शैडोइंग अभ्यास: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 🤯Lost in the Maze🤯 B1 - B2 | British English Reading & Listening Practice - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें
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This story is written for intermediate English learners.
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B1 B2 English Story Lost in the Maze I woke up this morning in a terrible mood.
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I was angry and irritable.
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I know why.
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I had a horrible dream and it's a recurring dream
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that keeps haunting me when all I want is a peaceful night's sleep.
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I have tried all sorts to try and relax in the evenings
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in the hope that I don't have this horrible dream again.
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I've tried meditating and yoga.
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I've even tried special bedtime teas and balancing on my head.
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None of it has worked.
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The dream is one I had as a child.
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It involves me being lost and scared in the middle of a maze
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and I'm not sure what to do or where to go.
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I walk around and around and end up back in the middle.
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Any option to escape is always the wrong one and I'm too small to try and see over the hedges.
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As I walk around the endless options of the maze, I'm shouting for help but no sound is coming out.
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I feel helpless and then quickly become frustrated.
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I feel like I'm screaming into the void and no one cares.
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The dream often rears its ugly head when I'm having a stressful time.
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I used to have the dream a lot when I was a kid and had exams or if my parents were arguing.
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When they got divorced, I had the dream a lot.
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Sometimes I would be trapped in the maze and other times it would be a building.
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These days I have the dream when I feel frustrated with my daily life or if work is getting too much.
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It's so frustrating that my brain is trying to taunt me in this way
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and there seems to be nothing I can do to stop the maze from freaking me out in my dreams.
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It's silly, but the dream has actually made me a little afraid of mazes.
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I've been in a few with friends
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And I can always feel myself getting sweaty palms My heart beats faster and I feel anxious It's silly,
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I know, but I can't help it I'm always scared I won't be able to get out
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And if I scream and wail,
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no one will care I know why I'm having the dream at the moment.
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I kind of suspected that it would come back again.
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Maybe me wondering is what made it seep into my subconscious thoughts.
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So I've had a few stressful things happen to me lately.
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The first big thing is that I'm moving house, so I've got lots of paperwork to do,
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which I always find irritating.
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The second thing is my dog passed away.
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I was so sad, and it makes me even sadder to think that he won't be with me in my new home.
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And the third thing is that I'm not really enjoying my job I mean,
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it's okay, but I don't love it I think the dream is probably representing
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that I feel trapped in the job I need the job to get a house
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But then I'm staying in a job just to keep a house
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It's an endless circle of feeling the need to do things and it makes me feel trapped.
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I feel like I'm in the middle of a maze in my life
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and there are so many options available to me and I don't know which one to take.
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I'm trying to take a step back and reassess my options
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but it often feels quite overwhelming
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I know I'm not the only one to feel like it I think it's quite common nowadays
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but it doesn't feel like it when I wake in the middle of the night shaking after my awful nightmare.
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Life can be wonderful and I need to remember that.
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Maybe I just need to chill out a bit and stop worrying, but that's easier said than done, isn't it?
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Some of my friends are so relaxed.
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They're happy staying in the same job.
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living the same routine and they don't worry about the future.
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I'm the opposite.
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I want to move up the career ladder.
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I don't want to feel stuck and trapped.
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Today, I've decided that I will make a list of all the things I need to do in preparation for my move.
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Then I'll search online for new jobs
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that might excite me I'm going to book a cheap weekend
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breakaway with my friends To celebrate my new home My hope is
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that by setting some goals And having something to look forward to That other opportunities might come my way
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Let's see what happens and I hope I'll sleep better tonight.
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Let's go through some advanced vocabulary from this story.
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Chill, to chill.
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To chill is a verb and it means to make something cold.
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But to chill out is a phrasal verb and it means to relax.
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Irritable.
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Irritable.
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To be irritable is to become annoyed very easily.
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Recur.
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Recur.
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If something recurs, then it happens many times.
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Overwhelming.
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Overwhelming.
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If something is overwhelming, then it can be stressful and difficult to fight against.
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Now let's go through some intermediate vocabulary.
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Endless.
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Endless.
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If something is endless, then it has no end or limit.
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Haunting Haunting If something is haunting,
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it can make you feel sad and you can remember it for a long time.
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Rear Rear If something is at the rear, it is at the back of something.
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Represent To represent is to be a sign or symbol of something.
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That's the meaning in this story.
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Suspected.
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Suspected.
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If something is suspected, it is believed to be true or to exist.
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Involve.
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Involve.
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Involve means to include.
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Stuck.
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If something is stuck, it is unable to move or is set in a particular position or place.
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Trapped is similar to stuck and it means to be unable to get out of somewhere
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or possibly out of a certain way of thinking.
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इस वीडियो के साथ बोलने का अभ्यास क्यों करें?
इस कहानी "Lost in the Maze" के माध्यम से, आप न केवल अंग्रेजी बोलने में सुधार कर सकते हैं, बल्कि अन्य भावनाओं और तनाव को समानांतर में समझ भी सकते हैं। जब आप इस वीडियो को सुनते हैं और उसके बाद उसके संरचना के अनुसार बोलते हैं, तो यह आपकी अवधारणात्मक क्षमताओं को बढ़ाता है। यहां पर कई भावनात्मक स्थितियों को प्रदर्शित किया गया है, जैसे कि चिंता, डर, और तनाव, जिन्हें आप अपनी बातचीत में शामिल कर सकते हैं। इस तरह से आप केवल भाषाशास्त्र ही नहीं, अपितु भावनाओं को भी व्यक्त करना सीखेंगे।
संदर्भ में व्याकरण और अभिव्यक्तियाँ
- I feel like I'm screaming into the void: यह वाक्यांश दर्शाता है कि व्यक्ति अपनी भावनाओं को व्यक्त करने में असमर्थ है।
- It's an endless circle: यहां एक चक्रवातित स्थिति का उल्लेख किया गया है, जिसे आप किसी भी कठिनाई का वर्णन करते समय उपयोग कर सकते हैं।
- I ended up back in the middle: यह वाक्य उपयोगकर्ता को भ्रम की स्थिति में दिखाता है, जो आपकी बातचीत में किसी दिशा की कमी को अभिव्यक्त करता है।
इस तरह के वाक्यांशों का प्रयोग करते समय, आप यूट्यूब से अंग्रेजी सीखने की प्रक्रिया को और अधिक प्रभावी बना सकते हैं। यह आपकी बोलने की शोध के लिए एक बेहतरीन सामग्री है।
सामान्य उच्चारण के जाल
कई ऐसी शब्दावली हैं जो उच्चारण करने में कठिनाई का कारण बन सकती हैं। वहां "maze" और "frustrated" जैसे शब्द विशेष रूप से चुनौतीपूर्ण हो सकते हैं। इन शब्दों का सही उच्चारण जानकर, आप अपनी अंग्रेजी शैडोइंग क्षमताओं को बढ़ा सकते हैं। जब आप इन शब्दों का उच्चारण करते हैं, तो आप आमतौर पर अपनी आवाज़ को सुनने वाले को बेहतर ढंग से प्रभावी तरीके से समझा सकते हैं। इसके अलावा, बातचीत में भावनाओं को जोड़ने के लिए इसका प्रयोजन महत्वपूर्ण है, जिससे आप अपने आप को और अधिक जुड़े हुए अनुभव करते हैं।
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।