Практика Shadowing: Learn How to Use Embedded Questions to Ask Polite English Questions 🤔❓🤷 - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео
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So this isn't the town where I normally record my English lessons, so I don't know where everything is.
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So if I wanted to find the bank, I could ask someone, where is the bank?
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But this way of asking the question is very direct.
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It's not impolite, it's not rude, but it's somewhere in between.
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And it would be better to ask it using an embedded question.
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It's better to say something like this, do you know where the bank is?
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An embedded question is a question, and it can also be a statement, where there's the start of the question and then there's a question inside of it,
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or the start of the statement and then a question inside of it.
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Do you know where the bank is?
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That's a good example of an embedded question.
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So when I ask it that way, it just sounds a little more polite.
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There's nothing wrong with the first one, where's the bank?
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But listen to this.
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If I walked up to someone and said, excuse me, where is the bank?
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That sounds direct.
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But if I said, excuse me, do you know where the bank is?
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That sounds a little friendlier.
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Here are a few more examples.
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You could say something like this.
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Do you know where the bathrooms are?
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There's an example in the plural.
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Or do you know where the CN Tower is?
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It's not in this town.
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It's in Toronto.
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You can also put this into a statement.
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If I was with Jen and we were both in this town, I could say, I wonder where the bank is.
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So you'll notice it's not a question, but it does have, that statement does have a little question in it.
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I wonder where the bank is.
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By the way, the bank's right there.
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I found it.
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It wasn't that hard to find.
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I have been to this town before.
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But those are embedded questions.
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Let's look at a few more.
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At some point in our lives, we've all lost something.
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In particular, I sometimes lose my car keys.
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And when that happens, I might ask Jen this question.
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I might say, Jen, where are my car keys?
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But that question sounds a little direct to me.
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It almost sounds like I'm accusing Jen of taking my car keys and putting them somewhere else.
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In my opinion, a much more polite way to ask a question would be this.
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Jen, do you know where my car keys are?
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Jen, do you know where my phone is?
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Jen, do you know where my wallet is?
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And if I wanted to create a statement with an embedded question, I could say this.
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I wonder where my car keys are.
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This actually might be what I'm thinking as I'm looking for my car keys.
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I wonder where my car keys are.
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So if I wanted to ask an embedded question, politely, I could say, do you know where my car keys are?
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And if I wanted to use a statement, I could say, I wonder where my car keys are.
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Let me give you an example of an embedded question you can use to ask about a person.
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Let's say you're at work and there's some new person walking around and you don't know who they are.
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You could ask a colleague directly, who is that?
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This is a non-embedded question.
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It's just a very direct question.
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Who is that?
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It's not rude, but it's not polite.
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It's probably something you would ask.
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But I think a better way to ask it would be to say this.
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Do you know who that person is?
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Or do you know who that is?
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Again, this is an embedded question.
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It starts with a question and it has a question inside of it.
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Do you know who that person is?
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Do you know who that is?
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If you wanted to just lean over to a colleague and use a statement, you could say this.
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I wonder who that person is.
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And then maybe your colleague hopefully knows the answer and tells you, well, that's Jim.
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He started here last week.
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So once again, you can use an embedded question to also talk about people.
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Speaking about forgetting things, sometimes I forget people's names.
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If I haven't seen someone for a few years, sometimes I don't remember what their name is.
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And if I was with Jen, I might ask this question, what is his name?
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Or what is her name?
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But if I wanted to format it as an embedded question, I could say this, do you know what his name is?
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Do you know what her name is?
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Or do you remember what his name is? do you remember what her name is?
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And if I wanted to create a statement with an embedded question, I could say this, I wonder what his name is, I wonder what her name is.
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That might be what I'm thinking as I drive home after seeing someone whose name I couldn't remember.
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And I might've even had a conversation with them.
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I might be driving home thinking, I wonder what his name is, I wonder what her name is.
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So again, when you don't know someone's name, that's how you would use the embedded question.
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Do you know what his name is?
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I wonder what her name is.
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So in this English lesson, I gave you several examples of embedded questions, but they all ended with is or are, and there are plenty of other words to choose from when you're using embedded questions.
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Words like was or do or go or want.
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Here are a few examples.
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Let's say there was a loud noise.
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I could ask this question.
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Do you know what that was?
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Let's say you're hooking something new up to your network at home, and because I know a little bit about technology, I might say, do you know what to do?
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Let's imagine Jen and I are in a brand new city, a city that's unfamiliar to us, I might ask Jen, do you know where we should go?
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Maybe we're looking for a parking spot or something like that.
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Or imagine you're at a restaurant and you're there with little kids.
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Sometimes it takes little kids a while to decide what they want.
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So you might ask this question, do you know what you want?
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So there's four more embedded questions, examples that you can use in your next English conversation.
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Well, thank you so much for watching this English lesson about embedded questions.
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I hope you were able to learn a few more phrases that you can use in your next English conversation.
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Первое впечатление: почему этот клип идеально подходит для практики разговорного английского
Этот видеоролик — отличный материал для тех, кто хочет улучшить произношение английского и научиться говорить вежливо. Он показывает, как обычные вопросы превращаются в вежливые с помощью встроенных вопросов, что делает речь более естественной и уважительной. Диалог простой, но содержательный: примеры из повседневной жизни (поиск банка, ключей, телефона) помогают быстро понять, как применять новые структуры. Это идеально для тех, кто учит shadow speech — техники повторения после носителя, так как реплики короткие, а интонация понятная.
Анализ: почему эти фразы звучат естественно
Давайте разберём несколько примеров из видео:
- «Do you know where the bank is?» — Вместо прямого «Where is the bank?» это предложение мягче. Встроенный вопрос «where the bank is» сохраняет порядок слов как в утвердительной фразе (субъект + глагол), что делает речь менее агрессивной. Носители часто используют такую структуру, чтобы не казаться навязчивыми.
- «I wonder where my car keys are» — Это не вопрос, а выражение подозрения, но оно содержит встроенный вопрос. Форма «I wonder» показывает, что вы думаете вслух, а не требуете ответа, что делает речь более лёгкой и непринуждённой.
- «Do you know where my phone is?» — Простота и ясность. Фраза начинается с «Do you know», что приглашает собеседника помочь, а не отвечать на придирку. Это ключевой прием для вежливого общения, который стоит запомнить.
Рутина практики: как использовать shadowing для закрепления
Чтобы освоить встроенные вопросы, попробуйте эту простую рутину с shadowing (повторением после носителя):
- Посмотрите фрагмент видео (5–10 секунд) и слушайте интонацию и темп речи.
- Нажмите паузу и повторите фразу сразу же, пытаясь подражать всему: интонации, ударениям, длительности звуков. Это поможет улучшить произношение английского и привыкнуть к естественному ритму.
- Запишите себя на телефоне и сравните с оригиналом. Обратите внимание на порядок слов в встроенных вопросах (например, «where the bank is», а не «where is the bank»).
- Повторяйте каждый пример 5–7 раз, пока фраза не начнётся звучать автоматически. Для удобства можно использовать shadowing site или приложения, которые позволяют замедлить или ускорить запись.
Этот метод работает, потому что Shadowing английский тренирует не только память, но и мышление на английском: вы привыкаете к грамматическим структурам, не задумываясь о них.
Грамматика в этом видео
Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:
| Конструкция | В видео |
|---|---|
| Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчас | have been · haven't seen |
| Вероятность с «might / may» might/may + глагол — возможно, но не точно | might ask · might say · might be |
| Present Continuous am/is/are + -ing — то, что происходит сейчас или в эти дни | I'm accusing · I'm thinking · you're using |
| Будущее с «will» will + глагол — решение, обещание или прогноз | you'll notice · I'll see |
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.