ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Tom Hiddleston about compassion.
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Tom Hiddleston about compassion”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: compassion, suffering, Iago, predicament, suffer. This video has 52 sentences and 484 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:58. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| compassion noun | /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ | Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states. |
| predicament noun | /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/ | A definite class, state or condition. |
| circumstance noun | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. |
| empathy noun | /ˈɛmpəθi/ | Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person. |
| forgiveness noun | /fɚˈɡɪvnəs/ | The action of forgiving. |
| kindness noun | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | The state of being kind. |
| compel verb | /kəmˈpɛl/ | To overpower; to subdue. |
| infuriate verb | /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ | To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury. |
| misogyny noun | /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ | Hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women. |
| passus noun | /ˈpæsəs/ | A section of a long narrative poem; a canto |
| sociopath noun | /ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/ | A person with an antisocial personality disorder. |
| arrogance noun | /ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/ | The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another. |
| insanity noun | /ɪnˈsænɪti/ | The state of being insane; madness. |
| coffin noun | /ˈkɔfɪn/ | A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial. |
| rebellion noun | /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/ | Armed resistance to an established government or ruler. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You can have compassion for someone's happiness, I suppose.
- Thank you if that's possible for actors.
- That's what it means to me.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: empathy /ˈɛmpəθi/, sociopath /ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: predicament /pɹɪˈdɪkəmənt/, misogyny /mɪˈsɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/, sociopath /ˈsəʊ.si.ə(ʊ)ˌpæθ/, insanity /ɪnˈsænɪti/, rebellion /ɹɪˈbɛl.i.ən/
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 compassion, predicament, circumstance.
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