쉐도잉 연습: Oliver Tree - Miracle Man [Official Music Video] - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Your whole life I tried and now I'm getting older
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Your whole life I tried and now I'm getting closer Tell me what you want, was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life, was it enough of you?
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No way Tell me what you want, was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life, was it enough of you?
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No way, no It's what you wanted though Everything you told me I don't need to know
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It's what you wanna do Everything you ever could've wanted to
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do Don't say it's what you need I'd say it's what you wanted
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Don't say it's what you need I'd say it's what you wanted
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Your whole life I tried And now I'm getting older Your whole life I tried And now I'm getting closer
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Tell me what you want Was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life was it enough of you? no way tell me what you want was it enough of you?
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fking up your life was it enough of you? no way
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here we go barely though i'm not searchin' for a miracle here we go barely though i'm not searchin' for a miracle
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Here we go, barely though, I'm not searching for a miracle Here we go,
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barely though, I'm not searching for a miracle Your whole life,
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I tried, and now we're getting older Your whole life,
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I tried, and now we're getting closer Hello?
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Yo, Ronnie, how are you, dude?
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No, I'm not doing anything right now.
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You're trying to take some bong-ups back at the crib?
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Sick little bro, also I forgot to tell you, but...

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Oliver Tree - Miracle Man”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tried, miracle, barely, closer, older. This video has 22 sentences and 274 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a steady 115 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. 11 of its 22 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
miracle noun/ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
bung noun/ˈbʌŋ/A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
crib noun/kɹɪb/A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
fking adjectiveCensored spelling of fucking.
barely adverb/ˈbeɹ.li/By a small margin.
search verb/sɝt͡ʃ/To look in (a place) for something.
sick adjective/ˈsɪk/In poor health; ill.
dude noun/duːd/A man, generally a younger man.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 miracle, bung, crib.

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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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