跟读练习: why you need a mini creative project - 通过视频学习英语口语
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This is one of my favorite recent purchases.
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It is a tiny little notebook, it was 3 euros, and I try and bring it everywhere I go.
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But I didn't realize how much I needed this tiny creative project until it found me, and here's why.
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It all started with AI.
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More specifically, that AI is now kind of everywhere, without us even asking for it.
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We have AI TVs, AI washing machines, AI to help with your taxes, even though it's completely useless, so I still need to call the people to help me with my taxes.
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And Duolingo now is AI first, which means, from my understanding, that they fired most of their freelance contractors and replacing them with AI.
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Yay!
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And the one that scares me and confuses me the most is AI art.
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I think in general AI could be a useful tool and also it could be useful for creatives.
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You could maybe make a storyboard with it.
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I sometimes use it for brainstorming
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but lately I've been seeing a lot of people talk about how AI is making them more creative
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and they're sharing their AI generated art
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and saying how they can finally express their creativity
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which is a little bit confusing
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because well ai made the art it's like hiring a painter
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to make your painting you tell them hey could you make
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it red could it be a lady holding a martini glass
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and they make it for you and you wouldn't say
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that you made the art the painter did sure you had the idea
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but the execution matters as much and
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that brings me back to this tiny notebook initially this notebook
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was meant to be used to write down my ideas that's
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why the first page has the word ideas on it
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but i took it to a four hour flight
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and i got kind of bored there
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and i was like hey maybe i could sketch something in it
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and i did this was my first sketch and i thought to myself
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that was fun maybe i should do it again
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and maybe i should try and do it every day
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so that's where my little creative project was born sure my proportions
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and perspective might be off and my camera can do a 10,000 times better job than me, but I made this and I kind of like it.
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Making art
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and being creative is not about being perfect you don't even
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have to be good at it it's about showing up playing around observing things
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and capturing your perspective and so
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because of this i think we should all have more mini
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creative projects in our lives they don't have to be big you don't have to share with the world
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and it could have a deadline or it could not
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and it doesn't have to be a sketchbook it can be anything
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and there are are many reasons why this is beneficial for our lives and well for my life at least.
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First of all it builds focus and presence.
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I like how this little notebook makes me slow down and appreciate the small details of the things that I'm drawing.
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Oftentimes what I do is I take some pictures throughout the day
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and then later on just sketch from my phone to this little sketchbook.
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And especially when it comes to buildings, Riga has a lot of beautiful buildings but I don't really have time there to just stand and look at it.
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So I really enjoy the process of looking at it from my photo
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and transfer it to my sketchbook because then I can actually see how much detail was put into this building.
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It makes me appreciate it more.
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Plus I have tried meditation a couple of times already and it doesn't really click with me.
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And if I have a quiet place
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and I can just sketch my sketches it kind of feels like a form of meditation.
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You are like in a you know in a calm focused state.
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It also gives me a nice chance to reflect on my day.
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I take pictures of something that
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catches my eye or interests me or a funny thing
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that happens and I try and replicate it in this notebook
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and you know just makes me think about what I did today.
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Plus for me I'm a visual person
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so it's nice to look back at it and then I see and immediately remember where and what it was.
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The next reason for why you should have a mini project it is something that you can look forward to.
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When I started filling out this notebook I was really excited to see what I'm gonna sketch today, what is it gonna be?
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Sometimes it's really easy and sometimes it's not that easy to come up with things.
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But still, it's kind of fun.
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It also teaches you to be okay with imperfection
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because I have some sketches that I do not like there are some sketches
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that I'm like hell yeah but some of them are like regrets
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but it's a sketchbook who cares and it's my sketchbook
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so I mean it's not the best and I'm not sure
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if I like the way that I colored it but I think it's cute I mainly made this this section.
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And in general that's kind of the whole point.
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You try, you mess up, you try again, you try again and again and again until you finally actually have something cool.
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And then you decide to start something new and then the cycle continues.
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I think we're getting used to this instant gratification of you're immediately good at something
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or you immediately have something that you want.
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Which I think is not a good thing and I'm not saying I'm perfect, probably I'm also like that in some ways, but I think this is a good reminder
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that you have to fail many times until you have something actually nice to show.
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And last but not least, you're making something for yourself.
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You're playing, you're experimenting, you're exploring what you like and what you don't like, and you don't need to show it to anybody.
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I mean, I'm showing this notebook to you now because I want to, but there's still half of it that I need to fill out, so I don't know if I'm gonna share that.
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You don't have to put it on social media, even though I did a couple of times in my stories, but I don't share every sketch that I make because some of them look kind of rough.
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So let me give you a couple of options of what you could do, because for me I really like my little sketchbook, I like drawing in it, but maybe it's not your thing.
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So here are a couple of things that you could do instead.
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First but not the most, scrapbooking or junk journaling.
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Collecting rocks and painting them.
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Start reviewing places on Google the places that have one or two reviews or some random stuff like bridges or trash cans.
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Start crafting ransom notes for your friends, trying all different kinds of teas or apples and writing down what's good and bad about them,
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making a comic strip, start a photo project, maybe photograph every neighborhood cat you see or usually
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when I solo travel my mini goal is to get a good picture of myself, which sometimes is easier said than done.
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Writing a poem or a haiku, start documenting things your life or the sky or textures of buildings
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and just start collecting things like brochures as you can see my walls are filled with
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different brochures that I found and I really like how it looks
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or in general pick something that you did as a child
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and stopped doing for some reason or something
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that you always wanted to try it can become some sort of hobby
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but it also just be like a short-term goal for me it's filling up this little guy
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and then seeing if i want to get a new one
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or not in general what i'm trying to say is i think
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that everybody should have some kind of mini project in their lives it doesn't matter
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if you're an artist or if you're an accountant creativity
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and creating art was never gatekept by a certain group of people it is always available for everybody
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because anybody can create something it's just some people are better at it because they kept showing up,
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they kept failing, and at a certain point their work just improved and was better.
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I'm really happy to see the pages filling up, the end result is uniquely mine, and I love the process.
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It helps me relax, it clears my mind, and it brings me joy.
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So if you ever needed a sign to start your mini creative project, then I guess it's this video.
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So other other than that, I'll see you next time.
背景与背景信息
在这段视频中，讲述者分享了她最近的一项创造性小项目——一个小笔记本。这本笔记本不仅仅是一个记录想法的工具，更是她在日常生活中增进创造力和关注细节的重要伙伴。随着人工智能的普及，讲述者反思了人们在创作中的创意表达，强调了手动创作的重要性，以及小型创意项目如何提升生活质量和注意力。这段对话提醒我们，创造不仅仅在于结果，更在于过程和体验。
日常交流中的五个常用短语
- 我可以带上这个吗？ (Can I bring this?)
- 这让我感到放松。 (This relaxes me.)
- 我想尝试每天画一点。 (I want to try drawing a little every day.)
- 我真的很享受这个过程。 (I really enjoy this process.)
- 我需要专注于细节。 (I need to focus on the details.)
逐步跟读指南
跟读这段视频的过程对于提升你的英语口语能力非常有帮助，特别是运用shadow speak技巧，可以更好地掌握发音和语调：
- 选择合适的片段：从视频中找一个你喜欢的片段，最好在shadowing site上找到源视频，这样可以确保材料的质量。
- 播放并聆听：多次播放该片段，注意语音的节奏、语调和重音，尽量在心中回想讲述者的语气。
- 跟读练习：开始跟着副音频进行跟读，试着模仿讲述者的发音与表达。你可以逐句地模仿，确保发音正确。
- 记录与比较：自己的发音录音并与视频做对比，找出需要改善的地方。
- 重复练习：不断重复第3和第4步，直到你对自己的发音感到满意为止，这样能帮助你在雅思口语练习中自信表达。
通过这种逐步跟读的方法，你将逐渐改善自己的口语技能，同时也能享受创造与表达的乐趣，把每一天的小项目融入到你的学习中。记住，创造的过程中最重要的不是结果，而是参与和体验。
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。