Shadowing Practice: Are We Living Inside an Alien Control System? - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
המלץ על סרטון
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Are We Living Inside an Alien Control System?”. This video has 370 sentences and 4619 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:11. The speaker talks at a natural 153 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| encounter verb | /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ | To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. |
| phenomenon noun | /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/ | A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof. |
| harvest noun | /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/ | The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting. |
| belief noun | /bɪˈliːf/ | Mental acceptance of a claim as true. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| passage noun | /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ | A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. |
| artificial adjective | /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ | Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. |
| timeline noun | /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/ | A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future). |
| rebel noun | /ˈɹɛb.əl/ | A person who resists an established authority, often violently. |
| tomb noun | /tum/ | A small building, or a room within one, for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be… |
| psychic noun | /ˈsaɪkɪk/ | A person who possesses, or appears to possess, extra-sensory abilities such as clairvoyance, precognition, and telepathy, or who appears to be susceptible to… |
| akin adjective | /ʌˈkɪn/ | Of persons, of the same kin; related by blood. |
| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| behalf noun | /bɪˈhæf/ | The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something. |
| elite noun | /ɪˈlit/ | A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| reach out verb | To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| get away with verb | To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one. | |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. | |
| lay out verb | /ˌleɪ ˈaʊt/ | To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- First of all, I've seen it.
- What were the beings that were mining us?
- Are you happy that you kept going?
- I do believe there's a test.
- Can I ask you something very simply?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | Have you ever seen · I've heard · I've seen |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | was adopted · can be liberated · were recorded |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | people who are · instead, which is · something, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 86 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, cultivation /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
- Long words — get the stress right: phenomenon /fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, cultivation /ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃən/, institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, comprehensive /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like encounter, phenomenon, harvest.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
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