Практика Shadowing: PREPARE 2 - UNIT 5 - LISTENING - Изучайте разговорный английский по видео

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And welcome to Living History I Was There.
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My name is Dave Brown, and today's caller is Janet from Manchester in the northwest of England.
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Hi, Janet.
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Hello, Dave.
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So, Janet, tell us about the moment in history you remember.
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Well, Dave, I remember something that happened in the 1960s.
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I lived with my mum and dad and older brother in a flat in the city.
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There were no computers or mobile phones in those days, you know.
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there were televisions, but only black and white ones.
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What do you mean, Janet, black and white ones?
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I mean the televisions only showed black and white films and programmes.
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There was nothing in colour.
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That's not like today, Janet.
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I know.
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You didn't know what colour people's clothes were or anything like that.
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anyway the day I want to tell you about was in
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1967 it was the day color televisions arrived in the shops
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my dad wanted to get one of the first ones
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so he and I waited outside the shop early in the morning then
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when it opened we We hurried in to buy one.
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My dad and uncle carried it back to our flat in its box.
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It was big and heavy and it was hard work for them to carry it up the stairs to the flat.
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We were all so excited.
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When everything was ready, Mum turned on the TV.
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We waited and then there was the picture in colour.
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A great moment.
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Yes.
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And the first programme we watched was tennis.
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Green grass, white balls, it was fantastic!
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And now everything we see on TV is in colour and we don't think about it.
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Yes, I know.
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Things change so fast.
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Well, thank you, Janet, for sharing your memory with us.
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Thank you, Dave.
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Bye.
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Goodbye, Janet.
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Track five.
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Good evening and welcome to Our History.
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Today, we've got a special guest, Harry Harper.
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Harry teaches at a university and he knows everything about history.
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Hello.
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So, who has a question for Harry?
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Yes, what's your name?
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I'm Robert.
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Hello, Robert.
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What do you want to know about?
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Can you tell me a fact about Henry VIII of England?
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Yes, of course, Robert.
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He had six wives.
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OK, another question.
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Yes?
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Hi, Harry.
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I'm Lisa.
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Can you tell me an interesting fact about the footballer Pelé?
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Well, Lisa, I can tell you Pelé played international football for Brazil 92 times.
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Who's next?
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Yes, you.
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I'm Rachel.
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What do you know about the scientist Marie Curie?
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What is interesting about her?
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A lot of things, Rachel.
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Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
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But maybe you don't know that her daughter was also a scientist and she also won a Nobel Prize in 1935.
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All right, who wants to go next?
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Me.
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I'm Leon and I want to know about women and the history of space travel.
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OK.
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Everybody knows that Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel to space.
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But who was the first woman?
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Well, she was an astronaut, and her name was Valentina Tereshkova.
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She travelled to space in 1963.
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Okay, another question.
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Yes, you.
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What's your name?
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Track five.
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Good evening and welcome to Our History.
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Today we've got a special guest, Harry Harper.
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Harry teaches at a university and he knows everything about history.
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Hello.
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So who has a question for Harry?
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Yes, what's your name?
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Um, I'm Robert.
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Hello, Robert.
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What do you want to know about?
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Can you tell me a fact about Henry VIII of England?
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Yes, of course, Robert.
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He had six wives.
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OK, another question.
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Yes?
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Hi, Harry.
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I'm Lisa.
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Can you tell me an interesting fact about the footballer Pele?
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Well, Lisa, I can tell you Pelé played international football for Brazil 92 times.
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Who's next?
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Yes, you.
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I'm Rachel.
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What do you know about the scientist Marie Curie?
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What is interesting about her?
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A lot of things, Rachel.
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Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
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But maybe you don't know that her daughter was also a scientist and she also won a Nobel Prize in 1935.
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All right, who wants to go next?
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Me.
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I'm Leon and I want to know about women and the history of space travel.
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OK.
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Everybody knows that Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel to space.
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But who was the first woman?
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Well, she was an astronaut, and her name was Valentina Tereshkova.
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She travelled to space in 1963.
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OK, another question.
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Yes, you.
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What's your name?
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Good evening and welcome to Our History.
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Today we've got a special guest, Harry Harper.
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Harry teaches at a university and he knows everything about history.
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Hello.
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So, who has a question for Harry?
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Yes, what's your name?
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I'm Robert.
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Hello, Robert.
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What do you want to know about?
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Can you tell me a fact about Henry VIII of England?
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Yes, of course, Robert.
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He had six wives.
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OK, another question.
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Yes?
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Hi, Harry.
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I'm Lisa.
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Can you tell me an interesting fact about the footballer Pelé?
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Well, Lisa, I can tell you Pelé played international football for Brazil 92 times.
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Who's next?
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Yes, you.
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I'm Rachel.
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What do you know about the scientist Marie Curie?
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What is interesting about her?
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A lot of things, Rachel.
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Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in 1903.
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But maybe you don't know that her daughter was also a scientist and she also won a Nobel Prize in 1935.
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All right, who wants to go next?
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Me.
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I'm Leon and I want to know about women and the history of space travel.
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OK.
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Everybody knows that Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel to space.
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But who was the first woman?
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Well, she was an astronaut and her name was Valentina Tereshkova.
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She travelled to space in 1963.
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OK, another question.
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Yes, you.
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What's your name?

Почему практиковать речь с этим видео?

Это видео — отличная возможность для shadowing (т.е. повторения за говорящим) благодаря естественной разговорной речи. Диалог между Дэвом и Джанеттой, а также вопросами к эксперту, создаёт реальный контекст: воспоминания о прошлом, вопросы о истории. Практика с таким материалом помогает улучшить навык понимания живой речи и репликации её ритма. А если вы используете shadowspeak или shadow speak — техники повторения за говорящим — вы быстро научитесь чувствовать интонацию и паузы, которые делают речь естественной. Это лучше, чем сухое обучение: вы учитесь говорить, как настоящие люди.

Грамматика и выражения в контексте

В диалоге много полезных структур, которые стоит заметить:

  • «There were no computers or mobile phones in those days» — использование there were/was для описания ситуации в прошлом. Удобно для рассказов о жизни раньше.
  • «I remember something that happened in the 1960s» — конструкция something that happened для выделения важного события. Полезна при передаче воспоминаний.
  • «Can you tell me a fact about Henry VIII of England?» — вопрос с can you tell me для получения информации. Это универсальная формула для разговоров с экспертами.
Эти выражения не только грамматически точны, но и часто используются в повседневной речи.

Трудные места для произношения

В видео есть несколько слов, которые могут вызвать сложности. Например, «Manchester» (Манчестер) — обратите внимание на ударение на первом слоге. «Henry VIII» (Генрих VIII) — правильно произносить «Генри Восьмой», а не «Генрих Восьмой». Также стоит обратить внимание на интонацию в вопросах: в речи Дэва и Роберта она поднимается в конце, что важно для понимания. Чтобы улучшить произношение английского, попробуйте повторять эти фразы в тональности говорящих — это поможет избежать типичных ошибок. И не забывайте: платформы для shadowing английский или shadowing site могут быть отличным дополнением к самостоятельной работе.

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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