跟读练习: Why I'm Always So Calm - 通过视频学习英语口语
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A big thank you to Squarespace for being today's sponsor and for helping me build my new website.
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But more on that later.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to tell you that the world is ending.
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We're electing everyone who has been tuning in for the past few years.
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We'll see on the other side.
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Goodbye.
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Damn.
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I guess that was that.
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So this is kind of a weird topic for me, because it's almost like being a potato and someone going, "How are you so potatoey?" and you're just like,
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"I don't know." I'm just that potatoey and I don't really know of anything else.
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Yep, that's sort of what it feels like when people ask me "how are you always so calm?"
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because it feels like I've always been this way.
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Although it's been more so that people have pointed it out to me rather than me realizing it myself.
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But I haven't, in fact, always been this way.
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Not exactly.
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It's taken a major shift in mindset and quite a bit of work to get to this stage of chillness.
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At this very moment, for example, my camera charger is missing, and I've been looking for it since yesterday.
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The battery is at about 11 % charge, which is enough to film this segment right here, and likely another minute or two.
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I'm a bit frustrated with myself for not putting it back where it belongs in the first place, because had I done that, I wouldn't have been in this situation right now.
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As far as I'm aware, screaming and throwing things around doesn't magically summon missing objects.
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The only way to potentially find it is to keep looking
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for it one drawer at the time without creating any unnecessary mess, while also keeping my blood pressure steady.
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If it does remain lost despite my efforts to find it, the only practical solution would be to simply go in and buy a new one.
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And it's not about keeping emotions inside and torturing myself it's about picking your battles and carefully choosing your words,
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figuring out what the appropriate response to a given situation is to avoid making a habit out of destructive behaviors
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and thought patterns.
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See, even if I am freaking out about something on the inside, whether in a good way or in a bad way,
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majority of the time, I will look like I'm sitting on a yacht with the wind blowing in my hair.
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And quite honestly, this has gotten me in, I wouldn't say you question how I really feel sometimes,
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because my lack of reaction can sometimes be perceived as indifference.
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And to be completely transparent, you know, sometimes I've had to ask myself if I'm just being empathic.
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The nihilist in me says yes, but then I remember crying over bruised tomatoes
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and the excruciating feeling of guilt every time I need to separate fruits and vegetables from their friends and family.
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at the grocery store. So, yeah.
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Pretty positive that it has nothing to do with apathy.
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I think I'm constantly torn between every single little thing matters
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and will trigger my anxiety and literally nothing matters
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and we are just a tiny piece of insignificant dust
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and none of this will ever be important in the grand scheme of things anyway.
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And that's not meaning it in a nihilistic way.
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I think, but rather in the way
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that there is no need to get too worked up when things don't go the way that we want them to.
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Just ask yourself this: when was the last time you actually listened to a person who was yelling and took them seriously?
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In my experience, letting anger get the best of you to the point where you express yourself aggressively or disrespectfully, tends to only make you lose your credibility,
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and it oftentimes makes you look like a fool.
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Or how about this: Can you remember a time where getting loud
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and vulgar has benefited you or the situation in any way?
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Perhaps you can.
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I for sure cannot.
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If there's anything I've learned, getting unreasonably worked up just delays everything.
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A problem that could have been solved in five minutes is likely to remain unresolved for much longer than that.
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Not only because no one is listening, but also because the focus tends to shift from the issue at hand,
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to deal with someone who is speaking to you impolitely or even irrationally?
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What are we even arguing about?
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Practicing keeping your cool is not only doing your own piece a favor, but it's also doing a favor to the piece of those around you.
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If I were to get overly worked up every time something stressed me out, like not finding my camera charger,
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that'll affect those around me as well.
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And although some of us are more tempered and less patient by nature,
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or by I do believe that it is our liability to at the very least,
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do our best to lessen the suffering of both ourselves and of those who have to live with us.
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And that's not to say that you should keep your emotions to yourself and be afraid to express them.
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Not at all.
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I just think that it's important to gain a healthy sense of perspective.
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It'll make you better equipped for keeping your cool when shit hits the fan or even when it doesn't.
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And now the obvious way to gain perspective is through life experiences.
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But let's take a moment to appreciate the mind -transforming powers of certain books.
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We are currently reading Cosmos by Carl Sagan for our book club.
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I'll leave a link in the description box on how to join, and it has reinforced something I keep reminding myself of, and that is that we are so small.
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I'd like to share a quote with you, and Just hearing this quote will make you at least 15 % more unbothered as a person.
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We inhabit a universe where atoms are made in the centers of stars.
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where each second a thousand sons are born where life is sparked by sunlight
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and lightning in the airs and waters of youthful planets.
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where the raw material for biological evolution is sometimes made by the explosion of a star halfway across the Milky Way,
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where a thing as beautiful as the galaxy is formed a hundred billion times, a cosmos of quasars and quarks,
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snowflakes and fireflies, where there might be black holes in other universe
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and extraterrestrial civilizations whose radio messages are at this moment reaching the Earth,
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How pallid by comparison are the pretensions of superstition and pseudoscience?
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How important is it for us to pursue and understand science that characteristically human endeavor.
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And just like that, you will never again suffer when a dude leaves you on read.
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And now besides gaining perspective, you could also just do things that are calming, like gardening, taking long walks,
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or I don't know, building a website with Squarespace, which is also today's sponsor.
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So, I often get messages from people who are artists, writers, musicians, entrepreneurs, youtubers who share their work with me,
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or from people who want to start blogging or create their own space and community online, and then when I go to check them out,
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I'm Oftentimes, they don't have a website, and every single time, I think to myself, Why don't they have a website?
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Why don't they get their stuff out there?
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I think having your own website can only benefit you regardless of the current size of your audience or spectators.
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Creating one is so easy.
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A few months back, I launched my own site on there and up until that point, I had thought that building a website was going to take a lot of time and work,
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but with Squarespace, it really didn't.
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I just picked one of their beautiful and professional templates and started building a site that I felt suited me.
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And now I've shared all of my favorite books on there, my camera equipment, I've connected my social media accounts, I get close insights to the traffic on the site,
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I'll leave a link for that in the description box.
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Thank you again, Squarespace, for being today's sponsor.
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And that was it for today's video.
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Please share any thoughts you might have on this topic.
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Are you more of a… calm person or are you more upbeat?
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And if you are someone who tends to be very cool, calm, What is one situation that really triggers you?
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I would love to know that, because I know that I have some of those situations.
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Thank you so much for watching, and I'll see you in the comment section.
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背景与语境
在这段视频中，演讲者分享了他平静的心态以及如何在生活的压力中保持冷静。他提到，即使在遇到挑战和失误时，他也努力不让情绪失控。这段对话不仅让我们意识到心态的重要性，也为我们提供了应对困难情况的思考方式。演讲者通过个人经历来说明，虽然内心可能会有波动，但在外表上保持冷静往往能帮助我们更有效地解决问题。
日常交流的五个常用短语
- 如何如此冷静？ - 用于询问他人如何保持冷静或面对压力。
- 我会继续寻找。 - 表明你会不断努力去解决问题。
- 保持血压稳定。 - 提醒自己控制情绪和生理反应。
- 让我们冷静下来。 - 用于鼓励自己或他人在紧张时刻保持冷静。
- 过度激动只会耽误事。 - 提醒自己，保持理智往往能带来更好的结果。
逐步模仿指引
若想通过这段视频来提高口语能力，可以采取"shadow speak"的练习方法。以下是具体步骤：
- 首先，找到视频的英文字幕或转录文本，并确保能够理解内容的基本意思。
- 然后，选择一小段视频（比如演讲者提到丢失充电器的部分），反复观看，专注于其表达和情感。
- 接下来，暂停视频，尝试复述演讲者说的话。可以先不考虑发音，重点在于模仿语调和情感。
- 再次播放视频，对照自己的复述，注意是否能忠实再现演讲者的表达方式。如果有困难，可以拆分句子，一句一句练习。
- 最后，尝试用相同的短语进行自我表达，融入你自己的情境，反复练习，以提高流利度。
通过这种方法，不仅能提高英语口语练习能力，还能帮助你在实际交流中学会如何冷静处理各种情况，通过模仿和练习逐步增强自信与流利度。记得在学习过程中，不妨尝试看YouTube学英语的方法，利用优秀的资源与示范，不断进步。
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成进行时 have/has been + -ing — 以前开始、现在仍在继续的动作 | has been tuning · I've been looking |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | everyone who has · charge, which is · person who was |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | I've always been · have pointed · has gotten |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | be perceived · have been solved · are made |
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。