跟读练习: The Key to Improved Listening Comprehension - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here and today I want to talk about listening comprehension, how to improve our listening comprehension, uh, based on my experience.
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Uh, remember that that listening comprehension, at least for me is, is the fundamental goal, the fundamental activity.
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You wanna understand what people are saying.
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If you can understand movies, if you can understand podcasts, if you can understand, you know, conversations, the other end of the conversation, you can eventually get to where you can hold up your end of the conversation.
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Uh, I spend up most of my time listening.
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Listening comprehension is, is where the action is in my opinion.
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Of course. I mentioned reading as a way to increase your vocabulary so that later on when you hear these words, you might have a chance to understand them.
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But listening comprehension is where I spend most of my time.
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But before I get into more detail, I want to tell you two stories.
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So first of all, Uh, the first takes place in St.
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Petersburg, Russia.
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I had been studying Russian for four years, I guess, off and on.
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I listened to audio books, Russian literature.
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I listened to political discussions from a radio station.
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I understood a lot of Russian, and I'm in St.
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Petersburg.
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I want to buy a train ticket to go to Vyborg, which is just north of, of St.
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Petersburg on the electric train.
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And so I'm waiting in line and, uh, finally it's my turn to tell the lady there behind the counter what I wanted and, uh, a certain amount of trepidation here, you know, using the language in not to listen to political discussion, but to use it in a very practical, specific situation.
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And I said, I would like to buy a ticket to go to Vyborg.
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And she comes back at me with something and I didn't understand what she said and I had to repeat and, and ask her to repeat.
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And finally, whatever she said, I can't remember.
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Uh, I got the picture and I paid her and I got my ticket.
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So that's one situation.
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Uh, another situation I was talking to, we have a Mexican gardener here in Palm Springs.
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And, uh, we were talking about different things and all of a sudden he said, uh, I said, what?
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"Pow", "pow", what's "pow"?
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And finally, I figured out it was pago.
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It had to do with his payment.
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Somehow his bank transfers weren't going through.
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What's the significance of these two little stories?
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I have found time and time again that in order to understand a part.
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Um, context, you kind of have to have experienced it before.
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So you have to be able to anticipate what is coming at you.
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And if you have not had that particular situation before, it will be more difficult.
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So the second time, or the third time that I go to buy a train ticket in Russia, it'll be easier for me 'cause I've already experienced it.
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I can anticipate what the person's going to say.
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Uh, similarly with, with this Mexican gardener, if I knew kind of roughly the context of what he was talking about, I might have been able to connect the fact that Pago to him was almost "pow", or at least I heard it as "pow".
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And this is important because there's so many different accents, even within a particular accent.
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People have different ways of pronouncing things.
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It's very important to therefore be able to anticipate.
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And what that means is when you don't understand, don't criticize yourself.
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Don't blame yourself.
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The fact that you're in a situation where you don't understand is a good thing because you have now time to think about that, and so next time around you probably will do better.
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I mean, you can do things just by dent of doing a lot of listening.
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You are exposing yourself to more different situations.
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Even if you're, you know, watching a series on Netflix, uh, you're sort of involved now in a, in an environment.
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It might be a family, it might be, gosh knows whatever is happening and as you spend more and more time in that situation, you're gradually going to understand more because you're becoming familiar with, with what people say to each other within that particular context that you have been sort of catapulted into.
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So I, I only wanna make this point because I, I think people sometimes get very upset if, if they feel they have a good level of comprehension and then they're put in a very specific situation and they have trouble understanding what is said.
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No harm done.
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You ask the person to repeat as I did with a Mexican gardener or with a, I shouldn't say Mexican.
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He's a, he's an American, but he doesn't speak English here in Palm Springs.
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Uh, or with the, uh, the lady selling the train ticket in St.
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Petersburg, I just ask again.
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And, uh, so, you know, my advice, uh, uh, in terms of listening comprehension is, you know, expose yourself to as many different accents.
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As many different situations, as many different contexts as possible.
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And recognize that there will always be situations where even some of the most basic bits of vocabulary will pass you by things that you think you should be able to understand.
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You won't understand them.
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And that's just part of improving your listening comprehension.
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And uh, and that's why I should say by the way, that exposing yourself to, you know, speaking situations, not being afraid to make mistakes, not being afraid to not understand.
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Having one situation where you didn't understand and you go back in there again.
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And the third time you will understand that particular context.
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And there are so many other contexts that you need to, you know, expose yourself to.
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Uh, so a big part of language, you know, in progressing in our languages is having a sense of confidence, and that means not becoming overly concerned about situations where you didn't understand.
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Just keep going.
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So I have talked before about listening comprehension, and I'll leave you with a couple of videos on the subject.
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I hope this is helpful.
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Bye for now.
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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“The Key to Improved Listening Comprehension”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：situation, listening, comprehension, context, pow。 这段视频共有 68 个句子、1053 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 6:15。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 169 个词，接近日常对话。 82% 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
视频中最难的 13 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| comprehension 名词 | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | 理解, 瞭解 /了解 |
| expose 动词 | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | 揭露, 暴露 |
| anticipate 动词 | /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/ | 預料 /预料, 預想 /预想 |
| accent 名词 | /ækˈsɛnt/ | 重音, 腔調 /腔调 |
| vocabulary 名词 | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | 詞匯 /词汇, 語匯 /语汇 |
| catapult 名词 | /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/ | 彈射器 /弹射器, 投石機 /投石机 |
| trepidation 名词 | /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ | 驚恐 /惊恐, 驚惶 /惊惶 |
| criticize 动词 | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | 批評 /批评 |
| pronounce 动词 | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | 宣稱 /宣称, 宣告 |
| overly 副词 | 過於 /过于, 過分 /过分 | |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | 唉, 啊呀 |
| podcast 名词 | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | 播客 |
| significance 名词 | /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/ | 重要性 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| figure out 动词 | 弄清楚 |
| go through 动词 | 通過 /通过 |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 25 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, don't, didn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, trepidation /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, trepidation /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/, significance /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/
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: expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, accent /ækˈsɛnt/, catapult /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/, criticize /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大，不要读成 /e/: anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, accent /ækˈsɛnt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, catapult /ˈkæ.tə.pʌlt/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/
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。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 comprehension, expose, anticipate 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。