跟读练习: Yippee - I'm Cancelled - 通过视频学习英语口语
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- So, I got some news this morning.
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I heard that I was canceled.
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Thank you.
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Do you want to know what I said when I found out?
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Yay.
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I said yay.
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Because that's the best news I could have possibly gotten for my career.
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Let me ask you a question.
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What is the most powerful currency in our society?
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Think very carefully before you answer.
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It's not money.
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It's not sex.
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It's not even power.
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It's attention.
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The attention that you're giving me right now.
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The attention that I've been farming from you idiots for the past three years.
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Everybody was mad at me on Twitter the other day because of a video that I made screaming in my car.
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Oh, it's getting pretty old, they said.
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Never seen this one before, they said sarcastically.
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a tweet like that.
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Every time I would see...
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Every time I saw a tweet like that, I jumped Cha -ching!
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Attention!
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If you can capture people's attention, you will be the most powerful person on our planet.
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Look at where I am right now.
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I'm on Malibu Beach at 11 a .m on a Monday afternoon.
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I have you all to thank for that.
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All of you who said, "This guy sucks." This guy's an idiot.
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This guy's a psychopath.
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This guy is a narcissist.
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Bing, bong, bing.
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Engagement goes up.
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Because if there's one thing I learned on Twitter, being a rage baiter, that's what they would call me, a troll.
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engagement farming.
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It's that you idiots will do anything but ignore somebody Who wants attention?
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You're not capable of it.
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When you're scrolling on your social media, and you see something that upsets you, why can't you just scroll away?
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Why do you have to let it consume every second of your attention?
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fiber of your brain.
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You have to share it.
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You have to retweet it.
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You have to like it.
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You have to let everyone know that you are better than me.
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You have to let everyone know that you're smart.
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Your morals are superior.
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You know why this is wrong.
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You know what If they just listen to you,
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even though you get two likes maybe, zero most of the time,
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it doesn't stop you, does it?
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If you're smart, then 15 minutes later, you go back and delete it because you think, I was just upset.
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I don't know why I tweeted this.
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I don't know why I posted this.
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shared this to my story.
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Because you have the brain of an ape.
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Because when you see something that upsets you, you pounce.
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Because the only thing you're capable of processing is that You want to feel important.
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So you can't ignore me.
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You love me.
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Even if you say you hate me.
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You love it You love getting upset.
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You love feeling superior.
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You love telling me off, don't you?
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Don't you? Because you need that.
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You go to work.
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You drink all night.
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You hate your life, don't you?
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Yep. Because life sucks!
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So you need that attention.
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You need that moment where just for one single second you feel like you are important.
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You are special.
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You are valid.
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Right?
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Because deep down you know that you're not.
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If you felt like you were, if you felt whole, if you felt like you had everything that you needed in life,
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you would be able to ignore me. But you can't.
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It's not possible.
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Because you need me to be a bad person more than I need me to be a good person. So yay!
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I'm canceled!
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You're talking about me!
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You're sharing me!
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You're commenting on me!
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I have your attention!
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And I'm not giving it up without a fight. So thank you.
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Thank you for everything that you've done.
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Because I am really enjoying myself.
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Thank you.
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I told you that we needed to go back farther, but you told me, oh, the focal length,
背景与背景
在这段发人深省的视频中，演讲者通过个人经历探索了社交媒体的影响力及其对人际关系的影响。演讲者表明，"被取消"对他来说并不是一种负面结果，而是一个吸引注意力的机会。他指出，注意力是现代社会中最强大的货币，能够吸引大量观众的同时，也引发了对其内容的各种情绪反应。通过对推特中负面评论的分析，他揭示了用户在社交媒体上互动的深层心理，这对于提高英语交流能力提供了丰富的语境。
日常交流的五个常用短语
- 太棒了！（Yay!） - 用于表达兴奋或积极的回应。
- 我被取消了。（I was canceled.） - 表达社交媒体上受到负面评价的状态。
- 你的道德感更优越。（Your morals are superior.） - 在讨论价值观时使用的表述。
- 每次我看到……（Every time I would see...） - 用来引入一个个人经历或观察。
- 你无法忽视别人想要的注意力。（You are not capable of ignoring someone who wants attention.） - 反映社交媒体互动背后的心理机制。
逐步跟读指南
如果希望通过这段视频提高你的英语口语能力，可以按照以下步骤进行影子跟读（shadow speech）练习，这在雅思口语练习中也非常有效：
- 观看视频：首次观看视频，关注演讲者的语调和语速。
- 逐句模仿：将视频暂停，在每句话后进行重复，尝试模仿演讲者的发音和语调。
- 缓慢跟读：随着视频的播放，尝试慢速跟读，逐步加快语速，直到能够与演讲者同步。
- 多次练习：每天练习，使用"英语影子跟读"（shadowing）的方法来提高发音和流利度。
- 记录反馈：使用手机录音功能记录自己的声音，及时与原音对比，找出改进的地方。
通过这种有效的影子跟读训练，不仅能够提升你的口语能力，还有助于加深对社交媒体话题的理解，帮助你在与他人沟通时更加自信。
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。