跟读练习: Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps - 通过视频学习英语口语
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The mixer tap.
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Brilliant invention, and yet something that seems to have passed Britain by.
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You'll get Americans coming over here and asking why our taps look like they're from the 1940s.
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And even here, in my parents' bathroom, I'm visiting my folks this weekend, and I just have a new bathroom put in.
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Separate hot and cold taps.
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And there are all sorts of theories out there about why that might be, generally revolving around that we're British and stiff upper lip, and, you know, we don't need mixer taps, we've never had them and,
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well, that's partly true, but it also goes back to how houses in Britain were constructed after World War II.
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In most old British houses, there's a cold -water storage tank up in the attic.
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It's reasonably sized, about 250 litres, and that, in turn, feeds a hot -water storage tank that's for the central heating
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and for hot water in the bathroom and the kitchen and so on.
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But the trouble is, that might not be entirely safe drinking water, because that cold water storage tank, in some houses that weren't properly maintained,
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might have been open to the elements, or silted up, or covered with iron rust, or in one particular case that you can read about, have a couple of dead rats floating in it.
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That water might technically not be drinkable, and under the regulations it is not counted as drinking water.
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The cold, meanwhile, at least certainly in the kitchen and sometimes the bathroom too, that cold water comes straight from the mains.
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That counts as drinkable.
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So here's the thing, you have cold, safe, the regulations call it wholesome drinking water, and you have, well, almost certainly safe,
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but not technically, not legally under the regulations, hot water.
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And never the twain shall meet.
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If you have a mixer tap, then technically, the unsafe hot water, in worst -case scenario where there's a backwash valve failure and the mains turns off,
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that unsafe water could go back, backwash through all the systems and go out to contaminate the rest of the street or the rest of the water system.
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That's not legal, therefore, no mixer tap.
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You don't cross the streams.
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Nowadays, of course, it's a little bit different.
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This house had its hot water tank ripped out a few months ago.
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The attic is now just a big empty space again.
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And, well, there's a very modern, shiny bit of technology downstairs that heats up water on demand.
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All new -build houses, go this way, they've got mixer taps, it'll be absolutely fine.
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But, I remember being told as a kid, never drink from the hot water tap.
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And that stuck with me.
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Even now, if there is a mixer tap and I want to drink from it, I will run the cold water for a few seconds, just to make sure that anything that's unsafe has come out of it.
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Even now, old habits die hard, and sometimes these things just feel a bit safer.
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Thank you.
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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“Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有：tap, cold, hot, mixer, bathroom。 这段视频共有 32 个句子、510 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:49。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 181 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| mixer 名词 | /ˈmɪksə(ɹ)/ | 混合器, 混頻器 /混频器 |
| technically 副词 | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | 嚴格來說 /严格来说 |
| drinkable 形容词 | /ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/ | 可飲用的 /可饮用的 |
| attic 名词 | /ˈætɪk/ | 閣樓 /阁楼 |
| revolve 动词 | /ɹɪˈvɑlv/ | 圍繞 /围绕 |
| litre 名词 | /ˈli.tɚ/ | 升, 公升 |
| wholesome 形容词 | /ˈhoʊl.səm/ | 治愈的，治愈系 |
| downstairs 副词 | /daʊnˈstɛɹz/ | 樓下 /楼下 |
| rust 名词 | /ɹʌst/ | 鏽 /锈, 鐵鏽 /铁锈 |
| stiff 形容词 | /stɪf/ | 硬, 僵硬 |
| float 动词 | /fləʊt/ | 浮, 漂浮 |
| construct 动词 | /ˈkɑn.stɹʌkt/ | 建造, 建設 /建设 |
| reasonably 副词 | /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/ | 合理的 |
| invention 名词 | /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ | 發明 /发明 |
| nowadays 副词 | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | 現在 /现在, 現今 /现今 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| go back 动词 | 回去, 返回 |
| heat up 动词 | 加熱 /加热 |
| turn off 动词 | 關 /关, 關掉 /关掉 |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 10 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, I'm, it'll。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: backwash /ˈbæk.wɑʃ/, invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/, reasonably /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
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 mixer, technically, drinkable 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。