ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Kesha - Take It Off (Lyrics)

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There's a place downtown Where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall It's a dirty free for all When they
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When the dark of the night Comes around, that's the time That the animal comes alive
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Lookin' for somethin' wild And now we lookin' like pimps In my gold Trans Am Got a water bottle full of whiskey in my handbag
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Got my drunk text on I'll regret it in the mornin' But tonight, I don't give a, I don't give a, I don't give a There's a place downtown Where the freaks all come around
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It's a hole in the wall It's a dirty free for all And they turn me on When they take it off When they take it off Everybody take it off
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There's a place I know If you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore And there's glitter on the floor And they turn me on When they take it off
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When they take it off Everybody take it off
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Lose your mind, lose it now Lose your clothes in the crowd We're delirious, tear it down
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'Til the sun comes back around N-now we gettin' so smashed Knockin' over trash cans Everybody breakin' bottles, it's a filthy hot mess
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And I'm down to get faded I'm not the designated driver So, I don't give a, I don't give a, I don't give a There's a place downtown Where the freaks all come around
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It's a hole in the wall It's a dirty free for all And they turn me on When they take it off When they take it off Everybody take it off
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There's a place I know If you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore And there's glitter on the floor And they turn me on When they take it off
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When they take it off Everybody take it off Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Everybody, take it off)
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh (Everybody take it off) Right now (take it off) Right now (take it off)
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Right now (take it off) oh-oh-oh Right now (take it off) Right now (take it off) Right now (take it off, everybody, take it off)
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There's a place downtown Where the freaks all come around It's a hole in the wall It's a dirty free for all And they turn me on When they take it off
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When they take it off Everybody take it off There's a place I know If you're lookin' for a show Where they go hardcore And there's glitter on the floor
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And they turn me on When they take it off When they take it off Everybody take it off

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Kesha - Take It Off”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: everybody, lookin, freaks, downtown, dirty. This video has 18 sentences and 461 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:27. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
downtown noun/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
hardcore adjective/hɑː(ɹ)dˈkɔː(ɹ)/Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.
glitter verb/ˈɡlɪtəɹ/To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
trash noun/tɹæʃ/Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
regret verb/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
tear verb/tɛɹ/To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
smash verb/smæʃ/To break (something brittle) violently.
cloth noun/klɒθ/A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
fade verb/feɪd/To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
filthy adjective/ˈfɪlθi/Covered with filth; very dirty.
whiskey noun/ˈwɪski/A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
delirious adjective/dɪˈlɪə̯.ɹi.əs/Being in the state of delirium.
designate verb/ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
handbag noun/ˈhændˌbæɡ/A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
pimp noun/pɪmp/Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come around verb/kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
come back verbTo return to a place.

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
อนาคตด้วย “will” will + กริยา — การตัดสินใจ คำสัญญา หรือการคาดการณ์I'll regret

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, smash /smæʃ/

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 downtown, hardcore, glitter.

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

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