Shadowing-Übung: The piano man Chapter 6 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Chapter 6 The Song
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In the morning, Ludmilla talked in Russian on her mobile phone for more than an hour, crying all the time.
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What's this all about?
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Dr. Sansom asked Avril.
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I don't know, said Avril.
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I think she's talking to her father in St. Petersburg.
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We need to know her story before we can help her.
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When is the interpreter coming?
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At eleven o'clock.
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When she had a moment, Avril went to see the piano man and to sit with him for a time.
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He was nearly always in the patient sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, sometimes playing, sometimes just sitting.
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When Avril talked to him, he listened but did not speak.
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His hands moved gently over the piano keys.
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He answered her with music.
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Other patients went in and out of the sitting room, but Doris was always there, in her usual chair there.
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Beautiful music, she said to Avril.
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Beautiful music.
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Yes, it is, said Avril.
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Does he talk to you, Doris?
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He's a nice boy, Doris said.
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Beautiful music.
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Very nice, Avril said.
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But does he say anything?
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Do you know his name?
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Yes, Doris said happily.
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He's the piano man.
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He plays music.
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Beautiful music.
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Avril went away, back to her other patients.
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In Ludmilla's room, it was quiet.
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Ludmilla lay on her bed and stared out of the window at the sky.
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Avril brought her a hot mug of tea.
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Would you like some tea?
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She said in her warm Irish voice.
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Thirsty work, all that talking.
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Ludmilla sat up and took the tea.
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Thank you.
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Did you talk to your father in St. Petersburg?
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Avril asked.
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Behind her, the door of the room was open, and sounds from the hospital came in.
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Suddenly, Ludmilla turned her head, and some of the hot tea went over the bed.
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Hey, be careful, said Avril.
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But Ludmilla did not hear her.
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She sat very still.
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What's that?
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She whispered.
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What's what?
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Avril asked. That, that music.
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Ludmilla said.
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Where's it coming from?
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It's a patient.
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He's playing the piano in the sitting room, Avril said.
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I think he's- Shh.
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Listen, Ludmilla whispered.
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She put her hand on Avril's arm.
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Listen.
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A second later, she was out of the bed and running.
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She ran out of her room, past the other rooms, and along to the patient sitting room at the end.
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Avril ran after her.
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Wait, she called.
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At the sitting room door, Ludmilla stopped.
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She saw the piano man at the piano, and her face turned white.
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She stood and stared.
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The piano man heard something and turned round.
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He stopped playing and stared at the girl by the door.
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For a long, long minute, nobody moved, nobody spoke.
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Every sound in the hospital stopped.
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Then, very slowly, the piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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He played a slow, beautiful piece of music.
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For a second or two, Ludmilla did not move or speak.
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Then she put her head back, closed her eyes, and began to sing.
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The song was very sad and very beautiful.
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Avril did not understand the words because they were in Russian, but tears came into her eyes.
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The piano man played and Ludmilla sang.
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Then, at the end of the song, she walked across the room to him.
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The piano man stood up and watched her.
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She came and stood in front of him, and very slowly, very gently, she held out her hand to him.
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Mikael?
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She whispered.
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Lita, Lita, Lita, said the piano man.
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Oh, Lita.
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Then he put his arms around her and held her for a long time.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Über diese Lektion

In dieser Lektion übst du das Nachsprechen (shadowspeak) anhand eines spannenden Szenarios aus "The piano man Chapter 6". Du wirst die natürliche Sprache von Gesprächen in einem Krankenhausumfeld lernen, die Tempo- und Tonfallvariationen von alltäglichen Dialogen verstehen und deine Aussprache verbessern. Perfekt für Englisch lernen mit YouTube, denn die Geschichte bietet realistische Sätze, die du einfach nachsprechen kannst!

Wichtige Vokabeln & Sätze

  • Interpreter – der Dolmetscher: "When is the interpreter coming?" (Wann kommt der Dolmetscher?)
  • To stare out of the window – aus dem Fenster starren: "Ludmilla lay on her bed and stared out of the window." (Ludmilla lag auf dem Bett und starrte aus dem Fenster.)
  • Thirsty work – mühsame Arbeit (ugs.): "Thirsty work, all that talking." (Mühsame Arbeit, all das Reden.)
  • To whisper – flüstern: "What's that? She whispered." (Was ist das? Flüsterte sie.)
  • Patient sitting room – der Patientensalon: "He was nearly always in the patient sitting room." (Er war fast immer im Patientensalon.)

Übungstipps fürs Shadowing

Das Shadowing (shadow speech) funktioniert am besten, wenn du Schritt für Schritt vorgehst. Zuerst höre dir die Videoausschnitte mehrmals an, um das Tempo zu erkennen – die Gespräche sind locker und natürlich, wie im Alltag. Dann versuche, direkt hinterherzusprechen: Pausiere nicht, sondern folge der Intonation von Avrils warmen irischen Stimme oder Ludmillas leisen Flüstern. Nutze eine shadowing site, um die Szenen zu wiederholen, bis du die Sätze flüssig sagen kannst. Achte darauf, die Betonung in Wörtern wie "beautiful music" oder "hot mug of tea" zu kopieren – das macht deine Sprache viel natürlicher! Übe täglich 10 Minuten, und du wirst sehen, wie sich dein Sprechen verbessert. Los geht's – die Geschichte wartet auf dich!

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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