跟读练习: Unit 18 Worth Collecting - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Unit 18, Worth Collecting Would you be worried if your classmate told you that he was a philatelist?
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Would you call a doctor or call the police?
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Actually, there is no reason to be concerned.
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A philatelist is just a person who collects stamps.
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Stamp collecting has been around for well over 150 years.
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People began collecting stamps soon after adhesive postage stamps, stamps with glue on the back, were introduced in London in 1840.
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Today, according to Boys Life magazine, stamp collecting is the most practiced hobby in the world.
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Some people collect stamps just for fun.
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These people may just want to collect stamps with animals or famous people on them.
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Or maybe they want to collect all the stamps issued by one particular country.
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Other people collect stamps that they think will be valuable down the road.
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Such collectors ask three questions to determine if a stamp is worth collecting and what its value might be.
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First, how many of a particular stamp were made?
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Next, how popular is the stamp?
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Finally, what is the condition of the stamp?
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If a stamp has a low print run, a popular picture or design, and is in excellent condition, this stamp may be worth a lot of money.
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In 1980, a one-cent British Guinea stamp issued in 1856 went for $935,000.
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Listening A great gift.
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Listen to the dialogue.
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Check true or false for each sentence.
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My grandfather just gave me an old stamp.
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It's called a Hawaiian missionary.
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Let's look on the Internet and see how much it's worth.
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Why does it have such a strange name, John?
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These stamps were first used by Christian missionaries living in Hawaii.
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They used the stamps to send letters back to the United States.
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This internet site says that the rarest Hawaiian missionary stamp is the two-cent stamp.
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Only 16 copies of that stamp still exist.
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Which one do you have?
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I don't know.
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Let's look.
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Yes, it is the two-cent stamp.
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John, this stamp website says that your stamp is worth about $760,000.
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Wow!
背景与背景
在这一单元中，我们的对话围绕着一个同学提到自己是一个集邮家之事展开。虽然这个词听起来可能让人联想到某种不寻常的爱好，但其实集邮（philately）只是指一个人收集邮票。集邮在过去的150多年中一直存在，1840年伦敦首次推出带有胶水的邮票后，人们便开始了这一兴致盎然的活动。如今，根据《少年生活》杂志的数据，集邮已经成为全球最受欢迎的爱好之一。无论是为了娱乐还是投资，许多人都在收集各种邮票。这段对话不仅让我们了解到集邮的乐趣，也可以作为提高英语口语练习的良好材料，适合看YouTube学英语的学习者。
日常交流的五个常用短语
- What is it worth? - 它值多少钱？
- Why does it have such a strange name? - 为什么它有这样的奇怪名字？
- Let's look on the Internet. - 我们上网查查。
- Only x copies exist. - 仅剩x张。
- Wow, that's amazing! - 哇，太厉害了！
逐步影子跟读指南
为了充分利用这个视频来提高您的英语发音和口语能力，建议您按照以下步骤进行影子跟读练习：
- 完整收看视频：首先，观看完整的视频，尽量理解对话的内容和情境。
- 逐句聆听：反复播放视频中的短句，如“Let’s look on the Internet” 或 “Why does it have such a strange name?”，并重复这些句子。
- 暂停模仿：在每个句子后暂停，尝试模仿说话者的语音、语调和语速。
- 记录反馈：录下自己的声音，并与视频中的对话进行对比，注意发音的细微差别。
- 持续练习：在您随着视频进行跟读的过程中，逐渐提高听力与口语流利度。这样不仅可以提高英语口语练习的效果，还能让您熟悉这些常用短语。
通过这样的影子跟读练习，您能更加深入地理解对话的语境，从而提升自己的英语表述能力。在这个过程中，别忘了利用网络资源来辅助学习，充分利用各种shadowing site，提升您的英语口语水平。
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。