Shadowing Practice: AEF3e SB4 Review and Check 7&8 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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34 משפטים
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Is there anyone you often have arguments with?
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I suppose I often have arguments with my sister, and that is mostly about,
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you know, who's going to clean the dishes, whose turn is it to bring out the trash,
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who's going to get the toilet paper next, things like that.
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Who usually wins the argument?
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Depends on who's more awake at the time.
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They usually win the arguments.
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Have you ever acted in a play or a movie?
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I have acted in both plays and films, actually.
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That's my profession.
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I'm an actor.
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What was your most recent play?
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Okay, so my most recent play was called A Woman's Worth,
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where I played Jada, who is a wedding planner whose fiancée just refuses to make the commitment
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and actually get married to her.
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Did you enjoy the experience?
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I did enjoy the experience.
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I got a chance to perform in front of my friends and my family and my boyfriend, so that was really cool.
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Have you ever witnessed a crime?
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I have witnessed a crime.
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When I was in Barcelona about 10 years ago, we were sitting out at a table eating, and I had my video camera on the table,
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and a woman came up and distracted us and grabbed my camera and ran away with it.
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And the waiter actually chased her and grabbed the camera back.
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So it was a crime that was stopped, but it was a crime.
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Where do you get your news from?
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I read most of my news online or on my phone, and I do use newspaper apps,
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but I'm ashamed to say that a lot of my news does also come through social media.
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What kind of news are you most interested in?
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I'm interested in politics, sports, and really most news.
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I studied journalism, so I have an interest in it.
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Do you mostly believe what you hear or read in the news?
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No, I don't believe anything I read in the news.
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And I think you have to filter everything you read through the organization
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that it comes from because every media outlet has some kind of bias.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “AEF3e SB4 Review and Check 7&8”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: argument, crime, camera. This video has 34 sentences and 360 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:44. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 9 of its 34 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
chase verb/t͡ʃeɪs/To follow at speed.
commitment noun/kəˈmɪtmənt/The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
trash noun/tɹæʃ/Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
refuse verb/ɹɪˈfjuːz/To decline (a request or demand).
toilet verb/ˈtɔɪ.lət/To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
filter noun/ˈfɪltɚ/A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from…
dish noun/dɪʃ/A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
depend verb/dɪˈpɛnd/To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
bias noun/ˈbaɪ.əs/Inclination towards something.
awake verb/əˈweɪk/To become conscious after having slept.
profession noun/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
journalism noun/ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news…
ashamed adjective/əˈʃeɪmd/Feeling shame or guilt.
outlet noun/ˈaʊtlɛt/A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
distract verb/dɪˈstɹækt/To divert the attention of.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
bring out verbTo elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
come through verbTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
come up verbTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
read through verbTo thoroughly read something to check or proofread it.
run away with verbTo leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Is there anyone you often have arguments with?
  • What was your most recent play?
  • Did you enjoy the experience?
  • Have you ever witnessed a crime?
  • Where do you get your news from?

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיוHave you ever acted · have acted · Have you ever witnessed
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהwas called · was stopped
שם תואר מובהק (Superlatives) the -est / the most … — לציין את הגבוה או הנמוך ביותר בקבוצהyour most recent · my most recent
עתיד עם “going to” be going to + verb — תכנון לעתיד או משהו שנראה שעומד לקרותwho's going to clean · who's going to get

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, dish /dɪʃ/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/

How to practise with this video

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

מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?

שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.

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