ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: The Weeknd - After Hours (Audio)

กำลังสร้างบทเรียน...
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Thought I almost died in my dream again Fighting for my life,
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I couldn't breathe again I'm falling into the room
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Without you, no one is with you I'm falling into the room Cause
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my heart belongs to you I'll risk it all for you I want your hands to leave,
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this time I'll never leave I wanna share with you,
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protection we won't need Your body next to me,
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it's just a memory I'm falling too deep
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Without you I am here It's only out of me
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Talk to me I want you all I can be
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My darkest hours Girl, I felt so alone inside of this crowded room Diffin' curls on the floor,
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distracted my thoughts on you I turned into the man I used to be To be
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Put myself asleep Just
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so I can get closer to you inside my dreams Didn't wanna wake up
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and see what's inside me I just wanted to call you
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and say And say Oh baby Where are you now when I need you most?
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I'd give it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart,
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your heart Never come and do,
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I was running away from peace and reality Wasting all of my time on living my fantasies Spending money to compensate,
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compensate
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Cause I want you baby I'll be living in heaven when I'm inside of you
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It was only a blessing when you're beside you I'll never let you down again,
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again Oh baby Where are you now when I need you most?
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I'd give it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart,
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your heart I said baby,
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I treat you better than I did before I'll hold you down
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and I'll let you go This time I won't break your heart, your heart
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I know it's all my fault Made you put down your car I know I made you
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And said you were wrong for me I lied to you, I lied to you, I lied to you Can't hide the truth,
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I stayed with her in spite of you You did some things that you regret,
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stood right for you Cause this house is not a home Without my baby Where are you now
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when I need you most?
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I'd give it all just to hold you close Sorry that I broke your heart,
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your heart And I said baby,
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I'll treat you better than I did before I'll hold you down
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and I'll let you go This time I won't break your heart, your heart No

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Weeknd - After Hours”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: baby, hold, inside, lied, falling. This video has 35 sentences and 433 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
compensate verb/ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
regret verb/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
asleep adjective/əˈsliːp/In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
beside/bɪˈsaɪd/Next to; at the side of.
blessing noun/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
spite noun/spaɪt/Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the desire to unjustifiably irritate, annoy, or thwart; a want to disturb or put out another; mild malice.
distract verb/dɪˈstɹækt/To divert the attention of.
curl noun/kɜɹl/A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
fault noun/fɔlt/Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
fantasy noun/ˈfæntəsi/That which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
put down verbTo insult, belittle, or demean.
run away from verbTo avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something.
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

ไวยากรณ์ในวิดีโอนี้

โครงสร้างที่ผู้พูดใช้บ่อยที่สุด พร้อมคำพูดจริงจากวิดีโอ:

โครงสร้างในวิดีโอ
ขั้นกว่า -er than / more … than — เปรียบเทียบสองสิ่งbetter than
อนาคตด้วย “will” will + กริยา — การตัดสินใจ คำสัญญา หรือการคาดการณ์I'll risk · I'll never leave · won't need
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — สิ่งที่กำลังเกิดขึ้นตอนนี้หรือช่วงนี้I'm falling

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, I'm, I'd. 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 compensate, belong, regret.

เทคนิค Shadowing คืออะไร?

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

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