쉐도잉 연습: Vol 3 - test 8 - section 4 - 영상으로 영어 말하기 배우기

레슨 만드는 중...
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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I'm a past student of this university And I'm joining some others on this career day to tell you about my job,
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as it may be something you've never thought of doing.
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I'm a patent attorney.
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Some of you probably know what that is, but for those of you that don't, I'll explain.
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If someone has a new idea or invention, they can ask for a patent.
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It gives the owner the right to stop other people from using that invention.
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A patent is granted by the government to inventors or more usually these days to a company.
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It is for a certain time period usually a maximum of 20 years.
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So during that period, that idea or invention cannot be claimed to have been invented by someone else.
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The likelihood of getting a patent is dependent on whether the invention is original or not.
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This is the crucial factor.
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It will be looked at by a patent examiner,
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and my job is to convince the examiner that the invention is not just an adjustment to something which already exists.
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In order to get the patent, we need to produce a full description of the invention.
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It's really important to get the details right.
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Most of you are scientists and the basic requirement of the job is a solid academic background.
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Often people have studied chemistry or, alternatively, engineering.
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Because of the nature of the work, this is a crucial starting point.
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you need to be able to understand how the inventions have come about.
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On top of that, employers are looking for particular kinds of people.
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They want employees who have excellent communication skills.
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So you can talk to inventors in terms that they can understand and also ask the right questions.
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These aren't necessarily skills you're taught at university.
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This is an international business as are most nowadays, and it's very convenient to be able to read documents without having to call for translations.
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So, if you can understand a foreign language, that's a great asset.
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You might think it sounds a bit boring from what I've said, but it really isn't.
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There are lots of advantages to the job.
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It's extremely interesting for a start.
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For example, I feel I use a range of expertise.
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I'm not just a scientist, not just a lawyer, but a mixture of the two.
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Although it takes quite a long time to qualify as a patent attorney, anything from four to six years,
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after that, you can earn a high salary which compares very well with other similar professions.
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There are some disadvantages, of course.
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It can be rather lonely as you tend to sit in front of a computer for most of the day.
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Even if you have colleagues, you will all be working separately.
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And there isn't very much flexibility with location.
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Almost all vacancies for trainees are city -based.
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So if that doesn't appeal to you, you might want to think again.
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You do get to travel a bit to meetings with clients.
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and there are also visits to court.
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So what kind of organization might you end up working in?
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Well, many people work in industrial companies.
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The big ones have their own patent departments.
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The kind of product you might work with there will range from food to heavy equipment.
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from biotechnology to the car industry.
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Basically, any organization where significant time and money is put into research and development to get ahead of the market.
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There are also many private practices.
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and some of these will have areas of special interest.
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Finally, it's possible to get a job in various government offices.
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In those departments, you will probably be looking at applications for patents and making decisions about them.
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I really love my job, so I hope I persuaded a few of you that it's worth thinking about.
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If anyone wants to come and ask questions, I'm happy to answer them.

이 비디오로 영어 회화 연습하면 좋은 이유

직업 소개라는 실생활적인 맥락에서 자연스러운 영어 발화를 들을 수 있는 이 비디오는 영어 쉐도잉 연습에 딱입니다. 특허 변호사의 업무 내용을 설명하는 대화는 전문 용어와 일상 표현이 섞여 있어, 실제 커뮤니케이션에서 필요한 다양한 어휘와 문장 구조를 익힐 수 있습니다. shadow speech를 통해 발음, 리듬, 억양을 따라하면서, 자연스러운 영어 표현을 몸에 익힐 수 있을 뿐만 아니라, 전문 분야의 내용도 이해할 수 있어 두 마리 토끼를 잡는 효과가 있습니다.

맥락 속 문법과 표현

  • "It gives the owner the right to stop...": "~에게 ~할 권리를 주다"는 구조로, 권리나 능력을 표현할 때 자주 사용됩니다. 쉐도잉 연습 시 "give + 누구 + 무엇 + to 동사"의 순서를 확실히 익혀보세요.
  • "The likelihood of getting a patent is dependent on...": "~할 가능성은 ~에 달려있다"는 표현으로, 원인과 결과를 연결할 때 유용합니다. "dependent on" 대신 "based on"도 자주 쓰이니 함께 기억하세요.
  • "Although it takes quite a long time to qualify...": "비록 ~하지만"이라는 접속사로, 대조적인 내용을 연결할 때 사용됩니다. "takes + 시간 + to 동사" 구조와 함께 익히면 복잡한 문장도 자연스럽게 말할 수 있습니다.

발음의 함정 주의하기

이 비디오에는 발음이 tricky한 단어들이 몇 개 있습니다. "patent attorney"에서 "patent"는 '패튼'이 아니라 '페이턴트'로 발음하고, "attorney"는 '어터니'가 아닌 '어턴티'입니다. 또한 "biotechnology"는 '바이오테크놀로지'가 아니라 '바이오텍놀로지'로 발음하는 것이 일반적입니다. shadow speak를 할 때 이런 부분을 주의해서 따라하면, 원어민처럼 자연스러운 발음을 연습할 수 있습니다. 특히 "inventions"나 "examiners"와 같은 복수형 끝 부분의 's' 발음은 약하게 하거나 묵는 경우가 많으니, 리듬을 따라가는 데 집중하세요.

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.

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