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I grew up in Tuvalu and I was also born there.
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Life in Tuvalu is very easy and it's beautiful.
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We have coconut trees.
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When it's hot they go swimming, fishing.
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And cooking the traditional food, the language and the cultural dance.
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It's very important so that we can keep our traditional culture on going.
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Poeva and Akisa are sisters from the small Pacific nation of Tuvalu,
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which is around 4,000 kilometres northeast of Australia.
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It's made up of a group of nine small islands and is home to around 11,000 people.
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But despite their love for their home country, many Tuvaluans, like Poweva and Akisa, have made the tough decision to leave.
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My family moved here to Australia for better opportunities, like, especially for education and work.
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And the climate change is also affecting Tuvalu, so moving here makes us feel more safer about our future.
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Climate change and sea level rise, It's, like, affecting our houses, so that's why we came in.
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Like, strong winds happened, like, lately, and it's destroying our houses, and the sea level rise, it's, like, flooding everywhere.
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I don't want to see my country disappear.
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At its highest, Tuvalu is only about 4.5 metres above sea level.
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So, as sea levels rise due to climate change, Tuvalu is starting to disappear.
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It's predicted that by 2050, half of the capital, Fulnafuti, will be flooded.
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On top of that, extreme weather events are eroding the Tuvaluan coasts, threatening homes and destroying crops.
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Some experts say the country could be uninhabitable by the year 2100.
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Tuvaluwan leaders have been calling for support from other countries and in 2023, they made an agreement with Australia.
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I believe that developed nations have a responsibility to provide assistance, and that is precisely what we are doing.
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Australia promised millions of dollars to help Tuvalu adapt to climate change and pay for critical services and security.
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It also created a new visa system, which allows a small number of Tuvaluans to migrate to Australia each year.
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280, to be exact.
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The most significant agreement between Australia and a Pacific Island nation ever.
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This partnership stands as a beacon of hope.
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Last year, more than 8,000 Tuvaluans applied for visas to Australia.
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Pastor Manu was one of the first to be granted one.
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We are all lowland islands, alive.
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There is, like, the ocean is our friend.
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Every day we wake up.
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If you look around, the ocean is just beside you.
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Right or left, look around, it's all over there.
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Climate change really, the things are now happening at home.
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Yeah, it's happening.
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Because the land has been taken out by the sea.
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Manu is happy to be here in Australia and lives in Narricourt, a regional town in South Australia.
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But he says one of the things he
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and many other Tuvaluans worry about is how to maintain their culture in a new country.
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Culture is life.
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Without culture, you cannot navigate in this life.
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That's in the perspective of a Tuvaluans person.
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It's a different kind of world here.
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For many, Tuvaluans culture is centred around faith and family.
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On each Tuvaluan island, there are communal meeting places called Fale Kupule Houses.
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Here, people gather to listen to elders and learn about culture and traditions.
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And Manu says things like this aren't easy to replicate in Australia.
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So, that house already is a special house for learning.
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So, we learn things from there, not academic, but part of living as a Tuvalu in the land, because we have to have knowledge how to live,
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like fishing, cultivating, you know, things like that, there will come a time.
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We cannot force growing kids to maintain our culture because they are starting to absorb some of the things from other people,
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all their friends.
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Manu is trying to do what he can here in Australia to build a strong Tuvaluwan community.
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In Narakaw, there are about 30 Tuvaluwan migrants, and he says this makes things easier.
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It gives us opportunity to maintain our way of living.
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And also, because we have kids, they really need this.
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You need to maintain your way of living
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so that you can be identified as a Tuvaluwan person because our behaviour really helps us with our identification.
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Poeva and Akisa are part of this Narraquat community and both are still adjusting to life here.
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Akisa says she's struggling with the weather and the language and she misses her friends and family.
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Some of my friends are, like, going to New Zealand and Fiji and some are staying because,
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like, they can't leave their grandparents.
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I miss the close community and the families surrounded by family and culture.
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Pueva hopes to one day go back to Tuvalu as a lot of her friends chose not to leave.
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But she says she wants to do what she can within her community here in Australia to keep her culture alive.
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We strongly maintain our language and other traditional culture in our house,
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so we don't have to forget or leave our culture, our tuvaluant life.
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I just hope that people understand that we move here for safety and opportunities,
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not because we want to leave our culture behind.
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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“Tuvalu’s Battle with Climate Change - BTN High”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：culture, Australia, Tuvalu, Tuvaluan, maintain。 这段视频共有 70 个句子、863 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 6:52。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 126 个词，很适合跟读。 86% 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 15 个单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| disappear 动词 | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | 消失 |
| visa 名词 | /ˈviːzə/ | 簽證 /签证 |
| cultivate 动词 | /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ | 耕種 /耕种, 種植 /种植 |
| grandparent 名词 | /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/ | 祖父母 |
| kilometre 名词 | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | 千米, 公里 |
| lowland 名词 | 低地 | |
| migrate 动词 | /maɪˈɡɹeɪt/ | 迁徙 |
| communal 形容词 | /kəˈmjuː.nəl/ | 社區的 /社区的, 社群的 |
| beacon 名词 | /ˈbiːkən/ | 烽火, 狼烟 |
| migrant 名词 | /ˈmaɪɡɹənt/ | 移民 |
| metre 名词 | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | 米, 公尺 |
| surround 动词 | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | 包圍 /包围, 圍繞 /围绕 |
| absorb 动词 | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | 吸收 |
| coconut 名词 | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | 椰子 |
| threaten 动词 | /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ | 威脅 /威胁, 恐嚇 /恐吓 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| look around 动词 | 環顧 /环顾 | |
| take out 动词 | 取出 | |
| wake up 动词 | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | 醒, 醒來 /醒来 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | was also born · will be flooded · be granted |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | have made · has been taken |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 4 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, aren't, can't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, northeast /noːˈθɪjst/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/, identification /aɪˌdɛn(t)ɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: visa /ˈviːzə/, cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, navigate /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/, migrate /maɪˈɡɹeɪt/, replicate /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/, navigate /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, replicate /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/, precisely /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/
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。
- 用正常速度逐句跟读，每句重复到你的节奏与说话人一致为止。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 disappear, visa, cultivate 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。