تدريب Shadowing: Ginny reads out her essay (S01E08) - تعلم التحدث بالإنجليزية عبر الفيديو

Next up, Ginny Miller.

Growing up, I thought that...

Growing up, I thought people were born with their heads cocked because that's how they've always looked at me.

Boxes.

Check one.

Check other.

People don't know they don't furrow between the layers like I do.

They don't switch and twitch and actively make the decisions of which.

Which part of me belongs today?

Which aspect of my personality will offend the least

and blend the most and work and succeed

and bury the lead like a switchboard of traits that decide my fate and I'm always an imposter?

Always lost, always asking for directions, and people point my way like the scarecrow.

Like tornadoes blowing me whichever way the wind blows.

Well, Dorothy doesn't want to play today.

She's prepping for the SAT, just the Scantron.

The box is empty and glaring and daring me to choose one.

Well, I'm an expert at boxes.

My whole life can fit inside it, and I've got it down to a science.

I can pack my entire identity in an hour, because where there's roots, there's power, but I'm all topsoil.

My blood runs like water and oil, refusing to stick.

My dad's old books, read in secret nooks, that camera that locks all my memories in a flash, saved for when my recollection doesn't last,

that lighter that sparked that fire.

All fit in a box ready to be carried from door to door.

But that's not the kind of box people ever ask for.

So many lines in the sand, so many cants and cans, I see both worlds so clearly, and I skip and jump and dance and fall between, never seen.

I belong in the spaces between.

Check all that may apply.

Ah!

Oh, my God!

Hello? And the winner is...

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Ginny reads out her essay”. This video has 31 sentences and 302 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:25. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
furrow noun	/ˈfʌɹoʊ/	A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
impostor noun	/ɪmˈpɑstɚ/	Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
recollection noun	/ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/	The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory.
switchboard noun	/ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/	The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
topsoil noun		The upper layer of soil, typically most fertile and in which it is the easiest to start new plants.
offend verb	/əˈfɛnd/	To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
trait noun	/tɹeɪt/	An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
whichever	/wɪt͡ʃˈɛvɚ/	Which ever; emphatic form of 'which'.
twitch noun	/twɪt͡ʃ/	A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
tornado noun	/tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/	A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground.
bury verb	/ˈbɛɹi/	To outlive.
prep noun	/pɹɛp/	Preparation.
blend verb	/blɛnd/	To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
spark noun	/ˈspɑɹk/	A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire, resulting from an electrical surge or excessive heat created by friction.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like furrow, impostor, recollection.

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