쉐도잉 연습: STORYFUN 4 - UNIT 7 - THE GREY CLOUD | SHORT ENGLISH STORY FOR KIDS | HARRY TRAN - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

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Students Book, page 52.
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7. The Grey Cloud I was on a long, boring train ride with my aunt.
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I looked out of the window at the rain.
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The countryside looked grey and cold.
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Tell me a story, Aunt Claire, I said.
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One about the rain.
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All right, she said.
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This is the story she told me.
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There was a small cloud in the sky above the apartment where Lily lived.
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Sometimes the cloud got angry because the wind was too strong or because it was alone in the sky.
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When the cloud got really angry, it got slowly bigger and greyer.
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Its grey colour fell onto the roof of Lily's apartment building.
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It also fell into Lily's roof garden, and when Lily went outside to skip, she couldn't see the red and yellow flowers there.
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She could only see grey ones.
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Lily often got angry then too
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Sometimes the cloud wasn't only angry It got really sad
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When the cloud felt really angry and sad It felt worse
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And it cried And its wet rain fell on Lily's windows and balcony
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Lily didn't like being wet She couldn't go outside and dance on the garden table because she didn't like getting her head,
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neck and shoulders wet.
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Lily often got angry and sad then too.
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Sometimes, the cloud wasn't only angry and sad, it often got frightened.
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When the cloud felt frightened, it felt colder.
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Then its snow fell quietly on the ground and rocks, and on the mountains behind Lily's home,
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and water changed to ice.
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Walking in the snow and on the ice was difficult and dangerous.
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Lily often got angry, sad and frightened then too.
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Monday wasn't a good day.
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The cloud was huge and very grey.
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Lily couldn't see any light from the sun.
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She couldn't see her feet on the ground.
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And at night, Lily couldn't see any light from the moon or stars.
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Tuesday and Wednesday were worse.
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Nothing was different.
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On Thursday morning, when Lily got up and saw no light outside again,
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she thought, I've got to do something about this.
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She climbed up the stairs to the roof garden.
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Cloud, Lily called from the top of the roof.
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This is the worst day of my week.
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I love looking at you.
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When you are small and white and when you skip and dance and climb in the wind.
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But why are you huge and so gray now?
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What is the matter?
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The cloud started to cry.
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The wind is strong, and I am weak, and I have no friends, cried the cloud.
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That makes me angry and sad, and I get bigger and grayer.
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I feel worse and worse, and then my rain falls.
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Oh, dear, said Lily.
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And sometimes I get frightened because I have no friends.
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When I feel frightened, I get really cold and my snow falls, added the cloud.
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Well, shall I be your best friend today?
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I know I can make you feel better again,
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stronger too, Lily said to the cloud and started to skip along the roof garden.
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And when you feel happy again, I can be happier too, she said.
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Come on, let's skip.
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Lily took off her coat and started to skip around the grey flowers, and the clouds slowly started to skip around the sun.
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That's better, but more quickly!
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More quickly! laughed Lily.
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Come on, my friend!
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Now let's dance.
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Lily jumped up onto the table, waved her arms around and started to dance.
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And the clouds slowly started to dance in the wind.
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Fantastic, laughed Lily.
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Now come on, are you feeling better or worse?
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Better, said the cloud Great,
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then now let's climb Lily started to climb her favorite rock And the cloud started to climb in the sky Higher,
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higher, Lily called And when the cloud skipped and danced and climbed with Lily,
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its color changed from gray to white and a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky.
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The cloud was happy again and Lily couldn't stop laughing.
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That's better!
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But it wasn't always like that.
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On some days of the year,
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the clouds rain and snow fell Because it felt angry or sad or frightened again Lily understood that
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We can't always feel happy, Aunt Claire said But skipping,
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dancing and climbing and laughing And playing with really good friends Can always help us feel better again
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Now pick up your bag Here's our station

왜 이 영상을 통해 말하기 연습을 해야 할까요?

이 "회색 구름" 이야기는 아이들에게 재미있는 영어 표현을 제공하는 동시에 감정에 대한 이해를 깊게 해줍니다. 기차 여행 중 사촌과 함께 이야기를 나누며 영어 말하기 연습을 할 수 있는 훌륭한 기회입니다. 이 비디오는 어린이들이 상황에 맞게 말하는 능력을 키우는 데 도움을 줄 뿐만 아니라, 다양한 감정을 표현하는 데 필요한 단어와 문장을 배울 수 있게 합니다. 또한, IELTS 스피킹 준비를 하는 경우, 감정 표현 연습은 더욱 중요합니다.

문맥에서의 문법 및 표현

  • There was a small cloud in the sky: 이 문장은 존재를 나타내는 구조로, "there be" 구조를 이해하는 데 도움을 줍니다. "하늘에 작은 구름이 있었다"라는 표현은 간단하면서도 유용합니다.
  • When the cloud got really angry: 이 문장은 복합적 시간절의 사용을 통해 조건을 설명합니다. 감정의 변화에 관한 이야기를 이끌어냅니다.
  • It felt worse and worse: 점증하는 감정을 표현하는 데 적합한 표현입니다. "점점 더 나쁘게 느껴졌다"라는 문장은 영어로 감정을 섬세하게 표현하는 방법을 학습할 수 있습니다.
  • I've got to do something about this: 반드시 해야 한다는 의무를 표현하는 구조로, 문제 해결을 위한 결단력을 보여줍니다.

일반적인 발음 함정

이 이야기에서 주목해야 할 발음은 "cloud", "angry", "friends"와 같은 단어들입니다. 특히, "cloud"는 '클라우드'와 같은 발음이 아니라, '클라우드'와 '브라우드'의 중간 정도의 소리로 발음되며, 헷갈리기 쉽습니다. 또한, "angry"의 'ng' 발음은 일부 학습자들에게 어려울 수 있습니다. 영어 발음 교정을 원한다면, 이러한 단어들을 반복하여 연습하는 것이 중요합니다. shadowing site를 활용하여 이 단어들의 발음을 연습해보세요. shadowspeak 기법을 통해 원어민의 발음을 따라 하는 것도 도움을 줄 수 있습니다.

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.