쉐도잉 연습: How does acupuncture work? | RMIT University - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Acupuncture involves stimulating body walls like skin
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and muscle to produce therapeutic effect.
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It can be used for a very wide range of conditions, acute pain, chronic pain, respiratory conditions,
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skin problems and gastric problems.
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So if you can imagine your body, it's a city.
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So in a city, there are big roads, highways, there are small roads, there are landways.
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So if everything's fine, then traffic goes nicely.
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So when there's a car breaks down, and the traffic will jammed up.
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And if the broken car is not being fixed, the traffic jam will become worse and worse.
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Let's imagine in the body there are meridians.
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And in these meridians we have qi flow, we have energy flow.
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Say for instance, if you hurt your back, and the local muscle will become very tight.
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And this kind of tightness is the way of blocking the qi flow.
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So to restore that, to reduce that problem, we have to put needle into the local area to help the broken car in a way.
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But also we will put needles away from Lobac to divert traffic, to restore the chief flow.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “How does acupuncture work?”. This video has 15 sentences and 190 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:37. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
muscle noun/ˈmʌs.əl/A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
restore verb/ɹɪˈstoɹ/To reestablish, or bring back into existence.
needle noun/ˈniː.dəl/A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a…
involve verb/ɪnˈvɑlv/To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
chronic adjective/ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
jam noun/ˈd͡ʒæm/A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts
nicely adverb/ˈnaɪs.li/Precisely; with fine discernment or judgement.
acute adjective/əˈkjut/Brief, quick, short.
therapeutic adjective/ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/Of, or relating to therapy.
respiratory adjective/ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/Relating to respiration or the organs of respiration; breathing.
stimulate verb/ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/To encourage into action.
meridian noun/məˈɹɪ.di.ən/In full celestial meridian: a great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular point on the Earth's surface.
acupuncture noun/ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality…
divert verb/daɪˈvɝt/To turn aside from a course.
gastric adjective/ˈɡæstɹɪk/Of or relating to the stomach.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
break down verbTo stop functioning.

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Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/, respiratory /ɹɪˈspɪ.ɹət.ə.ɹi/, meridian /məˈɹɪ.di.ən/, acupuncture /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/

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 muscle, restore, needle.

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