ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: loki being iconic for 3 minutes straight
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “loki being iconic for 3 minutes straight”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: loki, chair, alive. This video has 71 sentences and 369 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:55. The speaker talks at a steady 126 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. 15 of its 71 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| beast noun | /biːst/ | Any four-footed land mammal. |
| desperate adjective | /ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/ | In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. |
| vary verb | /ˈvɛəɹi/ | To change with time or a similar parameter. |
| disgusting adjective | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ | Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful. |
| adopt verb | /əˈdɑpt/ | To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child. |
| madness noun | /ˈmæd.nəs/ | The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease. |
| behold verb | /bɪˈhəʊld/ | To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon. |
| savior noun | /ˈseɪvjɚ/ | A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm. |
| shhh | Elongated form of shh. | |
| greasy adjective | /ˈɡɹi.si/ | Having a slippery surface; having a surface covered with grease. |
| humiliate verb | /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ | To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of. |
| sorcerer noun | /ˈsoɹ.sɚ.ɚ/ | A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How was I supposed to know?
- Why'd you dress like one?
- Would you mind taking a picture with us?
- You think you're some kind of sorcerer?
- What are you doing here?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 beast, desperate, vary.
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