Shadowing Practice: Melanie Martinez - Play Date [Official Lyric Video] - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
24 משפטים
אם המשפטים קצרים או ארוכים מדי, לחץ על ערוך כדי להתאים אותם.
1
You call me on the telephone, you feel so far away
2
You tell me to come over, there's some games you wanna play I'm walking to your house,
3
nobody's home Just me and you and you and me alone
4
We're just playing hide and seek,
5
it's getting hard to breathe under the sheets with you I don't wanna play no games, I'm tired of always chasing,
6
chasing after you I don't give a fuck about you anyways, whoever said I'd give a shit about you
7
You never share your toys or communicate I guess I'm just a playdate to you
8
Wake up in your bedroom and there's nothing left to say
9
When I try to talk you're always playing board games I wish I had
10
Monopoly over your mind I wish I didn't care all the time
11
We're just playing hide and seek
12
It's getting hard to breathe I'm through the sheets with you I don't wanna play no games I'm tired of always chasing,
13
chasing after you I don't give a fuck about you anyways
14
Whoever said I'd give a shit about you
15
You never share your toys or communicate I guess I'm just a play date to you
16
Ring around, the Rosie I never know, I never know what you need
17
Ring around, the Rosie I wanna give you,
18
wanna give you what you need I don't give a fuck about you anyways
19
Whoever said I give a shit about you
20
You never share your toys or communicate I guess I'm just a play date to you
21
Ooh You know I give a fuck about you every day
22
Guess it's time that I tell you the truth
23
If I share my toys, will you let me stay?
24
Don't wanna leave this play date with you
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
הגיית AIציון לכל משפט
תרגול IPAשלוט בכל צליל
אוצר מיליםבנה את מאגר המילים שלך
משחק אוצר מיליםלמד תוך כדי משחק
אותו ערוץ
C1Melanie Martinez - DISNEY PRINCESS (Official Audio)
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C1Melanie Martinez - NYMPHOLOGY (Official Audio)
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B2Melanie Martinez - POSSESSION (Official Audio)
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B2Melanie Martinez - EVIL (Official Audio)
TeensHigh School Students
B11
Melanie Martinez - DEATH (Official Music Video)
Teens
B21
Melanie Martinez - BATSHIT INTELLIGENCE (Official Audio)
University StudentsWorking Adults
B11
Melanie Martinez - EVIL (Visualizer)
Teens
B21
Melanie Martinez - GRUDGES (Official Audio)
TeensHigh School Students
B1Melanie Martinez - FAERIE SOIRÉE (Official Audio)
Teens
FOR YOU
המלץ על סרטון
B14
26 משפטים
Melanie Martinez - Play Date (Lyrics)
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B11
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38 משפטים
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B13
23 משפטים
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B11
33 משפטים
Maroon 5 - Runaway (Official Music Video)
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B12
218 משפטים
Temper City - Self Aware (Lyrics)
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B12
33 משפטים
NCT DREAM, JVKE 'Broken Melodies (JVKE Remix)' (Official Audio)
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B12
41 משפטים
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Melanie Martinez - Play Date”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: chasing, toys, guess, share, anyways. This video has 24 sentences and 297 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks at a steady 111 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| toy noun | /tɔɪ/ | Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| communicate verb | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| telephone noun | /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ | A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to… |
| monopoly noun | /məˈnɑpəli/ | A situation, by legal privilege or other agreement, in which solely one party (company, cartel etc.) exclusively provides a particular product or service… |
| playdate noun | /ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/ | The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house, traditionally scheduled by both children's parents. |
| seek verb | /ˈsiːk/ | To try to find; to look for; to search for. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ring around verb | To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something. |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, wanna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, monopoly /məˈnɑpəli/
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 chase, toy, whoever.
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.