Практика Shadowing: American Sports Vocabulary | English Listening Practice for Beginners | Lily & Tom - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

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You can do it, Tom.
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Get him.
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Catch him, buddy.
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Come on, Tom.
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Hello everyone!
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Welcome back to Daily English Talk.
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I'm Lily.
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And I'm Tom.
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If this is your first time here, welcome to the family.
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We're so glad you joined us today.
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use in life.
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And today's topic is so much fun.
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We're talking about sports in the United States.
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Sports, sports, sports.
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Americans love their sports.
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They really do.
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We're going to teach you some great vocabulary today, some useful grammar, and we'll share some funny personal stories too.
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Very funny.
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Well, one story is very funny, mostly for Lily.
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You'll find out later.
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I have a question for you.
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This is our special question for today.
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We'll answer it at the end of the video.
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So here is the question: Tom tried a very popular American sport for the first time last weekend.
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He practiced for 20 minutes, he was very confident, and then something happened.
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Yes, something happened.
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The question is, what sport did Tom try and what went wrong?
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Write your guesses in the comments.
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We will tell you the full story at the end.
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Okay, let's start the lesson.
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So, Tom, we've been in the United States for a while now, and I have to say, Americans really do love their sports.
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Oh, absolutely.
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It's everywhere.
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You walk into a restaurant, the TV is showing a game, you walk into a store, there are jerseys on the wall.
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store was almost empty.
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I thought, where is everybody?
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And where were they?
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They were all at home watching American football, the NFL.
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It was a big game that day.
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I remember that day.
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That was the first time I really understood how much Americans love the NFL.
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I asked my neighbor.
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She told me Sunday during football season, nobody goes anywhere.
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Everyone watches the game.
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The parking lot was completely empty.
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What about you?
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When did you first really feel the American sports culture?
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Oh, that's easy.
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The first time I went to a baseball game.
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Oh, yes.
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Tell them about that.
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OK, so we went to a real MLB game, Major League Baseball.
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Big stadium, hot dogs, everyone wearing team colors.
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It was such a good atmosphere.
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The energy was incredible.
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And I had never eaten a stadium hot dog before.
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I ate three.
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He ate three hot dogs.
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And I regret nothing.
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He regrets everything.
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He felt sick on the drive home.
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That is also true.
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But the game itself was beautiful.
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The crowd was so loud when the home team hit a home run.
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I had goosebumps.
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I didn't even understand all the rules yet, but I felt the excitement.
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That's the amazing thing about sports.
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You don't need to understand everything to feel the energy.
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Exactly.
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And I went home, I watched videos about baseball rules for two hours.
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Two hours!
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I'm a dedicated student.
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You know this about me.
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We also went to a basketball game together, remember that?
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The NBA game.
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Yes, that was so fast.
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The players move so quickly, it's completely different from baseball.
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What surprised you most about the basketball game?
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How loud it was inside.
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The music, the crowd, the announcer.
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Every few seconds something was happening.
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There was no quiet moment.
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Tom was looking around the arena like this, wide eyes, head turning everywhere.
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There was just so much to see.
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American sports events are a real experience.
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It's not just the game.
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It's the food, the music, the crowd, everything together.
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And every sport has its own culture, its own fans, its own traditions.
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And that is exactly what we are going to talk about today.
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Alright, before our main vocabulary section, let's look at a grammar point that came up in our conversation just now.
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This is a really useful one for talking about sports and experiences.
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We're going to look at the past simple tense, specifically how to talk about experiences you had in the past.
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You heard us using this all through the conversation.
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"I went to a baseball game.
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I ate three hot dogs.
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The crowd was loud." With the past simple, we use it for finished actions, things that happened at a specific time in the past.
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They started and they ended.
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So, how do we form it?
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For regular verbs, we add "ed" to the end.
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Walk becomes walked.
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Watch becomes watched play becomes played.
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Easy enough!
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But English has many irregular verbs.
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These don't follow the ED rule.
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You need to learn them separately.
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And sports conversations are full of irregular verbs.
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Let's look at some examples.
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"Go" becomes "went".
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I go to the game.
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Yesterday, I went to the game.
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"see" becomes "saw", I "see" the player, Yesterday, I saw the player.
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Win becomes won.
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The team wins today.
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Yesterday, the team won.
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"hit" becomes "hit".
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This one is the same.
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The player hits the ball.
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Yesterday, the player hit the ball.
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Some irregular verbs are sneaky like that.
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They look the same.
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And for questions in the past simple, we use did.
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Did you watch the game?
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Did they win?
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Did Tom eat three hot dogs?
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The answer to that last one is yes, he did.
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I was hungry.
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It was a long game.
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the rules.
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They didn't win the game.
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So when you talk about sports experiences, remember: past simple for finished actions.
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Regular verbs get -ed.
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Irregular verbs learn them one by one.
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And the more you listen to natural English, the more natural these verbs will feel.
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That's why we're here every day.
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Okay, now let's learn some great vocabulary about sports in the United States.
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We have some really good words today.
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These watch American sports, or talk to American sports fans.
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Let's go.
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The first word is stadium.
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Stadium.
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Can you say it with us?
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Stadium.
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A stadium is a large building where sports are played.
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It has seats for thousands of people.
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It has a field or court in the middle.
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American stadiums are enormous.
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Some NFL stadiums hold over 80 ,000 people.
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80 ,000 people in one building.
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Last Saturday, Tom decided to try American football.
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I had been watching it I understood the rules.
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I felt ready.
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He went to the stadium with a football.
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He was going to practice throwing it.
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The spiral throw.
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That's the beautiful throw where the ball spins in the air.
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I had watched videos.
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He watched four videos.
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Four.
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He was very prepared.
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I went to the stadium.
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I found people who play football. And?
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A few minutes later, I had the ball in my hands.
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players running straight toward me.
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What did you do?
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Lily, I think that was the fastest I have ever run in my entire life, but they caught me and took me down.
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Tom, are you okay right now?
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Right now, yes, I'm fine, but I couldn't recover for two days.
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It's not as easy as it looks.
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Oh, poor Tom.
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that a sports player wears.
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It usually has the player's name on the back and their number.
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American sports fans love to wear their team's jersey.
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It's a big part of sports culture.
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When we went to the basketball game, I think 90 % of the crowd was wearing a jersey.
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I was the only person not wearing one.
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I felt very out of place.
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He really did.
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A fan next to us actually said, Hey, where's your jersey, man?
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I didn't have an answer.
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After that, Tom bought a jersey.
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I did.
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I support the team properly now.
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Let's use jersey in a sentence.
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My favorite player's jersey has the number 23 on the back.
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Or, I bought a new jersey before the game so I could wear it in the stadium.
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This next word is very American.
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Touchdown!
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Touchdown!
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Say it, touchdown!
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carries the ball into the end zone, that's the scoring area, or catches it there, the team scores a touchdown.
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Six points!
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And when a team scores a touchdown, the crowd goes absolutely wild.
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I watched my first NFL game with our neighbor.
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When the home team scored a touchdown, he jumped off his couch.
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He jumped?
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He spilled his entire drink.
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He didn't even care.
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He just kept cheering.
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That's the passion of of American football fans.
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And you will hear the word touchdown constantly during football season.
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It's a word every English learner needs to know.
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Let's use it in a sentence: The crowd cheered loudly when the player scored a touchdown.
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Or, it was the fourth quarter and the team needed one more touchdown to win the game.
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The next word is championship.
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Championship.
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Repeat, championship.
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A championship is the final competition of a season.
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The best teams play each other to decide who is the greatest.
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In American football, the championship game is called the Super Bowl.
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It is one of the biggest sporting events in the world.
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Hundreds of millions of people watch the Super Bowl every year.
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It's more than just a game.
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It's a cultural event.
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People have Super Bowl parties.
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They cook food, invite friends, watch together.
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Our neighbor invited us to a Super Bowl party last year.
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It was incredible.
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losing, the whole room went quiet.
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And then they scored a touchdown and everyone started screaming again.
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What a night!
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Let's put championship in a sentence.
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The two best teams in the league will play in the championship game on Sunday.
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Or she has watched the basketball championship every year since she was a child.
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Our next word is court.
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Court.
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Say it.
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Court.
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A court is the playing surface for certain sports.
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Basketball and tennis are played on a court.
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This is different from a field.
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A field is bigger and usually outside.
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Think football or baseball.
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A court is usually smaller and often inside a building.
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Basketball courts are beautiful.
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The polished wood floor, the painted lines, the hoops at each end.
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When we went to the NBA game, the court was so shiny and bright under the lights.
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And the players are so tall.
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Standing near the court, you realize these are enormous human beings.
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Tom stood next to one player after the game for a photo.
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The player's elbow was at my eye level.
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It was a memorable photo.
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I looked very athletic standing next to him, in a relative sense.
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Let's use court in a sentence.
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The players warmed up on the court before the game started.
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Or, my friends and I play basketball on the court at the park on weekends.
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This next one is very important.
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Season.
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Season.
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Let's say it together.
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Season.
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In sports, a season is a period of time when games are officially played.
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Each sport has its own season.
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Baseball season is in the spring and summer.
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Basketball season is in the autumn and winter.
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American football season is in the autumn.
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And this is interesting.
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American sports seasons don't always match the calendar year.
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I was confused by this when I first arrived.
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I kept asking, "Wait, is football season over?
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When does it start again?" He made a chart.
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I made a very good chart.
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I understood everything after the chart.
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Let's use season in a sentence.
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My father watches every football game during the season.
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Or, "The basketball season starts in October and the championship happens in June." Our last vocabulary word is one you probably know,
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but let's look at how American sports fans use it: fan, fan.
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Repeat.
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Fan A fan is someone who loves and supports a team or a sport.
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American sports fans are incredibly passionate.
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They wear the jerseys, they travel to away games, they watch every single game of the season.
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I met a man at the baseball game who had not missed a home game in 11 years.
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11 years?
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He had a special seat.
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He said the hot dog vendor knew his order by heart.
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Oh, that's actually really sweet.
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It is.
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There's something beautiful about that kind of dedication.
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fan of that basketball team since she was eight years old.
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Or, the fans in the stadium were so loud I couldn't even hear myself talking.
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Now we have a question for you.
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Tell us in the comments below, what is your favorite sport in your country?
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Do you watch it on TV?
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Do you play it yourself?
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Do you go to games?
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We would love to hear about the sports culture where you live.
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Write your answer below.
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We read every single comment and we love hearing from you.
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Is there a sport in your country Think carefully before you answer that, especially after today's story.
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You can't let it go, can you?
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Never.
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Speaking of which, thank you so much for watching today, everyone.
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We had so much fun talking about American sports with you.
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Remember, the best way to learn English is to listen every day, repeat out loud, and never give up.
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Every day, a new lesson, a new story, new vocabulary.
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It really helps other English learners find our channel.
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You are doing something incredible.
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You are learning a new language that takes courage, patience and hard work.
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And every single day that you show up and practice, you are getting better, even when it doesn't feel like it.
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We'll see you tomorrow for another episode of Daily English Talk.
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And I will not be practicing any throwing sports tomorrow.
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No promises for me.
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Bye -bye.

Контекст и фон

В данном видео ведущие Лили и Том погружают зрителей в мир американского спорта. Они обсуждают, как сильно американцы любят свои спортивные развлечения и делятся личными историями, связанными с их опытом. На протяжении всего видео поднимаются важные темы, такие как культурные различия в отношении спорта и языковая практика, что делает его исключительно информативным для изучающих английский язык.

Топ-5 фраз для повседневного общения

  • “Get him.” — Это выражение может использоваться, когда вы хотите поддержать кого-то, кто пытается достичь цели или поймать кого-то.
  • “Come on!” — Отличная фраза, чтобы подбодрить кого-то или проявить энтузиазм.
  • “We will gift a premium membership.” — Используйте эту конструкцию, чтобы предложить что-то ценное в обмен на участие.
  • “Americans really do love their sports.” — Простой способ выразить общее мнение о культуре.
  • “Nobody goes anywhere.” — Это выражение подчеркивает привычки людей в определенное время, что может быть полезным в разговорной речи.

Пошаговое руководство по теневому воспроизведению

Для того чтобы эффективно использовать подход shadowspeak и улучшить произношение английского, следуйте этим шагам:

  1. Прослушайте видео внимательно. Подумайте о контексте и попытайтесь понять, какие эмоции и значение вложены в слова.
  2. Повторяйте за ведущими. Воспользуйтесь методом shadow speech, произнося фразы одновременно с Лили и Томом. Это поможет улучшить ваше звучание и интонацию.
  3. Запишите себя. После того как вы попробовали повторить, запишите свое произношение и сравните его с оригиналом. Это поможет выявить ошибки и области, требующие улучшения.
  4. Практикуйте в паре. Найдите партнера для языкового обмена и упражняйтесь вместе, используя выученные фразы в контексте реальных разговоров.
  5. Регулярно возвращайтесь к материалу. Постоянная практика с использованием shadowspeaks обеспечит вам уверенность и плавность в разговорной речи.

Грамматика в этом видео

Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:

КонструкцияВ видео
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчасwe've been · have ever run · has watched
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делаетare played · is called
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предметеperson who comments · people who play · someone who loves
Глагол + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — глаголы, после которых идёт форма на -ingpractice throwing · kept cheering · started screaming

Что такое техника Shadowing?

Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.

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