ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: How to get financing when starting a business
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to get financing when starting a business”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: startup, loan, investor, Venture, angels. This video has 34 sentences and 419 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:29. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| startup noun | /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ | The act or process of starting a process or machine. |
| investor noun | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | A person who invests money in order to make a profit. |
| lend verb | /ˈlɛnd/ | To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. |
| entrepreneur noun | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. |
| conditionally adverb | /kənˈdɪʃənəli/ | under specified conditions |
| repayment noun | The act of repaying. | |
| specialize verb | /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ | To narrow in scope. |
| tenacity noun | /təˈnæsəti/ | The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. |
| discourage verb | /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ | To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. |
| repay verb | /ɹiˈpeɪ/ | Synonym of pay back in all senses. |
| capitalist noun | /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/ | The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person. |
| persuade verb | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. |
| risky adjective | /ˈɹɪski/ | Dangerous; involving risks. |
| combine verb | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. |
| stake noun | /steɪk/ | A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, you've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conditionally /kənˈdɪʃənəli/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
- Long words — get the stress right: entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, conditionally /kənˈdɪʃənəli/, tenacity /təˈnæsəti/, capitalist /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/
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 startup, investor, lend.
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