Learn English with the NEWS (Step by Step) 🌐 Advanced Vocabulary from BBC and more · Your World In English
通过真实新闻片段学习英语新闻表达，掌握高级词汇和自然发音。适合练习听力、词汇和语感。
In this lesson, I'll show you how to understand real English on the news step by step.
在这节课中，我会一步步教你如何理解新闻中的真实英语表达。
Together, we'll watch three video clips from different English-speaking countries, all reporting on the same news story.
我们将一起观看三个来自不同英语国家的视频片段，这些视频都在报道同一则新闻。
This way, you'll hear native speakers with different accents explaining the same topic in different ways.
通过这种方式，你可以听到使用不同口音的母语者用不同的方式来解释同一个主题。
You'll watch each video clip twice, the first time with some missing words
每个视频片段你都需要观看两次：第一次观看时，部分单词会被省略（即不显示出来）。
and the second time with the full transcription.
第二次则提供了完整的转录文本。
Next, I'll explain how to use and pronounce all the advanced vocabulary with clear examples.
接下来，我将通过清晰的例子来解释如何使用和发音所有这些高级词汇。
And as always, you can download a free PDF with all the information from today's lesson.
和往常一样，您可以下载一份免费的 PDF 文件，其中包含了今天课程的所有内容。
The link is in the description below this video.
该链接位于该视频下方的描述信息中。
The first clip is from an American TV program called The Today Show.
第一个视频片段来自一档名为《今日秀》（The Today Show）的美国电视节目。
Listen and try to fill in the missing words you hear.
请仔细听，并试着填补你听到的那些缺失的单词。
Okay, let's watch it one more time.
好吧，我们再看一遍吧。
Before we look at the transcription, this is a very interesting phrasal verb that's common on the news.
在我们查看这个短语的转写内容之前，需要先了解一下这个非常有趣的短语动词——它在新闻中经常被使用。
Double down.
加倍下注。
That means you strongly commit to an idea, a decision, or an action.
这意味着你坚定地支持某个想法、某个决定或某个行动。
Usually you double down on something, and that something could be dangerous or something that other people oppose.
通常情况下，你会坚持自己的选择或立场；然而，这个选择或立场可能会带来危险，或者遭到他人的反对。
This actually comes from gambling, especially card games like Blackjack.
这种现象其实起源于赌博活动，尤其是像二十一点（Blackjack）这样的纸牌游戏。
When a player doubles down, they bet twice as much money to show confidence, even though the risk is higher.
当玩家选择“加倍下注”时，他们会投入双倍的赌金以表达自己的信心——尽管这样做会带来更高的风险。
The word "overnight" means "during the night" or "very quickly."
overnight”这个词的意思是“在夜间”或“非常迅速地”。
This is in the context of sudden changes and military or security updates.
这指的是在突然发生的变化以及军事或安全局势更新的情况下所采取的措施。
Next, the word "tensions" describes a difficult situation of disagreement and anger
接下来，“tensions”（紧张关系）一词用来形容一种充满分歧与愤怒的艰难局面。
between groups of people or countries.
在人群或国家群体之间。
This is uncountable and used only in the plural form in this context.
在这种情况下，这类事物是无法被精确计数的，因此只能以复数形式使用。
We usually don't count "tensions" as separate items because we're describing a general state or condition here.
我们通常不会将“紧张局势”视为独立的因素来考虑，因为这里描述的是一种总体状态或情况。
The next word here, "troops."
这里的下一个词是“troops”（军队）。
Troops are soldiers in a group, especially members of an army.
Troops”指的是一群士兵，尤其是军队中的成员。
The countries of Sweden and France have sent some of their troops to where?
瑞典和法国两国已经向哪些地区派遣了部分军队？
Pay attention to the pronunciation.
请注意发音的正确性。
So of course, this name is formed from two separate words, "green" and "land."
当然，这个名字是由两个独立的词组成的，分别是“green”（绿色）和“land”（土地）。
And that's how you pronounce those words when they're separate.
当这些单词单独存在时，就应该这样发音。
But when you have the name of a place that ends with the word "land," that syllable becomes unstressed.
但是，当一个地名以“land”这个词结尾时，这个音节就会失去重音。
So the vowel sound is reduced.
因此，元音的发音强度会减弱（即发音变得不那么明显）。
It's not usually pronounced as "greenLAND."
它通常并不被发音为“greenLAND”（即“格陵兰”）。
It's Greenland.
这里是格陵兰岛。
Greenland.
格陵兰岛。
"Uhh, Uhh, Land."
呃，呃，着陆。
That's a schwa sound, okay?
那个发音就是“schwa”音，明白吗？
This is the same as many other place names in English, like England in the UK.
这与英语中的许多其他地名类似，比如英国的“England”（英格兰）。
So not EngLAND, but England.
所以，不是指“英格兰”这个国家本身，而是指英格兰这个地区或地区内的某些事物。
Ireland.
爱尔兰。
Finland.
芬兰。