ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Learn Real Life English: My Hobbies

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Hello, hello, High Level listeners, and welcome back to a brand new vocabulary video.
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Today, we're going to help you talk about the things that you like to do in English, like hobbies and interests or other things that you like to do in your free time,
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especially when you're starting something new, trying something different, or getting out of your comfort zone.
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Yes, that's right.
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Hobbies are such a common topic in real conversations.
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And in English, people like to ask, what do you do in your free time?
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Or if you've started something new, a good question is, have you taken up anything new lately?
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And we want to help you say more than just, I like music or I like sports.
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So today you'll hear two short stories, one in American English with me, Kat, and one in British English with Mark.
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My story is about trying something creative.
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Yes, and then mine is about joining a group activity and meeting new people.
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And remember, if you want to keep improving your real-life English, you can check out our Year of English vocabulary e-book.
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It's over 100 everyday topics.
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It's more than 2,000 useful words and phrases with PDF transcripts and MP3s to help you understand and speak more naturally.
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Okay, so let's hear Kat's story about her new hobby first.
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What do you do in your free time, Kat?
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Well, lately I've been trying to branch out and do something more interesting with my free time.
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So guess what?
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I decided to take up painting.
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I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic, so at first I felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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I just want to enjoy the process, mess around with the colours, and set aside some time each weekend to unwind and try something new.
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Like you said, a very creative, artistic hobby.
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That sounds fun.
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Yes, thank you.
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So, Mark, have you taken up anything new lately?
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I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people, but I also didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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So this felt like a good middle ground.
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At first, I wasn't sure if I would fit in, but everyone was really welcoming.
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Now I look forward to it because it gets me out of the house, helps me clear my head and breaks up my usual routine.
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All right, so don't worry if you didn't catch everything.
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We're going to go through each story line by line and explain all the best vocabulary in this video.
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And if you want even more study materials you can also check out our picture dictionaries word lists
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and mp3 downloads in our year of english vocabulary ebook with this topic
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and over a hundred more and you can find
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that in the link below this segment is also a good time to practice shadowing
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or repeating after us
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and this will help your speaking skills by copying our accent our intonation our rhythm
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and your overall speaking so we'll start with cat's story
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and we'll go through it one more time
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and i'll ask her some questions
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so what do you do in your free time cat well lately i've been trying to branch out
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and do something more interesting with my free time
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so guess what i decided to take up painting okay
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so mark asked me what do i do in my free time
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but i'm actually telling him something that i've been trying to do
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so i said lately lately and lately sounds like i'm late but it It just means recently.
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So lately, I've been trying to branch out.
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Now, branching out is like a tree branch.
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So it means that we are reaching out and trying new things.
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So I've been trying to branch out, meaning I've been trying new things.
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I've been looking for something new or interesting that's not in my usual tree, I guess.
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So I've been trying to branch out and do something more interesting.
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Now, when we think about crafts and hobbies and things like that, we do use the word make, but I wanted to do something,
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you know, do something fun, do something interesting, do something new.
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So we always use the word do there.
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I want to do something more interesting with my free time, my free time.
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So when I have free time, I'm not working and I don't want to scroll on my phone.
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I don't want to get sucked into watching TV all the time.
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I want to do something more interesting with my free time.
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So guess what?
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I use this with my friends all the time.
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Guess what?
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You want to guess?
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No, you don't want to guess?
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Okay.
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I decided to take up painting.
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So it's not really a question, but it is kind of a suspense.
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Like, guess what?
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Guess what I'm doing?
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Guess what I signed up to do?
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I decided, so that's finished, right?
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I decided to do something.
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I decided to take up painting.
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Now, this is an interesting phrasal verb, because if you take up something, we are usually starting something new, okay?
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I'm going to take up cooking.
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I'm going to take up painting.
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I'm going to take up gymnastics.
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So we can kind of put any noun in there.
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Let's add the ing.
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So take up cooking, take up painting, take up singing.
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So we're going to start something new.
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So lately I've been trying to branch out and do something more interesting with my free time.
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So guess what?
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I decided to take up painting.
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I think taking up or take up also sounds like you're committing to it for quite a long time.
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you're not just going to do this once and then quit.
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You're going to keep practicing and do it for quite a while.
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So, wow, I actually didn't know you could paint.
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I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic.
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So at first I felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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Okay, so this is kind of a mouthful, but I've never thought of myself as artistic.
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So that's kind of the basis of that.
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I've never thought of myself as a dog person.
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I've never thought of myself as a gym rat, a fitness fanatic, fitness fanatic,
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you know, something like that.
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But so we can kind of say, well, because I'm branching out, I'm trying something new.
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So I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic.
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Now, particularly means specifically or really.
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I've never thought of myself as really artistic, right?
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I've never really thought of myself as that, as particularly artistic.
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Try to say that five times fast.
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So at first, I felt a little out of my comfort zone.
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Oh, yes, this is a really good phrase, especially when you're branching out, not everything is easy.
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Not everything is something you've tried before.
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So I felt a little out of my comfort zone.
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Your comfort zone is where you feel happy, healthy.
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Things are easy.
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Things aren't hard.
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You're not nervous, right?
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This is your life that you know how to do.
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But if you step outside your comfort zone, or if you feel a little out of your comfort zone,
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then that's when you're trying new things and you're not sure how they're going to go yet.
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You might be a little nervous about it as well.
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Okay, I was nervous.
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I was a little outside of my comfort zone, but I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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When you put pressure on yourself, you stress yourself out.
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My boss puts pressure on me.
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My family puts pressure on me.
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I put pressure on myself and there's no need.
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It's a painting class.
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I don't need to put pressure on myself.
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So I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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So all together, I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic.
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So at first I felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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Right.
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Yeah, I agree hobbies are meant to be fun
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and somewhat relaxing too right yeah i just want to enjoy the process mess around with the colors
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and set aside some time each weekend to unwind and try something new
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so i just want to enjoy the process kind of part of branching out
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and trying new things is it's kind of exciting to be
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a little nervous it's kind of exciting to go to the class for the first time.
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It's kind of, it's fun to sign up for something new, meet new people.
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So I want to enjoy the process.
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Starting something new, trying it for the first time.
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This is, this is all part of the process.
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So from start to finish, not just painting, but everything that comes with it.
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So I just want to enjoy the process step-by-step, day-by-day.
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Mess around with the colors.
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this phrase kind of mess around as you're not too serious, right?
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Maybe this.
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Well, I don't know.
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Maybe this.
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Kind of like a child, right?
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A little bit.
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I was thinking.
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Exactly.
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So mess around with the colors and set aside some time each weekend.
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So I have my free time, right?
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But sometimes I'm going to the gym and sometimes maybe I have an art class or sometimes, you know, I buy something like a hobby.
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But when I set aside some time,
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I make sure that every week I have this time dedicated to my hobby, right? So, okay.
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One hour every Saturday morning, that's for painting.
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So set aside some time each weekend to unwind.
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Unwind is, you know, when you're wound up really tight and then you can unwind, de-stress and try something new.
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Okay.
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So to hear the whole conversation once more.
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So Kat, what do you do in your free time?
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Lately, I've been trying to branch out and do something more interesting with my free time.
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So guess what?
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I decided to take up painting.
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Oh, wow.
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Okay.
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I didn't know you could paint.
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Well, I've never thought of myself as particularly artistic.
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So at first I felt a little out of my comfort zone, but I'm trying not to put too much pressure on myself.
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No, right.
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Of course not.
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Yeah.
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Hobbies are meant to be fun, at least.
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Yeah, of course hobbies are meant to be fun and at least somewhat relaxing.
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Yeah, I just want to enjoy the process, mess around with the colours, and set aside some time each weekend to unwind and try something new.
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All right, so let's start with Mark's side of the story.
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Mark, have you taken up anything new lately?
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I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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So I think I've got something a bit interesting to say.
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Actually, actually, like this might surprise you or this might be interesting or unexpected from me.
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I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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I've just joined.
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So maybe I did it this week or maybe I did it very recently.
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I've just joined a local walking group.
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Local means it's in my area or it's in my neighborhood.
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and a walking group is people who meet together to go on walks.
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They might go through the countryside.
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They might go into different neighborhoods or places where there's lots of nature and nice things to see.
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So I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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Sounds fine.
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What made you choose that?
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I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people, but I didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people, but I didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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So before I found the walking group, I wanted to do something a bit more active.
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Maybe in my free time, I wasn't really exercising.
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I wasn't really using my body.
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Maybe I was sitting at home and watching TV or playing video games.
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So I felt like I should do some more exercise.
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I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people.
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You can go to the gym and not meet anyone or not make new friends, but I want to meet new people.
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I want to find people in my area and maybe make friends with them.
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But I didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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Some people take up hobbies like sports and they enjoy the competition.
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They want to beat the other team, what they want to win or be the best.
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But like Kat said earlier, I don't want pressure and I don't enjoy the pressure.
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A hobby is supposed to be fun and relaxing.
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So something competitive doesn't sound super fun.
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So I wanted to do something active that's also not really a sport or does it involve beating or winning?
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And I also didn't want anything too intense.
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Intense could also be from the competition, the focus, or it could also be physically intense.
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If you do a really hard workout, that's an intense exercise.
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And I didn't want that either.
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So that's why I chose the local walking group.
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So I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people, but I didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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Oh yeah, that makes total sense.
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Yeah, this felt like a good middle ground.
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This felt like a good middle ground.
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So choosing the local walking group felt like a good middle ground.
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When I chose it or when I decided,
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It felt like a balance between active but not competitive and super serious.
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A middle ground is something in between.
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It's a compromise.
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So it has a little bit of active and getting outside.
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It's got meeting people.
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And yeah, it seems like a perfect mix.
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It seems like this felt like a good middle ground.
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Absolutely.
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How's that been going so far?
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At first I wasn't sure if I'd fit in, but everyone was really welcoming.
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At first I wasn't sure if I'd fit in, but everyone was really welcoming.
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So at first, or at the beginning, maybe the first time I went,
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at first, I wasn't sure if I would fit in.
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Maybe the first time I went, or even before I went, I was thinking about the group,
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and I didn't know if I would, if I'd fit in.
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I want to fit in means I want to get along with the people.
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I want to have the same sense of humor, maybe the same interests and just be able to spend time together easily.
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I want to fit in.
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I don't want to feel like I'm different or there's a group of friends and I'm on the outside.
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I want to fit in to collect together.
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And everyone was really welcoming.
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Welcoming people like meeting new people and they accept new people into the group.
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They say, yeah, come join us.
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Where are you from?
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Do you like walking?
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Have you been here before?
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Maybe they ask you lots of questions.
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They want to make you feel comfortable and relaxed.
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So a welcoming group is great.
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It's an easy one to fit into.
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So at first I wasn't sure if I'd fit in, but everyone was really welcoming.
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Oh, that really makes such a big difference.
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Yeah, now I look forward to it because it gets me out of the house, helps me clear my head and breaks up my usual routine.
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So now I look forward to it because it helps me get out of the house, helps me clear my head and breaks up my usual routine.
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So now I look forward to it.
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I'm excited to go on the walks.
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I'm excited to join the walking group and go out.
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It gets me out of the house.
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It gets me out of the house sounds like if I maybe don't always want to leave.
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Maybe the weather's not very good.
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There's something good on TV.
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But I committed to this group.
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I signed up for it.
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I should go.
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It gets me out of the house like it takes me out.
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And that can be just a good way to get out and be active.
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It helps me clear my head.
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When you're walking or doing some exercise, sometimes it can help you relieve stress or blow off steam.
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And you just stop thinking about work you stop thinking about your problems.
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It helps me clear my head.
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So when I finish the walk, I feel better and it breaks up my usual routine.
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It breaks up means it changes.
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Maybe usually I go home from work, make dinner and watch TV.
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And then the next day I do the same thing.
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But maybe Wednesdays, it's the local walking group.
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So I don't go home, I go to the meetup point and we start walking from there.
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So it's something different.
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And again, that's something to look forward to during the week where it stops life getting boring.
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So now I look forward to it because it helps me get out of the house, helps me clear my head and breaks up my usual routine.
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Right, so let's go through that one more time.
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So Mark, have you taken up anything new lately?
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I've actually just joined a local walking group.
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Oh, that sounds fun.
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What made you choose that?
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I wanted to do something a bit more active and meet new people, but I didn't want anything too intense or competitive.
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Oh, yeah, that makes total sense.
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Yeah, this felt like a good middle ground.
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How's it been going so far?
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At first, I wasn't sure if I'd fit in, but everyone was really welcoming.
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Oh, that really makes such a big difference.
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Yeah, now I look forward to it because it gets me out of the house, helps me clear my head and breaks up my usual routine.
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All right, so we are finished for today.
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Thanks so much for listening and practicing with us today.
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Hopefully you picked up some useful phrases to help you talk about the things
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that you like to do with your hobbies in English in a much more natural way.
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And if you want more real-world English like this, check out our Year of English vocabulary e-book.
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With over 100 everyday topics just like this one, it's more than 2,400 useful words and phrases that you can use for your own self-study for an entire year.
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And you'll find the link for that in the description below along with full transcripts and extra practice materials.
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Yes, and we'd love to hear from you as well.
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Have you taken up any new hobbies lately or is there a hobby you would like to try?
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Get in touch, leave us a comment, we read and reply to every single one.
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And don't forget to like and subscribe if you enjoyed learning American and British English together here at High Level Listening.
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All right.
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Thank you very much for listening.
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We'll see you next time.
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Bye-bye.

คำศัพท์และข้อสังเกตด้านการพูดสำหรับบทเรียนนี้

วิดีโอนี้มี 303 ประโยค และ 3255 คำ สำหรับฝึกพูดตาม ช่วงที่มีเสียงพูดยาว 19:56 ผู้พูดพูดด้วยความเร็วเป็นธรรมชาติ ประมาณ 163 คำต่อนาที ใกล้เคียงกับบทสนทนาในชีวิตประจำวัน 86% ของคำอยู่ใน 3,000 คำที่ใช้บ่อยที่สุดในภาษาอังกฤษ ส่วนที่เหลือควรดูไว้ก่อนเริ่มฝึก

คำศัพท์สำคัญในวิดีโอนี้

คำที่พบไม่บ่อย 15 คำจากวิดีโอ พร้อมคำอ่านและความหมาย:

  • hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/ (คำนาม) — งานอดิเรก. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
  • phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (คำนาม) — วลี, ประโยค. A short written or spoken expression.
  • vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ (คำนาม) — คำศัพท์, วงศัพท์. A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  • topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (คำนาม) — หัวข้อ, กระทู้. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
  • relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (คำกริยา) — ผ่อนคลาย. To make something loose.
  • shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (คำนาม) — เงา, ฉายา. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  • suck /sʌk/ (คำกริยา) — ดูด. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  • collect /ˈkɑlɪkt/ (คำกริยา) — เก็บ, สะสม. To gather together; amass.
  • rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/ (คำนาม) — จังหวะ. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
  • dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ (คำนาม) — พจนานุกรม, ดิกชันนารี. A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also…
  • bore /boɹ/ (คำกริยา) — เจาะ, ไช. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ (คำนาม) — ชนบท. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
  • scroll /skɹoʊl/ (คำนาม) — ม้วนกระดาษ. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
  • relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/ (คำกริยา) — ปลดเปลื้อง, บรรเทา. To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
  • verb /vɝb/ (คำนาม) — คำกริยา, กริยา. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.

กริยาวลีที่คุณจะได้ยิน

  • go out (คำกริยา) — ออก, ออกไป. To leave, especially a building.
  • look for (คำกริยา) — มองหา, หา. To seek.
  • pick up (คำกริยา) — ยก, หยิบ. To lift; to grasp and raise.

การออกเสียงที่ควรระวัง

ผู้พูดใช้รูปย่อและรูปลดเสียง 112 ครั้ง เช่น I've, I'm, didn't ให้พูดแบบสั้นตามที่ได้ยิน

  • เสียง “th”: rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
  • เสียง “sh” และ “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
  • คำยาว — ลงเสียงหนักให้ถูกพยางค์: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

วิธีฝึกกับวิดีโอนี้

  1. ฟังวิดีโอให้จบหนึ่งรอบโดยยังไม่ต้องพูด แล้วจดคำที่ยังไม่รู้จัก
  2. เริ่มที่ความเร็ว 0.75× พูดตามทีละประโยค แล้วกลับไปใช้ความเร็วปกติเมื่อเริ่มคล่อง
  3. อัดเสียงตัวเองแล้วเทียบกับต้นฉบับ โดยสังเกตคำอย่าง hobby, phrase, vocabulary เป็นพิเศษ

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — การกระทำที่เริ่มก่อนหน้านี้และยังดำเนินอยู่I've been trying · I've been looking
Present perfect have/has + กริยาช่อง 3 — เหตุการณ์ในอดีตที่ยังเกี่ยวข้องกับปัจจุบันyou've started · I've never thought · I've actually just joined
Passive voice be + กริยาช่อง 3 — เน้นสิ่งที่เกิดขึ้น ไม่ใช่ผู้กระทำare meant · are finished

เทคนิค Shadowing คืออะไร?

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

เทคนิค shadowing: อ่านคู่มือฉบับเต็มทีละขั้นตอน →