跟读练习: Unit 12 Borrowed words - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Unit 12 Borrowed Words Do you often use shampoo or put ketchup on your food?
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Have you ever visited a sauna?
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If you think these words are originally English, you'd better think again.
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In fact, each of these words comes from a different language.
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Shampoo, for example, is actually a word from the Hindi language in India.
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This word originally meant massage.
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In hair shops in India, barbers massage your head while washing your hair.
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Over time, British people in India used this word to mean a liquid that cleans hair.
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Almost everyone knows what ketchup is.
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People all over the world like to pour this tomato sauce on french fries or sandwiches.
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This word is originally Chinese, from ketchup, a fish sauce.
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In the 1600s, British and Dutch sailors brought this fish sauce to Europe.
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Over time, people changed the sauce by adding tomato flavor to it, but the name basically stayed the same.
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Sauna, a popular type of public steam room and shower facility, comes from the Finnish language.
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During one of the European Olympics, athletes from Britain and Germany saw Finnish athletes use saunas after training.
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Later, the general public all over Europe started using this style of bathing too.
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Now, we still use this word to describe all kinds of steam rooms.
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English is full of many wonderful borrowed words from many languages.
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Perhaps English should change its name to Ing-Hin-Chi-Fin-Frager-Ital-Spanish.
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Listening Not really English Listen to the dialogue.
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Check true or false for each sentence.
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Can you speak any other languages?
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Well, I know some African words.
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What are they?
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Cola and zombie.
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Get out.
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Those are both English words.
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I know that Coca-Cola was first made in the US, and every horror movie has zombies in it.
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No, really.
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These words were originally borrowed from Africa.
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In fact, Coca-Cola was originally made from the kola nut, which came from Africa.
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Is that right?
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What about zombie?
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Zombie originally was the name of a snake god.
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People would eat special plants to celebrate the god.
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Then they became like a zombie.
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Thank you.
关于本课
在这一节中，您将学习一些常见的外来词。这些词汇不仅丰富了英语的表达，还展示了文化交流的魅力。通过辨认这些词的来源，您将提高对英语词汇的理解，同时增强您的英语口语能力。在实践中，您也会发现如何将这些词应用于日常对话中，更加自信地使用英语进行交流。
关键词汇与短语
- Shampoo（洗发水） - 源自印地语，原意为按摩。
- Ketchup（番茄酱） - 源自中文的“茄汁”。
- Sauna（桑拿） - 来自芬兰语，一种蒸汽浴室。
- Coca-Cola（可口可乐） - 名字源自非洲的可乐坚果。
- Zombie（僵尸） - 起源于非洲的蛇神名。
练习技巧
在进行英语口语练习时，特别是在观看视频时，尽量进行shadowing练习。您可以选择跟随视频中的对话，模仿说话者的语音和语调。这段视频的速度适中，非常适合进行练习。首先，您可以暂停视频，重复说出短句，这样可以帮助您掌握语音和发音。接下来，您可以尝试完整地跟随视频，注意说话者的语调和节奏。通过这个方法，您能够提升自己的雅思口语练习水平，让您的英语表达更加流利。记得持续复习您学到的外来词，尤其是在日常交流中使用时，把新学的词汇融入其中，提高您的英语口语练习效果。
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。