跟读练习: Where Dollars Die and Are Reborn - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 38 个句子、436 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:51。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 153 个词，接近日常对话。 84% 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 15 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• currency /ˈkʌɹ.ən.si/ (名词) — 貨幣 /货币. Money or other items used to facilitate transactions.
• soil /sɔɪl/ (名词) — 土壤, 泥土. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
• farmer /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ (名词) — 農夫 /农夫, 農民 /农民. A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
• vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (名词) — 蔬菜, 青菜. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice…
• tomato /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ (名词) — 西紅柿 /西红柿, 番茄. A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
• trash /tɹæʃ/ (名词) — 垃圾, 廢物 /废物. Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
• tear /tɛɹ/ (动词) — 撕, 撕破. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
• leaf /lif/ (名词) — еезы, еер. The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
• treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/ (名词) — 珍寶 /珍宝, 寶藏 /宝藏. A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
• pepper /ˈpɛp.ə/ (名词) — 胡椒. A plant of the family Piperaceae.
• fulfill /fʊlˈfɪl/ (动词) — 履行. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
• herb /hɜːb/ (名词) — 香草. A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
• ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ (名词) — 成份, 材料. One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
• graffiti /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/ (名词) — 塗鴉 /涂鸦. Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
• priceless /ˈpɹaɪslɪs/ (形容词) — 無價 /无价. So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price.

视频中出现的短语动词

• figure out (动词) — 弄清楚. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
• go through (动词) — 通過 /通过. To travel from one end of something to the other.
• look at (动词) — 觀察 /观察, 看. To observe or watch.
• turn into (动词) — 變得 /变得, 變成 /变成. To become.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 4 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, I'm, we've。请按听到的简短形式来说。

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, trash /tɹæʃ/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shred /ʃɹɛd/
• 长单词——注意重音位置: circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

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. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 currency, soil, farmer 这类单词。