ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Friends | Lost Baby on a Bus 1

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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You know, I don't think we brought enough stuff.
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Did you forget to pack the baby's anvil?
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I'm telling you, it's gonna be worth it.
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It's a known fact that women love babies, all right?
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Women love guys who love babies.
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It's the whole sensitive thing.
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Quick, aim them at that pack of babes over there.
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Maybe one of them will break away.
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No, wait.
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Forget them.
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We got them.
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Hard left.
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All right, give me the baby.
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I got them.
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Come on, seriously.
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Oh, seriously, you want him?
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Hello.
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Hello.
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Who's this little cutie pie?
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Well, don't think me immodest, but me?
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You want to smell him?
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I assume we're talking about the baby now.
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Oh, yeah.
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He's got that great baby smell.
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Get a whiff of his head.
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I think my uterus just skipped a beat.
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What did I tell you?
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I think it's great you guys are doing this.
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Well, we are great guys.
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You know, my brother and his boyfriend have been trying to adopt for three years.
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What agency did you two go through?
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That's a good plan, Joe.
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Next time we want to pick up women, we should just go to the park and make out.
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Taxi!
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Taxi!
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Hey, hey, look at that talent.
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Just practicing.
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You're good.
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Carry on.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Hey, you.
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He's just adorable.
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Oh, can you tell him that?
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Because he thinks he looks too pink.
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So what are you guys out doing today?
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Oh, we're not out.
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No, no, no.
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We're just two heterosexual guys hanging with the son of our other heterosexual friend doing the usual sweet guy stuff.
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You done?
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Yeah.
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Oh, where's our stop?
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Get out of here.
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This is our stop.
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You guys live around here, too?
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Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.
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We live in the building by the, uh, sidewalk.
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You know it?
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Hey, look, since we're neighbors and all, what do you say we, uh, get together for a drink?
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So, uh, you want to go to Markel's?
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Oh, sure, they love us over there.
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Hey, where's your baby?
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Oh, that's good.
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Maybe he'll hear you.
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Pull the cord!
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Stop the bots!
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Hey!
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No, no, no, no, no!
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Wait, wait!
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Wait a minute!
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Pickup, pickup, pickup, pickup, pickup, pickup.
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Hello.
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Transit authority?
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Yes.
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Hello.
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research for a book and I was wondering what somebody might do if they left the baby on a city bus.
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Yes, I do realize that'd be a very stupid character.
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Hi, here's the deal.
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We lost a car seat on a bus today.
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It's white plastic with a handle and it fits onto a stroller.
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Oh, and there was a baby in it.
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Let's talk to you again.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 86 sentences and 461 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:23. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
taxi noun/ˈtæksi/A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
sensitive adjective/ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
skip verb/skɪp/To move by hopping on alternate feet.
transit noun/ˈtɹæn.zɪt/The act of passing over, across, or through something.
adopt verb/əˈdɑpt/To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
babe noun/beɪb/A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
adorable adjective/əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/Befitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
cord noun/ˈkoɹd/A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
bot noun/bɑt/A physical robot.
sidewalk noun/ˈsaɪdwɔk/A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
heterosexual noun/ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism.
anvil noun/ˈæn.vəl/A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
cutie noun/ˈkjuti/A cute person or animal.
immodest adjective/ɪˈmɑdəst/Without customary restraint or modesty of expression; shameless.
stroller noun/ˈstɹoʊlɚ/A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
break away verbTo leave suddenly.
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.
make out verb/meɪk aʊt/To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — สิ่งที่กำลังเกิดขึ้นตอนนี้หรือช่วงนี้I'm telling · we're talking · are doing
อนาคตด้วย “will” will + กริยา — การตัดสินใจ คำสัญญา หรือการคาดการณ์will break · he'll hear

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, heterosexual /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/

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 taxi, sensitive, skip.

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