跟读练习: Upper Intermediate (B2) English Listening - Publicly Embarrassed Online | Comprehensible Input - 通过视频学习英语口语
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So here we have yet another, yet another thought -provoking picture here.
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And so, let's take a look.
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So to kick off right kick off We're gonna start by just taking a look at the picture itself, okay?
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Okay So just to kick off, we're going to look at the picture.
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before we start getting into the deeper messages behind the picture.
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So in the picture we can see a man here and he's sweating.
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He's sweating profusely.
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Look at that.
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He's sweating profusely.
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Means he's sweating a lot.
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He's really sweating and he's also holding his hands near his groin area.
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just down here.
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This is kind of the groin area.
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To put it politely, yes, he's got his hands covering his groin area.
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He looks incredibly embarrassed here, right?
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He's sweating profusely.
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He's covering up his groin area.
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he's very embarrassed and on the smartphone here he is completely naked
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so on the smartphone he's also covering his groin area and
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and he's completely naked and if we look at his eyes His eyes are in the shape of a spiral.
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Yes, it's a spiral.
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So you see this shape where his eyes are.
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It's a spiral like this, right?
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He's got spiral shapes for his eyes.
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That's how the artist has drawn his eyes.
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The artist has drawn his eyes in the shape of a spiral.
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Like that.
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So that's the picture.
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So now that we've got that out of the way, now we've got that out of the way, let's move on to the deeper meaning of the picture.
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What do you think the artist is trying to convey with this picture?
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What message do you think the artist is trying to convey?
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Obviously this is yet another picture about technology and the modern world.
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You know I think I understand, I think I understand this picture in that in today's day and age, right?
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In today's day and age
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it's quite easy to be publicly embarrassed on social media right
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people are recording things on their phones all the time all the time
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if you embarrass yourself in public you can end up going viral right
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if somebody records you doing something embarrassing in public that video can then be put onto social media.
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And if you are really unlucky, that video can then go viral.
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And everybody in the world will see it.
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There are a lot of cases of people who have been recorded against their will, completely against their will.
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They didn't know they were being recorded, but somebody recorded them.
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or took a picture of them,
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and they ended up going viral and now their image is now all over the internet all over the world
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they are turned into a meme.
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Yes, do you know what a meme is?
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M -E -M -E a meme, they end up being turned into a meme.
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And all of this is of course completely against their will.
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And the problem with going viral on social media
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with a picture of you or a video of you is that you have no means by which to control this, right?
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You have no means by which to stop this video or image spreading like wildfire, yes, online.
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Because the thing is, online, embarrassing pictures and videos, they tend to spread like wildfire.
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embarrassed yes they really enjoy Watching other people get embarrassed now.
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There is a term for this in German.
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There's a German word for this and that is schadenfreude Okay, this is a German word.
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Schadenfreude means getting pleasure by watching the misfortune of others or by watching the embarrassment of others you get pleasure.
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and this is incredibly common online and when an embarrassing video surfaces online,
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when an embarrassing video surfaces online, it often spreads like wildfire.
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So imagine, imagine you're walking down the street and then you trip over and you end up
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landing in a bucket of paint or something.
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Something ridiculous.
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You trip over and then your head ends up in a bucket of red paint or something.
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And then, unbeknownst to you, unbeknownst to you, there's a teenager recording the incident on his phone.
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Completely unbeknownst to you, there's a teenager right there recording it.
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This teenager then puts it on TikTok, And then, because it's so embarrassing,
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because you've tripped over, landed in a bucket of red paint,
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and then your face is covered in red paint something like that something really embarrassing because it's so embarrassing It's very funny.
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It's hilarious for other people to watch.
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And this teenager uploads it to TikTok and the video spreads like wildfire all over TikTok.
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Really gets millions and millions of views.
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And all of this, of course, is completely outside of your control.
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There is nothing you can do to stop this video spreading like wildfire online.
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And I think that's how a lot of us feel today in a way.
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A lot of us are kind of have been embarrassed online.
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Or we are scared of this happening to us, especially...
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young people and teenagers right?
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Teenagers nowadays have to grow up in a world where all of their actions are recorded forever online.
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Everybody does dumb things as a teenager, yes? everybody does stupid things as a teenager,
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however the difference is, when I was younger and I did dumb things, It was not really recorded to the extent that it is today.
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right?
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Although when I was younger we did have Facebook, social media was not quite as big as it is today.
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And I think there's a big difference between growing up now and growing up 20 years ago.
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In fact, the difference is night and day.
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right the difference between growing up nowadays and growing up say 10 20 years ago it's really night and day
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because of how social media has changed everything.
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Social media has changed the experience of adolescence, yes, becoming a teenager, going through adolescence.
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And the difference is really night and day, I think.
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And I think a lot of teenagers are really terrified of having this happen to them, right?
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Teenagers nowadays are a lot more careful about what they do in public.
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They don't do as many stupid things because they may be recorded.
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unbeknownst to them they may be recorded put online
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and then their video may spread like wildfire online
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and then everybody in their class will see it and not only
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that but everybody in the world will see how they have embarrassed themselves.
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And I think that's maybe the message if I had to hazard a guess
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if I had to hazard a guess I would say that's the kind of message that this artist
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wanted to convey with this picture you know, if I had to hazard a guess,
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I would say that's probably what the artist is getting at with this picture.
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I don't know exactly what they're trying to say, but I think that is probably what the artist is getting at.
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I think that's what they're trying to get at with this picture.
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Anyway, that's the end of the video.
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Thank you for watching.
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Keep listening to English and I will see you in the next one.
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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“Upper Intermediate (B2) English Listening - Publicly Embarrassed Online”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:picture, teenager, online, embarrassed, embarrassing。 这段视频共有 103 个句子、1207 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 8:51。 说话人语速平稳,每分钟约 136 个词,很适合跟读。 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| teenager 名词 | /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/ | 少年, 青少年 |
| embarrass 动词 | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | 使…尷尬 /使…尴尬, 使…困窘 |
| embarrassed 形容词 | /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/ | 難為情 /难为情, 尷尬 /尴尬 |
| wildfire 名词 | /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər/ | 山火, 野火 |
| sweat 动词 | /swɛt/ | 流汗, 發汗 /发汗 |
| groin 名词 | /ˈɡɹoɪ̯n/ ~ /ˈɡɹɔɪ̯n/ | 腹股溝 /腹股沟, 鼠蹊 |
| spiral 名词 | /ˈspaɪɹəl/ | 螺線 /螺线 |
| unbeknownst 形容词 | /ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/ | 在不知道的情況下 /在不知道的情况下 |
| meme 名词 | /miːm/ | 模因, 迷迷 |
| convey 动词 | /kənˈveɪ/ | 傳遞 /传递, 輸送 /输送 |
| hazard 名词 | /ˈhæzəd/ | 危险, 風險 /风险 |
| bucket 名词 | /ˈbʌkɪt/ | 水桶, 吊桶 |
| nowadays 副词 | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | 現在 /现在, 現今 /现今 |
| adolescence 名词 | /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/ | 青少年 |
| schadenfreude 名词 | /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/ | 幸災樂禍 /幸灾乐祸 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| end up 动词 | 到达 |
| grow up 动词 | 長大 /长大 |
| cover up 动词 | 掩蓋 /掩盖, 掩飾 /掩饰 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的 | be put · have been recorded · being recorded |
| 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 | has drawn · have been recorded · you've tripped |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 12 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 don't, they're, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- 长单词——注意重音位置: adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, schadenfreude /ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də/, embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/
中文母语者容易读错的音:
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: viral /ˈvaɪɹəl/, convey /kənˈveɪ/, provoke /pɹəˈvəʊk/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: embarrass /ɪmˈbæɹəs/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, sweat /swɛt/, unbeknownst /ˌʌnbɪˈnoʊnst/, hazard /ˈhæzəd/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: wildfire /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər/, spiral /ˈspaɪɹəl/, viral /ˈvaɪɹəl/, profusely /pɹəˈfjusli/
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 teenager, embarrass, embarrassed 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。
































