一聽就懂：英文聽力練習直播

Chen Lily
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1. Nick tells me you’re a professor, too. What do you teach?
2. Um, I teach Economics.

重音位置變化

E‘conomy: The economy is in recession.

Eco’nomics: I studied economics in college.

Eco’nomical: We need to think of an economical solution to the problem.

其他重音變化例子

Ja’pan/ Japa’nese

‘Photo/ ‘Photograph/ Pho’tographer

‘Labor/ La’borious
3. And she’s brilliant. NYU’s youngest faculty member.

Faculty 學院/系所

Faculty (member) 全體教職員

4. So, economics. Sounds challenging.
Are your parents academics, as well?

Aca’demics as well
5. Uh, no. Well, my dad actually died before I was born and,
um, my mom didn’t even go to college.

didn’t even
 6. She actually hardly spoke any
English when she immigrated to the United States.
(v.) 移民
7. But she worked really hard, and she studied, and she earned her
real estate license while she was waiting tables to support us.

Real estate license (n.) 房地產執照

Realtor (n.) 房產仲介
Real estate broker (n.) 房產仲介

Waiter/ Server (n.) 服務生

Wait tables
Busser/ Busboy/ Busgirl
Bus tables
 (n.) 房產仲介

8. Now, she likes to say that she’s Flushing’s top real estate broker.
(n.) 紐約中國城周遭社區
9. Self-made woman. She must be so proud of you.

Self-made (phr.) 白手起家

Ex: a self-made millionaire

單數 Woman 複數 Women

/ˈwʊm.ən/ /ˈwɪm.ɪn/

Woh-m’n Wi-m’n

ㄜ ㄧ
10. Well, she knows that I’m passionate about what I do,

and she’s always wanted that for me.

n
11. Pursuing one’s passions. How American.
12. Well, your mother is very open-minded,
(a.) 價值觀開明、開放
13. not like here, where parents are obsessed with shaping the life
of their children.

Obsessed with 癡迷、著迷

I’ve always been obsessed with learning languages.

Shape something 改變、形塑

The year 2020 has shaped the history of mankind.

Memory can be shaped profoundly over a long period of time.

14. Hmm. Oh. That’s dinner.
15. Hmm. Go ahead. I’ll be out in a minute.

Rachel, it was lovely meeting you.

16. Thank you. You, too.
ELEANOR
1. Nick tells me you’re a professor, too. What do you teach?

RACHEL
2. Um, I teach Economics.

NICK
3. And she’s brilliant. NYU’s youngest faculty member.

ELEANOR
4. So, economics. Sounds challenging. Are your parents academics, as well?

RACHEL
5. Uh, no. Well, my dad actually died before I was born and, um, my mom didn’t even go to
college.
6. She actually hardly spoke any English when she immigrated to the United States.

RACHEL
7. But she worked really hard, and she studied, and she earned her real estate license while she
was waiting tables to support us.
8. Now, she likes to say that she’s Flushing’s top real estate broker.
ELEANOR
9. Self-made woman. She must be so proud of you.

RACHEL
10. Well, she knows that I’m passionate about what I do, and she’s always wanted that for me.

ELEANOR
11. Pursuing one’s passions. How American.
12. Well, your mother is very open-minded,
13. not like here, where parents are obsessed with shaping the life of their children.

NICK
14. Hmm. Oh. That’s dinner.

ELEANOR
15. Hmm. Go ahead. I’ll be out in a minute. Rachel, it was lovely meeting you.

RACHEL
16. Thank you. You, too.