跟读练习: We're trying something new... - 通过视频学习英语口语
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we are launching a whole new channel there have been video ideas
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that i've pitched
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that don't fully belong on veritasium i've been in those pitch meetings i've seen those i've seen
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that happen but that doesn't mean that the videos shouldn't exist and
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that they they aren't saying something very interesting we need another
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way to tell these stories we have veritasium we have a lot of exciting stories
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that we want to tell same veritasium rigor but this time it's about social science.
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It's about how our complex and constantly changing world works.
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So that's what we're doing.
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We're launching a whole new channel called InGenius.
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You can watch the first few minutes here and
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if you like it come to our channel InGenius and you can watch the rest.
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This $40 hunk of metal rewired the modern world it started a revolution
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that transformed China from being one of the poorest countries in
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the world to a global superpower controlling 30 % of all
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manufacturing it's a story that's never been told before how it
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inspires former spy Yuan Gong to create an island of capitalism in his home council with an invention
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that changes the face of communist China spreading its influence across the world and upending the entire global economy.
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But the story didn't start in China.
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It starts with a frustrated American trucker from North Carolina. In 1937,
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24 -year -old Malcolm McClain is driving his truck full of cotton bales from North Carolina up to Hoboken, New Jersey.
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At port, he waits for his truck to be unloaded
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and waits and waits it's painstakingly slow almost a whole day and that's just his one truck
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he figures what if you took the entire back of the truck
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and just put it directly on the ship the whole thing
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would be over in a matter of minutes instead of hours
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so why don't we put
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that whole body on the truck that's my first thought you
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know the problem is truck drivers can't control how ships are loaded
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so while mclean builds a highly successful trucking empire over the next 20 years he can only stand by
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and watch as the cargo issue gets worse this is the
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log from a 1954 cargo ship the ss warrior 194 582 total things on the ship
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that would all have to be loaded and unloaded by hand by gangs of longshoremen.
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It takes so long.
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It means if you're shipping something, you're paying twice as much for your cargo to be stuck at port than actually traveling on a ship.
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And it makes your cargo vulnerable to another problem.
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The New York and New Jersey waterfronts in the 50s are dominated by the Genovese and Gambino Mafia families.
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Corruption, racketeering, and theft are endemic.
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More than $13 million of cargo is estimated to have been stolen just from those ports over a three -year period.
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That's more than $180 million in today's money.
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The upshot is, the process is so expensive that in most cases, selling internationally just isn't worth it.
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So, most consumer products stay local.
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Make locally, sell locally.
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So in 1955, McLean decides to act.
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He's convinced his old idea of detachable truck trailers is the solution.
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So McClain does something drastic.
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He sells his 20 -year -old trucking empire and gambles everything on an ocean shipping company,
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despite the fact that he has zero experience in the field.
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But to turn his idea into reality, he needs someone who can actually build the container of his dreams.
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He hears about 35 -year -old engineer Keith Tantlinger.
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Tantlinger, based out in Spokane, Washington, who has built a transportable metal box and even been tinkering with trying to stack it.
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Tantlinger's reasoning is similar to McLean.
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Rather than waste precious ship space with the truck or the wheels,
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just transport the cargo in the box from the truck to the ship in one seamless move.
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McLean flies Tantlinger down to his headquarters in Alabama
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and immediately gets him working on containers that will fit onto a converted World War II oil tanker that he just bought.
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McLean renames the ship the SS Ideal X, ideal for the ideal form of transportation and X for experimentation.
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It was the SpaceX of the 1950s.
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And in many ways, Malcolm McLean is the Elon Musk of his day.
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Thank you.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“We're trying something new..”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：truck, ship, Mclean, cargo, Veritasium。 这段视频共有 47 个句子、720 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 4:58。 说话人语速平稳，每分钟约 145 个词，很适合跟读。 只有 80% 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 15 个值得学习的单词，附发音和释义：
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| cargo 名词 | /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ | 貨物 /货物, 貨 /货 |
| ideal 形容词 | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | 理想的 |
| container 名词 | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | 容器 |
| steal 动词 | /stiːl/ | 偷, 盜 /盗 |
| belong 动词 | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | 屬於 /属于 |
| headquarters 名词 | /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ | 大本營 /大本营, 指揮部 /指挥部 |
| corruption 名词 | /kəˈɹʌpʃən/ | 腐敗 /腐败 |
| cotton 名词 | /ˈkɑt.n̩/ | 棉花, 棉 |
| communist 名词 | /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/ | 共產主義者 /共产主义者 |
| trailer 名词 | /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/ | 拖車 /拖车 |
| estimate 名词 | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | 估計 /估计 |
| convince 动词 | /kənˈvɪns/ | 說服 /说服 |
| vulnerable 形容词 | /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/ | 脆弱的, 敏感的 |
| theft 名词 | /θɛft/ | 盜竊 /盗窃 |
| stack 名词 | /stæk/ | 堆 |
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 | been told · be unloaded · are loaded |
| 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 | have been · i've pitched · i've been |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 16 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 I've, don't, we're。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: corruption /kəˈɹʌpʃən/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, upshot /ˈʌpʃɑt/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: capitalism /ˈkæp.ə.təlˌɪzm̩/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, painstakingly /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋli/, transportable /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbəl/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: convince /kənˈvɪns/, vulnerable /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: pitch /pɪt͡ʃ/, headquarters /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/, communist /ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/, estimate /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/, convince /kənˈvɪns/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: trailer /ˈtɹeɪlɚ/, vulnerable /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/, transportable /tɹænsˈpɔɹtəbəl/
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 cargo, ideal, container 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。