쉐도잉 연습: Post Malone - Better Now (Lyrics) - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never met you, let you down, let you down Would've gave you everything,
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would've gave you everything I did not believe that it would end,
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no Everything came second to the Benzo You're not even speaking to my friends, no You know why my uncles and my aunts, no
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Twenty candles, blow them out and open your eyes We were looking forward to the rest of our lives
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Used to keep my picture posted by your bedside
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Now it's in your dresser with the socks you don't like And I'm rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling With my brothers like it's Jonas, Jonas
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Drinking Henny and I'm trying to forget
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But I can't get this shit out of my head You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I said that I am better now,
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better now I only say that cause you're not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I seen you with your other dude
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He seemed like he was pretty cool I was so broken over you Life it goes on, what can you do?
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I just wonder what it's gonna take Another foreign or a bigger change
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Because no matter how my life has changed I keep on looking back on better days You probably think
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that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I promise,
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I swear to you I'll be okay the first time I'm full-time,
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and I'm still at your left right now, and I'm doing all those things, but I'm trying to look ahead and see things at the future, that I told you, so I want to play a game with my voice
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and so to let anyone in the world you know I never mentioned let you down, let you down you probably think that you are better now,
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better now you only say that cuz I'm not around, not around Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

이 레슨의 어휘와 말하기 포인트

이 영상에는 섀도잉할 문장 25개와 단어 509개가 있습니다. 말하는 구간의 길이는 3:07입니다. 화자는 분당 약 164단어로, 일상 대화에 가까운 자연스러운 속도로 말합니다. 단어의 89%가 영어에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 3,000단어에 속해 어휘가 쉬운 편입니다.

이 영상의 핵심 어휘

영상에 나오는 익혀 둘 만한 단어 12개를 발음, 뜻과 함께 정리했습니다.

단어발음뜻
uncle 명사/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/아저씨, 삼촌
aunt 명사/ɑːnt/고모, 이모
candle 명사/ˈkæn.dəl/초, 양초
sock 명사/sɑk/양말
blow 동사/bloʊ/불다
swear 동사/ˈswɛɚ/맹세하다
roll 동사/ɹəʊl/구르다, 굴리다
wonder 명사/ˈwʌndɚ/놀라움, 경이
drink 동사/ˈdɹɪŋk/마시다, 드시다
dude 명사/duːd/놈
mention 동사/ˈmɛnʃən/말하다, 언급하다
promise 명사/ˈpɹɑmɪs/약속

주의할 발음

화자는 would've, I'm, you're 같은 축약형과 약화된 형태를 32번 사용합니다. 들리는 대로 짧게 발음하세요.

이 영상으로 연습하는 방법

  1. 먼저 말하지 않고 영상을 끝까지 듣고 모르는 단어를 적어 둡니다.
  2. 0.75배속으로 한 문장씩 섀도잉을 시작하고, 익숙해지면 보통 속도로 돌아갑니다.
  3. 자신의 목소리를 녹음해 원본과 비교하고, uncle, aunt, candle 같은 단어에 특히 주의합니다.

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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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