Shadowing Practice: Beginner/Intermediate English Listening Practice - Easter - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Easter is a Christian festival that is celebrated all over the world.
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Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus when he came back to life.
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In the United Kingdom, Easter has been celebrated for hundreds of years.
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There are many Easter celebrations and customs,
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so today we are going to see how it is celebrated in the United Kingdom.
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In the UK, there is a four -day bank holiday weekend to celebrate Easter.
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The first day of the holiday is Good Friday and the last day is Easter Monday.
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People usually don't have to work so they can spend time with their friends and family or even go on holiday.
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The Easter celebrations start the week before,
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on Palm Sunday, which is a week before Easter Sunday.
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There are special services at churches on Palm Sunday.
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If you go to a church on Palm Sunday, they will give you a palm leaf,
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which people normally keep for a whole year, to the Palm Sunday of the following year.
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Good Friday is another important day.
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It is the day when Jesus died on the cross, when he was crucified.
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On this day, people remember the suffering of Jesus.
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There are some people who do not eat alcohol or meat.
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Deciding not to eat is called fasting in English.
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Another Easter celebration in the UK is the Easter egg,
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which is a symbol of new life and rebirth.
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It is typical to give them as a gift during Easter.
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You can give them to your friends or your family,
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and especially to children, who love this season because of the delicious chocolate eggs and bunnies.
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Some people also decorate and paint on boiled eggs during Easter,
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and make them beautiful to give them as gifts.
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Another important Easter tradition is the Easter Bunny.
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It comes from a German custom called the Oosterhäuser.
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It was a hare, which is very similar to a rabbit, that laid eggs.
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Like Easter eggs, the Easter bunny is a symbol of rebirth,
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as Jesus was reborn.
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Also, it is a symbol of fertility.
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The Easter bunny leaves chocolate eggs for children to find.
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A lot of communities, like clubs, families or schools, have an easter egg hunt.
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In these egg hunts, children have to search for their eggs in a garden,
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a playground or or a park.
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Finally, Easter Sunday is the most important day of the Easter celebrations.
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It is the day when Jesus Christ resurrected, meaning that he came back to life.
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A lot of people go to church services on Easter Sunday?
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On Easter Sunday, families and friends have a meal together.
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The typical dish for Easter Sunday is roast lamb.
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Another typical food that people eat are hot cross buns,
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which are sweet buns that have a cross on the top.
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Now, let's go with the questions.
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Write your answers in the comment box and I will correct your answers.
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The first one is, do you celebrate Easter in your country?
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And how do you celebrate it?
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For example, this is how Easter is celebrated in my country but in reality a lot of people don't really celebrate it.
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They go on holiday or they eat easter eggs but they don't usually go to church,
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especially the younger generation.
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The second question is, have you ever eaten an easter egg or an easter bunny?
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If you come to the UK during the Easter holidays or a few months before,
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you will see that that the supermarkets are full of easter eggs
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and easter bunnies and normally there are easter eggs of each different type of chocolate.
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So for example, if you like Twix or you like Mars, then there is an easter egg for you.
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So, depending on your favourite type of chocolate, you can buy one easter egg or another.
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And normally they cost around £6 or £7 depending depending on how big they are and if they are a brand.
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Then the third question is, what religious celebrations do you celebrate in your country?
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So tell me, are there any religious celebrations that you celebrate that are similar to Easter? or if you celebrate Easter,
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are there any different celebrations that you do in your country?
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Because I know that there are different ways to celebrate it all around the world.
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Thank you very much and I'll see you in the next one.

Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları

Bu B1 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “Beginner/Intermediate English Listening Practice - Easter” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: easter, egg, celebrate, Sunday, celebration. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 62 cümle ve 747 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 8:09 sürüyor. Konuşmacı yavaş konuşuyor, dakikada yaklaşık 92 kelime; her sesi taklit etmek için zamanınız var. Kelimelerin %83’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var.

Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler

Videodaki en ileri düzey 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:

KelimeTelaffuzAnlam
celebration isim/ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/kutlama
palm isim/pɑm/aya, avuç içi
symbol isim/ˈsɪmbəl/simge, sembol
rebirth isim/ɹiːˈbɜːθ/ruh göçü, reenkarnasyon
bun isim/bʌn/çörek, hamburger ekmeği
leaf isim/lif/yaprak
crucify fiil/ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/haçlamak, çarmıha germek
resurrect fiil/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/diriltmek, canlandırmak
hare isim/hɛɚ/tavşan
resurrection isim/ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/diriliş
supermarket isim/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/süpermarket
fertility isim/fɝˈtɪləti/doğurganlık, verimlilik
playground isim/ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/oyun alanı, oyun sahası
boil fiil/bɔɪ(ə)l/kaynatmak
roast fiil/ɹoʊst/kavurmak

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemliis celebrated · has been celebrated · was crucified
İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgiSunday, which is · people who do · hare, which is
Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylemhas been celebrated · have enjoyed
“will” ile gelecek will + fiil — bir karar, söz ya da tahminwill give · will correct · will see

Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar

Konuşmacı don't, I'll gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 4 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.

  • “th” sesleri: rebirth /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
  • “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/
  • Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/

Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:

  • Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: crucify /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/, playground /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/
  • /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: lamb /ˈlæm/, rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/

Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır

  1. Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
  2. Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
  3. Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; celebration, palm, symbol gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.

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