Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: No Brainer - Learn English Speaking with Video

Ders oluşturuluyor...
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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We have to use our brains to think.
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So what does the expression no-brainer mean?
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Hey, did you watch the new episode of Catch a Criminal?
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Yeah, but it was such a no-brainer.
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The police found a gun and all the money in David's house.
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Well, what if David has a twin brother who lives with him?
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The police would know if David had a twin brother.
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Well, what if they don't know?
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Then they are really bad at their jobs.
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A no-brainer is something that requires little thought or is obvious.
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It also means it is easy to make the right choice.
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And that's English in a Minute.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: No Brainer”. This video has 13 sentences and 118 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 4 of its 13 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
twin noun/twɪn/Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
brainer noun/bɹeɪ.nə(ɹ)/someone with a certain type of brain
obvious adjective/ˈɑb.vi.əs/Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.
expression noun/əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
welcome/ˈwɛl.kəm/Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
episode noun/ˈɛp.ə.soʊd/A discrete but connected event, situation, or period within a broader sequence, narrative, or life course.
brain noun/ˈbɹeɪ̯n/The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible…
require verb/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
Zorunluluk: must / have to / need to bir şeyin gerekli olduğunu söylemekhave to use

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 twin, brainer, obvious.

Gölgeleme Tekniği Nedir?

Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.

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