쉐도잉 연습: Intermediate Pronunciation - Day 22 - Technology - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

레슨 만드는 중...
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What are those wacky glasses you're wearing?
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These are ultra-high-tech, top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art, cutting-edge TV glasses.
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And you're actually watching TV right now?
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Yeah, right here in the corner.
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What are you watching?
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The basketball game.
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Unbelievable.
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And Cheryl doesn't mind this?
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Yes!
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Sorry.
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My team is winning.
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This new invention doesn't bother you.
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Are you kidding?
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If I'd known how happy they would make him, I would have bought those glasses for Bob long ago.
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Technology today is amazing.
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You know, I wish they'd invent something that would make people who talk on cell phones quiet.
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This guy in the cafe today was so loud I couldn't hear myself talking.
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It wasn't funny.
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What?
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Oh, sorry.
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I was laughing at this guy on TV.
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If I could invent something, it would be a thing for Bob's car that would automatically charge him when he goes over the speed limit.
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He drives so fast sometimes, but he'd slow down if he had to pay.
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No!
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Is your team losing?
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No!
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I heard what you said.
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You just leave my car alone.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Intermediate Pronunciation - Day 22 - Technology”. This video has 28 sentences and 189 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:30. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 7 of its 28 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
invent verb/ɪnˈvɛnt/To design a new process or mechanism.
bother verb/ˈbɑðɚ/To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
ultra noun/ˈʌltɹə/A political extremist, in particular
unbelievable adjective/ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/Not to be believed.
invention noun/ɪnˈvɛnʃən/Something invented.
café noun/ˌkæˈfeɪ/A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…
tech noun/tɛk/Technology.
laugh verb/læf/To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and…
quiet adjective/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
basketball noun/ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
loud adjective/ˈlaʊ̯d/Of great intensity.
automatically adverb/ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/In an automatic manner.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go over verbTo look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.
slow down verbTo decelerate.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What are those wacky glasses you're wearing?
  • What are you watching?
  • This new invention doesn't bother you.
  • Is your team losing?

이 영상의 문법

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

문형영상 속 표현
조건문 if + 절, will/would + 동사 — 조건과 그 결과If I'd known how happy they would make · If I could invent something, it would be
현재진행 am/is/are + -ing — 지금 또는 요즘 일어나고 있는 일you're wearing · you're actually watching · is winning

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, you're, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, automatically /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/

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 invent, bother, ultra.

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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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