쉐도잉 연습: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기
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I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your president by your balance.
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So I ask you to confirm me as your president with your prayers.
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me by article 2 section 2 of the Constitution have granted
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and by these presents do grant a full free
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and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon on August 19th at the
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National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars in the city of
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Chicago I announced my intention to give these young people a chance to earn mainstream of American society.
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so that they can, if they choose,
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contribute even though belatedly to the building and the betterment of our country and the world.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr”. This video has 9 sentences and 110 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 95 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| prayer noun | /pɹɛɚ/ | A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. |
| confirm verb | /kənˈfɝm/ | To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. |
| contribute verb | /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ | To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. |
| intention noun | /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ | A course of action that a person intends to follow. |
| announce verb | /əˈnaʊn(t)s/ | To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known. |
| mainstream adjective | /ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/ | Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc. |
| elect verb | /ɪˈlɛkt/ | To choose or make a decision (to do something). |
| pardon noun | /ˈpɑːdn̩/ | Forgiveness for an offence. |
| acutely adverb | /əˈkjuːtli/ | In an acute manner |
| belatedly adverb | In a belated manner; tardily. | |
| betterment noun | /ˈbɛtɚmənt/ | An improvement or amelioration. |
이 영상의 문법
화자가 가장 많이 쓰는 문형을 영상 속 실제 표현과 함께 정리했습니다.
| 문형 | 영상 속 표현 |
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| 현재완료 have/has + 과거분사 — 과거의 일이 지금도 관련이 있을 때 | have not elected · have granted |
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 earn, prayer, confirm.
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.











