Практика Shadowing: IELTS Speaking Test Band 8.5 - Almost Perfect - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

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Let's start off by talking about social media.
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How often do you use social media?
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I actually just started using social media like two years back during, I think like right after COVID.
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So I wouldn't say I'm active as such, but I'm trying to get into it like a full-on hobby, but not really into it as of now.
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Which platform do you use most often?
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I don't know if I can say this, but right before COVID, we had Musical.ly, which is like the prior name for TikTok.
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I was on it for sure.
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I was binge watching it every single day.
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And yeah, I think if you go back, you can find my old videos.
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So that was the first ever platform that I use.
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But right now, I think I'm mainly focusing on Instagram because of university and everything.
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So it's between those two mostly.
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Do you ever post content on social media?
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Yeah, I actually post a lot of dance content because that's something I'm really passionate about.
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So on Instagram, it's mainly dance or like places that I visit or with friends.
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tiktok is just random things that we record as you know uni friends
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and all of that now let's talk about your studies okay what are you studying at university
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so i'm doing my bachelor's in marketing that wasn't really my first choice
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because i wanted to do psychology and prior to
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that i wanted to do aviation so it kept like it kept going back
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and forth between those two but i finally decided on marketing
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and do you like marketing i love marketing i feel like it was meant for me.
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It's almost like it chose me.
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Yeah, it's not like I chose it.
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It's like it chose me.
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So it just feels like I belong.
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What career would you like to do in the future with marketing?
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I really haven't thought about it because when they told us to choose a degree, I didn't know what to choose because, you know, I was barely 17 or 16 when I had to apply for university.
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So I just thought that choosing marketing meant
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that I would be in this really broad platform and the degree is so vast that, you know, you can go into any career you want.
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But as of right now, I really want to get a name for myself and create a business or something.
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So probably having a business of my own one day.
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Now let's talk about fruit.
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Okay.
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What's the most popular type of fruit in your country?
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Oh, so where we come from, there's mainly mangoes, but I think in South of India, they really love jackfruit.
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They basically involve it in every single thing, in every drink, in every food and curry mainly.
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So yeah, it's jackfruit, mango, those two for sure
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and what's your favorite fruit mango any day are there any types of fruit
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that you really don't enjoy I don't know I mean there's nothing
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that I hate as such
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but I feel like dragon fruit does not really have much flavor I don't know maybe it's just my experience
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but I think I might like it
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if I try it again it's been a few years
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so do you like eating cooked food that has fruit in it um
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that could be a controversial topic it really depends on what like you can't
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if you're saying pizza for example i hate the whole concept of pineapple
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and pizza i feel like it ruins it completely
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but overall yeah i guess why not go have a little bit of risk taking you know
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and where you live where do people normally buy their fruit
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So where I'm from in India, people usually buy from street vendors.
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I feel like it's also really affordable, but it depends on which class you come from.
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If you're more on the higher side, people do go to malls and shop from there.
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But like middle class and lower class, it's always on the street.
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It's just better for all of us.
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Now let's talk about walking.
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How many steps do you normally get in per day?
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this is is it like before university started or after
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because it's going crazy right now i think i've walked 20 000 average every day yeah
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and when you were in school did you walk less than now i mean we did have school transport right
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so comparatively yeah
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but i also was really involved in a lot of physical activities i was on the athletics team
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and all of that so it really depended on the everyday thing
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because athletics was like twice a week or something of that but But right now, as I'm walking every day, obviously the steps just keep on increasing. So, yeah.
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Do you like to live in a place that is walkable?
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Oh, I love it.
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Right now where we're living, I feel like everything is very accessible.
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There's metro nearby, there are malls, and universities are also not really far.
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So I feel like just having that sense of, you know, accessibility is always good.
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This is an Indian movie.
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It's called Zindagi Na Milegi Dubara, which is a Hindi movie.
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and I think that was like one of the first movies I saw
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if I'm being very honest
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but the thing is back in the day it had a lot of meaning
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and I don't think I would have you know understood that
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because it was a really deep meaning
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but I remember watching it like two months ago
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and I feel like I missed out on so much just
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because you know that age difference was there obviously
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and it speaks a lot about how you live such a small life
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and you know time goes by really fast
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and you meet all these people and there's so much to the world
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that you don't really see so yeah Zindigino Zindagi Na Millegi Dubaire was obviously something
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that I wish I could rewatch for the first time again and with friends.
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It's just such a beautiful movie that talks about, you know, these three guy friends who go to Spain as a vacation trip
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and they come across a lot of fun activities and they just have a really amazing time.
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So I'm pretty sure that's something that really would have encouraged me and my friends to, you know, take up now.
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It really did change my mindset on life.
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And I think that's the main reason why I wish I want to travel the world
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and experience every culture and see how people, you know, are in every country and what they like about themselves.
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And yeah, just overall, I just want to learn a lot of new things
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and experience new cultures and travel with my friends yeah
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so probably that um what else i would say
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that oh there were a lot of scenes
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which involved um you know where they were talking about this is one friend
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that was really scared to take risks
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and towards the end of the movie he loved experiencing new things he was very adventurous
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and i feel like that's something
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that you know really teaches you to take risks in your life
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because you never know you might actually have fun doing it
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and yeah so i think that's probably going to be my favorite movie.
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So we've been discussing a movie and we're going to continue to talk about the theater, plays and acting.
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In your country do people often go to the theater or plays?
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100% I feel like a huge part about our culture and just our country in general is the movie, the art, the music.
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I feel like it really plays such a huge role
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and it's not just locally I feel like even internationally our movies hold such a big value
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so yeah you can really see that you know um curiosity
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and eagerness to watch those new movies and that excitement
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that people have built up and
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that energy you know you can really see it through the audience
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so i think it's a huge huge huge part of our
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country is it easy to get tickets to big shows um it really depends
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if you're it's like first come first serve so
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if you book early you're lucky otherwise you do have to
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wait in the line for sure maybe watch it like three months after it's released
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or on netflix or whatever television platform
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that you have yeah do you think the tickets should be cheaper for younger people yeah i
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and you can get 10 off today i wish it was free you know
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because back in the day when I was like two
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or three years old and my dad would have to pay the tickets even then
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because I would usually fall asleep in the theater.
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So I do wish
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that you know it would be free for at least until like six years old
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and then after that yeah you can do the regular payment for sure.
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Yeah.
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Now let's talk about acting.
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Why do people want to become actors?
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Oh this is funny because as a kid I would love to act.
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I remember you know sitting in my room I wouldn't let anyone know I would be recording like audition videos
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and I would pretend like I was the casting director as well as the auditioner
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and I would record videos and I think the huge like the main reason why is
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because obviously who doesn't want to be seen on the big screen
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so that's surely one of it just knowing that you're a star
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and many people across the world are going to be seeing you
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and are going to be in awe of you
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and you know just that whole idea of being famous and being loved by so many people, I think that automatically just brings so much energy into you.
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And yeah, I just feel like it's such a great experience.
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It's very different.
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It's obviously very saturated as well now because there are a lot of people there.
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But I feel like it's really competitive.
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And if you get through it, it's great.
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It's amazing.
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Your life is set pretty much.
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To become a successful actor, what are the qualities someone should have?
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Patience, for sure.
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I feel like you do have to keep auditioning again and again until, you know you find a role that's suitable for you
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and obviously talent but I feel like you can build up on talent no one's born with talent
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so it's just a lot of hard work just really training yourself to you know go through every day
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and practice and patience and resilience basically
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and do you think there are any drawbacks to becoming an
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actor 100% at least now at least in my country I
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feel like there is a lot of drama you know within the society
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and within the career degree whatever I feel like it can
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be very bad in terms of mental health I've seen a lot of cases where actors have
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because they've been going through a lot of backlash and all of
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that so I feel like it can be bad sometimes
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but also if you avoid all that negativity
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and you avoid all those bad comments which is obviously difficult
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but if you somehow do manage to create that barrier and
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that wall and if your guard is really high up I think you can get through it
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so let me give you some feedback on part one, part two and part three of your test and then we'll talk about your scores and how you can improve.
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Overall very very good.
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Part one, the thing I love about your performance is you're so enthusiastic.
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Like you were a little bit nervous before the test but that I could not tell at all.
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Maybe it was the nervous energy coming out.
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Yeah I had butterflies in my stomach throughout the whole thing but got through it.
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Some people when they're very nervous, make lots of mistakes.
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You didn't.
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I was really admiring your performance because you were enthusiastic
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and speaking quite quickly and and with enthusiasm but what normally happens
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when somebody does that is they can make a lot of fluency errors
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or they can make a grammar and vocabulary
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that wasn't the case it was someone speaking at a very high level enthusiastically
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so that that's great i've been told that when I get nervous I speak really fast.
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You, so you're from India and it is a, not a common weakness, I wouldn't call it a weakness, this is a common trait of many Indian speakers.
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I think when you're speaking your native language you speak very quickly and that you translate that to when you're speaking English.
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If someone has a very strong Indian accent and they speak very, very quickly it can affect the examiner's ability to understand you you do not have
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that problem so you're speaking a little bit quickly
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but I don't mean too fast I just mean in general quickly
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and you're speaking clearly which is very very good believe me
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if you were speaking too quickly I would tell you to slow down I'm not going to say
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that to you because if I tell you to slow down you're going to be thinking about
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that in the test and you're going to be conscious of that and we don't want you to be thinking of that.
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We want you just to naturally answer the question.
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So do not worry about that.
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It's very, very good.
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Part two, you didn't make any notes.
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I just, I noted that down.
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I was doing it in my head.
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So if you can do it in your head, you have an 18 year old brain.
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I do not.
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So I have a 43 year old brain.
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I cannot do that.
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I could do it when I was 18.
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I can't do it.
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But if can do that that's fine
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but i would recommend as you said i'm making you feel
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comfortable yeah you seem like a nice person nice people
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when they meet people who are not nice to them yeah normally can oh what am i doing like
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and then get a little bit nervous yeah i'm not saying every examiner will be
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that that way but it is a possibility it is a possibility
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that they are tired they are grumpy not everyone will be
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that way but it could happen and they're not doing their job wrong
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if they're they're doing maybe they're just tired and they're really focusing
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and it takes energy to be nice to people all day um
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so they might just be lacking in energy and they need
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that the last of the remaining battery to to do your scores accurately
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and the smiles are not not coming if
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that happens I would recommend for part two making a few notes of like what are other things
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that you could talk about add a few more things
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so describe a play like what was the play about what
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or what was the film about how did you feel about it
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and what happened in it are there any actors or actresses
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that you really admire in there what are they like just
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add a few notes of like easy things for you to talk about
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so if you run out of things to say you can just look at your notes and start talking again.
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I think you'll be fine.
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Yeah.
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But the, um, I did kind of forget what I had planned.
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Yeah.
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So I mean, I understand.
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But you talked about that for, uh, for, for nearly two minutes, exactly.
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Um, so no problems for part two, part three, again, you develop your answers really, really well.
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Um, you expanded on your answers.
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You gave examples.
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Um, I would have no, no problems with part three and you handled those questions.
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Are you familiar with that topic or is that a topic you love?
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No, I just thought of it on the spot.
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Okay, great, great, because the way you were speaking about it was like you were talking about something
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that you were really passionate about.
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No idea.
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Okay.
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I wish I did, but no. That's even more impressive.
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If it was like you're a movie buff and you love acting, then I would be like, oh okay, what if you get a topic you're unfamiliar with?
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But if that was an unfamiliar topic and you performed at that level, excellent.
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You know, you're doing really well.
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So let's talk about pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary.
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There's one area that I think you can work on more than others.
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Now, probably your strength is fluency.
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So the speed of your voice affects fluency and it affects pronunciation.
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We've already talked about why it can affect pronunciation.
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It can affect fluency if you speak too quickly because you kind of trip over your own words.
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Sometimes you don't do this, by the way.
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But some people who speak too quickly, their voice, their lips are going faster than their brain.
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Yeah.
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Your brain and your mouth are going kind of at the same speed.
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So you've no problem with that.
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Again, you're 18, so your brain is probably firing on all cylinders.
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So no problems there.
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If you were speaking very quickly and then because some people, they speak really quickly, but they're constantly going, you don't do that.
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Oh, I felt like I did.
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You do it a little bit, but not unnaturally.
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Okay.
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So it's totally fine.
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If you were stumbling and you were running out of things to say
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and you were having multiple audible pauses that sounded very unnatural, I would tell you just take a beat and slow down.
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But one of the things that is just very impressive about you is how enthusiastically you speak.
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And I would never tell someone to not be themselves if
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that is a plus if that helps them sometimes people are themselves
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and it doesn't help them what they're doing you know
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and we need to change that a little bit you are being yourself
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and being and performing really really well so I think fluency
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and coherence are a big strength for you pronunciation the examiner is thinking can I clearly understand what she's saying?
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You do.
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You don't have really any accent interference.
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You can definitely tell you're from India.
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But the good news is
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that the IELTS test does not judge you on do you have an Indian accent
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or a British accent or an American accent.
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You can have an Indian accent that is really clear
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or an Indian accent that is impenetrable and no one can understand it.
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You have one of the very clear ones.
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So again, that's great that you are being yourself.
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Our accents are part of our identity.
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So, you know, it's really...
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I'm embracing it.
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You're embracing it, which is excellent, you know, and keep doing it.
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Your enthusiasm, if we are.. sometimes people come in and they speak with a monotone, everything is very flat.
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My name is Chris, I am from Ireland.
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And what we do is like get them to try and pretend to be enthusiastic.
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Yeah.
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Because that forces if you feel enthusiastic about something, you naturally your intonation goes up and down.
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We don't need to do that with you because you're naturally enthusiastic, just an enthusiastic person.
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So your intonation is really, really good.
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I think you get a very, very high score for pronunciation as well.
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So fluency and pronunciation, excellent.
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Grammar, I spotted a few small errors from time to time none of them are major
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and they're very infrequent so it's not something I would really worry about.
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I think you can get one of the very high marks despite little slips from time to time.
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I would maybe need to listen back and listen a little bit more carefully to
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but I didn't on first listen I didn't really identify anything.
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Vocabulary is a tricky one so for many Indian people
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that I work with they have been taught
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that they have to use advanced vocabulary and they often learn lists of vocabulary
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and it ends up that they try
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and sound more advanced than they're capable of uh uh they're they're using vocabulary
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that is above their level and they use it incorrectly you don't do
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that at all and you use
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if you were using very advanced vocabulary what we our advice would be would be just use simpler words
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that are that you know they're sure and correct
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so let me give you some examples you said it's such a beautiful movie they do fun activities, they have an amazing time.
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So beautiful, fun, amazing.
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These are all just normal words that are correct, they are appropriate.
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I hate telling people to try and use more advanced vocabulary, especially when they're using it correctly and appropriately.
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But if I had to give you some advice, if I had to say this is a negative, which I don't think it really is, as I say, I hate giving this advice,
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you could maybe use a wider range of more advanced words, but you're only 18, you're going to study in an English speaking university.
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Yeah.
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By the time you're 22, you will have a much wider vocabulary anyway, because we don't stop learning vocabulary at 18.
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I think in a few years, you will just naturally learn and be able to use much more advanced vocabulary.
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So right now to get into university, you do not need any more vocabulary because to get into the university, you want to get it.
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You only really need 6.5 or 7.
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You're well above that.
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You're way above that.
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So if I tell you, don't say beautiful movie, don't say fun activities, don't say amazing, say something more advanced.
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Yeah.
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You're going to attempt that and mess it up.
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Yeah.
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And if you do that again and again, you'll get a, you will get below the score that you need.
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Yeah.
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So I would suggest strategically use the vocabulary you naturally use, which is perfect.
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It's great.
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And as you go to university and you study in English and you get, because we can't force vocabulary into somebody's head.
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Yeah.
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The best way to learn vocabulary is naturally over a long period of time.
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Yeah.
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The human brain is controversial how many new words, but it's something like around 10 a day.
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Okay.
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If you are studying marketing at an English speaking university,
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you will naturally learn about 10 new words a day over the course of three or four years.
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That's a lot of words like that.
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That's a lot.
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Plus just watching English movies, reading English books.
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So what I'm saying is you are on the right course.
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Yeah.
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And for your age, you're amazing.
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Very, very, very good.
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So you're way above most Indian people attending an undergraduate degree in an English-speaking university.
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So you're doing very, very, very well.
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I feel good hearing that.
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Yeah, you're doing amazingly well.
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I have nothing else to say.
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Any questions?
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No, it was great.
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No?
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Well done.
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Thank you.

Сценарий: разговор на экзамене IELTS Speaking Band 8.5

Диалог из видео демонстрирует реальный разговор на экзамене IELTS Speaking с уровнем владения английским 8.5. Речь идет о повседневных темах: социальных сетях, учебе, фруктах. Ответы естественные, с элементами размышлений и деталей, что важно для высоких баллов. Это отличный пример, как строить ответы, чтобы показать широкий словарный запас и структурированность мыслей.

Полезные выражения и коллокации

  • "get into it as a full-on hobby" — втягиваться в это как в серьезное хобби. Удобно для описания увлечений.
  • "create a business of my own" — основать собственный бизнес. Актуально для тем о карьере.
  • "doesn't have much flavor" — не имеет яркого вкуса. Полезно для описания еды.
  • "a controversial topic" — спорная тема. Помогает выразить разногласия.
  • "get a name for myself" — сделать себе имя. Хорошо для рассказа о целях.

Твоё задание на шадоуинг (shadowing)

Шадоуинг — это техника повторения речи после носителя, чтобы улучшить произношение и ритм. Сделай следующее: выбери фрагмент диалога о социальных сетях (от "How often do you use social media?" до "random things that we record as you know uni friends and all of that"). Включи запись, послушай фразу, затем сразу повтори её, копируя интонацию и темп. Повтори это 5 раз. Это поможет тебе научиться говорить естественно, как носитель, и улучшить произношение английского. Для лучшего результата используй видео YouTube — так ты увидишь, как движения губы соответствуют звукам.

Эта техника, называемая "shadow speak" или "shadow speech", эффективна для тренировки разговорной речи. Практикуйся регулярно, и ты увидишь прогресс!

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 продолжаетсяwe've been discussing · they've been going
Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчасhaven't thought · we've put · i've walked
Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делаетwas meant · was really involved · be seen
Придаточные определительные who / which + предложение — уточнение о человеке или предметеDubara, which is · friends who go · comments which is

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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