跟读练习: What Does Your PEE Say About You? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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You produce between two - three pints of urine every day, but most of us still pay little attention to our liquid waste. So, what does your pee say about you? And could it be a clear indicator of your body's overall health?
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Before you pee, the kidneys filter water soluble waste by absorbing the nutrients it needs to keep, like sugar, back into your body, and getting rid of the things your body doesn’t want, like toxins. The liquid waste then flows to your bladder where it is stored until eventually being peed out.
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If your urine is brown, it could be from eating a lot of rhubarb, fava beans or aloe. It is also a side effect of some medications such as laxatives, muscle relaxants and antibiotics.
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More seriously it can be a sign of liver disorder or kidney disease.
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If you’re seeing purple, you may be suffering from a rare inherited disorder known as porphyria.
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Porphyrias cause your body to be deficient in the enzymes which produce heme, an essential part of red blood cells.
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Green urine? It could be from a new medication or vitamin. Some green food dyes don’t get absorbed by your body and can be excreted in your urine, so a green stream is not always something to be alarmed about, especially after St. Patrick's day.
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If your urine is blue, you likely have familial hypercalcemia, an inherited disorder found in children which is caused by excess calcium in the blood also known as blue diaper syndrome.
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Some medications have methylene blue in them which can cause urine to turn blue / green.
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If your urine is pink or red, there may be blood in the urine. This could be due to a variety of conditions from an enlarged prostate, bladder cancer or even chronic lead poisoning.
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But red urine can also be caused by different types of medications or from eating richly coloured foods like beets and blackberries. In fact beeturia is the technical term for peeing pink after eating too many beets.
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If your urine is orange, it could be from eating excessive amounts of food containing high levels of vitamin C or carotene such as carrots. It’s also caused by drugs, like a painkiller called Pyridium given to people with urinary tract infections which turns urine bright orange.
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Normally, urine should be a shade yellow, and it gets this yellow colour from the pigment of urobilin, which is a product of the breakdown of heme, an essential part of your blood.
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Depending on how much water you have in your body your urine will either be diluted or concentrated with urobilin. Honey coloured? It means your body has reabsorbed a lot of water to keep you hydrated so now there is a higher concentration of urobilin in your urine making your pee appear amber coloured. You need to drink water right now. Dark yellow, this is normal, but there is more urobilin so you will want to drink water soon. No colour at all means you have been drinking a lot of water. It could also mean you have consumed caffeine or alcohol which inhibits the ability for your body to reabsorb liquid in the kidney, meaning you pee out way more water.
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Transparent yellow, you’re normal and healthily hydrated.
背景与情境
在日常生活中，我们产生的尿液数量并不算少，但大多数人却对自己的液体废物缺乏关注。了解尿液的颜色及其所暗示的健康状况，可以帮助我们更好地照顾自己的身体。这个视频探讨了尿液颜色与健康之间的关系，为学习者提供了丰富的背景知识，适合那些希望通过学习英语来扩大他们的健康知识和表达能力的人。
日常交流的五个关键短语
- 你知道吗？ - “Do you know?” 这可以用于引入健康话题。
- 这种颜色可能是什么原因呢？ - “What might be the reason for this color?” 用于询问他人对尿液颜色的看法。
- 我需要多喝水。 - “I need to drink more water.” 强调补水的重要性。
- 这可能是某种疾病的症状。 - “This could be a symptom of a disease.”适用于讨论健康状况。
- 你有没有注意到这些变化？ - “Have you noticed these changes?” 适合引导话题建设与他人的讨论。
逐步跟读指导
想要提高你的英语听说能力，可以通过影子技术来实现。以下是一个简单的步骤指南，帮助你更好地理解和表达本视频内容：
- 收听并理解：先完整收听视频，理解每一段内容，注意讲者如何表达信息以及语调。
- 分段跟读：将视频分为几个小段，反复聆听并尝试模仿讲者的发音和语调。这个过程中使用shadowspeak技巧来提升发音准确性。
- 重复练习：重复每段话直到能够流利地说出来。在练习的过程中，可以使用shadowing site来辅助你的练习。
- 查找词汇：将视频中的新词汇记录下来，并查找它们的意思及用法，尤其是其中涉及的医学或健康相关词。
- 运用在对话中：尝试在日常对话中使用你从视频中学到的短语和词汇，尤其是在雅思口语练习中强化交流能力。
通过这样的影子跟读练习，你可以有效地提高英语口语水平，增强你的自信心，并能够更好地探讨健康相关的话题。
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。