ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Enemy - Imagine Dragons // jinx // Arcane [AMV]
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Enemy - Imagine Dragons // jinx // Arcane”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: enemy, swear, sad, Everybody, sympathy. This video has 40 sentences and 374 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:35. The speaker talks slowly, about 82 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 6 of its 40 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sympathy noun | /ˈsɪm.pəθ.i/ | A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another. |
| misery noun | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/ | Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. |
| pray verb | /pɹeɪ/ | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| recall verb | /ɹɪˈkɔl/ | To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | Regardless of the place in, at or to which. |
| laughter noun | /ˈlæftɚ/ | The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. |
| stack noun | /stæk/ | A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch. |
| abandon verb | /əˈbæn.dən/ | To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. |
| advisor noun | /ædˈvaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ | One who offers advice. |
| jinx noun | /d͡ʒɪŋks/ | A hex; an evil spell. |
| swear verb | /ˈswɛɚ/ | To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect. |
| hole noun | /hoʊl/ | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| smile verb | /ˈsmaɪl/ | To have (a smile) on one's face. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| look out verb | To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger. | |
| stick together verb | To physically combine or join together by adhesion. | |
| run away verb | To flee by running. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We've all had bad days.
- You're with an advisor?
- I'm not going to abandon you again.
- Can you hear that?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sympathy, misery, pray.
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