跟读练习: Vol 3 - test 6 - section 4 - 通过视频学习英语口语

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Section 4.
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You will hear a student presentation about a type of palm tree called the lontar palm
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that grows on an island in Indonesia.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on page 7.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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As part of this semester's geography project, I'm going to talk about a tall palm tree called the lontar,
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which mainly grows on the island of Roti in the south of the Indonesian archipelago.
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Now the lontar is a truly amazing example of how one tree can sustain human life.
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The locals call it the tree of life, and with good reason, because the tree provides them with virtually everything they need in the way of food,
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drink, utensils, and shelter.
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The Lontar juice is the most amazingly refreshing juice you'll ever taste.
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The juice is collected from high in the tree in a process known as tapping.
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Basically, a slice is cut into part of the tree and the sap flows slowly from it into a container.
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It's then collected twice daily.
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Male and female lontar trees are different.
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Male lontars can be tapped all their lives, so they are preferred.
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If the female tree is left untapped, a large fruit develops, like a coconut in appearance.
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The watery interior of the fruit can be drunk, but these fruits are often left to fall to the ground as animal feed.
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Men and older boys climb to the tops of the trees to do the tapping.
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They don't use safety equipment, but make things easier for themselves by tying stones to the trunk.
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What is amazing is that
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so much of the equipment they use in the tapping process is actually made from the tree itself.
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The men attach all the tools they need to a belt that they wear when climbing the tree.
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In most cases, climbers own particular trees within their family.
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Ownership involves not only care of the trees themselves, but also a share in the maintenance of the fence, which belongs to the local community.
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Anyway, more about this incredible juice.
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Tapping reaches a peak at the end of the dry season, which runs from September to October,
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villagers work frantically to get their harvest in before the rains come and it gets too wet and windy to climb.
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Whatever juice isn't drunk immediately has to be processed as quickly as possible, as it turns sour very rapidly.
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In the rainy season, when no fresh juice is available, the locals drink a concentrated form with water added.
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The locals also use this rainy season version of the drink in other ways.
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For example, it can be used to make biscuits of brown sugar.
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But the lontar palm supplies much more than sustenance for the Rotanese.
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The broad lontar leaves are woven into a huge number of things.
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Containers for watering the garden and bags for transporting chickens to market.
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People also use them to cover the roofs of their homes.
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When the leaves are replaced every five years or so, the old ones are burned on the garden as a fertilizer.
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So you see, the leaves are never wasted.
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The Rotanese also make a distinctive hat out of the leaf.
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Design-wise, they were inspired by 16th-century Portuguese helmets.
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There are many for different occasions, ranging from simple ones for everyday use to larger and more elaborate hats used for a celebration,
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which are painted in bright colors.
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The lontar leaf even provides the Rotanese people with a unique musical instrument known as the sassando.
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The leaf is made into a sounding board and has strings attached, which are plucked in the manner of a harp.
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and the sound produced is also similar.
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But even that isn't all.
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The stalks of the lontar leaves can also be used.
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They are really strong and grow up to 1.5 meters long, and local people produce ropes from them.
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Even when a lontar tree becomes old and unproductive and no longer can be used for tapping, the whole tree is cut down
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and the thick trunk is utilized for building houses their immense strength means
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that they are highly valued for this purpose now one thing i haven't spoken about is
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that is the end of section four you now have half a minute to check your answers
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 C1 级别的口语课以视频“Vol 3 - test 6 - section 4”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:tree, lontar, juice, tapping, palm。 这段视频共有 55 个句子、728 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 6:54。 说话人语速较慢,每分钟约 106 个词,你有足够的时间模仿每一个音。 只有 79% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,词汇难度较高。

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
rainy 形容词/ˈɹeɪni/多雨
attach 动词/əˈtæt͡ʃ/附上, 附
trunk 名词/tɹʌŋk/樹幹 /树干, 幹 /干
container 名词/kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/容器
archipelago 名词/ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/列島 /列岛, 群島 /群岛
biscuit 名词/ˈbɪs.kɪt/餅乾 /饼干
sustenance 名词/ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/维持生计
unproductive 形容词/ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/無生產的 /无生产的
villager 名词/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/鄉下人 /乡下人, 村民
weave 动词/wiːv/編織 /编织, 織 /织
windy 形容词/ˈwɪn.di/大風 /大风
amazingly 副词/əˈmeɪzɪŋli/驚人的 /惊人的
refresh 动词/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/提神
sour 形容词/ˈsaʊ.ə/餿 /馊
immense 形容词/ɪˈmɛns/廣大 /广大, 巨大

视频中出现的短语动词

单词释义
cut down 动词砍倒

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 6 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 isn't, don't, haven't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

  • 长单词——注意重音位置: archipelago /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/, unproductive /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/, elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/

中文母语者容易读错的音:

  • /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: unproductive /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, villager /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/, weave /wiːv/, distinctive /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/, harvest /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/
  • 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, trunk /tɹʌŋk/, biscuit /ˈbɪs.kɪt/, sustenance /ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/, unproductive /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
  • /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: archipelago /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/, frantically /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/, elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/

如何用这段视频练习

  1. 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
  2. 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。
  3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 rainy, attach, trunk 这类单词。

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