English Speaking Practice (Shadowing) on Brain Health & Turning 40! · mmmEnglish
通过模仿练习提升英语发音和语调，适合英语学习者练习口语表达和自然交流。内容围绕脑健康和40岁生活变化展开，适合日常口语训练。
Hey there, I'm Emma from mmmEnglish.
嘿，大家好！我是 Emma，来自 mmmEnglish。
This is a speaking practice lesson and I'm going to share a personal story with you today.
这是一节口语练习课，今天我想和大家分享一个我的个人故事。
You see, earlier in the year I
你知道的，今年早些时候我……
turned 40 and suddenly a whole lot of things that I'd never previously thought about or cared about suddenly became important.
我刚满 40 岁，突然之间，很多以前从未考虑过或在意过的事情变得非常重要起来。
Have you ever had this happen?
你有没有遇到过这种情况？
Like on a particular birthday where something felt like it changed but for no apparent reason.
比如在某个特定的生日那天，感觉一切都发生了变化，但却没有任何明显的原因。
So, one thing I started paying more attention to is brain health.
因此，我开始更加关注的一个方面就是大脑健康。
Like I've always been physically healthy and
我一直都很健康，身体状况也不错。
always taken care of myself, always eaten well, but it's only recently that I've started paying attention to cognitive health.
我一直都很注重自己的生活，饮食也很健康，但直到最近我才开始真正关注自己的认知健康状况。
And this happens to be a conversation topic that we've been discussing inside the Hey Lady!
而这恰好是一个我们一直在《Hey Lady!》节目中讨论的话题。
English speaking community.
以英语为交流方式的社区。
Over the past month, I've had some really interesting conversations with some of our members about this topic.
在过去的一个月里，我就这个话题与我们的一些会员进行了一些非常有趣的交流。
But I thought I'd make a specific practice lesson to help share some vocabulary and perhaps even inspire some English conversations about brain health.
不过，我想专门设计一堂练习课，帮助大家学习一些相关词汇，甚至激发一些关于大脑健康的英语对话。
What do you think?
你怎么看？
So, this is a speaking practice that any English learner can use.
这是一种任何英语学习者都可以使用的口语练习方法。
Before we dive in, I want to give you a quick reminder about how it works because this is the mmmEnglish imitation technique.
在我们开始讨论之前，我想先简要介绍一下这种技术的运作原理。这种技术其实是一种模仿英语表达方式的方法（可以称之为“mmmEnglish模仿技术”）。
It's my method for training your mouth, using your ears and not your eyes.
这是我训练你使用口腔发音的方法——让你依靠耳朵来感知发音的细节，而不是眼睛。
It is an amazing way to improve your English speaking skills.
这是一种提高英语口语能力的绝佳方法。
Really easy to do and to practice on your own.
真的非常容易操作，也可以自己进行练习。
There are three steps.
共有三个步骤。
Listen, repeat after me, and shadow me, which is where you follow along in real time.
听着，跟着我重复我说的话，并模仿我的动作（即实时模仿我的行为）。
You're following my natural rhythm, my pace, my tone, and all of this is to help you feel what it feels like to speak English naturally.
你正在跟随我的说话节奏、语速以及语气风格；所有这些都是为了帮助你感受到用英语自然表达时的那种感觉。
You'll hear the short story that I'm going to share with you repeated three times, once at each step.
你们将会听到我要和大家分享的这个短故事，这个故事会被重复三次，每次在故事发展的不同阶段被讲述一次。
Are you ready?
你准备好了吗？
Let's begin.
我们开始吧。
In step one, just listen.
第一步，只需认真聆听即可。
Listen for new words, listen to the tone of my voice.
注意听新出现的单词，同时也要留意我的说话语气。
So, I turned 40 this year.
今年我刚满 40 岁。
And suddenly, brain health feels like something I actually need to pay attention to.
突然间，我意识到大脑健康确实是一件需要我认真关注的事情。
Not just my body, but my mind as well.
不仅仅是我的身体，还有我的心灵。
To be honest, I feel like the algorithms are to blame for this.
说实话，我觉得这个问题应该归咎于那些算法。
Like, I'm 40 now, so they feed me information for 40-year-olds.
我现在40岁了，所以他们给我提供的信息都是适合40岁人群的内容。
And I'm actually learning a lot.
实际上，我学到了很多东西。
Three things have started influencing my daily habits and my regular routine.
有三件事情开始影响我的日常习惯和常规作息。
Firstly, sleep.
首先，就是睡眠。
Now, I've never had any problems sleeping, so I've never paid much attention to it.
其实，我从来都没有睡眠方面的问题，因此也从未特别关注过这个问题。
But, if you deprive yourself of sleep night after night, your brain never gets the time it actually needs to rest and repair itself.
但是，如果你连续多个夜晚都剥夺自己的睡眠时间，你的大脑就永远无法获得真正所需的休息和修复机会。
So, now I have a proper wind-down ritual.
现在，我终于有了一个完整的放松身心的仪式。
Phone away, lights low, same time every night.
每晚同一时间，电话铃声响起，灯光昏暗……
Or at least, I try to make it so.
至少，我是这么努力的。