Shadowing Practice: Why Young People Love Old Things - Learn English Speaking with Video

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i like old things i have seven film cameras and nes a rotary phone a bunch of records

my parents old cassettes a book of mechanical movements devices and appliances from 1907 and a phonograph

i don't know exactly how many other people in their early 20s like all this old analog stuff too

but it's definitely not zero

I've been seeing a bunch of ads recently for digital cameras

that are supposed to look like film and I've seen people online

that are switching from smartphones back to flip phones

because you know social media just sucks and then

if you're talking about clothes I mean thrifting is a huge industry I've seen

so many people in my own generation whose whole personality is based on clothes

and culture from like the 60s 70s 80s or 90s even the 2000s.

Now there's no one right answer for why people like the things that they do.

I have my own reasons for liking old things other people might have their own reasons for liking old things

and this is a topic that can be talked about forever

but if you ask me why I like old things

and why I think all these other people all these other

younger people do too i think the first thing i would mention is

five the five senses you got sight hearing smell touch

and okay maybe maybe just the first four yeah um all this old stuff at least

when it comes to objects they're tactile you can interact with

them on a physical way you know all the clicks

and dials and buttons and doohickeys thingamabobs whatchamacallits whatever and when you consider that i mostly grew up with this

it starts to make sense sometimes it can feel like the whole world is stuck behind glass

when i'm constantly on my phone but when i use something that's older

and analog it kind of brings me back into the real world.

You know, I think human beings are kind of just built for tactile feedback.

It's just the basics of how we all interact with the world, with our senses.

Now, I've had older people tell me, oh why would you want to go back and use all

that old junk I was forced to use when I was growing up?

Things are so much better now.

You can access anything, at any time, anywhere.

Why would you ever want to revert back

well now all this unlimited

information i mean it's absolutely fantastic

but a lot of times it just it feels like a monsoon it's

so much since you can know everything all at once, it just can be a bit much.

Sometimes I feel like Ben Stiller in Night of the Museum

when Attila the Hun is trying to rip him limb from limb.

It's just complete decision paralysis when it comes to the endless void of the internet.

But using things pre -internet, it takes me away from that.

It gives my mind a break.

And all these things, listening to music on vinyl taking film photos using a typewriter it just calms my mind

and it takes it away from that ever widening dark pit

that the internet can sometimes be which leads me into my next thing

my dad used to tell me stories about

when he was my age he would buy all these cool old muscle cars for cheap, you know.

He had a Camaro and a Smoke in the Band at Trans Am, and he would swap the engine and fix up these cars right in my grandmother's driveway.

And as a little kid, my mind was always blown that he could take an engine out of a car and put a new one in, all just in a weekend.

But then one day, he and I were walking through a field full of classic cars in a car show, you know, the kinds that he worked on when he was my age.

And I stopped and turned to a 1970s Corvette, and the hood was open, so I looked down at the engine and went,

huh, it's actually pretty empty.

I could actually see the ground through the engine of the car.

Now, I'm not saying what my dad did all those years ago wasn't impressive,

but those older cars just appeared to be so much simpler to work on compared to any car I've ever own today.

If you buy a new car now, it's almost impossible to work on, but - Any of those older cars, I mean, you could read through the owner's manual and fully understand your vehicle.

Like, I actually found an old 1970s Corvette manual online, and it literally had a section titled,

Engine and Engine Rebuilding, where it showed you, step by step, how to take the engine apart, how to put it back together again,

and along the way told you exactly what everything did.

in comparison the owner's manual for my car from 2016 i mean it's just it's just all legal jargon

and it says if you have a problem just take it to the dealership take it to the dealership

and in the same way as classic cars any of these old cameras that i have behind me you know like this,

or like this, this typewriter that I have here.

I know how they work inside and out, and I can fix them if anything breaks.

And it's such a nice feeling knowing that.

It feels like they're fully mine.

I think that pretty much sums it up.

I found it at Spencer Gifts.

Streaming services.

Netflix, Spotify, Disney +, Peacock, all of them that are way too expensive and really annoying.

In a lot of ways, they're great.

I mean, who doesn't want everything on demand?

But in recent years, they've been adding more ads and raising the prices and then adding more ads on top of that.

And it's all just kind of culminating into what cable TV used to be, but in a way more expensive way.

And the best part is, at any time, your favorite comfort movie?

gone that song your parents used to sing to you when you were a little kid did removed

you don't have control over whatever is on one of these platforms

so for me and i think a lot of other people it's nice to know

that if i buy a vinyl record or an old vhs or dvd of a movie

no one's coming to take that away

and going back to physical objects it's nice to know

that a movie

or any music you own physically exists in the world apart

from it being just some artistic concept that's somewhere out on the internet.

It's actually in your possession.

You can hold it.

Because the internet is great,

but you don't really know when things are going to Nostalgia,

I think, is the biggest reason for all this.

Because who doesn't want to relive a happy memory you had from when you were a kid?

There's pretty much an entire industry of nostalgia, especially recently with all these never -ending movie remakes and reboots being made.

It's a huge reason why the phrase, what's old is new, exists.

And my generation is just getting to the age where we're starting to reminisce about our childhood.

But it doesn't fully explain why we seem to like things older than our own memories.

And my answer to that is I think there's just something about using a thing

that was part of everyday history from 50 or 100 years ago

that allows you to live the same experience that the original owner of that thing would experience

in a time that is now part of history but at one time you know it was just life

And that's a cool feeling.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Why Young People Love Old Things”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: engine, older, internet. This video has 98 sentences and 1317 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:52. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
dealership noun	/ˈdiːləʃɪp/	A place that sells items, especially cars.
tactile adjective	/ˈtæktaɪl/	Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
typewriter noun	[ˈtaɪpˌɹaɪtə(ɹ)]	A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
nostalgia noun	/nɑˈstæld͡ʒə/	A longing for home or familiar surroundings; homesickness.
limb noun	/lɪm/	A major appendage of human or animal, used for locomotion (such as an arm, leg or wing).
analog adjective	/ˈænəlɔɡ/	In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a…
vinyl noun	/ˈvaɪ.nɪl/	The univalent radical CH₂=CH−, derived from ethylene.
cloth noun	/klɒθ/	A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
interact verb	/ɪn.təˈɹækt/	To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
appliance noun	/əˈplaɪ.əns/	An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially
cassette noun	/kəˈsɛt/	A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
culminate verb	/ˈkəlmənət/	Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
jargon noun	/ˈdʒɑː.ɡən/	A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
monsoon noun	/mɑnˈsuːn/	Any of a number of winds associated with regions where most rain falls during a particular season.
paralysis noun	/pəˈɹæləsəs/	The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a living body, such as one or more limbs.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
fix up verb	To provide (someone) with something; to furnish.
go back verb	To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.
read through verb	To thoroughly read something to check or proofread it.
walk through verb	To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

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

מבנה	בסרטון
“Used to” used to + verb — הרגל או מצב שהיה נכון בעבר וכבר לא קיים	used to tell · used to be · used to sing
הווה מושלם ממושך (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing — פעולה שהתחילה בעבר ועדיין נמשכת עכשיו	I've been seeing · they've been adding
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה	is based · can be talked · was forced
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו	I've seen · I've had

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, doesn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thrift /ˈθɹɪft/
Long words — get the stress right: paralysis /pəˈɹæləsəs/, whatchamacallit /ˈwʌt͡ʃəməˌkɔlɪt/, unlimited /ʌnˈlɪm.ɪ.tɪd/

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 dealership, tactile, typewriter.

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