쉐도잉 연습: california // lana del rey - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 34 sentences and 416 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:59. The speaker talks slowly, about 84 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| flip verb | /flɪp/ | To throw so as to turn over. |
| dawn noun | /dɔːn/ | The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | Regardless of the place in, at or to which. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| liquor noun | /ˈlɪk.ɚ/ | A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both). |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| pace noun | /peɪs/ | A step taken with the foot. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| shelf noun | /ʃɛlf/ | A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects. |
| vow noun | /vaʊ/ | A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order. |
| bright adjective | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| stronger adjective | /stɹɔŋɡɚ/ | Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hit up verb | To visit with or contact someone, especially with a definite purpose. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| reach out verb | To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we'll, don't. 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.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like flip, dawn, wherever.
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| “should” 조언 should + 동사 — 하는 것이 좋은 일을 말할 때 | shouldn't have · should just hit · should You |
| 비교급 -er than / more … than — 두 대상을 비교 | stronger than · faster than · cooler than |
| 과거진행 was/were + -ing — 과거의 어느 시점에 진행 중이던 동작 | were doing |
| 최상급 the -est / the most … — 집단에서 가장 높거나 낮은 것 | your fastest · the brightest |
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.











