Shadowing Practice: What is Trauma: A Kid Friendly Explanation on Understanding Difficult Experiences and Healing - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Have you ever had a really bad experience that you just can't seem to forget?
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Or have been in a situation where you felt helpless and hopeless?
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If so, you may be dealing with something called trauma.
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Trauma is an emotional response to any event that felt dangerous or overwhelming to you.
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If something you experience is traumatic, it might not feel that way to because we're all unique.
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So how do you know if you have experienced trauma?
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Well, first, it would be something that was unexpected.
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Second, you wouldn't have been prepared for it, even if you saw it coming.
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And third, it's something that makes you feel helpless because there was really nothing you can do about it.
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All these things combined equal trauma, the emotional response you have when something really horrible happens.
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Trauma looks different Signs you're dealing with it include feeling tired,
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confused, sad, anxious, numb, or unable to concentrate.
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You might not feel very safe and struggle to keep calm.
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You can also have difficulty sleeping and managing your emotions.
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Some traumatic events may include being bullied, abused, or neglected.
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It can also involve being separated from loved ones or dealing with a personal crisis.
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Can you recover from trauma?
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Instead of avoiding the bad memory and pushing it down inside of you, the best thing you can do is face it with professional help.
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If you're trying to support someone who has experienced trauma, remember to be patient with them.
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Listen and don't compare their experiences with your own.
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Everyone recovers a little differently, but recovery is possible for everyone.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “What is Trauma: A Kid Friendly Explanation on Understanding Difficult Experiences and Healing”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: trauma, dealing, experience. This video has 21 sentences and 268 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:48. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 4 of its 21 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
trauma noun/ˈtɹɔm.ə/Any injury to the body of a living thing.
recover verb/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
traumatic adjective/tɹɔˈmætɪk/Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
helpless adjective/ˈhɛlplɪs/Unable to defend oneself.
confused adjective/kənˈfjuːzd/unable to think clearly or understand
compare verb/kəmˈpɛɚ/To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
horrible adjective/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
difficulty noun/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
involve verb/ɪnˈvɑlv/To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
differently adverb/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/In a different way.
unexpected adjective/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
emotion noun/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
combine verb/kəmˈbaɪn/To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
anxious adjective/ˈæŋkʃəs/Nervous and worried.
concentrate verb/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.

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 עכשיוHave you ever had · have been · have experienced
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהbeing bullied · being separated
אפשרות עם “might / may” might/may + verb — משהו שיכול לקרות, אך לא בטוחmay be · might not feel · may include
הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזהyou're dealing · you're trying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
  • Long words — get the stress right: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

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 trauma, recover, traumatic.

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