Практика Shadowing: FCE1 TEST1 PART4 - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

Создание урока...
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Now turn to part four.
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You'll hear an interview with Trina Travos, a pop singer who is only 15.
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For questions 24 to 30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
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You now have one minute in which to look at part four.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Marina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
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It was wonderful.
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I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
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What did your classmates at school think?
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I just told close friends what I was doing in the States and I thought, well, if the records were successful then I'd tell everyone.
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And they were successful.
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Right.
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And my friends were very good about it, not envious or anything.
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Did you like being in the USA?
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Oh, yes.
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Most of the time it was great.
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The people are so friendly.
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Did you manage to write any songs there?
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Well, yeah, I did.
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Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
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You know, Mum, Dad, my sister.
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They weren't with me in the States.
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And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
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Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
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No, no. We did play in London once.
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We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
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There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
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I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
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Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
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No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
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Yeah?
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He was recording an album in the same studio and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him.
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And he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
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But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
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No, there was Lance Lakatov.
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But you had heard of him?
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Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
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And you were in his TV series?
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Yes.
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And what was that like?
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It was a really good experience.
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I hadn't done anything like that before.
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And they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
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Oh, so I thought, but they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame, because I had to go back to the USA.
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Oh!
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I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc., and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
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Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
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Why is that?
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Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
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The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice, in a way.
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Why do you say that?
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Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
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But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
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No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
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But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here.
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So maybe they will release the record.
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So, where do you see your career going?
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Will you go back to the States?
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Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
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I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
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Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
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I can still write, after all.
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In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
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Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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Now you'll hear part four again.
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Trina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
73
It was wonderful.
74
I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
75
What did your classmates at school think?
76
I just told close friends what I was doing in the States.
77
and I thought, well, if the records were successful, then I'd tell everyone.
78
And they were successful.
79
Right.
80
And my friends were very good about it.
81
Not envious or anything.
82
Did you like being in the USA?
83
Oh, yes.
84
Most of the time it was great.
85
The people are so friendly.
86
Did you manage to write any songs there?
87
Well, yeah, I did.
88
Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
89
You know, mum, dad, my sister.
90
They weren't with me in the States.
91
And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
92
Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
96
No, no. We did play in London once.
97
We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
98
There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
99
I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
100
Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
101
No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
102
Yeah?
103
He was recording an album in the same studio, and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him, with him and he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
104
But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
105
No, there was Lance Lakatov.
106
But you had heard of him?
107
Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
108
And you were in his TV series?
109
Yes.
110
And what was that like?
111
It was a really good experience.
112
I hadn't done anything like that before and they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
113
Or so I thought.
114
But they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame because I had to go back to the USA.
115
Oh!
116
I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc. and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
117
Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
118
Why is that?
119
Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
120
The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice in a way.
121
Why do you say that?
122
Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
123
But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
124
No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
125
But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here, so maybe they will release the record.
126
So, where do you see your career going?
127
Will you go back to the States?
128
Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
129
I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
130
Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full-time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
131
I can still write, after all.
132
In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
133
Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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That's the end of Part 4.
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There'll now be a pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet.
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Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions.
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I'll remind you when there is one minute left so that you're sure to finish in time.
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That's the end of the test.
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Please stop now.
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Your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and answer sheets.

Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку

Этот урок разговорной практики уровня B2 построен на видео «FCE1 TEST1 PART4». Чаще всего повторяются слова: record, England, Usa, song. В этом видео 140 предложений и 1645 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 9:13. Говорящий говорит в естественном темпе, около 178 слов в минуту, близком к повседневной речи. 91% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка, поэтому лексика простая. Вопросов здесь 32 из 140 предложений, так что это хорошая тренировка вопросительной интонации и коротких ответов.

Ключевая лексика этого видео

Самые сложные слова из видео (15), с произношением и значением:

СловоПроизношениеЗначение
chart существительное/t͡ʃɑɹt/морска́я ка́рта
sheet существительное/ʃit/лист, листо́к
discover глагол/dɪˈskʌvə/открыва́ть, откры́ть
silly прилагательное/ˈsɪl.i/глу́пый, дурно́й
chip существительное/t͡ʃɪp/ще́пка, лучи́на
arrangement существительное/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/приведе́ние в поря́док, расстано́вка
pleasant прилагательное/ˈplɛz.ənt/прия́тный
delight существительное/dəˈlaɪt/восто́рг, наслажде́ние
persuade глагол/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/убежда́ть, убеди́ть
surround глагол/səˈɹaʊnd/окружа́ть, окружи́ть
collect глагол/ˈkɑlɪkt/собира́ть, собра́ть
remind глагол/ɹəˈmaɪnd/напомина́ть, напо́мнить
pause существительное/pɔːz/па́уза, остано́вка
supervisor существительное/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/нача́льник, нача́льница
marina существительное/məˈɹinə/прича́л

Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите

СловоЗначение
go over глаголхорошо́ принима́ться

Фразы, которые стоит повторять

Короткие законченные фразы из видео, которые пригодятся в повседневном разговоре:

  • What did your classmates at school think?
  • Did you manage to write any songs there?
  • I hadn't done anything like that before.
  • Why do you say that?

Грамматика в этом видео

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

КонструкцияВ видео
Present Perfect Continuous have/has been + -ing — действие началось раньше и продолжаетсяyou've been making · has been trying
Условные предложения if + предложение, will/would + глагол — условие и его результатif the records were successful then I'd tell · if the records were successful, then I'd tell
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчасyou've just come · have been · you've never been
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делаетbeing surrounded · were actually approached · be discovered

Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание

Говорящий использует 43 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например don't, you've, hadn't. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.

Звуки, трудные для русскоязычных:

  • Звонкие согласные в конце слова — не оглушайте их: persuade /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/, pause /pɔːz/

Как заниматься с этим видео

  1. Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
  2. Начните со скорости 0,75×, повторяйте предложение за предложением и вернитесь к обычной скорости, когда станет легко.
  3. Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как chart, sheet, discover.

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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