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!

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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
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

WordMeaning
stay up verbTo remain awake; to not go to bed.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. 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.

문형영상 속 표현
“used to” used to + 동사 — 지금은 아닌 과거의 습관이나 상태used to stay
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때have changed
“might / may” 가능성 might/may + 동사 — 가능하지만 확실하지 않은 일may sound · may be
의무: must / have to / need to 어떤 일이 필요하다고 말할 때have to wait

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