ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Blurry: Alexandre UGC 1

This video has 12 sentences and 149 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks fast, about 186 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• passion /ˈpæʃən/ (noun) — A true desire sustained or prolonged.
• recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ (noun) — An act of recommending.
• script /skɹɪpt/ (noun) — A writing; a written document.
• reader /ˈɹi.dɚ/ (noun) — A person who reads.
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (verb) — To examine or investigate something systematically.
• accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/ (adjective) — Easy of access or approach.
• convert /kənˈvɝt/ (verb) — To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
• accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
• transform /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/ (verb) — To change greatly the appearance or form of.
• affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/ (verb) — To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
• centralize /ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/ (verb) — To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
• restaurant /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ (noun) — An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
• recommend /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ (verb) — To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
• favourite /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ (adjective) — Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
• automatically /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/ (adverb) — In an automatic manner.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: passion /ˈpæʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
• Long words — get the stress right: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, affiliate /əˈfɪl.i.eɪt/, automatically /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.k(ə.)li/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like passion, recommendation, script.

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