Shadowing Practice to Fix Your English Pronunciation · English by Jay - Sprout
通过制作抹茶、冰箱磁贴和文化村等场景,练习英语发音。适合提升连读、重音和语音语调。
One surprising thing about a good English accent, copying, gets you there faster than studying.
关于纯正的英式口音,有一点令人惊讶:通过模仿来学习,往往比通过系统性的学习更快地达到目标。
And shadowing is how you do that.
而“影子跟踪”(shadowing)正是实现这一目标的方法。
You hear a native speaker and you copy everything.
当你听到一个以该语言为母语的人说话时,你会把他说的一切都模仿下来。
The sounds, the rhythm, and the mouth movements.
那些声音、节奏,以及口腔的运动……
Today I will show you how to shadow common but difficult English words in three different situations,
今天我将向你们展示如何在三种不同的情况下正确地拼写那些常见但难以拼写的英语单词。
starting with this one.
就从这一个开始吧。
Making matcha is our morning ritual and we're gonna learn some English words while we do it.
制作抹茶是我们每天的早晨例行活动;同时,在这个过程中我们还能学习一些英语单词。
It's the same format as the last video.
这个视频的格式与上一个视频相同。
You watch and listen first.
你首先要观看和聆听。
I'll narrate as we go and then we'll rewind and you will practice your shadowing.
我会边进行边进行讲解;之后我们会倒回刚才的视频片段,让你有机会练习自己的“影子跟随”技巧(即模仿说话者的动作和语调)。
Now let's go to the kitchen and see what Chang is up to.
现在我们去厨房看看张在忙什么吧。
Hello there.
你好!
What are you up to?
你在忙什么呢?
Chang is sieving the matcha powder with the sieve.
张正在用筛子筛分抹茶粉。
Now she's pouring in the hot water.
现在她正在往水壶里倒入热水。
The temperature has to be just right.
温度必须恰到好处才行。
Chang what's next?
接下来该做什么呢?
Time to whisk.
是时候开始行动了(或:是时候开始忙碌了)。
Now she's whisking the matcha.
现在她正在搅拌抹茶粉。
Meanwhile I'm putting these circular ice cubes into the glasses and
与此同时,我正在把这些圆形的冰块放入杯子里。
pouring in the oat milk.
正在往杯子里倒入燕麦奶。
Chang has just finished whisking.
张刚刚完成了打蛋(即用打蛋器搅拌鸡蛋)的工作。
The matcha is silky and glossy.
这种抹茶口感丝滑,表面富有光泽。
Silky is like smooth and glossy is like shiny.
Silky”意味着光滑细腻;“Glossy”则意味着有光泽、闪闪发亮。
Lovely.
太可爱了。
Look at that colour.
看看那种颜色……
Now let's shadow some tricky words.
现在,让我们来分析一些比较难理解的单词吧。
Making matcha is our morning ritual.
制作抹茶是我们每天的早晨惯例。
Chang is sieving the matcha powder with the sieve.
张正在用筛子筛分抹茶粉。
Now she's pouring in the hot water.
现在她正在往水壶里倒入热水。
The temperature has to be just right.
温度必须恰到好处。
The matcha is silky and glossy.
这种抹茶口感丝滑,表面富有光泽。
Silky is like smooth and
Silky”这个词的意思类似于“smooth”(光滑的),表示某种质地细腻、柔软且光滑的感觉。
glossy is like shiny.
Glossy”这个词的意思类似于“shiny”(有光泽的)。
Good job.
干得好!
Three pronunciation notes.
三个发音注意事项。
First pay attention to the word sieve.
首先,请注意“sieve”(筛子)这个词。
It's spelled like believe but it's a short sound.
它的拼写与“believe”相同,但发音较短。
It rhymes with give and live.
它的发音与“give”(给予)和“live”(生活)押韵。
Give me a sieve and I'll live forever.
给我一个筛子,我就能永远活下去了。