ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Drinking water protection | Interesting Knowledge | Awabe

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water shortage is a big concern for many countries around the
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world drinking water protection is the responsibility of both individuals
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and governments everyone plays key role in trying to protect the supply of water.
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Water is a vital necessity that all people need in order to survive.
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Without water, people could only live a few days before having serious health problems or even death.
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Many people believe
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that the use of water should be restricted in some way there can be no doubt
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that there is a limited supply of fresh water although some
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parts of the world feel this more acutely than others the
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high rate of populations around the world where fresh water is
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already severely scarce might lead governments to the firm decision
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that they should impose restrictions on how water should be used
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and how much of it each person should be permitted to use whilst i can see
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that this resolution from government has a certain logic i think
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that strict controls are not the final answer this severe problem
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need to be resolved by different ways this can be done by building more desalination plants
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however this is very expensive and some countries could not afford to do this
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another possibility is to educate people how to use the source
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of fresh water properly another solution is to protect existing water supplies like underground supplies
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and take steps to prevent them becoming polluted also recycled water
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could be used for irrigating farms in conclusion i believe
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that governments should ensure that all citizens have sufficient access to fresh water and price it,
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or allow it to be priced, according to supply and demand.
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Besides, all citizens should have full responsibility of protecting the supply of fresh water.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 24 sentences and 294 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:36. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
citizen noun/ˈsɪtɪzən/A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally recognized rights or duties.
conclusion noun/kənˈkluːʒən/The end, finish, close or last part of something.
vital adjective/ˈvaɪtəl/Relating to or characteristic of life.
whilst adverb/waɪlst/Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
sufficient/səˈfɪʃənt/An adequate quantity of; enough.
underground adjective/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
strict adjective/stɹɪkt/Strained; drawn close; tight.
permit verb/pɚˈmɪt/To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
resolve verb/ɹɪˈzɑlv/To find a solution to (a problem).
severely adverbIn a severe manner; with severity.
educate verb/ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/To instruct or train.
necessity noun/nɪˈsɛsəti/The quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite.
shortage noun/ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
restrict verb/ɹɪˈstɹɪkt/To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
restriction noun/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/, desalination /diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən/
  • Long words — get the stress right: necessity /nɪˈsɛsəti/, desalination /diːˌsælɪˈneɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like citizen, conclusion, vital.

เทคนิค Shadowing คืออะไร?

Shadowing เป็นเทคนิคการเรียนรู้ภาษาที่ได้รับการรับรองทางวิทยาศาสตร์ พัฒนาขึ้นสำหรับการฝึกนักแปลมืออาชีพ วิธีการนี้เรียบง่ายแต่ทรงพลัง: คุณฟังเสียงภาษาอังกฤษจากเจ้าของภาษาและพูดตามทันที — เหมือนเงาที่ตามผู้พูดด้วยช่วงเวลาห่าง 1-2 วินาที การวิจัยแสดงว่าเทคนิคนี้ปรับปรุงความแม่นยำในการออกเสียง ทำนองเสียง จังหวะ การเชื่อมเสียง การฟังเข้าใจ และความคล่องแคล่วในการพูดได้อย่างมีนัยสำคัญ

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