쉐도잉 연습: Day 12 Happy new year - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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Day 12 Happy New Year Hi everyone!
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I want to talk about how I celebrate the new year.
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For many people, my celebration may sound a little boring, but I prefer to live a simple and happy life.
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When I was younger, I used to stay up late with my friends on New Year's Eve.
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We would have parties, play games, and eat lots of tasty food together.
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Now that I am older, things have changed.
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When my children were little, we sometimes stayed up late with them to celebrate.
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However, we do not do anything special on New Year's Eve now.
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We usually stay home because there may be careless drivers on the roads.
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Sometimes we watch a movie or visit our family.
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I usually go to bed before midnight because I enjoy the simple things in life.
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I believe every day is a new beginning, so we do not have to wait for the new year to make a change.
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Happy New Year!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 13 sentences and 164 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:31. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 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
9 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| midnight noun | /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/ | The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. |
| celebration noun | /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament. |
| bore verb | /boɹ/ | To inspire boredom in somebody. |
| tasty adjective | /ˈteɪsti/ | Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. |
| careless adjective | /kɛɹ.ləs/ | Not concerned or worried (about). |
| celebrate verb | /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ | To extol or honour in a solemn manner. |
| prefer verb | [pɹɪˈfɝ] | To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. |
| beginning noun | /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/ | The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort… |
| driver noun | /ˈdɹaɪvɚ/ | One who drives something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| stay up verb | To remain awake; to not go to bed. |
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 midnight, celebration, bore.
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
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| “used to” used to + 동사 — 지금은 아닌 과거의 습관이나 상태 | used to stay |
| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | have changed |
| “might / may” 가능성 might/may + 동사 — 가능하지만 확실하지 않은 일 | may sound · may be |
| 의무: must / have to / need to 어떤 일이 필요하다고 말할 때 | have to wait |
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.














