跟读练习: Why Love NEVER Lasts FOREVER - 通过视频学习英语口语
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When love is working, we want it to last, of course, forever.
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It isn't enough that it should have been nice today and that we've got some plans for tomorrow.
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We beg the lover to promise that they're going to be with us until the end.
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A dog can be happy in the present moment.
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We aren't satisfied until we've secured the next half century.
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We can read this same demented longing for permanence in the histories of whole nations and peoples.
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It's why we build arches, consecrate temples, write treaties in gold, put up statues to generals, saying to ourselves in the future,
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in effect, we want to and will be always loyal till the final hour of the final day.
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The difficulty in all this is that we're largely made of water.
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Most bits of us at a cellular level weren't here five years ago and won't be here in another five.
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Everything is in motion.
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The planet is rotating at 67 ,000 miles an hour around a sun
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that's going to go dark in five billion short years from now.
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And still, we decide to get married.
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The surest prediction any of us can make about ourselves is that we're going to forget.
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We've forgotten the famous generals.
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We no longer remember the old songs.
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The ancient gods mean nothing to us anymore.
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When we were 11, we said we were going to love
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Bobby until the end of time.
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Then we changed class and hung out mostly with Jen, who was later replaced with Ahmed, none of whom we've seen in two decades.
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The countries that plan to be allies for the next millennium have, despite the triumphal arch, taken up arms again.
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The old temples are being converted into flats.
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Our bodies give us no more guarantees than our emotion.
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An aneurysm might get us tomorrow.
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We can be felled by a coin dropped from a second floor.
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We can be safe by recognising that there is no safety.
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We should at all times keep a small bag packed at the back of a cupboard.
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The good news is that despite our feeling of fragility, though we might now use baby language with our new partner,
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we aren't in fact small, helpless children.
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We'd survive if it ended, we're canny, we've lost everything before, and can do so again if the next relationship collapses.
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All of which frees us to do our best to savour the rest of today with our new friend,
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aware that nothing has been promised to us for even the first part of tomorrow.
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And that's absolutely fine.
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“Why Love NEVER Lasts FOREVER”为素材。 这段视频共有 34 个句子、434 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 2:19。 说话人语速较快,每分钟约 188 个词,会出现较多连读和弱读。 86% 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 15 个值得学习的单词,附发音和释义:
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| temple 名词 | /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ | 寺廟 /寺庙, 寺 |
| arch 名词 | /ɑɹt͡ʃ/ | 拱形, 拱 |
| guarantee 名词 | /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ | 保證 /保证 |
| difficulty 名词 | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | 困難 /困难 |
| treaty 名词 | /ˈtɹiti/ | 條約 /条约, 協議 /协议 |
| lover 名词 | /ˈlʌvɚ/ | 戀人 /恋人, 情人 |
| loyal 形容词 | /ˈlɔɪəl/ | 忠誠 /忠诚, 忠貞 /忠贞 |
| coin 名词 | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | 硬幣 /硬币, 銅錢 /铜钱 |
| emotion 名词 | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | 感情, 情感 |
| collapse 动词 | /kəˈlæps/ | 倒坍, 崩潰 /崩溃 |
| ally 名词 | /ˈæl.aɪ/ | 盟國 /盟国 |
| statue 名词 | /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ | 雕像, 塑像 |
| satisfy 动词 | /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ | 滿足 /满足 |
| prediction 名词 | /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ | 預言 /预言, 預估 /预估 |
| cellular 形容词 | /ˈsɛl.ju.lə/ | 細胞的 /细胞的, 蜂窩狀 /蜂窝状 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | we've secured · We've forgotten · we've seen |
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么,而不是谁做的 | being converted · can be felled · has been promised |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 15 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 we've, we're, aren't。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, prediction /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, aneurysm /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/, fragility /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/
中文母语者容易读错的音:
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: lover /ˈlʌvɚ/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, savour /ˈseɪvəɹ/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: arch /ɑɹt͡ʃ/, collapse /kəˈlæps/, convert /kənˈvɝt/, helpless /ˈhɛlplɪs/, rotate /ˈɹoʊ.teɪt/
- /r/ 和 /l/ 的区别: fragility /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/, triumphal /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
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 temple, arch, guarantee 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。































