Shadowing-Übung: cae 2 test 2 part 2 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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The play The Short Goodbye by Richard Holder is virtually unknown today and is hardly ever produced,
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so it may be hard to understand the impact it had when it was first produced in 1957, but it represents an important landmark in the development of theatre in the UK.
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So, why was this play so remarkable at the time?
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Well, to begin with, it took place in an industrial city, which was almost unheard of as the setting for a play in those days.
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At the time, plays were often set in small towns and suburbs or country homes, and they tended to focus on the higher end of society.
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The short goodbye, on the other hand, dealt with the lives of factory workers.
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The main characters, a husband and wife named Colin and Sadie Thomas, were low-paid workers with little education, working in a factory that made car engines.
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Another feature of the play that broke new ground at the time was that the characters all spoke with a regional accent.
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Before this, what was then regarded as standard English in terms of accent was the norm.
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Even when characters were from a specific part of the country, authentic regional speech was rarely heard on the stage.
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So, the play set out to depict working class people at that time, and it caused quite a sensation,
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because these characters were not what working class people were assumed to be like.
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It was assumed that the men talked only about football and the women discussed only household matters.
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However, despite their lack of education, the characters in this play spent a lot of time discussing social attitudes.
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As the plot developed, the audience discovered that the main character, Colin, was planning to enrol at a college, and that his aim was to become a lawyer.
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His wife, Sadie, also had aspirations, and didn't want to spend her life doing boring work and household chores.
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She felt that her talents lay in art and she was keen to do that professionally.
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So both characters were people who had dreams and a desire to fulfil them.
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This portrayal of working class people caused a sensation at the time.
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Now let me just tell you about the stage set for the play when it was first produced in 1957.
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It showed a modest working class home of the time but in keeping with the themes of the play, it was a little different.
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For example, very prominent on the stage, towards the front of it so that audiences couldn't miss it, was a piano.
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It wasn't played at all, but the director and set designer both felt that it would be a striking feature.
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And at the back of the stage, again very visible to the audience, was a group of bookshelves,
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indicating that the inhabitants were interested in reading.
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So, the set surprised and fascinated the audience.
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When the curtain opened, they wanted to know what kind of people lived there.
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Now you will hear part two again.
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The play The Short Goodbye by Richard Holder is virtually unknown today and is hardly ever produced,
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so it may be hard to understand the impact it had when it was first produced in 1957, but it represents an important landmark in the development of theatre in the UK.
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So, why was this play so remarkable at the time?
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Well, to begin with, it took place in an industrial city, which was almost unheard of as the setting for a play in those days.
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At the time, plays were often set in small towns and suburbs or country homes, and they tended to focus on the higher end of society.
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The short goodbye, on the other hand, dealt with the lives of factory workers.
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The main characters, a husband and wife named Colin and Sadie Thomas, were low-paid workers with little education, working in a factory that made car engines.
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Another feature of the play that broke new ground at the time was that the characters all spoke with a regional accent.
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Before this, what was then regarded as standard English in terms of accent was the norm.
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Even when characters were from a specific part of the country, authentic regional speech was rarely heard on the stage.
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So, the play set out to depict working-class people at that time, and it caused quite a sensation,
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because these characters were not what working-class people were assumed to be like.
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It was assumed that the men talked only about football, and the women discussed only household matters.
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However, despite their lack of education, the characters in this play spent a lot of time discussing social attitudes.
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As the plot developed, the audience discovered that the main character, Colin, was planning to enrol at a college and that his aim was to become a lawyer.
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His wife Sadie also had aspirations and didn't want to spend her life doing boring work and household chores.
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she felt that her talents lay in art
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and she was keen to do that professionally
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so both characters were people who had dreams
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and a desire to fulfill them this portrayal of working-class people
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caused a sensation at the time now let me just tell you about the stage set for the play
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when it was first produced in 1957 it showed a modest working-class home of the time
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but in In keeping with the themes of the play, it was a little different.
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For example, very prominent on the stage, towards the front of it so that audiences couldn't miss it, was a piano.
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It wasn't played at all, but the director and set designer both felt that it would be a striking feature.
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And at the back of the stage, again very visible to the audience, was a group of bookshelves, indicating that the inhabitants were interested in reading.
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So, the set surprised and fascinated the audience.
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When the curtain opened, they wanted to know what kind of people lived there.
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That is the end of part two.

Was du in dieser Lektion übst

In dieser Lektion konzentrierst du dich auf das Verstehen und Nachahmen von gesprochenem Englisch anhand eines Themens zu einem historischen Theaterstück. Du wirst nicht nur an deinem Hörverstehen arbeiten, sondern auch lernen, regionale Akzente und natürliche Sprechrhythmen nachzuahmen – ideal, um dein Englisch sprechen üben und gleichzeitig Wissen über britische Kultur aufzubauen.

Wichtige Vokabeln und Redewendungen

  • Landmark – ein Meilenstein, ein bedeutender Punkt in der Entwicklung
  • To break new ground – neue Wege gehen, innovative Ansätze verfolgen
  • Regional accent – regionaler Akzent (im Gegensatz zu Standardenglisch)
  • To enrol at a college – sich an einer Hochschule einschreiben
  • Modest working-class home – ein bescheidenes Arbeiterhaus

Tipps fürs Shadowing

Um deine Englische Aussprache verbessern und das Shadowing effektiv zu üben, folge diesen Schritten: Die Sprache in dem Video hat eine moderate Geschwindigkeit und einen natürlichen, erzählenden Ton. Beginne damit, den Text abschnittweise zu hören (je 5–10 Sekunden) und sofort danach zu wiederholen. Achte besonders auf die regionalen Akzente – versuche, die Nuancen der Aussprache nachzuahmen, auch wenn sie sich von Standardenglisch unterscheiden. Nutze das "shadowspeaks"-Verfahren: Konzentriere dich nicht nur auf die Wörter, sondern auch auf die Intonation und die Pausen. Wiederhole jede Passage mindestens 3 Mal, bis du den Rhythmus flüssig nachvollziehen kannst. Dieses Training hilft dir, dein Englisch Shadowing zu optimieren und selbstsicherer zu sprechen. Denke daran: Die Schlüssel zum Erfolg liegen in der Kontinuität und der genauen Nachahmung – so trainierst du nicht nur deine Aussprache, sondern auch dein Gehör für natürliche Sprachmuster.

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutwere often set · were assumed · was assumed
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachecity, which was · people who had

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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