ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Confucius

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We know very little for certain about the life of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.
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He is said to have been born in 551 BC in China.
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He may have been a student of the Taoist master Lao Tzu.
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According to tradition, he began government service and served many roles, including Minister of Crime under Duke Ding in the state of Lu.
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However, Confucius and the Duke fell out after the Duke received a present from a neighboring ruler, beautiful women and 124 horses.
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The Duke spent all his time riding horses and being entertained by the women, which Confucius found deeply improper for a ruler.
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So he left the court and wandered for years.
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Around between the 3rd and 5th century BC, Confucius's works were collected into the Analects, a collection of sayings written down by his followers.
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Some of the morals Confucius taught are easily recognizable, most notably his version of the Golden Rule, do not do unto others what you don't want done to yourself.
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But some of them also sound very strange or old-fashioned to modern ears, especially to Western ones.
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But we need his advice all the more for this.
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It serves as an antidote to the troubles we currently face.
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Here are a few examples of what Confucius helps us to remember.
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1. Ceremony is important The Analects are filled with strange conversations between Confucius and his disciples, like this one.
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Tsé-Kung wished to do away with the offering of a sheep.
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Confucius said, Tsé, you love the sheep, I love the ceremony.
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At first this is baffling, if not also humorous.
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Why not save the sheep?
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But Confucius is reminding Tze and us about the importance of ceremony.
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In the modern world we tend to shun ceremony and see this as a good thing, a sign of intimacy or a lack of pretension.
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But Confucius believed in the value of ceremonies over sheep because he valued what he called ritual propriety.
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This might seem a very outdated and conservative idea, but in fact many of us long for particular rituals that meal mum cooked for us whenever we were sick,
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or the yearly birthday outing, or our wedding vows.
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We understand that certain premeditated, deliberate and precise gestures stir our emotions deeply.
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Rituals make our intentions clear and they help us to understand how to behave.
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Two, we should treat our parents with reverence.
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In particular, Confucius had a very strict idea about how we should behave towards our parents.
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He believed that we should obey them when we're young, care for them when they're old, mourn at length when they die and make huge sacrifices in their memory thereafter.
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He even said that we shouldn't travel far away
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while our parents are alive and should cover for them if they steal a sheep.
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This attitude is known as filial piety.
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This sounds strange now, when many of us leave our parents home as teenagers and rarely return to visit.
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We may even see them as strangers, arbitrarily thrust upon us by fate.
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After all, our parents are so out of touch, so pitifully human in their shortcomings, so difficult, so judgmental, and they have such bad taste in music.
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Yet Confucius recognize that in many ways moral life begins in the family.
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We cannot truly be caring, wise, grateful and conscientious unless we remember mum's birthday and meet dad for lunch.
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3. We should be obedient to honourable people Modern society is very egalitarian.
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We believe that we're all born equal and should ultimately be able to say and do whatever we like.
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We reject many rigid hierarchical roles.
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Yet Confucius told his followers Let the ruler be a ruler, the subject a subject, a father a father, and a son a son.
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This might sound jarring, but it is in fact important to realise that there are people worthy of our deep veneration, even our simple and humble obedience.
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We need to be modest enough to recognise the people whose experience or accomplishments outweigh our own.
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We should also practise peaceably doing what these people need, ask or command.
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Confucius explained, The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass.
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The grass must bend when the wind blows across it.
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Bending gracefully is in fact not a sign of weakness but a gesture of humility and respect.
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Four.
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Cultivated knowledge can be more important than creativity.
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Modern culture places a lot of emphasis on creativity, unique insights that come to us suddenly.
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But Confucius was adamant about the importance of the universal wisdom that comes comes from years of hard work and reflection.
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He listed benevolence, ritual propriety, righteousness, wisdom, integrity, as the five constant virtues.
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While Confucius believed that people were inherently good, he also saw that virtues like these must be constantly cultivated, just like plants in a garden.
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He spoke about moral character and wisdom as the work of a lifetime.
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We can see now why he had such reverence for his elders.
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Of course, a burst of inspiration may well be what we need to start our business
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or redo our rough draft or reinvent our life.
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But if we're being very honest with ourselves, we'll have to admit that we also need to devote more energy to slowly changing our habits.
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This, more than anything else, is what prevents us from becoming truly intelligent, accomplished and wise.
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Confucius died without reforming the decadent Duke and his officials.
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But after his death, his followers created schools and temples in his honour across East Asia, passing his teachings along for over 2,000 years.
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Today, millions of people still follow Confucius' teachings as a spiritual or religious discipline, and his thought has been a huge influence on Eastern political ideas about morality,
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obedience and good leadership.
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We might find Confucian virtues a bit strange or old-fashioned, but this is what ultimately makes them all the more important.
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We need them as a corrective to our own excesses.
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The modern world is almost surprisingly totally un-Confucian, informal, egalitarian and full of innovation.
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So we're conversely at risk of becoming impulsive, irreverent and thoughtless without a little advice from Confucius about good behaviour and cheap.
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Thank you.
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คำศัพท์และข้อสังเกตด้านการพูดสำหรับบทเรียนนี้

บทเรียนฝึกพูดระดับ C1 นี้ใช้วิดีโอ “EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - Confucius” เป็นสื่อ คำที่ถูกพูดซ้ำบ่อยที่สุด: Confucius, sheep, Duke, modern, parents วิดีโอนี้มี 67 ประโยค และ 1040 คำ สำหรับฝึกพูดตาม ช่วงที่มีเสียงพูดยาว 5:23 ผู้พูดพูดเร็ว ประมาณ 193 คำต่อนาที จึงมีการเชื่อมเสียงและลดเสียงค่อนข้างมาก มีเพียง 76% ของคำที่อยู่ใน 3,000 คำที่ใช้บ่อยที่สุดในภาษาอังกฤษ คำศัพท์จึงค่อนข้างยาก

คำศัพท์สำคัญในวิดีโอนี้

คำที่ยากที่สุด 15 คำในวิดีโอ พร้อมคำอ่านและความหมาย:

คำศัพท์คำอ่านความหมาย
ruler คำนาม/ˈɹulɚ/ไม้บรรทัด
ritual คำนาม/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/พิธี, พิธีกรรม
obedience คำนาม/oʊˈbidiəns/การเชื่อฟัง
gesture คำนาม/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ท่าทาง
behave คำกริยา/bɪˈheɪv/ประพฤติ, ทำตัว
creativity คำนาม/kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ความคิดสร้างสรรค์
decadent คำคุณศัพท์/ˈdɛkədənt/เสื่อมโทรม
disciple คำนาม/dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/สาวก
impulsive คำคุณศัพท์/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/หุนหัน
obedient คำคุณศัพท์/əˈbidiənt/เชื่อฟัง, ว่านอนสอนง่าย
devote คำกริยา/dɪˈvəʊt/อุทิศ
humility คำนาม/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/ความถ่อมตัว, ความนอบน้อม
wander คำกริยา/ˈwɑndɚ/ท่องเที่ยว
philosopher คำนาม/fəˈlɑsəfɚ/นักปราชญ์, นักปรัชญา
obey คำกริยา/oʊˈbeɪ/เชื่อฟัง

การออกเสียงที่ควรระวัง

ผู้พูดใช้รูปย่อและรูปลดเสียง 8 ครั้ง เช่น we're, don't, shouldn't ให้พูดแบบสั้นตามที่ได้ยิน

  • เสียง “th”: thoughtless /ˈθɔtləs/, thrust /θɹʌst/, thereafter /ˌðɛɹˈæf.tɚ/
  • เสียง “sh” และ “zh”: conscientious /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/, shortcoming /ˈʃɔːtˌkʌmɪŋ/, veneration /ˌvɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/, accomplishment /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ.mənt/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
  • คำยาว — ลงเสียงหนักให้ถูกพยางค์: egalitarian /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, benevolence /bəˈnɛvələns/, conscientious /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/, hierarchical /ˌhaɪəˈɹɑːkɪkəl/

เสียงที่คนไทยมักออกเสียงยาก:

  • เสียงท้ายคำ — ออกเสียงให้ครบ ไม่เปลี่ยนเป็นตัวสะกดแบบไทย: ritual /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/, obedience /oʊˈbidiəns/, reverence /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, baffle /ˈbæf(ə)l/
  • /v/ — ไม่ใช่ /w/ ให้ฟันบนแตะริมฝีปากล่าง: virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/, cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, reverence /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/
  • /r/ กับ /l/ — แยกให้ชัด: ruler /ˈɹulɚ/, ritual /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/, follower /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/, egalitarian /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/, gracefully /ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/

วิธีฝึกกับวิดีโอนี้

  1. ฟังวิดีโอให้จบหนึ่งรอบโดยยังไม่ต้องพูด แล้วจดคำที่ยังไม่รู้จัก
  2. เริ่มที่ความเร็ว 0.75× พูดตามทีละประโยค แล้วกลับไปใช้ความเร็วปกติเมื่อเริ่มคล่อง
  3. อัดเสียงตัวเองแล้วเทียบกับต้นฉบับ โดยสังเกตคำอย่าง ruler, ritual, obedience เป็นพิเศษ

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

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