跟读练习: Tom Cruise Does Makeup The 'TC' Way | The Graham Norton Show - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 50 个句子、435 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:09。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 202 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 89% 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 15 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• catering /ˈkeɪ.tɚ.ɪŋ/ (名词) — 外燴 /外烩. The business of providing food and related services; foodservice.
• bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (动词) — 煩擾 /烦扰, 麻煩 /麻烦. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• compromise /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/ (名词) — 妥協 /妥协, 和解. The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
• exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/ (形容词) — 異常 /异常, 特異 /特异. Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
• ballet /bælˈeɪ/ (名词) — 芭蕾舞, 舞劇 /舞剧. A classical form of dance.
• moan /moʊn/ (动词) — 呻吟. To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
• stopwatch (动词) — 秒表, 計時器 /计时器. To time (something) by means of a stopwatch.
• facility /fəˈsɪlɪti/ (名词) — 設備 /设备. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
• shoot /ʃut/ (动词) — 射. To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
• none /noʊn/ — 沒有人 /没有人. Not any of a given number or group.
• quickly /ˈkwɪk.li/ (副词) — 迅速地, 快速地. Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
• agree /əˈɡɹi/ (动词) — 同意. To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
• plus /ˈplʌs/ — 加. And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
• stock /stɑk/ (名词) — 庫存 /库存, 存货. A store or supply.
• wonder /ˈwʌndɚ/ (名词) — 敬畏, 驚奇 /惊奇. A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise…

视频中出现的短语动词

• look at (动词) — 觀察 /观察, 看. To observe or watch.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — 加油. Come along with me; join me in going.
• make up /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ (动词) — 組成 /组成. To constitute, to compose.
• put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (动词) — 穿上, 穿. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 17 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 you're, I'm, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

• “th” 音: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, prosthetic /ˌpɹɑsˈθɛtɪk/
• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/, shoot /ʃut/, mission /ˈmɪʃ.ən/
• 长单词——注意重音位置: exceptional /ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl/, basically /ˈbeɪ.sɪk.(ə.)li/, facility /fəˈsɪlɪti/, eventually /ɪˈvɛn.t͡ʃu.ə.li/, impossible /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/

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 catering, bother, compromise 这类单词。