शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Billy Joel - Vienna (Official Audio) - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

पाठ बनाया जा रहा है...
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Slow down,
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you crazy child You're so ambitious for a juvenile
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But then if you're so smart Tell me why are you still so afraid?
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Mmm...
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Where's the fire?
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What's the hurry about?
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You better cool it up before you burn it out You got
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so much to do and only so many hours in a day Hey...
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But you know that when the truth is told
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That you can get what you want
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or you can just get old You're gonna kick off before you even get halfway through Ooh,
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when will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
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Slow down, you're doing fine,
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you can't be everything you wanna be before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight,
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tonight
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Too bad, but it's the life you lead You're
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so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need Though you can see
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when you're wrong You know you can't always see when you're right You're right You got your passion,
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you got your pride But don't you know that only fools are satisfied Dream on,
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but don't imagine they'll all come true Ooh,
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when will you realize Vienna waits for you?
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Slow down you crazy child And take the phone off the hook And disappear for a while It's alright,
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you can't afford to lose a day or two When will you realize Vienna waits for you
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And you know that when the truth is told
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That you can get what you want
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Or you can just get old You're gonna kick off Before you even get halfway through Ooh,
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why don't you realize Vienna waits for you When will you realize Vienna waits for you

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Billy Joel - Vienna”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: waits, Vienna, realize, slow. This video has 27 sentences and 280 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:11. The speaker talks slowly, about 88 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 5 of its 27 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
halfway adverb/ˌhæfˈweɪ/Half of the way between two points.
passion noun/ˈpæʃən/A true desire sustained or prolonged.
romantic adjective/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person).
hook noun/hʊk/A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
hurry verb/ˈhʌ.ɹi/To do things quickly.
disappear verb/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/To vanish.
satisfy verb/ˈsætɪsfaɪ/To be enough (for)
ambitious adjective/æmˈbɪʃ.əs/Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
juvenile adjective/ˈd͡ʒuvəˌnaɪl/Young; not fully developed.
borderline noun/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/A boundary or accepted division; a border.
afford verb/əˈfoɹd/To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expression of ability, as…
burn verb/bɝn/To cause to be consumed by fire.
pride noun/pɹaɪd/A sense of one's own worth; reasonable self-esteem and satisfaction (in oneself, in one's work, one's family, etc).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
slow down verbTo decelerate.
kick off verbTo make the first kick in a game or part of a game.

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 हैis told · are satisfied
“will” से भविष्य will + क्रिया — फ़ैसला, वादा या अनुमानwill you · they'll all
“going to” से भविष्य be going to + क्रिया — योजना या जो साफ़ होने वाला हैgonna kick

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 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: passion /ˈpæʃən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/

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 halfway, passion, romantic.

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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