ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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Cause it's a bittersweet symphony that's life
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Tryna make hands meet your slave to money,
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let me die The only road I've ever been found.
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You know the one that takes you to the places where all the things we get.
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No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, but I'm here in my mom.
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But I'm a million different people from one day to the next I can't change my mold,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no Yeah.
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I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me.
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Yeah.
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I let the melody shine.
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Let it cleanse my mind.
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I feel free now.
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And there's nobody singing to me now.
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No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change.
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But I'm here in my mold.
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I am here in my mold.
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And I'm a million different people from one day to the next.
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I can't change my mold.
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No, no, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no I can't change,
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I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, but I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold,
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and I'm a million different people from one day to the next, I can't change my mold,
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no, no, no, no, no.
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I'll take you down.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony”. This video has 28 sentences and 525 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:01. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 92% 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 10 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
mold noun/moʊld/A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and…
slave noun/sleɪv/A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition…
shine verb/ʃaɪn/To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
melody noun/ˈmɛl.ə.di/A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase.
symphony noun/ˈsɪm.fə.ni/An extended piece of music of sophisticated structure, usually for orchestra.
bittersweet adjective/ˈbɪtɚˌswit/Both bitter and sweet.
cleanse verb/klɛnz/To free from dirt; to clean, to purify.
sing verb/ˈsɪŋ/To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
recognize verb/ˈɹɛk.əɡ.naɪz/To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
nobody noun/ˈnoʊ.bə.di/A person dismissed as unimportant.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 mold, slave, shine.

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

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