跟读练习: Using Social Media to Reduce Food Waste - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report.
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On World Environment Day in June,
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the United Nations reported that at least one-third of all food produced is wasted.
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The report came at a time when many people are concerned about how to feed a growing world population.
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In the United States, farmers who are struggling to earn money find the situation difficult to deal with.
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The United States Department of Agriculture found that more than half of the small farms in California do not make a profit.
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One California farm family is using social media in an effort to change the situation and reduce wasted food.
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Nick Papadopoulos is general manager of Bloomfield Farms in Sonoma County.
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It was difficult for him to watch his employees returning from several weekend farmers markets with top quality unsold produce.
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Mr. Papadopoulos said he would find boxes of leafy greens,
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herbs, and carrots left in a storage area.
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The vegetables would go bad before the next market day.
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As a result,
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Mr. Papadopoulos came up with a plan to offer the food
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at a low price by advertising it on the farm's Facebook status page on Sunday nights.
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The deals were open to anyone using the social media website.
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One week, several homeowners in a neighboring community bought the vegetables.
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Another week, the buyers were a group of friends.
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Nick Papadopoulos began using social media after he went to work on a farm belonging to his wife's father.
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After his success of using Facebook,
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Mr. Papadopoulos helped to set up a website called CropMobster.com.
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It is a place where people involved with food production can find surplus food for many causes.
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For VOA Learning English, I'm Alex Villareal.
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在世界环境日这一天，联合国报告指出，全球生产的食物中至少有三分之一被浪费。这项报告引发了人们对如何有效喂养不断增长的人口的关注。在美国，农民们面临着盈利困难，许多小农场尤其艰难。以加利福尼亚州为例，农业部的调查发现，超过一半的小型农场并不盈利。在这种情况下，位于索诺马县的Bloomfield农场经理Nick Papadopoulos采用社交媒体的方法，以期改变这一状况并减少食物的浪费。
日常沟通的五个重要短语
- 去市场：即前往农贸市场出售或者购买食物。
- 剩余食物：指那些未被销售的、可以重新利用的食物。
- 社交媒体：Nick利用Facebook等平台进行宣传与交易。
- 生活成本：暗示农民出产的食品在市场上的价值。
- 食品浪费：强调全球面临的一个重要环境问题。
逐步跟读指南
如果你想在学习英语口语时提升自己的能力，shadowspeak 可以是一个非常有效的方法。以下是利用这段视频进行跟读的步骤：
- 观看视频：完整观看视频一遍，了解内容和主题。
- 文本阅读：寻找视频的文本或转录稿，仔细阅读每一个句子。
- 断句跟读：暂停视频，听一句跟读一句。这是提高发音和流利度的好方法。
- 模仿语调：注意说话者的语调和节奏，尽量模仿，不单单是内容。
- 持续练习：定期重复这一过程，直至你感到流利自如。
借助社交媒体，像Nick Papadopoulos一样，你也可以学习如何利用这些工具来探索并提高自己的语言能力。同时，使用shadow speech和shadowspeaks等技巧，可以让你的口语表达更加自然。通过不断的练习，你将掌握日常交流的必要短语，并在各种对话中变得更加自信。
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。