ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Becoming Nathan Drake | Uncharted Behind The Scenes
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Becoming Nathan Drake”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Nathan, Drake, Tom, film, Holland. This video has 56 sentences and 663 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:35. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| harmonious adjective | /hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/ | Showing accord in feeling or action. |
| recognizable adjective | Able to be recognized. | |
| trepidation noun | /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ | Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. |
| bartender noun | /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/ | One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar. |
| avid adjective | /ˈæv.ɪd/ | Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something. |
| filmmaker noun | A producer or director of films/movies. | |
| refresh verb | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | To renew or revitalize. |
| backward adjective | /ˈbækwɚd/ | Situated toward or at the rear of something. |
| attach verb | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). |
| prom noun | /pɹɑm/ | A promenade concert. |
| evolve verb | /ɪˈvɑlv/ | To move (something) in regular procession through a system. |
| humour noun | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | The quality of being amusing, comical, funny. |
| distinguish verb | /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ | To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. |
| exceed verb | /ɪkˈsiːd/ | To be larger, greater than (something). |
| occupy verb | /ˈɑkjəpaɪ/ | To fill. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| hang around verb | To stay, linger, or loiter. |
| watch out | Used to warn someone of an imminent danger. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- A little young for a bartender, aren't you?
- A little old for prom, aren't you?
- You're not gonna give up, do you?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as aren't, it'll, we've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trepidation /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: harmonious /hɑɹˈmoʊni.əs/, trepidation /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/, instrumental /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like harmonious, recognizable, trepidation.
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