쉐도잉 연습: George Michael - Careless Whisper (Official Video) - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

I feel

so unsure As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor As the music dies,

something in your eyes Calls to mind a silver screen And oh,

it's sad goodbye I'm never gonna dance again Guilty feet have got no rhythm Though it's easy to pretend,

I know you're not a fool

You should've known better than to cheat a friend To waste the chance

that I'd been given So I'm never gonna dance again,

The way I danced with you Oh,

oh, oh, oh Time can never end

The careless whispers are a good friend To the heart and mind,

ignorance is kind There's no comfort in the truth,

pain is the heart you find I'm never gonna dance again,

guilty feet have got no rhythm But it's easy to pretend, I know you're not a fool

I should've known that you did a good day And wasted the chance that I've been given

So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you Never without your love

Tonight the music sings so loud I wish that we could lose this crowd Maybe it's better this way

We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say We could have been

so good together We could have lived this dance forever But no one's gonna dance with me Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again

Guilty feet have gotten on a river Though it's easy to pretend I know you're not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend And waste the chance that I've been given

So I'm never gonna dance again The way I danced with you Oh Oh Oh Oh

Oh Oh Oh Oh Now that you're gone

Now that you're gone It's so long,

so long That you had to leave me alone

I'm sorry.

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George Michael - Careless Whisper (Live from Top of the Pops 1984)

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

✨ 추천 영상

30 문장

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “George Michael - Careless Whisper”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dance, danced, fool, pretend, guilty. This video has 26 sentences and 311 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:00. The speaker talks slowly, about 62 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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
pretend verb	/pɹəˈtɛnd/	To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
cheat verb	/ˈt͡ʃiːt/	To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
rhythm noun	/ˈɹɪð.əm/	The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
ignorance noun	/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/	The condition of being uninformed or uneducated; lack of knowledge or information.
unsure adjective		uncertain, ambivalent.
whisper verb	/ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/	To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the…
careless adjective	/kɛɹ.ləs/	Not concerned or worried (about).
guilty adjective	/ˈɡɪl.ti/	Responsible for a dishonest act.
sing verb	/ˈsɪŋ/	To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
loud adjective	/ˈlaʊ̯d/	Of great intensity.

이 영상의 문법

화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.

문형	영상 속 표현
현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때	I've been given · have gotten
수동태 be + 과거분사 — 누가 하는지보다 무슨 일이 일어나는지에 초점	been given · I've been given
비교급 -er than / more … than — 두 대상을 비교	better than
“going to” 미래 be going to + 동사 — 계획이나 곧 일어날 것이 분명한 일	gonna dance

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, you're. 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 pretend, cheat, rhythm.

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.

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