跟读练习: What makes art so expensive? | CNBC Explains - 通过视频学习英语口语
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How do you put a dollar value on a piece of art like this?
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Or this? Or this?
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It’s a billion-dollar question.
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Well, more than that actually.
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It's estimated around $50 billion in art was sold worldwide last year.
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Compared to stocks or commodities it’s hard to measure how much art is worth.
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Why? For many the value of art lies in the eye of the beholder.
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Meaning one piece of art could be worth a lot to one person and nothing to someone else.
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You can get a sense of the ranging valuations of art in just one gallery.
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From one piece costing in the thousands of dollars.
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All the way to a Picasso in the millions.
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What makes a Picasso worth millions?
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One reason is simple economics: Supply and demand.
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Wealthy art buyers, whether they’re Picasso enthusiasts or investors looking for a place to store their money, all want to get their hands on a Picasso. But there are only so many Picassos left in the world.
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The supply shortage drives up prices as buyers outbid each other.
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So sales in the high-end art market come from a select group of in-demand artists whose work, like Picasso’s, is considered scarce.
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The most expensive pieces of art sold across sectors last year were from artists who are no longer alive.
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Even in contemporary art, 25 artists accounted for nearly half of public art auction sales in the first six months of 2017.
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Put another way, the art market is like the professional golf market.
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A handful of professional golfers make a lot of money, millions of dollars, when they win.
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But there are many more golfers in the field who earn just a fraction of those winnings.
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The price for a piece of art isn’t just about the artist’s reputation.
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There are other factors at play, like the art’s size and genre, its condition, the prices of similar pieces and where the work has been exhibited.
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Art Fairs, like Frieze here in London, are an important venue for new buyers and they're likely to stay that way.
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Sales at art fairs hit an estimated $13 billion in 2016, an increase of 57% since 2010.
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But half of art dealers in one survey said the costs associated with exhibiting at art fairs are a top business concern.
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This piece sold for around $20,000 and that’s considered a good value.
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Even new buyers willing to spend thousands of dollars can be put off by the idea that they need to spend millions to be part of an exclusive club of art collectors.
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It’s the million dollar buyers generating headline after headline of record sales in the art industry.
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The top end of the art market is dominated by a select group of players who are pretty private about their business.
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Which can make it tricky to value how much they’re actually spending on art.
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More and more art sales are conducted in private which attracts high net worth investors.
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These wealthy buyers are also lured by tax breaks for art donations or the prospect of making big returns on a piece of art.
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Galleries, dealers and auction houses can be tempted to cater to high-end clients who pay millions of dollars for art, and who keep coming back, instead of to the average Joe.
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You can see this trend in a chart showing the value of art sales, the total dollar amount, versus the volume of sales, the number of transactions, in global fine art auctions last year.
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Art that sold for more than $1 million accounted for nearly half of the market’s value in less than 1% of transactions.
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China has been driving a lot of the growth in high-end art sales since the financial crisis as it mints new millionaires and billionaires looking for places to invest their money.
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China ranks third in global art sales after the U.K. and the U.S., and those three countries combined make up 81% of global sales by value.
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Just because some art costs millions doesn’t mean you have to pay that much.
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A worthwhile investment can be art that you like for just a couple of bucks.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节 B2 级别的口语课以视频“What makes art so expensive?”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：sales, dollar, piece, value, buyers。 这段视频共有 45 个句子、736 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 4:26。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 166 个词，接近日常对话。 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。
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 |
|---|---|---|
| buyer 名词 | /ˈbaɪ.əɹ/ | 買主 /买主, 購買人 /购买人 |
| investor 名词 | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | 投資者 /投资者, 投資家 /投资家 |
| headline 名词 | /ˈhɛd.laɪn/ | 標題 /标题 |
| exhibit 动词 | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ | 展覽 /展览 |
| dealer 名词 | /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/ | 商人 |
| beholder 名词 | /bɪˈhoʊldɚ/ | 旁觀者 /旁观者 |
| enthusiast 名词 | /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/ | 热衷者 |
| scarce 形容词 | /ˈskɛɚs/ | 缺乏的 |
| millionaire 名词 | /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ | 百萬富翁 /百万富翁, 巨富 |
| worthwhile 形容词 | /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/ | 值得, 划算 |
| billionaire 名词 | /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/ | 億萬富翁 /亿万富翁 |
| commodity 名词 | /kəˈmɑdəti/ | 商品, 貨物 /货物 |
| dominate 动词 | /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/ | 主宰, 宰制 |
| shortage 名词 | /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/ | 短缺, 緊缺 /紧缺 |
| collector 名词 | /kəˈlɛk.tɚ/ | 收藏家, 收債人 /收债人 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| check out 动词 | 退房 |
| come back 动词 | 回來 /回来, 返回 |
| put off 动词 | 推遲 /推迟, 順延 /顺延 |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 7 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 they're, doesn't, isn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: enthusiast /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: valuation /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/, shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/, donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/, genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: enthusiast /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, valuation /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/, commodity /kəˈmɑdəti/
中文母语者容易读错的音：
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/，上齿轻触下唇: investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/, valuation /ˌvæ.ljuːˈeɪ.ʃən/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚，后面不要加元音: exhibit /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/, enthusiast /ɪnˈθuːziˌæst/, outbid /aʊtˈbɪd/, scarce /ˈskɛɚs/, dominate /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: golfer /ˈɡɒlfə(ɹ)/, dealer /ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/, millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/
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。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 buyer, investor, headline 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。