下面有六篇適合出聲朗讀的英文短文，A1 到 C2 每個程度各一篇，是專門為這個頁面寫的。請先自己大聲唸一遍，再聽自然的人聲朗讀，比較兩者的差別。每一篇底下都有一個練習重點。
怎麼用它們練習
先默讀一遍，了解內容。接著放慢速度大聲唸，一遇到卡住的地方就停下來。之後再聽朗讀，並跟著看文字。短時間練習比長時間更有效：一篇文章、十分鐘，然後就收工。
程度只是參考，不是規定。如果覺得太簡單，就往上一級；如果跟不上內容，就退回去一級。
A1：和小狗度過的早晨
My name is Anna. I live in a small house with my brother. We have a dog. His name is Max. Every morning I give Max some water. Then we go to the park. The park is green and quiet. Max runs and I sit on a bench. I like mornings.
練習重點：速度。用 0.5× 播放，每一個短句都緊接著聲音之後跟著說。每個句子都是完整的意思，所以可以一直重複同一句，直到說起來輕鬆為止。
A2：週六的市場
On Saturday I usually go to the market with my mother. We buy bread, apples and cheese, and sometimes a few flowers. Last week it rained, so we took an umbrella and walked slowly. A woman at the bread stall gave me a small piece of cake because it was her birthday. I said thank you and wished her a happy day. When we got home, we were wet but happy.
練習重點：重複一個句子。挑出你覺得最難的句子，例如 “A woman at the bread stall gave me a small piece of cake because it was her birthday”，重複五次，直到能不停頓地說完。
B1：新的城市
When I moved to a new city last year, I knew nobody. At first I felt lonely, so I decided to join a walking group that meets every Sunday. I was nervous before the first walk, but the people were friendly and nobody minded my mistakes when I spoke. We talked about food, work and the weather. Now I look forward to Sundays, and I have even started helping to plan the routes. If you feel alone somewhere new, I would say: try one small thing and see what happens.
練習重點：隱藏文字。把文字隱藏起來聽一次，然後用自己的話說出聽懂的內容。再把文字顯示出來，檢查漏掉了什麼。
B2：天分還是習慣？
Many people believe that learning a language is mostly a question of talent, but my experience suggests otherwise. What mattered most was not how long I studied, but how regularly I did it. Twenty minutes every day brought me further than a long session once a week, which I usually forgot by the following Monday. It also helped that I stopped being afraid of sounding foolish. Once I accepted that mistakes were simply part of the process, I started speaking much more and, almost without noticing, much better.
練習重點：重音與連音。注意聽聲音加重的字，例如 “regularly” 和 “mistakes”，然後和聲音同時朗讀，努力跟上它。
C1：慢慢讀
There is a curious paradox in the way we consume information today. We have never had access to so much knowledge, yet we seem to retain less of it, skimming headlines and moving on before any idea has had the chance to settle. Reading slowly, and ideally aloud, forces the opposite habit: it obliges us to dwell on each sentence, to hear its rhythm, and to notice when an argument is stronger or weaker than it first appeared. It is a modest discipline, but a surprisingly effective one.
練習重點：長句。找出最長的句子，看聲音在哪裡停頓，並把那些地方標記起來。然後大聲唸出來，在相同的地方換氣。
C2：用詞的問題
It would be tempting to dismiss the matter as one of mere semantics, yet the distinction is anything but trivial. A word chosen carelessly can quietly redraw the boundaries of a debate, lending an air of inevitability to conclusions that, on closer inspection, rest on little more than convention. The skilled reader learns to be suspicious of precisely those phrases that seem to require no justification, and to ask, with some persistence, who benefits from their going unexamined.
練習重點：複述。隱藏文字來聽，然後不看原文，用兩句話大聲總結這段論述。最後對照原文檢查自己說得對不對。
怎麼聽它們被朗讀出來
在 Outloud Reader 裡有兩種方法。
- 貼上文字。複製上面的文章，新增一本書，選「文字」並貼上。選擇 English（美式或英式），再選女聲或男聲，點「建立」。文章會一邊標示片語一邊朗讀，語速可從 0.5× 到 1.25×，每個句子最多可重複五次。
- 讓 App 寫新的文章。選「AI 故事」，挑一個主題或點「給我驚喜」，並選擇程度（A1–A2、B1–B2 或 C1–C2）和一到三頁的長度，就會寫出符合該程度的新文章。你可以先讀過再決定要不要做成書。撰寫是免費的，做成書的時候才會用掉頁數。
讀完這六篇、想要同樣程度的更多內容時，第二種方法就很實用。詳細步驟請見符合你程度的 AI 故事和貼上文字這兩份指南。
請記得
App 只是唸給你聽，不會聽你說話，也不會替你的發音打分數，比較的工作要由你自己來做。建立書需要網路，建好之後可離線播放。一開始有幾頁免費，之後可購買頁數包或訂閱 Premium，價格顯示在 App 內。