शैडोइंग अभ्यास: How Stress Changes Your Brain - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “How Stress Changes Your Brain”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: stress, cortisol, levels. This video has 15 sentences and 209 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:10. The speaker talks fast, about 180 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 75% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| cortisol noun | /ˈkoɹ.tɪˌsɔl/ | A glucocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex that mediates various metabolic processes (such as gluconeogenesis), has anti-inflammatory and… |
| flavonoid noun | /ˈfleɪvənɔɪd/ | Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor. |
| prioritize verb | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. |
| refuel verb | /ɹiːˈfjuːəl/ | To refill with fuel. |
| resilient adjective | /ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/ | Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances) |
| reactive adjective | /ɹiːˈæktɪv/ | That reacts or responds to a stimulus. |
| repetitive adjective | /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/ | Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. |
| crunch verb | /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/ | To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. |
| heartbeat noun | /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/ | One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it. |
| impulse noun | /ˈɪmpʌls/ | A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels. |
| omega noun | /oʊˈmeɪ.ɡə/ | The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last… |
| doom noun | /duːm/ | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| hormone noun | /ˈhoɹmoʊn/ | Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity. |
| reset verb | /ɹiːˈsɛt/ | To set back to the initial state. |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/
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 distress, cortisol, flavonoid.
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।





























