ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Paul W. Downs Explains How Editors on 'Hacks' Use Split Screen Technology to Get Best Performances

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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We are so about performance, I don't even know if I should say this.
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I'll say it.
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Nowadays, you can split the screen.
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Digitally, it's very easy.
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So if there's a really amazing take from someone
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and the continuity doesn't work because maybe the other actor was making a choice,
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we can split the screen and put the other actor in so that we can use everyone's best performance.
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Wow.
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And we really do that.
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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But I mean, it's really important to us that we not only watch every take, we watch pre -action role.
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We watch the camera roll before action is called in case they've done something
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and sometimes they do something and it's like We're gonna open with that wow and you never know right though.
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That's great.
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Oh, it's like exactly what you want and The best performance yeah from everybody because it's like it just makes everything better.
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Yeah And that's also something that I take a lot of freedom from knowing that editors are are brilliant.
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Yep.
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And they're gonna make themselves look good by making you look good.
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Yeah.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Paul W. Downs Explains How Editors on 'Hacks' Use Split Screen Technology to Get Best Performances”. This video has 20 sentences and 188 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 93% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
nowadays adverb/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/At the present time; in the current era.
continuity noun/ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
digitally adverb/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtəli/In a digital manner.
actor noun/ˈæk.tɚ/Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
split verb/splɪt/To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
editor noun/ˈɛd.ɪ.tə/A person who edits or makes changes to documents.
brilliant adjective/ˈbɹɪl.jənt/Shining brightly.
screen noun/ˈskɹiːn/A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
camera noun/ˈkæməɹə/A device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs.
freedom noun/ˈfɹiːdəm/The state of being free.
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/All people.
roll verb/ɹəʊl/To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, doesn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: continuity /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/, digitally /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtəli/, everybody /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/

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 nowadays, continuity, digitally.

เทคนิค Shadowing คืออะไร?

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

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