跟读练习: Why you need a good night's sleep ⏲️ 6 Minute English - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Georgie and we're ready to start, Phil.
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Phil?
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Phil!
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Sorry Georgie, I was just catching 40 winks,
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you know, getting some shut-eye, dozing, taking a nap.
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I was sleeping.
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Sleeping at work!
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Phil, how could you?
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I know, I know.
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Sorry, I didn't sleep well last night.
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I'll forgive you this time,
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but make sure you go to bed early tonight because getting a good night's sleep is incredibly important.
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For example, did you know that people who get enough sleep live about five years longer than people who don't?
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Wow.
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So a good night's sleep can lengthen your life.
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In this programme, we'll be finding out more about the benefits of sleep and,
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as usual, learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
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But first, now that you've woken up,
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I have a question for you.
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Do you know how much of the average person's life is spent asleep?
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Is it a a half, b a quarter, or c a third?
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Hmm, I think we spend about a third of our lives sleeping.
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OK, well, I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the programme.
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The question of why humans sleep is not easy to answer.
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In terms of evolution, why would it make sense to go unconscious every night,
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leaving yourself vulnerable to danger?
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It can only mean that the benefits gained from sleep are huge.
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Here, science journalist Ginny Smith explains some of these benefits to BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science.
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So we've probably all experienced this,
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that if you've had a bad night's sleep and then you try and do some work,
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you just can't concentrate.
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Your brain isn't in the right state to take in new information.
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But we also need to sleep after we've learnt new things because that's when our brain consolidates the information,
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takes it from short-term storage to long-term storage,
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fits it in with other things we already know.
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That old adage of if you've got a problem, sleep on it.
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Your brain does actually work on things during the night
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and you can often wake up and have solved the problem in your sleep.
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When we sleep, our brains refresh,
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leaving us feeling rested in the morning.
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But after a bad night's sleep,
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it's more difficult to concentrate.
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We can't take in or understand new information.
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We also have the saying,
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if you've got a problem, sleep on it.
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To sleep on it means to delay making a decision until you've had time to think about it.
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But that also turns out to be true scientifically speaking.
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During sleep your brain really can work out problems and find solutions.
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But what about the other side of the story?
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What happens when you get too little sleep, or none at all?
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Here's Ginny Smith again, talking to BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science.
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SLEEP DEPRIVATION IS A FORM OF STRESS,
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AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE STRESSED,
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YOUR SORT OF FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE IS ACTIVATED,
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AND THAT CAUSES ALL THESE CHANGES IN YOUR BODY THAT FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE SURVIVAL OVER LONG-TERM HEALTH.
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BUT IF WE ARE CHRONICALLY STRESSED,
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MONEY WORRIES OR A STRESSFUL GIVE,
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changes in your body that focus on immediate survival over long-term health.
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But if we are chronically stressed,
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money worries or a stressful job or something that's going on forever
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or life or chronic sleep deprivation that's causing that level of stress,
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then you might constantly have a damped-down immune system which can then lead to all these knock-on problems.
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Having none or too little of something important is known as deprivation.
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Sleep deprivation is stressful for the body.
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so stressful that it activates a fight-or-flight response,
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changes in the human body in response to a life-threatening situation,
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which make us either stay and fight the threat,
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or run away from it.
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As well as a fight-or-flight response,
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the stress of not getting enough sleep over a longer period also creates problems,
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including heart disease and a weakened immune system.
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Lack of sleep has these knock-on effects.
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It causes other things to happen, but not directly.
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Now do you see why it's so important to get a good night's sleep, Phil?
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Plus, it will stop you sleeping at work again!
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Right, I think it's time to reveal the answer to my question.
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Yes, you asked me how much of the average person's life is spent asleep,
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and I said it was about a third.
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Which was the correct answer!
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Assuming you sleep eight hours a day,
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the average person will sleep for 229,961 hours in their lifetime,
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or around one third of their life.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned,
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starting with the phrases catch 40 winks,
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get some shut-eye, doze and take a nap – all of which mean to sleep.
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When someone takes in information, they understand it.
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If you have a problem and you sleep on it,
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you delay making a decision until you've had time to think about it.
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Deprivation is an absence or too little of something important,
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such as food or sleep.
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The fight or flight response describes changes in the human body in response to a dangerous situation,
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which make us either stay and fight the threat,
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or run away from it.
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And finally, if something has a knock-on effect,
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it causes other results indirectly.
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Once again our six minutes are up,
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but remember to join us again next time for more trending topics and useful vocabulary here at 6 Minute English.
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Goodbye for now.
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背景与上下文
在这段BBC Learning English的节目中，主持人Georgie和Phil等人讨论了睡眠的重要性。Phil在工作时小睡，这引出了一个关于良好睡眠对身体健康和认知功能的影响的话题。他们从科学的角度探讨，充分的睡眠能够提高人的集中力、增强记忆，并且对身体的免疫系统有积极作用。通过这段对话，学习者不仅能了解睡眠的益处，同时还能学习到一些实用的英语表达。
日常交流中的五个短语
- catching 40 winks - 小睡一会儿
- getting some shut-eye - 睡觉
- dozing - 打盹
- sleep on it - 决定前先考虑一下
- sleep deprivation - 睡眠不足
这些短语在日常交流中非常实用，尤其是当我们谈论到休息和睡眠时。通过反复练习这些短语，可以帮助英语学习者有效提高英语口语表达和理解能力。
逐步跟读指南
为了应对这段视频的难度，这里有一个逐步跟读的指南，帮助你有效提高英语口语练习能力。以下是一些建议：
- 首先，仔细收听整段对话，了解背景和主题。要确保你对内容有基本的理解。
- 接下来，逐句跟读。在听的时候，可以暂停视频，模仿主持人的发音和语调。注意他们的语速和停顿。
- 使用shadowspeak技术，将你的声音录下来，与原声进行对比，注意发音的细微差别。
- 重复练习这些短语和句子，直到你能够自信地用自然的语气说出来。
- 最后，尝试将这些新学的短语应用于日常对话中，通过实际使用来巩固你的记忆和理解。
通过以上的步骤，学习者可以有效提升提高英语发音的能力，并且帮助你更好地参与英语交流。此外，掌握这些表达方式也有助于英语日常沟通，增强语言的灵活性和准确性。
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。