शैडोइंग अभ्यास: #100 More or less? Talking about quantities | SBS Learn English - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

पाठ बनाया जा रहा है...
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Yeah, plenty of times.
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Learn English helped me to talk about quantities.
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Heaps!
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SPS acknowledges the traditional custodians of country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia.
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This is a special episode for us.
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You know why?
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It's our 100th episode.
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To us, that's a big number.
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So we decided that for this episode, we will talk about numbers.
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Quantities, to be more precise.
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I'm Josipa and today I'm taking you to Claire's, who just entered.
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Pags of Christmas shopping in her hands.
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The thought of Christmas.
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I need to wrap these.
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Makes you smile.
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Claire puts some music on, makes herself a cup of tea, and is ready to start wrapping her presents when Alan arrives.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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There are a lot of English expressions for talking about quantities.
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And the words themselves are pretty simple.
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The key is knowing when to use each one.
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So today we are focusing on how much each phrase really means and when to use it.
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Let's begin.
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We will start small and get bigger.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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We use a few when we are referring to a small number of things that you can count.
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We say countable things.
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We use it when we want to say that there is a small quantity of whatever it is, but enough to matter.
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We can also use the phrase a couple of, which technically means only two,
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but can be used in some context for about two, if you're not exactly sure how many, but it is a small number.
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I bought a couple of different flavours, so you can choose.
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When it's a bit more than a few, we can use the word several.
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There are several questions I'd like to ask.
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But let's say we want to talk about a lot of something.
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We could use Alan's example.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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If you say you've got loads of something, you mean you have a lot, a big number or amount.
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It's a really common, informal way to talk about a quantity that you think is large or large enough.
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So you could say...
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Please stay for dinner.
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We've got loads of food.
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You could also say plenty of, which means pretty much the same thing.
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We've got plenty of time.
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Other casual phrases we can use to mean the same thing are heaps of or tons of.
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She's got heaps of clothes.
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We've got tons of work to do.
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So, we talked about a small, medium and large quantities.
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But what about if you want to describe a really, really, really big number?
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This is where English is fun, because you can use a made-up word like gazillion.
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There are gazillions of shops in that mall.
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You could also use zillion or bazillion.
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None of these are real numbers, but they do sound big, don't you think?
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Now, remember we said that a few refers to a very small countable number of something?
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Well, if we want to talk about a slightly larger amount, we can say quite a few, which actually means the opposite.
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There are quite a few presents on your table.
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We often use quite a few when we think the number is a little larger than we might expect.
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True, but for roughly half of them, I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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We can use roughly to describe an amount, number or time that is approximate, not exact.
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It's often used when you want to give a general idea rather than a precise measurement.
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For example, I've already spent roughly half of my budget for presents.
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And how about you?
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Do you have a lot of presents to buy at this time of the year?
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Some people buy heaps of presents when they go to visit their families, while others only buy a few.
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What about you?
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While you think about who you need to give presents to and when, let's hear the dialogue once again.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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It's time to practice.
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See if you remember the meaning before hearing the answer.
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When we say that we have a few of something,
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we have… When we say we have a few of something,
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we're talking about a small number, not many, but more than one.
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we have...
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we mean a noticeable or fairly large number, more than just a few, but not loads.
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Let's now practice saying that we have a lot of presents.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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She's got heaps of presents.
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I'm buying a ton of presents for my family.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.

इस पाठ की शब्दावली और बोलने के सुझाव

इस वीडियो में शैडोइंग के लिए 87 वाक्य और 888 शब्द हैं। बोला गया हिस्सा 6:57 लंबा है। वक्ता लगभग 128 शब्द प्रति मिनट की स्थिर गति से बोलता है, जो शैडोइंग के लिए आरामदायक है। 83% शब्द अंग्रेज़ी के 3,000 सबसे आम शब्दों में से हैं; बाकी शब्द अभ्यास से पहले देख लेना अच्छा रहेगा।

इस वीडियो की मुख्य शब्दावली

वीडियो के 14 सीखने लायक शब्द, उच्चारण और अर्थ के साथ:

शब्दउच्चारणअर्थ
wrap क्रिया/ɹæp/लपेटना
quantity संज्ञा/ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/मात्रा, परिमाण
phrase संज्ञा/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/मुहावरा, वाक्यांश
ton संज्ञा/tʌn/टन
arrive क्रिया/əˈɹaɪv/पहुँचना, आना
dialogue संज्ञा/ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/बातचीत, गुफ़्तगू
mall संज्ञा/mɔːl/शॉपिंग सेंटर
continuous विशेषण/kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/निरंतर
acknowledge क्रिया/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/स्वीकार करना
measurement संज्ञा/ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/माप, नाप
cloth संज्ञा/klɒθ/कपड़ा, पारचा
informal विशेषण/ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/अनौपचारिक
countable विशेषण/ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/गणनीय
custodian संज्ञा/kəˈstoʊdiən/अभिरक्षक

ध्यान देने योग्य उच्चारण

वक्ता 15 बार संक्षिप्त रूपों का प्रयोग करता है, जैसे I'll, I'm, we've। इन्हें वैसे ही छोटा बोलें जैसा आप सुनते हैं।

  • “sh” और “zh” की ध्वनियाँ: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
  • लंबे शब्द — बलाघात सही रखें: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, approximate /əˈpɹɑk.sə.mət/

इस वीडियो से अभ्यास कैसे करें

  1. पहले बिना बोले पूरा वीडियो एक बार सुनें और जो शब्द नहीं आते उन्हें लिख लें।
  2. सामान्य गति पर एक-एक वाक्य की शैडोइंग करें और हर वाक्य तब तक दोहराएँ जब तक आपकी लय वक्ता से न मिल जाए।
  3. अपनी आवाज़ रिकॉर्ड करें और मूल से तुलना करें, ख़ासकर wrap, quantity, phrase जैसे शब्दों पर ध्यान दें।

इस वीडियो का व्याकरण

वक्ता जिन संरचनाओं का सबसे अधिक प्रयोग करता है, वीडियो के असली शब्दों के साथ:

संरचनावीडियो में
Passive voice be + past participle — ज़ोर इस पर कि क्या होता है, न कि कौन करता हैbe wrapped
क्रिया + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — वे क्रियाएँ जिनके बाद -ing रूप आता हैstart wrapping · practice saying
“will” से भविष्य will + क्रिया — फ़ैसला, वादा या अनुमानwill talk · I'll use · will speed
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — जो अभी या इन दिनों हो रहा हैI'm taking · is knowing · are focusing

शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?

शैडोइंग (Shadowing) एक विज्ञान-समर्थित भाषा सीखने की तकनीक है जो मूल रूप से पेशेवर दुभाषिया प्रशिक्षण के लिए विकसित की गई थी। विधि सरल लेकिन शक्तिशाली है: आप मूल अंग्रेज़ी ऑडियो सुनते हैं और तुरंत इसे ज़ोर से दोहराते हैं — जैसे वक्ता की छाया 1-2 सेकंड की देरी से। शोध से पता चलता है कि यह उच्चारण सटीकता, स्वर, लय, जुड़ी हुई ध्वनियाँ, सुनने की समझ और बोलने की प्रवाहशीलता में काफ़ी सुधार करता है।

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