Shadowing Practice: The Lonely World of Edward Hopper 🥲 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.

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There is no painting on earth quite like Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.

And frankly there has never been an artist quite like Hopper, a man whose entire body of work can be ground down to the realization

that in a world full of interaction we are always alone.

We can sit on a boat with friends and at the same time contemplate in complete isolation, or at a restaurant and listlessly wander off.

Hopper shows us the deafening power of silence whilst in a moment of introspection, boredom, duty, curiosity, doubt, authority and more.

He tells the age-old tale of serving oneself and oneself alone, the pitfall of consciousness in a world built entirely by the faculties of collaboration.

And while we can turn to any one of Hopper's paintings to explore the themes of loneliness, it is only in Nighthawks that we participate in it.

The painting depicts a scene of a diner at the corner of an empty street late into the night.

and inside we have four distinct characters, the couple, the barman and a lonely patron.

Four people sitting in the same room completely isolated from one another in their own thoughts.

But they are not the only ones who are alone.

The genius of Nighthawks is the insulation of its figures into the confines of a diner and it is us,

the audience, who too are left to our own devices to wander in silence.

We are welcome to participate in the lonely world of Edward Hopper's universe, but not quite, invited inside to disturb it.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Lonely World of Edward Hopper 🥲”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Nighthawks, painting, alone. This video has 14 sentences and 261 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:29. The speaker talks at a natural 175 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
diner noun	/ˈdaɪ̯nɚ/	Someone who dines.
wander verb	/ˈwɑndɚ/	To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
barman noun	/ˈbɑɹmæn/	A man who works in a bar.
boredom noun	/ˈbɔɹ.dəm/	The state of being bored.
confine verb	/ˈkɑnfaɪn/	To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
contemplate verb	/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/	To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder…
deafen verb	/ˈdɛfən/	To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
depict verb	/dɪˈpɪkt/	To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
introspection noun	/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/	A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of…
listlessly adverb		In a listless manner; without energy or enthusiasm.
pitfall verb	/ˈpɪtfɔl/	To trap, snare, or ensnare someone or something.
disturb verb	/dɪˈstɜːb/	to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
isolate verb	/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/	To set apart or cut off from others.
loneliness noun	/ˈloʊnlinəs/	A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
insulation noun	/ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/	The act of insulating; detachment from other objects; isolation.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

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

מבנה	בסרטון
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה	can be ground · are left
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו	has never been
משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר	ones who are

Pronunciation to watch

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: introspection /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/, insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: introspection /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/, insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/

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 diner, wander, barman.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?