ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Quentin is Dying from ALS | Suits

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I see you found my ad.
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Trying to steal my thunder, Harvey?
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Business School 101.
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You have a crisis, you acknowledge the problem.
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You want to be Tylenol, not Toyota.
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A little late for you to acknowledge this is a crisis.
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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming here today.
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Quentin Sands placed this ad because your lawsuit made it clear that his drug had side effects that he didn't know about.
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We wanted to know how widespread this problem was.
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We had an outpouring of response, not from people struggling like yourselves, but from people desperate to keep the drug available.
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You think we're lying.
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You're here because you think this company has been hiding things from you.
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And you're right.
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They have.
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But Quentin wants to come clean.
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He wants to show you exactly what it is that he's been hiding.
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I can't really open it.
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I can't hold anything.
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I don't know how much longer I can keep working.
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It'll get better.
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It will.
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You know it will.
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I guess.
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I bet my life on it.
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It's not fair you got ALS in the first place.
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And it's definitely not fair you had side effects from the drug I created and I didn't.
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But now that I know they exist, I want to fix them.
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So that people like you, and maybe even you, can have what I have right now.
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But he can't.
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He can't if he gives you what you're asking.
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We're not saying that you don't deserve compensation.
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Our commitment to you is this.
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We are offering you partial ownership in his company.
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A company that is trying to save lives.
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Money isn't going to help you live longer.
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Taking the deal and letting Quentin try and fix the problem could.
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Like it or not, you're all in the same boat.
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Give Quentin the opportunity to keep that boat from sinking.
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Quentin is Dying from ALS”. This video has 39 sentences and 320 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:45. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
acknowledge verb/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
commitment noun/kəˈmɪtmənt/The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
steal verb/stiːl/To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
ownership noun/ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship.
compensation noun/ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/The act or principle of compensating.
desperate adjective/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
sink verb/ˈsɪŋk/To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
widespread adjective/ˌwaɪdˈspɹɛd/Affecting, or found throughout, a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
partial adjective/ˈpɑɹʃəl/Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
gentleman noun/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
thunder noun/ˈθʌndɚ/The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
lawsuit noun/ˈlɔˌs(j)ut/In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case to a court for resolution.
yourselves/jəˈsɛlvz/You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed.
outpouring nounThe sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • I can't really open it.
  • He can't if he gives you what you're asking.
  • We're not saying that you don't deserve compensation.
  • Money isn't going to help you live longer.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, you're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/, compensation /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/, partial /ˈpɑɹʃəl/

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 acknowledge, commitment, steal.

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

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