跟读练习: Why carbon? It's the backbone of life! - Suzanne Simard | UBC Earth Day - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Why carbon, right?
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Well, carbon is the backbone of life.
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We're made of carbon.
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We're made of proteins and carbohydrates and, you know, all of the molecules in us have carbon in them.
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Same thing in all living systems, forest ecosystems.
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That's because through photosynthesis, which takes CO2 from the atmosphere, combines it with water from the soil and creates these sugars
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and proteins that build trees and plants and feeds the whole food web.
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And the reason that we're interested in carbon right now is
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because we have emitted too much to the atmosphere and it's warming our atmosphere.
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That emission comes from, you know, basically fossil fuels, but also land use change.
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And scientists estimate that about 80% comes from burning fossil fuels, oil and gas, and 20% from land use change, which includes forestry, agriculture.
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I think that it's an underestimate of what land use change is contributing
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because we never understood how damaging it is to the soil.
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You know, we're losing way more carbon from the soil, which are big things.
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In Canada, 95% of carbon is in our soil pools.
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So it's super important that we protect that, and I think we're emitting far more to the atmosphere from land use change, including forestry, than we ever thought.
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So protecting it is really important and getting it back into these ecosystems through regenerative forestry, regenerative practices is super important.
为什么要通过这个视频练习口语？
在学习英语的过程中，视频不仅能为你提供丰富的视觉和听觉信息，还能增强你的口语表达能力。观看《Why carbon? It's the backbone of life!》这个视频，让你能够更好地理解碳在生态系统中的重要性，同时提升你的英语口语技能。通过shadow speak（影子语言练习），你可以跟随视频中的说话者，模仿他们的语调和节奏。这样不仅能提高你的语音准确性，还能帮助你在雅思口语练习中表现更为自信。
语法与表达在语境中的应用
在视频中，演讲者使用了一些关键的语言结构，可以帮助你更好地理解和使用英语：
- 名词化结构: “the backbone of life” 这样的表达让你了解到如何把动词或形容词转化为名词，以丰富你的口语表达。
- 因果句型: “因为…所以…” 是中文中常用的结构，掌握它在英语中的对应表达能帮助你更清晰地传达思考。
- 对比结构: 演讲中提到的“80%来自燃烧化石燃料，20%来自土地使用变化”。这种对比可以增强你的口语逻辑，适合用于论证和解释。
通过看YouTube学英语，你可以更深入地理解这些语法结构，并在实际交流中运用自如。
常见发音陷阱
在视频中，有一些可能让学习者困惑的单词和发音，需要特别注意：
- carbon（碳）: 注意重音在第一个音节上，确保发音清晰。
- ecosystem（生态系统）: 此单词冗长，练习时应分音节，并强调中间的音节。
- photosynthesis（光合作用）: 该词结构复杂，建议进行shadow speech练习，逐步模仿发音。
通过练习这些词汇并关注发音，你将能够有效提升自己的提高英语发音能力，进而在各类英语交流中游刃有余。
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。