쉐도잉 연습: cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada (Lyrics) - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: baby, straight, paper, Bentley. This video has 15 sentences and 364 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:56. The speaker talks fast, about 189 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 63% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| clout noun | /klaʊt/ | Influence or effectiveness, especially political. |
| jigsaw noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.sɔ/ | A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut curves in wood or metal. |
| stripper noun | /stɹɪpɚ/ | A chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something. |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| purple noun | /ˈpɝ.pl̩/ | A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta. |
| paintball noun | /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/ | A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye. |
| rocker noun | /ˈɹɑ.kɚ/ | A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth. |
| drip verb | /ˈdɹɪp/ | To fall one drop at a time. |
| bout noun | /ˈbaʊt/ | A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness. |
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
|---|---|
| “might / may” 가능성 might/may + 동사 — 가능하지만 확실하지 않은 일 | might take |
| “will” 미래 will + 동사 — 결정, 약속 또는 예측 | I'll breathe |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can'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.
- 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 clout, jigsaw, stripper.
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.



























