쉐도잉 연습: Be PROUD of your SMALL talk - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

okay i just wanted to document this moment i was heading back from work and one of my co -workers

uh comes out of the room at the same time i am and we both stayed a little late

but as we were walking out i mean

so to give you some context some background i'm not

that talkative of a person i'm really not

that social either i tried my best to get out of my comfort zone

and um you know talk to people but I'm not much of a talker

so this is like this was crazy for me I started going out of the room

and I started going out of the office

and my co -worker was just like behind me

and it was gonna make for an okay you know moment um

but instead of just leaving it to be an okay moment

i i i don't know i just made small talk with

them like i realized wow this is a perfect opportunity to

make small talk to get myself out there to talk to someone me my co -worker don't really talk

that much we're the job that i work is kind of insulated um

but like this was the perfect opportunity to make small talk with someone

and I I did and that is amazing I'm really proud of myself for that one

it's so small like and and there's

so many people online saying like oh small talk is stupid

I want to I want to get to the deep stuff

and stuff but I think not a lot of people really

describe how important it is that the small moments that we have and the small wins that we that we achieve

i like this sounds stupid i know

but it was such a big thing for me

because that's that's not something i usually do i i don't just engage in small talk i normally never do

so this was huge for me

and i i just wanted to document i don't know i'm i'm excited i'm happy because of that

i i don't know i just want to document that

and say that and yeah uh if this helped drop a like

and what am i saying okay anyways yeah i'm just really happy about myself right now and that exchange.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Be PROUD of your SMALL talk”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: moment, worker, document. This video has 31 sentences and 394 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:36. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
worker noun	/ˈwɝ.kɚ/	One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
engage verb	/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/	To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
anyways adverb	/ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/	Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
insulate verb	/ˈɪnsʊleɪt/	To separate, detach, or isolate.
talkative adjective	/ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/	Tending to talk a lot.
talker noun	/ˈtɔkɚ/	A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
document noun	/ˈdɑkjʊmənt/	An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information…
context noun	/ˈkɑn.tɛkst/	The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
achieve verb	/əˈt͡ʃiv/	To carry out or conclude (something, as a task) successfully; to accomplish.
normally adverb	/ˈnɔː.mə.li/	Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
describe verb	/dɪˈskɹaɪb/	To represent in words.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
walk out verb	To stage a walkout or strike.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 worker, comfort, engage.

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