Практика Shadowing: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 💭A Dream Career💭 B1 - B2 | Level 4 - Level 5 | English Listening Practice - Изучайте разговорный английский с YouTube
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This story is written for intermediate English learners.
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B1, B2 English Story.
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A Dream Career.
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One person's dream career could be another person's nightmare.
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Some people love variety and others prefer routine.
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Whether you love to mess around or take life seriously,
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do what makes you happy.
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Elizabeth realised she had a different vision for her life than most people.
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She left school at 16 and trained up to be a hairdresser.
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Then she realised that she didn't really enjoy standing up and leaning over people for nine hours a day.
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She decided to reassess her options.
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She spent hours online filling in quizzes about the kind of personality she had and what she would be good at.
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Time and again it came back to creative jobs.
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Elizabeth loved to be creative,
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but she wasn't a painter,
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a builder or an actor.
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She liked to create beauty from a blank canvas Since she was a little girl,
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she loved to paint
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and draw on people She didn't do very well in her GCSE exams As she wasn't interested in academic subjects
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She just wanted to go to college and study B.T.E.C.
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National Diploma in hairdressing.
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She had dreams of one day starting up her own business.
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Now she was 22 and in just a few years she had worked her way up
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from being a junior to one of the head stylists in a trendy hairdressers.
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Elizabeth knew she was on the right track.
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She was glad she didn't follow a conventional route and she was good at what she did.
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But she needed more.
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She wanted to move on.
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One Thursday lunchtime, she was scrolling through her phone on her break
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and came across an advertisement for a media makeup and beauty course.
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At first, she dismissed it,
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but then she decided to go back and she clicked through to the advert.
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She had heard of the school.
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It was world-renowned and many people who trained there went on to work in film and TV,
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creating prosthetics and amazing period looks on talented actors.
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It was always a dream of Elizabeth's to work in TV,
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but she lived in a rural town and no one she knew was in the industry.
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How could she possibly afford to pack up and go to Manchester for three months to do the course?
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She disregarded it again and got on with her day.
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That night, after a long bath to relax her aching legs,
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she laid on the sofa with a hot mug of tea and picked up her phone to catch up on her messages.
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While she was scrolling, she saw the advert for the makeup course again.
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She had done some make-up as part of her course at college
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and now and again she helped out at weddings with bridesmaid make-up.
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She was naturally good at it.
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Elizabeth always dreamed of being a creative.
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She had started on the right track and was doing well,
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but felt like she needed to focus on what she wanted.
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She continued to look through the website and tentatively clicked on the Finance and Funding page.
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She wasn't from a rich family and wanted to be sensible with her money.
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She read that if she were successful in gaining a place after an interview and an assessment,
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that she could be eligible for the full funding of the course.
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Elizabeth decided to delve deeper and read up on how competitive the course was.
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She researched and found out that they receive thousands of applications every year for just 12 places.
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For the application, she would have to submit images of her work to date,
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as well as answer some questions about why she wanted to work in film
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and TV and why taking the course would help her career prospects.
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She looked through her phone and computer.
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She had thousands of photographs from the weddings she had helped at
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and she had even done some hair and makeup for her friends who had a band.
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They recently created a low-budget music video and she used lots of different beauty techniques to make them look like sea creatures.
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The deadline for applications for the course was in two weeks.
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Elizabeth had some time to put together a strong portfolio of work and write her answers to the questions.
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She decided to look up the course on some social media sites
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and found that people who had successfully completed the course were now living and working all over the world.
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Suddenly, the dream life she had always wanted might be within her grasp.
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Elizabeth decided not to tell anyone about the course.
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She didn't want the added pressure of people knowing and asking her how the application process was going.
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She would quietly apply and get on with her life.
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Over the next two weeks,
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Elizabeth put together a selection of her best photographs
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and put them into a portfolio form with notes and explanations of what she had done.
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She also worked hard on the answers to the questions.
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She found it was easier than she first anticipated.
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The words flowed from her mind.
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Maybe she wanted this more than she realised.
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She submitted the application two days before the closing date and then promised herself not to think about it again.
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It was difficult.
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Luckily, she was distracted as her sister was getting married
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and she had promised to do her hair and the makeup for the bridesmaids.
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She had something to focus on.
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The distraction was welcomed.
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Elizabeth was in her element creating elegant looks and beautiful hairstyles.
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She didn't mind that she was stood up so long because she was having such a laugh.
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After the wedding, she was busy for a few days catching up with relatives who were in town for the occasion.
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They went for long walks, dinners and played games.
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It was wonderful.
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Then on a murky Tuesday morning,
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Elizabeth received an email out of the blue,
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inviting her to Manchester for an interview the following week.
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She almost screamed in the staff room.
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She replied and gratefully accepted.
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She told her manager she had a dentist appointment.
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They knew she had some issues with her wisdom teeth,
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so they didn't suspect anything,
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as she never normally made things up.
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When the day came, she left her parents' house as she does every day.
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Little did they know she was driving up to Manchester.
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She arrived at the school and was taken to a room.
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In there she had to complete an assessment.
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She was introduced to a lovely model called Sally and more makeup,
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beauty and hair products than she had ever seen.
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She had to make Sally look like she had burnt off one side of her face
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and the other side had to look like a 1940s model.
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She had two hours.
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Two of the teachers on the course inspected Elizabeth's work.
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They were blown away.
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They asked her questions about her technique and then they spoke to Sally separately about what she thought of Elizabeth.
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It was important for them to find friendly, approachable students.
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Elizabeth sat in the canteen and waited for the second part of the assessment,
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which was an interview.
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Just as she took the last sip of her hot chocolate,
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a friendly man called Harry came over to collect her.
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He interviewed her along with the two teachers who had assessed her work.
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She raised her concerns about the course fees and they assured her
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that she would be eligible for some sort of financial help.
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With that, the assessment was over and she made her way back home.
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The winding roads back to her parents' house felt so tiny compared to the big streets of Manchester.
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She knew it was time for a change.
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She was blown away by the school and Manchester.
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Now she had to play the waiting game again.
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A week went by and Elizabeth heard nothing.
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She looked up online how long responses usually took and it stated on the school's website that she would get a response,
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negative or positive, within two weeks.
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Then, after a long Friday at work,
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Elizabeth hung up her apron and drove home.
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She walked through the door,
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exhausted at 8.30pm and was greeted by a letter.
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She opened the letter and saw in big bold writing confirmation of place.
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She had done it.
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She had secured a place at the best media make-up school in the country.
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She read it out and saw she wasn't lucky enough to gain a full bursary,
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but a part bursary.
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She did some calculations and worked out
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that she would be able to afford the course if she got a weekend job while she studied.
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This was it.
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Time for Elizabeth to take the first tentative steps on the path to her dream career of being a full-time creative.
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she wouldn't let herself down.
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Of course, she knew life was never perfect,
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but at least she could spend her time doing something she was incredibly talented at and thoroughly enjoyed.
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How would you describe your dream career?
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Tell us in the comments below.
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We hope you enjoyed this lovely English story.
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В этом уроке вы будете практиковать английский язык на среднем уровне, слушая рассказ о мечтах и карьере. Вы получите возможность погрузиться в историю Элизабет, которая стремится найти свое призвание. Это поможет вам расширить словарный запас и улучшить понимание английского языка на слух, что является важным этапом в практике разговорного английского.
Ключевая лексика и фразы
- Dream career - мечта о карьере
- Creative jobs - творческие профессии
- Reselect options - переосмыслить возможности
- Beauty course - курс по макияжу
- Trendy hairdressers - модные парикмахерские
- World-renowned - известный во всем мире
- Make-up artist - визажист
- Prosthetics - протезы
Советы по практике
Чтобы улучшить свои навыки через shadowing (теневую практику), слушайте рассказ и повторяйте за спикером. Обратите внимание на интонацию и ритм речи. Уровень рассказа в видео соответствует уровням B1 - B2, что делает его идеальным для вашей практики. Попробуйте следовать за диалогом, притворяясь, что вы находитесь на месте Элизабет. Это не только позволит вам лучше запомнить слова и фразы, но и поможет вам развить свою уверенность в разговорной речи.
Важно упомянуть, что при выполнении shadow speech в процессе обучения вы будете чувствовать себя более комфортно с произношением и стилем общения. Начните с медленного повторения, а затем постепенно увеличивайте скорость до оригинала. Не бойтесь ошибаться, поскольку практика - это ключ к освоению разговорного английского.
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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