ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: It's Mike Ross' First Day Back | Suits

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Oh, I'd let you go, but I was here first.
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Words to live by.
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By Harvey Specter, the most selfish man in the world.
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Don't mind if I do.
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Wait a second.
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What are you doing here so early?
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I always get in this early.
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You never get in this early, and I know that for a fact, because this is the time I get in every single day.
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You should sleep in once in a while.
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It's good for you.
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Trust me, I do it every single day.
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It just so happens that this morning I have work to do.
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What work?
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The Schmookensburg brief?
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The Schmookensburg brief?
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That's what you're going with?
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It's not gonna write itself.
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I'm taking your name off the wall.
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Seriously, I'm here for the Tokyo market.
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Name one Tokyo market.
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The Nikkei.
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Name another.
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Honda.
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Toyota.
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Kia.
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Kia's Korean.
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Yeah, but they're in the same time zone.
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Word is currently dinner.
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I'm a little tired of this inquisition.
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This is exactly why I don't come in this early.
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Oh, and the reason that you're here this early this morning is because it's Mike Ross's first day back. Is it?
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So you got yourself an office.
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That's not as nice as the one I had, but...
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It's still a step up.
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You mean because it's smaller or because the view is worse?
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I mean because it's my old office.
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You're shitting me.
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Look in the top left drawer.
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You're serious?
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I am.
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Donna said she did this.
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She had the idea to give you an office.
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It was my idea to give you this office.
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And it just happened to be empty?
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Something like that.
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Right.
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It's good to have you back where you belong.
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Okay, enough fun.
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Sean Cahill's trying to go through every file we have on the takeover.
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You in?
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Sure as hell don't want to do an amicus brief for Paul Porter.
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Good.
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Then figure out a way to keep Cahill from getting his hands on our documents.
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Do it fast because we don't have much time.
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Harvey, have you considered the fact that he's been going after us for collusion and we didn't collude?
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What are you getting at?
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Why don't we just give him all the files?
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We have nothing to hide and fighting him makes it look like we do.
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That's what I said to Jessica.
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You know what she said to me?
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A cop follows a car long enough, he's going to find a busted taillight.
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And even if he doesn't, he's going to bust it himself.
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Speaking of Jessica, you never told me how she felt about me coming back.
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Find a way to beat Cahill, and then ask me that again.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “It's Mike Ross' First Day Back”. This video has 64 sentences and 457 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:27. The speaker talks fast, about 186 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 14 of its 64 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bust verb/bʌst/To break.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
selfish adjective/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
honda noun/ˈhɑndə/A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
donna noun/ˈdɑ.nə/A lady, especially a noblewoman; the title given to a lady in Italy.
drawer noun/dɹɔɹ/An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
amicus noun/ˈæm.ɪ.kəs/Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
collude verb/kəˈluːd/to act in concert with; to conspire.
collusion noun/kəˈluːʒən/A private, cooperative agreement or arrangement between groups that otherwise maintain the pretense of competition, contention or non-cooperation.
inquisition noun/ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter.
taillight nounOne of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
brief adjective/ˈbɹif/Of short duration; happening quickly.
empty adjective/ˈɛm(p).ti/Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
document noun/ˈdɑkjʊmənt/An original or official paper used as the basis, proof, or support of anything else, including any writing, book, or other instrument conveying information…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.
figure out verbTo come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.
step up verbTo increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What are you doing here so early?
  • That's what you're going with?
  • You mean because it's smaller or because the view is worse?
  • What are you getting at?
  • Why don't we just give him all the files?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, collusion /kəˈluːʒən/, inquisition /ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bust, belong, selfish.

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