Практика Shadowing: Christmas in Prague Chapter 6 - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

Создание урока...
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Who is Pavel?
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The old man drank some water and looked up.
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Pavel, he said, I must ask you to look at this photo.
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He put his hand in his pocket and took out a photograph of a young woman.
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Do you know this woman?
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Yes, said Pavel.
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That's a photo of my mother, Lenka.
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She died when I was very young.
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But my grandmother had many photos of her, and we often looked at them.
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Did you live with your grandmother when you were young?
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Yes, I did.
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But how do you know all this?" Because,
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said Yosef, Lenka was my wife.
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Dad, what are you saying? said Jan.
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Joseph looked at Jan.
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My boy, don't be angry with me.
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I didn't tell you many things about your mother.
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Perhaps I was wrong.
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But I wanted to forget.
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Not to forget your mother.
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Only to forget that terrible night in 1957.
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Jan, this man, Pavel, is your twin brother.
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You can see that it's true.
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Look at your faces." looked at Jan.
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So, I have a brother, he said.
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My grandmother never told me that.
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Jan smiled.
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And my father, our father, never told me about a twin brother.
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He turned to Josef.
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Dad, why Why didn't you tell me?
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It's a long story," said the old man.
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It begins many years ago, when a young man went to Prague University.
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He was there for seven years, and in his last year, he met a beautiful young woman.
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His eyes turned to the photo.
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She was so beautiful.
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Of course, the young man fell in love with her, and they got married in 1956.
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But things were difficult in Prague then.
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People were not happy, and they were not free.
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Lenka and I, and a lot of our friends, wanted to change things.
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But it was dangerous work.
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The Russians knew about us, and they watched us all the time.
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Then, you two boys were born on a wonderful day in June 1957.
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But you went away, Pavel said angrily.
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Your wife died and you left the country.
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You went away to England and began a new life.
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You didn't write.
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You didn't telephone.
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You weren't interested in me, your son.
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Yosef's face was very sad.
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Pavel, he said, I thought you were dead.
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Look, I must show you something.
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From behind the photo of his wife, he took out a letter and gave it to Pavel.
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The letter was old and yellow.
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Pavel opened it and began to read.
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The letter was in check and it was his grandmother's writing.
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I write to tell you, Josef, that your wife is dead.
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On Christmas night, the guards shot her on the road at the border.
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She carried Pavel, your baby son, and my grandson on her back.
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And the guards shot him too.
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Your wife and your son are dead.
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Your friends came and told me yesterday.
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You have yarn.
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And a new life in England.
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And what do I have?
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Nothing.
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You took one grandson away from me.
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And now my daughter and little Pavel are dead because of you.
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Don't write to me.
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And don't come back to Prague.
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I never want to see you or hear from you again.
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Stanislava." Slowly, Pavel put the letter down.
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I understand now, he said quietly.
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What a terrible letter!
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How could she do that to you?
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And to me?
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Stanislava loved her daughter very much, Joseph said sadly.
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She loved you too and didn't want to lose you.
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I see that now.
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But she never liked me.
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And after that letter, how could I go back to Prague?
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You were dead.
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Lenka was dead." He put his face in his hands.
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The room was very quiet.
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Then Pavel put his hand on his father's arm.
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Stanislava is dead now, he said.
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You and I can begin again, he smiled, and learned to be father and son.
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Yosef's face was wet with tears.
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He put his hand over Pavel's hand and smiled back at him.
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But he could not speak.
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Now there were tears in everybody's eyes.
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After a minute or two, Jan said, Dad, I know it's difficult for you.
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Can you tell us about that Christmas in 1957?
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How did it all happen?
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I'd like to know." Yes, said his father.
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You and Pavel must know.
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He turned to Pavel.
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But what did Stanislava tell you?
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little," Pavel said.
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She never wanted to talk about it.
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She told me that my mother died in hospital and you went away to England.
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That was all.
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I can understand that," said Yosef.
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She lost her daughter because of me.
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And she never liked our work for freedom, you see.
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She didn't understand.
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She just wanted a quiet family life." Christmas, 1957, said Jan.
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Yes, said Josef.
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In October and November of that year, things got more and more dangerous for Lenka and me.
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Our friends told us, leave before the Russians get you.
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Get away to Austria and then to England.
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We didn't want to leave Czechoslovakia, of course.
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It was our home.
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But we couldn't stay.
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Our friends helped us, and Jan and I got across the border on the day before Christmas, December the 24th.
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It was night.
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There was no moon, and we got to Austria all right through the fields and the snow.
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But the next night...
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December 25th, said Pavel.
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My grandmother told me the day.
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My mother died in a hospital bed in Prague, she said.
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Lenka died in the snow, on the road at the border,
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Joseph said, she was so near Austria,
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so near us, with you, Pavel, on her back.
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The old man's voice stopped, and again, he put his head in his hands.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку

В этом видео 127 предложений и 964 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 12:22. Говорящий говорит медленно, около 78 слов в минуту, поэтому есть время повторить каждый звук. 88% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка, поэтому лексика простая.

Ключевая лексика этого видео

12 менее частых слов из видео с произношением и значением:

  • litter /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ (существительное) — подсти́лка. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
  • grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ (существительное) — ба́бушка, бабу́ля. A mother of someone's parent.
  • tear /tɛɹ/ (глагол) — рвать, порва́ть. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
  • twin /twɪn/ (существительное) — близне́ц, близня́шка. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
  • grandson /ˈɡɹæn(d)sʌn/ (существительное) — внук, внучо́к. A son of one's child.
  • pocket /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ (существительное) — карма́н, карма́шек. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  • telephone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ (существительное) — телефо́н. A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to…
  • photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ (существительное) — фотогра́фия, фо́то. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • sadly /ˈsædli/ (наречие) — гру́стно, печа́льно. In a sad manner; sorrowfully.
  • quietly /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/ (наречие) — ти́хо, сми́рно. Producing little or no noise.
  • yarn /jɑɹn/ (существительное) — пря́жа. A twisted strand of fibre used for knitting or weaving.
  • angrily /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/ (наречие) — серди́то, гне́вно. In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

  • take out (глагол) — вынима́ть, вы́нуть. To remove.
  • fall in (глагол) — станови́ться в стро́й, стро́иться. To collapse inwards.
  • go away (глагол) — уходи́ть, уйти́. To depart or leave a place.
  • hand in (глагол) — сдать. To give something to a responsible person.
  • hand over (глагол) — передава́ть, переда́ть. To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
  • look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ (глагол) — улучша́ться. To have better prospects.
  • talk about (глагол) — ну и, вот э́то. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 13 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например didn't, don't, couldn't. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

Как заниматься с этим видео

  1. Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
  2. Повторяйте предложение за предложением на обычной скорости, пока ваш ритм не совпадёт с ритмом говорящего.
  3. Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как litter, grandmother, tear.

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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