跟读练习: The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle - 通过视频学习英语口语

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I'm not allowed to cross this road because this is the town of Stansted, Canada.
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On the other side of the street is Derby Line, USA.
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And the border between the two countries runs right down this, Rue Canussa.
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For the local residents, that can be inconvenient.
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I lived here all my life, so 63 years.
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Today you cannot cross over the line and visit your neighbors like years ago.
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If you want to cross, you have to report that custom.
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You know, I used to cross every day.
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And now I probably cross once a week because I come down to the post office over here.
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To go through the border, basically they ask you a passport, they go inside, I guess they look at if you have a record or not, they look at your registration of your car,
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about a couple of minutes and you're going through.
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I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and Canadian, so it's easier.
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This is a place where the idea of a border as a solid, easy to understand line gets a little bit fuzzy.
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The road doesn't run at exactly the same angle as the border, not precisely.
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The official line is that this is Canada and that's the USA, but both countries' maps show the road as being entirely in the US just here and entirely in Canada up there.
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The houses are definitely in separate countries, but the road?
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It's not quite as clear.
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And in practice, if I was driving, I'd be okay.
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Even on that side of the road, I am considered to be still in Canada, as long as I don't stop and walk up to an American house.
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It's fair to say that there's a little bit of leniency here
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if you're just nudging the border by a few centimeters or if you're on that side a couple of inches. But
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while I was setting up my camera here the police turned
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up lights flashing to move along those bikers you saw earlier
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who were admiring the view from the other side of the road.
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It all seemed in good spirits but they had crossed the border.
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Well the library is part on the Canadian side part on the American side but But you stay on the Canadian side, you stay on the sidewalk, and you go through the front door and it's permitted.
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On Canooset Street, there's a sidewalk on the Canadian side.
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So back years ago, it was tolerated that people on the American side could cross over and walk on the sidewalk.
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So basically, it's a little dangerous to walk on the side of the road.
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And now today, well, it's not tolerated no more.
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I think the rules hasn't changed much, but they're more enforced.
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When you cross, they ask you more questions than they used to, you know, years ago.
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Before, you went through the border and you knew most of the custom officers
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and they used to wave to you, you know?
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In 1783, this section of the Canada-US border was set at the 45th parallel, a line of latitude.
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Slightly inaccurate measurements were accepted by both countries.
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So it was locked in.
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But as for this specific road, there are local stories about drunk surveyors and pranks, but no one really knows.
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Thank you.
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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 US-Canada border splits this road down the middle”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：border, road, cross, Canada, Canadian。 这段视频共有 39 个句子、556 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:48。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 199 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 87% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇容易理解。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 12 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词发音释义
sidewalk 名词/ˈsaɪdwɔk/人行道, 步道
tolerate 动词/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/忍受, 熬
inconvenient 形容词/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/不方便, 不便
leniency 名词/ˈliːni.ən(t)si/寬大 /宽大, 仁慈
surveyor 名词/sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/測量員 /测量员
latitude 名词/ˈlætɪtud/緯度 /纬度
inaccurate 形容词/ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/不准确的
prank 名词/pɹæŋk/惡作劇 /恶作剧
enforce 动词/ɪnˈfoɹs/實施 /实施, 執行 /执行
admire 动词/ədˈmaɪɹ/佩服, 欣賞 /欣赏
passport 名词/ˈpæspɔɹt/護照 /护照
measurement 名词/ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/尺寸

视频中出现的短语动词

单词释义
go through 动词通過 /通过

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
“used to” used to + 动词 — 过去的习惯或状态，现在已不再如此used to cross · used to wave
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的was tolerated · was set · were accepted

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 11 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 I'm, you're, doesn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • 长单词——注意重音位置: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, leniency /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, surveyor /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔk/, tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, latitude /ˈlætɪtud/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: tolerate /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/, precisely /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/

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. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 sidewalk, tolerate, inconvenient 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。

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