide, and war.
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In the classroom, I challenge my students to explore the silences in their own lives through poetry.
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We work together to fill those spaces,
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to recognize them, to name them,
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to understand that they don't have to be sources of shame.
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In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences,
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I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class,
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which every student signs at the beginning of the year.
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Read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.
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I find myself thinking a lot about that last point, tell your truth.
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And I realized that if I was going to ask my students to speak up,
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I was going to have to tell my truth
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and be honest with them about the times where I failed to do so.
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So I tell them that growing up,
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as a kid in a Catholic family in New Orleans,
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during Lent, I was always taught that the most meaningful thing one could do was to give something up,
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sacrifice something you typically indulge in to prove to God you understand his sanctity.
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I've given up soda, McDonald's,
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French fries, French kisses, and everything in between.
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But one year, I gave up speaking,
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figured the most valuable thing I could sacrifice was my own voice,
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my own voice, but it was like I hadn't realized that I had given that up a long time ago.
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I had spent
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so much of my life telling people the things they wanted to hear instead of the things they needed to,
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told myself I wasn't meant to be anyone's conscience because I still had to figure out being my own,
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so sometimes I just wouldn't say anything.
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Appeasing ignorance with my silence,
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unaware that validation doesn't need words to endorse its existence.
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When Christian was beat up for being gay,
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I put my hands in my pocket and walked with my head down as if I didn't even notice.
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Couldn't use my locker for weeks
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because the bolt on the lock reminded me of the one I had put on my lips.
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When the homeless man on the corner looked at me with eyes up,
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merely searching for an affirmation that he was worth seeing,
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I was more concerned with touching the screen of my apple than actually feeding him one.
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When the woman at the fundraising gala said,
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I'm so proud of you.
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It must be so hard teaching those poor, unintelligent kids.
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I bit my lip because apparently we needed her money more than my students needed their dignity.
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We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying,
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that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't.
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Silence is the residue of fear.
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It is feeling your flaws, gut-wrench guillotine your tongue.
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It is the air retreating from your chest because it doesn't feel safe in your lungs.
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Silence is Rwandan genocide.
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Silence is Katrina.
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It is what you hear when there aren't enough body bags left.
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It is the sound after the noose is already tied.
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It is charring.
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It is chains.
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It is privilege.
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It is pain.
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There is no time to pick your battles when your battles have already picked you.
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I will not let silence wrap itself around my indecision.
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I will tell Christian that he is a lion,
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a sanctuary of bravery and brilliance.
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I will ask that homeless man what his name is and how his day was,
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Sometimes all people want to be is human.
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I will tell that woman that my students can talk about transcendentalism like their last name was Thoreau,
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and just because you watched one episode of The Wire doesn't mean you know anything about my kids.
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So this year, instead of giving something up,
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I will live every day as if it were a microphone tucked under my tongue,
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a stage on the underside of my inhibition.
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Because who has to have a soapbox when all you've ever needed is your voice.
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Thank you.
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在本课中，您将通过分析Clint Smith的TED演讲《沉默的危险》来提高您的英语口语能力。该演讲探讨了沉默如何导致歧视、暴力和社会不公等问题。您将进行shadowspeak练习，提升您的理解能力和表达技巧，学习如何在日常生活中勇敢地表达自己的观点，并鼓励他人也是如此。
关键词与短语
- 沉默 (silence): 指缺少声音或表达，往往与恐惧相关。
- 勇气 (bravery): 展现面对困难和挑战的勇敢精神。
- 真实 (truth): 坦诚表达自己的真实想法和感受。
- 尊严 (dignity): 每个人都应受到尊重和理解的权利。
- 倾听 (listening): 认真关注他人说的话，理解其背后的意义。
- 发声 (speak up): 不畏惧地表达自己的观点，发出自己的声音。
- 抉择 (decision): 在沉默与发声之间做出选择。
- 重要性 (importance): 了解及时表达意见的必要性。
练习技巧
进行shadow speech练习时，您可以遵循以下几条建议，以帮助您更好地掌握演讲的语速和语调：
- 播放演讲视频，从头到尾仔细聆听，注意Clint Smith的语调和情感表达。
- 暂停视频，重复他所说的句子。使用类似于雅思口语练习的方法，尽量模仿他的发音和语速。
- 专注于他如何在不同情绪间切换，体会他在讲述每个故事时的语气变化。
- 尽量在日常生活中应用学到的词汇和短语，鼓励自己与他人进行深入对话，增加自己的发声信心。
- 利用社交媒体或语言学习小组分享您对该演讲的看法，实践您的表达技能及shadowspeaks的尝试。
通过这些方法，您将更好地理解沉默的意义以及发声的重要性，提升您的英语口语表达能力。
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