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On November 3rd, Americans vote in the midterm elections.

11月3日，美国民众将参加中期选举投票。

That one day decides what the next two years of American politics look like.

那一天将决定未来两年美国政治的走向。

Today, we'll read a news article together on the midterm elections.

今天我们将一起阅读一篇关于中期选举的新闻报道。

Welcome back to J -Forrest English.

欢迎回到J-Forrest英语课堂。

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

当然，我是珍妮弗。

Now let's get started.

现在我们开始吧。

Our headline, the 2026 midterms predictions and key dates.

我们的头条新闻：2026年中期选举预测及关键日期

So here they're saying predictions, what you think might happen.

所以这里他们说的是预测，也就是你认为可能会发生的事。

So this is the noun form predictions in the plural because they are referring to the entire category, any prediction.

所以这里用的是名词形式predictions的复数，因为它们指的是整个类别，即所有的预测。

You can also use this in the verb form, which is of course, predict is right here.

你也可以把它用作动词形式，当然，predict这个词本身就是动词。

Predict.

预测。

So to predict is the verb.

所以predict是动词。

So I would say, I predict that someone will win the election.

所以我会说，我预测会有人赢得这次选举。

And then I would name a specific person.

然后我会说出一个具体的人的名字。

Or I predict the Democrats or the Republicans.

或者我预测民主党或共和党会胜出。

I predict the election will be.

我预测选举将会是……

So that's how you would make a prediction.

所以这就是你做出预测的方式。

So get comfortable with both the verb and the noun form.

所以要同时熟悉它的动词和名词形式。

Predictions and key dates.

预测及关键日期。

So key means the most important in the context of the election.

因此，在选举的语境下，key的意思是最重要的。

And here notice it's the, the is not attached to the date.

这里注意，定冠词the没有和日期连在一起。

It's attached to the word midterms, the midterms.

它和“中期选举”这个词绑定在一起，就是中期选举。

And you will also commonly hear it as the midterm elections.

你也会经常听到人们称其为中期选举。

So in that case, elections is the noun attached to the midterms describes the elections.

所以在这种情况下，elections是与midterms搭配的名词，用来描述选举的性质。

And there would be no S because it would function as an adjective and the S would be on elections.

而且不会有S，因为它会用作形容词，S会加在elections上。

But in casual conversation, it's very common just to say the midterms.

但在日常对话中，直接说中期选举是很常见的。

And then to be clear, the 2026 midterms.

然后需要说明的是，这里指的是2026年的中期选举。

And when you use predict as a verb for a future prediction, the verb tense will be the future simple.

当你把 predict 用作动词来表示对未来的预测时，动词时态要使用一般将来时。

You can use this in more everyday context.

你可以在更日常的场景中使用这个。

I predict it will rain tomorrow.

我预测明天会下雨。

It always rains when we go camping.

我们每次去露营的时候都会下雨。

I predict it will rain tomorrow.

我预测明天会下雨。

Don't worry about taking these notes.

别担心记这些笔记的事。

I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF.

我把所有内容都整理在一份免费课程PDF里了。

You can find the link in the description.

你可以在简介里找到链接。

Now let's keep reading and learn about these predictions.

现在让我们继续阅读，了解这些预测内容。

The upcoming midterm elections.

即将到来的中期选举。

Ah, so notice we have the elections, what we discussed before, and there are two adjectives to describe it.

啊，大家注意到我们之前讨论过的选举相关内容，这里有两个形容词可以用来描述它。

The midterm elections tells you more about what type of election and the upcoming.

中期选举能让你更清楚地了解本次选举的性质以及接下来的选情走向。

So, you know, it is in the near future.

所以，你知道，这是在不久的将来。

The upcoming midterm elections are,

即将到来的中期选举

because it's elections plural, they are a crucial test for US President Donald Trump.

由于这是多场选举，它们对美国总统唐纳德·特朗普来说是一次至关重要的考验。

So crucial, very common adjective.

太关键了，这是个非常常用的形容词。

You could also say critical.

你也可以说这很关键。

Those are two more advanced adjectives that you can use to replace very important or important.

这是两个更高级的形容词，你可以用来代替very important或者important。

You can say crucial, critical.

你可以说至关重要、关键。

So they are a crucial test.

因此，它们是一项至关重要的测试。

Crucial.

至关重要。

Notice that crucial, crucial test for U .S.

请注意，这对美国来说是一场至关重要的考验。

President Donald Trump and the party he's dominated for the past decade.

唐纳德·特朗普总统以及他过去十年来一直主导的政党。

How long is a decade?

一个十年有多长？

10 years.

10年。

So for the past decade.

所以在过去的十年里。

So you need the because it's a specific decade.

所以你得说明具体是哪一个年代。

Otherwise, with the word decade, you could say a decade is 10 years.

否则，用“十年”这个词，你可以说一个十年就是10年。

And then that's the definition of it.

这就是它的定义。

That's just any decade.

那不过是寻常的一个十年。

So it requires an article because it's a noun.

所以它需要加冠词，因为它是名词。

A decade, any decade, the decade, a specific decade. Which one?

一个十年期、任意一个十年期、这个十年期、某个特定的十年期。到底是哪一个？

The past decade, the past 10 years.

过去的十年，也就是这十年间。

And that's why this is in the present perfect.

这就是为什么这里要用现在完成时。

He has dominated because it started in the past and of course continues until now.

他之所以一直占据主导地位，是因为这种优势始于过去，并且显然持续至今。

It started in the past 10 years ago and continues until now.

这件事始于十年前，一直持续到现在。

Now the idea continues and early data points.

目前这一思路仍在推进，且已获得初步数据支持。

So a data point just represents specific information

所以一个数据点仅仅代表特定的信息。

that they have on the predictions that they're making on the data that they've gathered from surveys or polls.

这些因素会影响他们基于调查或民意测验收集到的数据所做出的预测。

And early data points suggest it could be something of a bloodbath for the Republicans come November.

早期数据显示，到了11月，共和党可能会遭遇一场惨败。

Here, a more common phrasing would just be in November.

这里更常用的说法就是“在十一月”。

Thank you.

谢谢。

November, of course, is a month and we use the preposition in plus month.

当然，November（十一月）是一个月份，我们要使用介词in加月份的结构。

Come November simply suggests that November is in the near future.

“到了十一月”只是表示十一月已经不远了。

And when November arrives, this could happen.

等到十一月到来时，这种情况就有可能发生。

It's a useful expression to practice and get comfortable with.

这是一个值得练习并熟练掌握的实用表达。

Remember that you're just changing in November.

别忘了你要到十一月才会换班。

Now you can use it for other time references.

现在你可以将它用于其他时间参考场景。

For example, on Monday, you could say come Monday.

比如，在提到周一的时候，你可以用"come Monday"来表达。

My example is summer.

我的例子是夏天。

So in summer, you can say come summer.

所以在夏天的时候，你就可以说“当夏天来临”。

So it's not only with a month.

所以不只是一个月的问题。

It can be for any specific time reference.

它可以适用于任何特定的时间参考。

So things could look very different come summer.

等到夏天，情况可能会大不一样。

Now you can use this in the context of a family situation.

现在你可以将这一点应用到家庭场景中。

Maybe there's a new baby on the way.

也许很快就会有一个新宝宝了。

So your family life will be very different come summer when summer arrives.

等到夏天来临，你的家庭生活就会变得大不一样。

So it's just more emphasizing the arrival of that compared to in November or in summer on Monday.

因此，这只是更加强调了它在周一的到来，而不是在11月或夏天。

Now let's go back and early data points suggest it, the midterm elections, could be something of a bloodbath.

现在我们回过头来看，早期数据显示，中期选举可能会是一场惨烈的对决。

Well, I think you get the idea.

我想你应该明白我的意思了。

A bloodbath, certainly not a positive thing.

一场血洗，绝对不是什么好事。

You can think of it as a situation where there is a fight, a conflict, a battle, and one side,

你可以把它想象成这样一种场景：发生了一场争斗、一场冲突、一场战役，而其中一方，

whichever one, loses, severely loses.

无论哪一方输，都会输得很惨。

So just think of the movie Gladiator and the two sides battle

你就想想《角斗士》那部电影里双方交战的场面就明白了

and it's a bloodbath one of those sides is going to be defeated entirely

这将是一场血腥的屠杀，其中一方会被彻底击溃。

so that's the image you can have not a pleasant one are you enjoying this lesson

这就是你脑海里浮现的画面，不太美好吧，你喜欢这堂课吗？

if you are then I want to tell you about the finally fluent

如果你是，那我想跟你讲讲Finally Fluent这个课程。

Academy this is my premium training program where we study native English speakers from TV movies YouTube

这个学院是我的高级培训项目，我们会研究电视、电影和YouTube上的母语英语人士。

and the news so you can improve your listening skills of fast English, expand your vocabulary with natural expressions,

还有新闻内容，帮助你提升对快速英语的听力理解能力，并通过地道表达扩充词汇量。

and learn advanced grammar easily.

轻松掌握高级语法。

Plus, you'll have me as your personal coach.

此外，你还将拥有我作为你的私人教练。

You can look in the description for the link to learn more, or you can go to my website and click on Finally Fluent Academy.

你可以查看简介中的链接了解更多信息，或者访问我的网站并点击“Finally Fluent 学院”。

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

现在我们继续上课。

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Poll after poll released in recent days suggests the Democrats are poised to make major gains.

最近几天公布的多项民意调查显示，民主党有望取得重大进展。

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Let's stop here because this is a complete idea.

我们就到这里吧，因为这个想法已经讲完整了。

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Let's go back to the beginning.

我们回到最开始的地方。

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Poll after poll, poll after poll.

一次又一次的民调，没完没了的民调。

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So a poll is where someone may call you

所以电话民意调查就是有人可能会打电话给你

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or send you a form where you complete it

或者给您发送一份表格，由您填写完成

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and share your opinion or who you might be voting for, your thoughts that that's a poll, like a survey.

也可以分享你的看法、你可能会投票给谁，以及你对这项民意调查的想法。

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Poll after poll.

一次又一次的民调。

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Released in recent days.

近日发布。

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This just tells you more information about the poll.

这只是向你提供更多关于这项民意调查的信息。

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So this is the subject.

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So where's the verb that goes with the subject?

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Because we have subject, verb, object.

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This tells you more information about the subject.

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So technically all of this would be the subject.

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Suggests.

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Suggests.

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Now look at the conjugation because it's third person singular.

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He, she, it suggests.

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So it, but pull after pull, it sounds like there's more than one, right?

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Because you have one pull, then another pull, then another pull, then another, then another, then another.

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That's the idea of pull after pull.

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It's a common construction and one that will help you sound quite advanced, but making sure you use a singular verb in the present simple.

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If you conjugate this in the past simple, which is possible, then it doesn't matter because it's all the same conjugation for the past.

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But for example, you could say student after student asked me to explain how to use the present perfect.

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So if I'm telling a fellow teacher about a class I had,

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student after student customer after customer client after client day after day month after month

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so very common expression notice it's singular noun the word after

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and then the exact same singular noun and then

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if you use a present simple it has to be in the singular so student after

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Your student asks me present simple singular asked me to explain how to use the present perfect, which is true.

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So here's the structure.

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I wrote it out for you.

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Just remember singular verb.

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that only matters in the present simple.

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Well, the present perfect as well has versus have because here, well, let me put this in the present perfect.

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Customer after customer has complained about the long wait.

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So if you were just using the past simple, there is no difference in verb conjugations between singular plural subject.

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But of course, in the present simple, present perfect, other conjugations past continuous there are.

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So remember that and get comfortable with this structure.

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It will certainly sound advanced.

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Poll after poll released in recent days suggests the Democrats are poised to make major gains.

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So here poised, this is a more advanced way of saying ready.

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It sounds more formal.

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I don't mean advanced in the sense

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that you should replace ready all the time because ready is the everyday way of saying it.

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Poised is the more formal way when you are in those specific situations, which are not every day.

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So keep are ready to make, are prepared to make, and just know in a situation where you want to sound more formal,

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you can use poised, are poised to make major gains among voters who only two years ago.

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So this gives you more information about those voters because it's between commas.

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You can remove all of this grammatically and you would read among voters who would have never given the party a chance.

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And you could even add only two years ago at the very end

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or even at the beginning as well if you don't want to divide your idea.

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Who would have never given the party a chance?

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Let's look at the grammar of this.

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Quite an advanced structure.

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It's not one that will be in your vocabulary every single day, but it certainly is important.

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It's a hypothetical past, which we do use in everyday speech,

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especially when telling stories or comparing our life now to our life in the past.

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So the structure is would have, and then the past participle, which is given.

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Just ignore the negative here.

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It complicates it.

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If you're more advanced, just know you can make it negative as well.

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So again, a hypothetical past.

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So put yourself in some past situation.

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Maybe it's when my kids were young, when I was a student,

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when I was 18, you can use any age, any specific situation.

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When my kids were young, I wouldn't have considered moving abroad.

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So I did turn this into the negative for you.

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I wouldn't have considered moving abroad.

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Okay.

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Is that hypothetical pass?

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So at that time in the past, this action was a no, just to be very simple.

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No to this action.

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Now you can put this clause after it as well.

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So it's flexible.

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You can also, So I wouldn't have considered moving abroad when my kids were young.

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So you can do that as well.

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So you start with the action and then you add the specific time reference.

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Now, if you're talking to someone and the context is established, you're having a conversation about when your kids were young,

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then you don't need to include that reference because the context is obvious

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And you could just use your hypothetical pass.

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But on an IELTS, make sure the context is known when you use that.

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Let's keep going.

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Large swaths of the American electorate.

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Let's pause here and review this word.

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This is a large group

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or a large section now you may be familiar with those maps of the u .s

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and they show the states and then they show colors red blue red blue

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so that that section that shows all red or all blue

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that would be a swath one section of a map

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it can be any direction of a section it doesn't have to go up and down

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Now this is an unvoiced TH, swath.

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So tongue between your teeth, push out the air.

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swaths.

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But when you have that S is obviously a very soft TH large swaths of the American electorate.

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So the electorate are people who are able to vote

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because they're of the legal age or because they meet the requirements of the American electorate appear to be souring on Trump.

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to be souring means to becoming less supportive of basically

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they they don't support him as much they don't like him as much

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they're less likely to vote for him now they use the word appear to add some uncertainty

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or some doubt appear to be souring on Trump.

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So you can sour on someone, maybe your boss, your client, your coworker, or you can also sour on something,

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maybe an activity, yoga, baseball, something you used to really enjoy, but now you just don't like it as much for whatever reason,

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who returned to power.

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So they're talking about Trump, who returned to power promising lower prices and no more foreign wars,

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but instead delivered higher prices and a war on Iran in the first two years of his second mandate.

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So second mandate, his second term, because his mandate gives him the authority to be president.

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So the terminology is also term.

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Let's keep reading.

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Oil and diesel costs have spiked.

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So if the costs are going like this, spike is a sudden and sharp increase in that price price.

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Now here have spiked the present perfect plural because it's oil and diesel.

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So they, they have spiked partly because of the war on Iran.

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Now saying partly means that that isn't the only reason.

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So if you're talking about why you decided to quit your job or why investors are souring on the company.

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You might say partly because of the CEO's behavior or partly because of their failed launch is not the only reason.

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So it suggests that there are other reasons as well.

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So it's an important word because it gives the audience a lot more information.

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I know, Oh, there's something else I need to know about partly because of the war on Iran and the ongoing

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Russia -Ukraine conflict, the latter of which.

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What is this?

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This represents a noun.

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So what is that noun?

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The latter of which.

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So the latter is, think of it as the last.

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I learned how to use this structure in university because we were forced to use more academic, formal language.

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And I always remembered it just as the last because LA.

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So it sounds like last.

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So it's the last item mentioned.

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So they mentioned two items here.

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The war on Iran, the Russia -Ukraine conflict.

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So the latter is the last item mentioned.

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The first item mentioned is the former.

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The former, the latter that brings me back to university,

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the ladder of which he promised to solve within 24 hours of taking office.

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So to take office in this context means to become president.

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So he promised to solve the ladder,

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which is the Russia -Ukraine conflict within 24 hours of becoming promise, becoming president.

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I saw the word promise becoming president, but has since.

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So since the time he took office, since the time he became president, but has since struggled to help end.

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So he has since struggled to help end the Russia -Ukraine conflict, the latter.

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Let's keep reading.

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Researchers say Trump's tariffs have only worsened affordability.

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So here, something worsens something.

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So the tariffs worsen affordability.

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The verb is worsen is conjugated in the present perfect. Have worsened.

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So this means have made affordability worse.

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So I explain that because worsened is also the same as to make worse.

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But the sentence structure is different.

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Definitely for your IELTS, use worsen.

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It sounds more advanced, but make something worse is a very common everyday structure.

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The tariffs have made affordability worse.

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Researchers say Trump's tariffs have only worsened affordability.

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Without them, so without the tariffs, them, prices might have actually fallen slightly.

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So we have might have,

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which is simply a possibility and actually is to contrast between what happened in reality.

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Prices did not fall.

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Prices increased.

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So it's that contrast between reality and what could have happened or might have happened.

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The possibility.

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Prices might have actually fallen slightly.

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So slightly, just a small amount.

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Slightly.

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Affirming what many economists long predicted.

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Ah, to predict.

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So here we have our verb form.

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Economists predicted that tariffs would increase prices.

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Now this affirms.

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So affirm means the economists were correct.

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Because you can predict something, but your prediction could be wrong, of course.

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So they're saying that affirming meaning that it's verifying that the prediction was correct.

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And notice here long came before predicted before the verb.

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It's a useful structure to know.

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It also sounds more advanced.

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The alternative would be economists predicted.

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Economists have predicted for a long time.

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I had to change it to have predicted because

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if you use for a long time it starts in the past

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and continues until now

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so I couldn't just use the past simple

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I have to use the present perfect based on adding for a long time

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but if you just add long you could add have long predicted but but you could also just say long predicted.

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Let's keep reading.

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But six analysts and party strategists told

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Reuters, so a news company, Reuters, several factors could prevent

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Democrats from turning those favorable political conditions into a landslide.

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So a landslide is when you win by a very large margin.

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So Democrats get 80 % of the votes.

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Republicans get 20%.

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That's a big margin between 80 % and 20%.

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Not a big margin would be 55 to 45, 60, 40.

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It's pretty close.

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But like this, that's a landslide.

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So a landslide.

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But here they're saying several factors could prevent.

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So they will not.

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Could, meaning it's possible.

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It's possible they will not turn those favorable conditions.

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Everything we just discussed was very negative on Trump.

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So the favorable conditions mean if it's negative on Trump, then it must be positive on Trump's opponent, the Democrats.

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But they're saying that may not happen or people may not support

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Trump, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Democrats will get a landslide.

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80 20 i'm just using that as an extreme example of a landslide even

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if the party so the democratic party ultimately makes gains in congress

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so minks gains means that they gain more seats they gain more votes

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so you get a certain number of votes you get a certain number of seats in congress

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So they could get more seats than they have now, but it could be like this,

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not like this, which is a landslide.

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Let's keep reading the 2026 midterm elections.

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Remember at the very beginning, we saw the 2026 midterms now because the word election was dropped because it's It's obvious.

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Then we take the S from elections and we add it on to midterm because midterm becomes the noun.

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But in this case, midterm functions as an adjective.

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The 2026 midterm elections will determine.

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So they will determine who holds office in the 120th

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Congress beginning in January, 2027.

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All 435 seats for voting members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 Senate seats.

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So there are 100 in total, but only 35 of those seats are determined in the midterms, in the midterms.

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And 35 of the 100

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Senate seats will be on ballot.

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On ballot, a ballot is the piece of paper where you check off the candidate you want to vote for,

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the person or the party that you vote for.

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That's the ballot.

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And then you put it in the container.

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Federal law stipulates.

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Let's pause here because this is a very advanced C1C2 word that you will only use in formal situations.

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It simply means state, federal law states or says, but if something stipulates something,

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it states it, it says it as an official rule or requirement.

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Now, federal law stipulates.

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It could be that your company policy stipulates

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that you wear your hair in a ponytail if you have long hair and you work with food, for example.

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So it doesn't have to be just for a federal law.

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It could be in your company or your condo corporation, any official rule or policy.

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It's that document that contains the rules.

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So our condo board, our condo document regulations stipulate or our company policy stipulates you would use the document.

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So federal law stipulates

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that the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in

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every even numbered year is established as the day for the election.

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If you're reading this and you're thinking, what?

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Well, just know that policies,

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rules, laws, anything legal is often worded in a very difficult to read way, even for native speakers.

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So here we have the Tuesday next after the first Monday.

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So there's Monday and then the next day is Tuesday.

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So it's that Tuesday in November in every even numbered year.

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2026 is even 2027.

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Seven is odd.

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Eight is even.

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Nine is odd.

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So that's how they determine when the election will take place.

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And they being, well, that's what federal law stipulates.

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So is established that day, the Tuesday, as the day for the election.

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So as election day.

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And that's the end of the article.

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So I'll read the article from start to finish and you can focus on my pronunciation.

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The 2026 midterms, predictions and key dates.

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The upcoming midterm elections are a crucial test for U .S.

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President Donald Trump and the party he's dominated for the past decade.

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and early data points suggest it could be something of a bloodbath for the Republicans come November.

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Poll after poll released in recent days suggests the Democrats are poised to make major gains among voters who,

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only two years ago, would have never given the party a chance.

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Large swaths of the American electorate appeared to be souring on Trump, who returned to power promising lower prices and no more foreign wars,

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but instead delivered higher prices and a war on Iran in the first two years of his second mandate.

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Oil and diesel costs have spiked partly because of the war on Iran and the ongoing

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Russia and Ukraine conflict, the later of which he promised to solve within 24 hours of taking office, but has since struggled to help end.

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Researchers say Trump's tariffs have only worsened affordability.

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Without them, prices might have actually fallen slightly, affirming what many economists long predicted.

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But six analysts and party strategists told

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Reuters several factors could prevent

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Democrats from turning those favorable political conditions into a landslide, even if the party ultimately makes gains in Congress.

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The 2026 midterm elections will determine who holds office in the 120th

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Congress beginning in January 2027.

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All 435 seats for voting members of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100

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Senate seats will be on ballot.

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Federal law stipulates that the Tuesday next, after the first Monday in November, in every even numbered year,

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is established as the day for the election.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节口语课以视频“US Midterm Elections 🇺🇸 Learn English with the News”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：election, midterm, poll。这段视频共有 38 个句子、3909 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 31:00。说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 126 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。全部 38 个句子中有 11 个是问句，适合练习疑问语调和简短回答。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
poll 名词	/poʊl/	投票, 選舉 /选举
predict 动词	/pɹɪˈdɪkt/	預言 /预言
verb 名词	/vɝb/	動詞 /动词
prediction 名词	/pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/	預言 /预言, 預估 /预估
noun 名词	/naʊn/	名詞 /名词
crucial 形容词	/ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/	關鍵的 /关键的, 決定性的 /决定性的
singular 形容词	/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/	單一 /单一
sour 形容词	/ˈsaʊ.ə/	餿 /馊
lesson 名词	/ˈlɛs.ən/	課業 /课业, -課 /-课
partly 副词	/ˈpɑɹtli/	部分地
economist 名词	/iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/	經濟學家 /经济学家
formal 形容词	/ˈfɔɹməl/	正式
ballot 名词	/ˈbælət/	投票
electorate 名词	/ɪˈlɛktəɹət/	選民 /选民
everyday 形容词	/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/	日常的

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
go back 动词	回去, 返回
go up 动词	上昇 /上升, 上去

值得反复跟读的句子

视频中简短而完整的句子，可以直接用在日常对话里：

Are you enjoying this lesson?
Plus, you'll have me as your personal coach.
Let's stop here because this is a complete idea.
Let's go back to the beginning.
If you're reading this and you're thinking, what?

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
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 dominated · they've gathered · has complained
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	is not attached · be defeated · are poised
定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物	form, which is · one that will · simple, which is

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 39 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 they're, don't, you're。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“th” 音: hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, swath /swɑθ/, bloodbath /ˈblʌdˌbæθ/
“sh” 和 “zh” 音: prediction /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/
长单词——注意重音位置: economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, electorate /ɪˈlɛktəɹət/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, favourable /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

中文母语者容易读错的音：

/v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: verb /vɝb/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, voter /ˈvoʊtɚ/, favourable /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/, solve /sɒlv/
词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: predict /pɹɪˈdɪkt/, verb /vɝb/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, ballot /ˈbælət/, spike /spaɪk/
/r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, partly /ˈpɑɹtli/, formal /ˈfɔɹməl/, electorate /ɪˈlɛktəɹət/, plural /ˈplʊəɹəl/

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 poll, predict, verb 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。

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本课的词汇与口语要点

视频中的重点词汇

视频中出现的短语动词

值得反复跟读的句子

视频中的语法

需要注意的发音

如何用这段视频练习

什么是跟读法？