跟读练习: Why is traffic congestion more serious in big cities? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Speaking Practice.
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Why is traffic congestion more serious in big cities?
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Well, I think the main reason traffic congestion is so severe in major cities
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is the rapid urbanization that far outpaces infrastructure development.
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Every year, there's a massive influx of people moving to urban areas in search of better job opportunities and education.
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This population explosion leads to a skyrocketing number of private vehicles like cars and motorbikes on the road.
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Meanwhile, the road network can't be expanded fast enough to accommodate the sheer volume of traffic.
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On top of that, public transport systems in many cities are still inadequate, which doesn't really encourage people to commute by bus or train,
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So, when millions of commuters hit the road at the exact same time during rush hour, gridlock is pretty much inevitable.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Why is traffic congestion more serious in big cities?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cities, traffic, road. This video has 9 sentences and 133 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| congestion noun | /kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/ | An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass. |
| commuter noun | /kəˈmjuːtɚ/ | One who commutes (etymology 1). |
| gridlock noun | /ˈɡɹɪdˌlɑk/ | A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone… |
| motorbike verb | /ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk/ | To ride a motorbike; to travel by motorbike. |
| outpace verb | To go faster than; to exceed the pace of. | |
| skyrocket verb | /ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/ | To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike. |
| urbanization noun | The process of the formation and growth of cities. | |
| commute verb | /kəˈmjuːt/ | To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash… |
| influx noun | /ˈɪnˌflʌks/ | A flow inward or into something; a coming in. |
| inadequate adjective | /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/ | Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose. |
| sheer adjective | /ʃɪɚ/ | Very thin or transparent. |
| accommodate verb | /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/ | To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt. |
| inevitable adjective | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/ | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
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 |
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| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | can't be expanded |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: inadequate /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/, accommodate /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like congestion, commuter, gridlock.
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。