跟读练习: Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness - 通过视频学习英语口语

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For some of us, happiness and excitement never seem to last for very long.

Every time we finally take pride in ourselves and develop a confidence about the future, something adverse seems to happen within a relatively short order.

It might be something that we find ourselves actively doing that collapses our spirits, or we start to worry acutely about a matter that suddenly enters our minds,

or an incident occurs from out of the blue that unsettles us.

Maybe we read something online that seems mean-minded and worrying.

Or we catch sight of ourselves in the mirror and feel repulsed.

Or we suddenly think of something we said or did seven

and a half years ago that may have been misinterpreted and misconstrued and start to panic.

Or by some odd impulse that we really don't understand and so can't resist, we do something foolish and contrary to our normal values, which brings on guilt and shame.

And as a result, we are brought back down to earth fairly sharply.

We end up, only hours or days after the good mood began, in a familiar place of fear, anxiety and disappointment.

It can be as if, without quite realising it, we are operating under some sort of secret law.

Thou shalt never be exuberant.

Thou shalt never live life too much to the full.

Thou shalt never be too happy, thou shalt not believe in yourself, thou shalt worry a lot.

Where might such perverse and sad edicts have come from?

It may be the result of growing up in an environment where our flourishing was somehow deemed unwelcome and provocative.

Had we ever been too conspicuously happy, we might have upset a parent who was battling a sense of despair

or resignation and was furious at the deprivations they had once had to endure.

We may have grown up to associate a low, fearful mood with safety.

Sadness means you don't get attacked, it doesn't provoke envy, it keeps you out of trouble.

Whenever happiness does seem on the cards, a part of us will hence be very keen to return us to a lower altitude as soon as possible.

To achieve our ends, there may be some favourite websites we like to go to

that confirm that we are unattractive or strange or in danger.

We may provoke arguments, insults or offence.

We've got a repertoire of secret skills to wipe the smile off our own faces.

Were any of this to ring bells, we should ask ourselves what incentives against happiness and self-satisfaction might there have been in our early lives?

Who might we have upset with our joy?

Was there a conflict between our flourishing and someone else's sense of well-being?

Then we need to reassure the frightened child in us

that the person who demanded our sadness as a price for their protection is no longer in authority over us.

We don't have to apologise for being attractive or intelligent or gifted or within reach of stability, sanity, potency and good spirits.

We are, whatever we once believed, allowed to live without continuous sadness and fear.

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本课的词汇与口语要点

这节 C1 级别的口语课以视频“Why We Sabotage Our Own Happiness”为素材。视频中反复出现的词有：shalt, thou, ourselves, seem, sadness。这段视频共有 33 个句子、525 个单词可供跟读。讲话部分时长为 3:05。说话人语速自然，每分钟约 170 个词，接近日常对话。只有 80% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词，词汇难度较高。

视频中的重点词汇

视频中最难的 15 个单词，附发音和释义：

单词	发音	释义
sadness 名词	/ˈsædnəs/	悲傷 /悲伤, 悲哀
provoke 动词	/pɹəˈvəʊk/	挑釁 /挑衅, 扇動 /扇动
flourish 动词	/ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/	繁榮 /繁荣
exuberant 形容词	/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/	高昂, 亢奮 /亢奋
frighten 动词	/ˈfɹaɪ.tən/	嚇唬 /吓唬, 嚇 /吓
misconstrue 动词	/mɪskənˈstɹuː/	誤會 /误会, 誤解 /误解
reassure 动词	/ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/	使……安心, 使……恢复信心
repertoire 名词	/ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑɹ/	劇目 /剧目
sanity 名词	/ˈsæn.əˌti/	理智
impulse 名词	/ˈɪmpʌls/	衝動 /冲动, 意氣 /意气
endure 动词	/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/	承受, 忍受
despair 名词	/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/	絕望 /绝望
envy 名词	/ˈɛnvi/	妒嫉, 羨慕 /羡慕
foolish 形容词	/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/	笨, 傻
adverse 形容词	/ˈæd.və(ɹ)s/	敵對的 /敌对的

视频中出现的短语动词

单词	释义
end up 动词	到达

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	have come · have been
被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的	have been misinterpreted · are brought

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 6 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 don't, can't, doesn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

“sh” 和 “zh” 音: flourish /ˈflʊ̈ɹ.ɪʃ/, deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, reassure /ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
长单词——注意重音位置: deprivation /ˌdɛp.ɹɪˈveɪʃən/, exuberant /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/, misinterpret /ˌmɪs.ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/, provocative /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/, disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

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 sadness, provoke, flourish 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。

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