跟读练习: Why it's time to use AI - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 13 个句子、129 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 0:35。 说话人语速较快，每分钟约 222 个词，会出现较多连读和弱读。 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 14 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• tractor /ˈtɹæktɚ/ (名词) — 拖拉機 /拖拉机. A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields.
• acre /ˈeɪ.kɚ/ (名词) — 英畝 /英亩. An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86…
• ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (形容词) — 可笑, 荒謬 /荒谬. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
• compete /kəmˈpiːt/ (动词) — 競爭 /竞争, 高下. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
• 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.
• leverage /ˈlɛv.(ə.)ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (名词) — 槓桿 /杠杆. A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot.
• neighbour /ˈneɪbɚ/ (名词) — 鄰居 /邻居, 比鄰 /比邻. A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or…
• exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/ (副词) — 指数地. In an exponential manner.
• phase /feɪz/ (名词) — 階段 /阶段. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
• weird /ˈwiɚd/ (形容词) — 奇怪. Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
• absolutely /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/ (副词) — 絕對地 /绝对地, 完全地. In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
• quick /kwɪk/ (形容词) — 快, 迅速. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
• machine /məˈʃiːn/ (名词) — 機 /机, 機器 /机器. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
• plant /plɑːnt/ (名词) — 植物. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a…

视频中出现的短语动词

• come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (动词) — 出, 出來 /出来. To be discovered; to be revealed.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 5 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 gonna, don't, I'm。请按听到的简短形式来说。

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, machine /məˈʃiːn/
• 长单词——注意重音位置: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, exponentially /ɛkspə(ʊ)ˈnɛnʃəli/, absolutely /ˌæb.səˈlut.li/

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 tractor, acre, ridiculous 这类单词。