Shadowing Practice: Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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28 משפטים
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Music You're on the phone with your girlfriend She's upset,
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she's going off about something that you said She doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in my room,
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it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like
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And she'll never know your story like I do Cause she wears short skirts,
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I wear t-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreamin' about the day
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when you wake up and find What you're lookin' for has been here the whole time
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If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along, so why can't you see?
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You belong with me You belong with me
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Walking the streets with you in your worn-out jeans I can't
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help thinking this is how it ought to be Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself Hey, isn't this easy?
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And you've got a smile
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that could light up this whole town I haven't seen it in a
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while since she brought you down You say you're fine, I know you better than that Hey, what you doing with a girl like that?
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She wears high heels, I wear sneakers She's cheer captain
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and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day
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when you wake up and find The what you're looking for has been here the whole time
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If you could see that I'm the one who understands you Been here all along
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So why can't you see You belong with me Standing by and waiting at your back door All this time,
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how could you not know,
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baby You belong in me You belong with me Oh,
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I remember you driving to my house In the middle of the night I'm the one who makes you laugh
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When you know you're about to cry
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I know your favorite songs and you tell me about your dreams Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me
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Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you've been here all along
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So why can't you see you belong with me?
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Standing by and waiting at your back door all this time How could you not know, baby?
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You belong with me You belong with me You belong with me Have you ever thought just maybe?
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You belong with me You belong with me

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: belong, wear, understands. This video has 28 sentences and 398 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:33. The speaker talks at a steady 112 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 6 of its 28 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
bench noun/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
jeans noun/d͡ʒiːnz/A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
skirt noun/skɚt/A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
heel noun/hil/The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
humour noun/ˈhjuːmɚ/The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
bleacher noun/ˈbli.t͡ʃɚ/One who, or that which, bleaches.
sneaker noun/ˈsnikɚ/One who sneaks.
girlfriend noun/ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
laugh verb/læf/To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and…
smile verb/ˈsmaɪl/To have (a smile) on one's face.
shirt noun/ʃɜɹt/An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.
upset verb/ʌpˈsɛt/To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
typical adjective/ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/Capturing the overall sense of a thing.
favourite adjective/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.
light up verbTo illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
wear out verbTo cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.

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 עכשיוhas been · haven't seen · you've been
משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דברone who understands · one who makes
הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזהI'm listening · you're looking

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 belong, bench, jeans.

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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