Shadowing Practice: How to Find Out What's Really on Your Mind - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In order to find out what's really on your mind, we suggest one of the great exercises of modern psychology,
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what is known as a sentence completion test.
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The test involves looking at a series of unfinished sentences or sentence stubs and completing them as fast as possible,
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letting whatever first comes into one's mind to rise to the surface, thereby giving one chance to discover what one deep down,
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unconsciously, really feels, fears, wants, regrets or a crossabout.
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We're going to flash up some of these sentences on the screen in a second.
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As they show up, look at them for an instant and then say the very first thing that comes into the mind,
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however shocking, direct or emotional it happens to be.
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The The The The
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The The
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The The Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Now you're done, reflect on what ways your answers might be slightly different to what you would ordinarily have understood about yourself.
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What might you have learnt about who you could really be?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to Find Out What's Really on Your Mind”. This video has 14 sentences and 170 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:37. The speaker talks slowly, about 65 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| flash verb | /flæʃ/ | To cause to shine briefly or intermittently. |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| reflect verb | /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ | To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. |
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| instant noun | /ˈɪnstənt/ | A very short period of time; a moment. |
| psychology noun | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | The study of the human mind. |
| involve verb | /ɪnˈvɑlv/ | To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include. |
| completion noun | /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/ | The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment. |
| thereby adverb | /ðɛɹˈbaɪ/ | By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that. |
| unfinished adjective | /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/ | Not completed; unresolved. |
| ordinarily adverb | /ɔɹdɪˈnɛɹɪli/ | Usually or as a general rule; commonly. |
| stub noun | /stʌb/ | Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. |
| unconsciously adverb | /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/ | In an unconscious manner; unknowingly |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
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| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | have understood · have learnt |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | is known |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, flash /flæʃ/, completion /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/, unfinished /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/
- Long words — get the stress right: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, ordinarily /ɔɹdɪˈnɛɹɪli/, unconsciously /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəsli/
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 shock, flash, discover.
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