쉐도잉 연습: Another War is Starting in the Middle East - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

There's a new war in the Middle East.

Yes, that's right.

Ladies and gents, in the year that just keeps on giving, we've got another one on our hands.

This time, it's around Yemen, where the Houthi rebels have steadily been expanding their campaign against their arch nemesis to the north, Saudi Arabia.

It started a little over a week ago, and back then it looked like it just might be another few tit for chat exchanges, but it has snowballed into something that we can no longer ignore.

The Houthi rebels have declared a blockade of Saudi exports and followed it up with strikes on shipping and oil refineries alike, only to top things off the other day with the possibility

of imposing tolls in a strait off their coast that's the third busiest on Earth.

Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

While this conflict is technically between the rebels in Friyad and not directly part of the Iran war,

there's really no such thing as a self-contained war in this part of the world.

And that suggests things might be about to get a whole lot worse.

Have you ever Googled yourself?

Seriously, I mean, just type in your name, see what comes up.

If you've got a common name, I don't know, maybe type in the city or town where you live.

It's honestly surprising how many websites have your name, address, phone number, or other personal information just sitting there for anybody to find.

Most of us never agree to that, but once it's online, it can be really hard to put it back in the box, and it can be used by scammers, identity thieves, or just complete strangers.

Which is not really cool, and it's why I use Incogni.

Incogni automatically contacts hundreds of data brokers and people search websites on your behalf to get your personal information removed.

Instead of spending hours trying to figure out who has your data and filing endless removal forms, Incogni handles the whole process for you.

And because your information can show back up over time, they continue monitoring and sending removal requests.

As they put it, they can't harm you if they can't find you.

What I really like is their unlimited plan with custom removals.

If you Google yourself, you find a random website exposing your personal information

that isn't part of their big stack of websites that they automatically do it for, you can simply copy that link into your Incogni dashboard.

Their privacy specialists will then review it and work to get that information removed, even from many sites outside their normal automated removal network.

It's a really simple way to take back control of your personal data.

If you'd like to protect your online privacy, head to incogni.com forward slash warfronts and use the code warfronts to get 60% off an annual plan.

That's incogni.com slash warfronts with the code warfronts.

Thank you to Incogni for sponsoring this video, and now back to it.

A new war Now, despite all the news that's been flowing out of the Middle East this year, there's one country that's been more or less absent from the headlines.

Yemen.

A fragile ceasefire was reached between the internationally recognized Yemeni government, which is based in the eastern city of Aden, and the Ansar al-A'ar Houthi rebels,

who set up shop along the west coast back in 2022.

To most international observers' surprise, it actually held.

The two factions still hated each other, but for a country that had descended in the 2010s into a full-blown disaster of a civil war, it was welcome reprieve.

So when the Iran war ignited back in February, there were concerns that it could spread to Yemen.

The Houthi rebels were, after all, longtime allies of the Islamic Republic, so it wouldn't have been entirely surprising to see them join the fray on behalf of their buddies in Tehran.

In the months that followed, they mostly stayed quiet, though.

There were a few instances of them launching a ballistic missile here or a few drones there, usually directed at Israel, but let's be honest, with everything else that was flying across the Middle East skies at the time,

this amounted to little more than a reminder that guys, we're still here.

Hey!

Lately though, it seems like the Houthis want the limelight back, starting their own military campaign.

It all seems to trace back to early July, when the group defied Saudi-led restrictions by inviting an Iranian delegation

to visit Sana'a in what was the first flight between in the two countries in more than a decade.

Houthi delegations had made a few trips to Tehran for the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,

with Iranian advisors traveling back the other way afterwards on the

13th as an aircraft returning from tehran was on final approach

to sana it was forced to divert after explosions destroyed a

part of the airport yemen's internationally recognized government claimed responsibility for

the strike defending the move as their attempt to prevent an

unauthorized iranian flight from landing the houthis for their part pointed the finger at Saudi Arabia.

That dispute still hasn't been settled, but what is clear is why the plane landing there would have been such a problem.

According to a report from Reuters, citing sources in both Tehran and Aden, as many as 21 IRGC personnel have been on that plane, along with the returning Houthi delegation.

It was ultimately able to land somewhere else in Yemen, but it was game on regardless.

The Houthi rebels responded by launching a combination of missiles and drones at Abhar International Airport across the border.

And while Saudi state media said it able to successfully intercept

that volley it's hard to see how they can let such an attack stand whether

or not all of this results in a return to war between riad

and sanaa isn't certain but it is certainly leaning in

that direction alison minor a middle east policy expert at the

atlantic council went on record as saying quote i think we're

very close to a resumption of all-out war i'm not seeing an off-ramp right now the interesting

and perhaps alarming part of this is the role

that the huthis play in the region back

when the iran war began there was understandable worry

that the houthis might leap in to defend their allies in tehran but

that didn't come to pass unlike groups who did go down

the self-sacrifice route for iran we're looking at you has bala

the houthis have always operated far more independently friendly with iran yeah sure

but ultimately unwilling to dive headfirst into a war

that they aren't sure they can win

that makes their entry now significantly more concerning

because what they've done is watch iran hold humus hostage with a combination of missiles

and drones and conclude we could do that too and

that sucks for a world that is already dealing with the closure of humus

because the houthis are not just sitting alongside any old waterway

but one of the most important in the world one exit left

when it comes to narrow choke points of water in the

middle east the straight up humus is naturally what's going to come to mind before anything else

and for good reason too iran's ability to hold washington

and by extension the international community hostage over the issue has dominated headlines for months

but for those wanting to get oil out of the middle

east by boat hormuz is actually not the only option there are two others though they're smaller

and not accessible to all of the gulf states both empty

out from the arabian peninsula's west coast one being the suez canal to the north

which leads into the mediterranean sea and the other is the bab el mandeb strait

which gets you into the indian ocean by way of the

gulf of aden suez is solely under control of the egyptian government

which has no intention of shaking the status quo since it's

a great little money spinner the bab el mandeb however is

a narrow body of water between the coasts of jibouti

and you guessed it houthi controlled yemen anyone who followed the

gaza war will likely be able to guess where this one is headed

because these guys ran a similar playbook three years ago starting

in november 2023 the houthis began firing on commercial vessels they

alleged were israeli linked in solidarity with the palestinian cause opening by boarding the carrier galaxy leader

and eventually sinking four separate ships off their coast the us

and the uk launched a joint operation aimed at stopping the attacks

but only had limited success the rebels kept firing until a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Hamas late last year.

100

Traffic has not returned to where it was pre-2023.

101

For all of the Iran war, though, Bab el-Mandeb has remained open for transit.

102

This has been to the chagrin of Tehran, which has repeatedly threatened to have the Houthis close it in a Homoos-like fashion,

103

only to have Sana'a be like, no, we're good, bro.

104

Unfortunately, that now appears to be a thing of the past.

105

Back on July the 20th, the Houthis announced that they would be implementing a blockade on on all shipping from Saudi Arabia, Israel,

106

and the united states as part of the escalating war they

107

made good on their threat within two days on july the

108

22nd they hit the vessel nc off the southern saudi city

109

of jizan as well as claiming to have struck the leila

110

in a similar region at least one more saudi linked ship

111

was struck over the following week the most recent at the

112

time of recording being the ncc ghazal on july the 28th

113

alongside the tankers the missiles started landing at saudi ports themselves

114

u.s designed patriot interceptor batteries brought down at least two ballistic missiles aimed at the port city of yanvu

115

while the refinery closer to the border with yemen at jazan took direct hits

116

riad hasn't said what actually got through

117

but whatever it was it did enough damage

118

that they had to shut down the refinery entirely and pull 400 000 barrels of oil a day of production offline

119

400,000 barrels is not a small amount, especially given the global energy crisis as a result of what's going on in Hormuz.

120

But realistically, if Riyadh had to choose which one they'd rather lose, it'd be Jezanne any day.

121

Yanbu is not an ordinary city for the kingdom.

122

It's the endpoint of the 750-mile pipeline running clear across the country from the oil fields on the Gulf Coast, which is what lets them bypass Hormuz at all.

123

They've been running the thing at absolute maximum capacity for months

124

taking it from a pre-war baseline of roughly a million barrels

125

of oil per day all the way to nearly five million data from kepler shows

126

that yanbu accounted for 92 percent of all saudi seaborne crude exports as of june

127

so when it comes to this city it is all

128

or nothing at least at the time of recording there is still traffic flowing through the bab el-mandeb

129

but it's already starting to show signs of strain according to

130

a report in the wall street journal at least four tankers

131

carrying saudi crude have turned around before reaching the strait

132

and reversed course to head north to the suez canal where

133

seaborne oil transit is running at its highest volume in years the route through suez can only alleviate

134

so much though for starters sailing through suez is not guaranteed

135

the houthis being able to hit the city of yambu itself

136

would risk shutting down riad's export abilities at the source

137

and even if patriot interceptors are able to keep the city safe there's still the pipeline

138

that runs you know across the entire country that's just sitting there waiting for whatever Yemen might throw at it.

139

Shooting aside for a moment though, the man-made Suez has physical limits that make it a poor substitute for natural bodies of water.

140

It's too shallow to take on a fully loaded super tanker, so the industry built an entire class of ship which can fit through it carrying a million or so barrels,

141

which they oh so creatively named the Suez Max.

142

That's only half of what the regular tankers can carry

143

so right off the bat there are going to be issues even

144

if you could double down on suez maxing though it doesn't

145

change the geography going on here ships take the babel mandeb to reach africa

146

and asia which sits south

147

and east of it suez sends them northwest a trip from yanbu to eastern asia

148

that normally takes 16 days would now mean crossing the mediterranean

149

and going the long long way around africa stretching the whole thing to around 50 days

150

And that is the part that turns a Saudi problem into everyone's problem.

151

And while Riyadh might not have imagined 2026 playing out like this, they recognize the threat this poses to them

152

and are already taking measures to shore up a coalition to keep traffic flowing as best as possible.

153

Saudi Arabia is hiring Now, the thing about all of this is that realistically speaking,

154

Saudi Arabia would almost certainly rather be doing anything other than discussing their neighbor to the south again.

155

They haven't exactly had a great relationship in years gone by.

156

Even before the civil war broke out, they were well underway to building a giant wall to seal off the entirety of the Yemeni border.

157

Build that wall.

158

Blaster of the past.

159

Once fighting did break out, they launched a military operation to restore the internationally recognized government to power across the entirety of Yemen,

160

expecting it to last a matter of weeks as is pretty much the eternal case

161

when it comes to the Middle East though you can fast forward by years

162

and the fighting is still going on the Saudis were sincerely hoping

163

that the 2022 peace deal would allow Riyadh to finally close the lid on

164

that chapter of Middle East misadventures

165

because they had quite an ambitious plan they were far interested in anyway vision 2030

166

which mohammed bin salman announced back in 2016 was aimed at fundamentally transforming a kingdom

167

that had long been an odd mix of extreme oil wealth

168

and an underdeveloped ultra-conservative islamic society the idea was to spend the oil money to supercharge their economy into something

169

that would no longer run on their liquid gold

170

and ultimately usher in tourism stadiums overpaid comedians flying out to cash the biggest paycheck of their lifetimes

171

and of course foreign investments none of this was ever going to get very far with houthi missiles

172

and drones coming down on various infrastructure on even a semi-regular

173

basis as they had been for years before the 2022 peace

174

deal including a now infamous strike on an aramco fuel depot in the city of jeddah

175

that went up in flames just one week before the ceasefire took hold

176

that reluctance to return to all our war has not changed today but riad is increasingly finding itself with limited options.

177

Because just when you thought this couldn't get any worse, Reuters reported this week

178

that the Houthis are thinking about implementing their own transit fees on all commercial shipping moving through the Southern Red Sea.

179

Well, all except for China, which asked for and repeatedly received a special carve-out.

180

So that's nice for them.

181

Those 20 or so Iranian advisors

182

that the government in Aden is trying to stop from landing

183

in sanar by the way weren't visiting there on holiday as

184

beautiful as the yemeni coastline may be no according to the

185

same reuters report they were actually in yemen to help the

186

houthis get this toll booth set up in the first place

187

keep in mind the islamic republic created what it calls the

188

persian gulf strait authority back in may specifically to collect tolls

189

for ships crossing hormuz they pitched the idea as them providing a service

190

but given that what vessels are actually paying for is just assurance

191

that iran won't fire on them it's more of a mob

192

star shakedown isn't it nonetheless the hardliners in tehran have become

193

the go-to guys on how to get such a wee started

194

this may have been the tipping point for saudi arabia

195

which the houthis can only push

196

so far before they get some sort of response beyond a

197

limited tit-for-tat airstrike on wednesday our monitor broke the exclusive story

198

that riad had been assembling a massive international force designed to keep shipping through the Bab al-Mandeb open and free of tolls,

199

fees, or services that the Houthis might be inclined to sell to you.

200

There are at least 50 separate countries who have been invited, and at least at the time of recording, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti, which sits just opposite Yemen on the waterway,

201

have all signed on to the coalition.

202

Pakistan and Turkey have both received invites as well, and are reportedly still mulling over whether to join.

203

But given the already deepening relationship between the two and Saudi Arabia, we wouldn't be surprised to see them sign on too.

204

Several European countries, meanwhile, including France and Italy, are reportedly waiting to see if the US enters the coalition before publicly announcing themselves.

205

Washington is historically hesitant to join supranational coalitions where it would not be running the show.

206

This would be one based out of Riyadh, so there's genuine uncertainty as to how all of that would work out.

207

But given the way things are going in Hormuz, and reports coming in that the US Navy is stretched thin, this very well could be a moment where the White House says, you know what?

208

You take this one.

209

Where that ultimately goes is anybody's guess.

210

But the way things are looking, there's likely going to be another conflict in the Middle East that we'll be keeping you updated on regularly.

211

And combined with the issues in Hormuz, this one has the potential to wreak economic carnage across much of the world.

✨ 추천 영상

6 문장

15 Places You’re BEING WATCHED & TRACKED Right Now

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

265 문장

War Update - Trump Plans To Escalate War To Delay Midterms Says Source & Houthis BOMB More SAUDI OIL

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

266 문장

GN#28.3【英語リスニング】世界ニュースで学ぶ時事英語。聞くだけで語彙力が向上します。Global Newsテーマでリスニング力を高めましょう。News English Listening

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

영상의 맥락과 배경

이 영상은 중동 지역의 새로운 전쟁 상황, 특히 예멘의 후티 반군과 사우디아라비아 간의 갈등에 대해 다루고 있습니다. 2022년 예멘 정부와 후티 반군 간에 체결된 불안정한 휴전이 최근 무너지고, 후티 반군이 사우디 수출에 블록에이드를 선언하고 선박과 석유 정제소를 공격하며 갈등이 확대되고 있는 상황을 설명합니다. 또한, 이 갈등이 이란과의 전쟁과 연결될 수 있는 가능성도 언급되며, 중동 지역의 복잡한 정치적 맥락을 이해하는 데 도움이 됩니다.

일상 커뮤니케이션에 유용한 상위 5개 표현

"tit for tat": "눈에 눈, 이에 이"라는 뜻으로, 상대방의 행동에 맞서 같은 방식으로 대응할 때 사용됩니다. 예: "They engaged in tit for tat exchanges." (그들은 눈에 눈 이에 이로 맞서 싸웠다.)
"snowballed into": "눈덩이처럼 커져서"라는 뜻으로, 작은 일이 점점 커져 큰 문제가 되었을 때 사용됩니다. 예: "The conflict snowballed into a full-scale war." (갈등은 점점 커져 전면전이 되었다.)
"self-contained": "독립적인, 자체적인"이라는 뜻으로, 다른 것과 연결되지 않고 스스로 완결되는 것을 설명할 때 사용됩니다. 예: "There's no such thing as a self-contained war in the region." (이 지역에는 독립적인 전쟁이라는 것이 없다.)
"fragile ceasefire": "불안정한 휴전"이라는 뜻으로, 쉽게 깨질 수 있는 휴전 상태를 나타냅니다. 예: "A fragile ceasefire was reached between the two sides." (양측 간에 불안정한 휴전이 체결되었다.)
"join the fray": "싸움에 참여하다"라는 뜻으로, 이미 진행 중인 갈등이나 논쟁에 참여할 때 사용됩니다. 예: "They decided to join the fray on behalf of their allies." (그들은 동맹을 위해 싸움에 참여하기로 결정했다.)

스텝바이스텝 쉐도잉 가이드 (shadowspeak)

이 영상은 중동 정세에 대한 설명이 많아 어휘와 문장 구조가 복잡할 수 있지만, 유튜브 영어 공부나 IELTS 스피킹 연습에 좋은 자료입니다. 쉐도잉을 할 때는 다음 단계를 따라주세요.

영상을 2-3번 듣고 전체 맥락을 파악하세요: 빠른 발음과 복잡한 어휘에 집중하기 전에, 이야기의 흐름을 이해하는 것이 중요합니다. 갈등의 원인, 진행 상황, 영향 등을 중점적으로 주목하세요.
중요한 표현을 강조하며 반복练习하세요: 위에서 소개한 "tit for tat"나 "snowballed into"와 같은 표현을 찾아내고, 발음과 억양을 따라하며 반복합니다. shadow speak 기법을 사용하면 발음과 리듬을 자연스럽게 익힐 수 있습니다.
문장을 짧게 나누어 연습하세요: 긴 문장은 중간에 쉼표나 마침표를 기준으로 나누어 연습합니다. 예를 들어, "The Houthi rebels have declared a blockade of Saudi exports and followed it up with strikes on shipping and oil refineries alike"라는 문장은 "The Houthi rebels have declared a blockade of Saudi exports"와 "followed it up with strikes on shipping and oil refineries alike"로 나누어 연습할 수 있습니다.
녹음하여 자신의 발음을 확인하세요: 쉐도잉을 할 때 자신의 목소리를 녹음하고 원본 영상과 비교합니다. 발음, 억양, 리듬 등에서 차이가 있는 부분을 찾아 수정하며 연습합니다. 이는 shadow speech 연습의 핵심입니다.

이와 같은 방법으로 연습하면, 복잡한 주제의 영상도 효과적으로 활용하여 영어 실력을 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

이 영상의 문법

화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.

문형	영상 속 표현
현재완료진행 have/has been + -ing — 전에 시작해 지금도 계속되는 동작	that's been flowing · They've been running
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때	has snowballed · have declared · Have you ever Googled
수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점	was reached · was forced · been settled
관계절 who / which + 절 — 사람이나 사물에 대한 추가 정보	government, which is · anyone who followed · Tehran, which has

쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법

쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.

섀도잉 방법: 단계별 전체 가이드 읽기 →

쉐도잉 연습: Another War is Starting in the Middle East - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

15 Places You’re BEING WATCHED & TRACKED Right Now

War Update - Trump Plans To Escalate War To Delay Midterms Says Source & Houthis BOMB More SAUDI OIL

They kept seeing a dead woman

The True Cost of War

Google Just Dropped NEW AI Updates!🔥

Cyberchondria: The good and bad of symptom searches

World's Deadliest Computer Virus: WannaCry

The Most Ridiculous War Humans Ever Fought

Give me 12 minutes, I'll open your eyes to how to actually become rich using AI

The scammer who got away

Red Herring | Radiolab Podcast

GN#28.3【英語リスニング】 世界ニュースで学ぶ時事英語。聞くだけで語彙力が向上します。Global Newsテーマでリスニング力を高めましょう。News English Listening

영상의 맥락과 배경

일상 커뮤니케이션에 유용한 상위 5개 표현

스텝바이스텝 쉐도잉 가이드 (shadowspeak)

이 영상의 문법

쉐도잉이란? 영어 실력을 빠르게 키우는 과학적 방법

GN#28.3【英語リスニング】世界ニュースで学ぶ時事英語。聞くだけで語彙力が向上します。Global Newsテーマでリスニング力を高めましょう。News English Listening