跟读练习: Your Brain Peaked at Birth - 通过视频学习英语口语

这段视频共有 16 个句子、210 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 1:12。 说话人语速自然，每分钟约 175 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 12 个不太常见的单词，附发音和释义：

• wire /ˈwaɪɚ/ (名词) — 線 /线, 鐵絲 /铁丝. Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• compete /kəmˈpiːt/ (动词) — 競爭 /竞争, 高下. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
• pace /peɪs/ (名词) — 步伐, 步幅. A step taken with the foot.
• destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ (名词) — 毀滅 /毁灭, 破壞 /破坏. The act of destroying.
• trigger /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ (名词) — 扳機 /扳机. A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
• monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ (名词) — 猴子, 猴兒 /猴儿. A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
• distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ (动词) — 區別 /区别, 辨別 /辨别. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
• surf /sɝf/ (动词) — 衝浪 /冲浪. To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
• ruthless /ˈɹuːθləs/ (形容词) — 殘忍 /残忍, 無情 /无情. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
• synapse /ˈsɪnæps/ (名词) — 突觸 /突触. The junction between the terminal of a neuron and either another neuron or a muscle or gland cell, over which nerve impulses pass.
• linguist /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ (名词) — 語言學家 /语言学家, 語言學者 /语言学者. One who studies linguistics.
• neuron /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ (名词) — 神經細胞 /神经细胞, 神經元 /神经元. A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses.

视频中出现的短语动词

• pick up (动词) — 拾取, 撿 /捡. To lift; to grasp and raise.

需要注意的发音

说话人用了 4 次缩略和弱读形式，例如 aren't, can't, doesn't。请按听到的简短形式来说。

• “sh” 和 “zh” 音: destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, specialization [ˌspɛʃəlaɪ̯ˈzeɪ̯ʃn̩]

如何用这段视频练习

1. 先完整听一遍视频，不要开口，记下不认识的单词。
2. 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读，熟练之后再回到正常速度。
3. 录下自己的声音并与原声对比，特别注意 wire, compete, pace 这类单词。

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：