Shadowing Practice: Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer - Learn English Speaking with Video

Ders oluşturuluyor...
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I got in some trouble in the army.
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Didn't leave on the best of terms.
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They don't give loans or anything to people like me.
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This is a free call from Lucia Caminos.
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Like a flower in a hurricane I will die before I walk away, walk away Let's take it fast,
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just like a flash And in a moment we'll be gone like a second chance You and me,
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we don't like this like a Russian guy And I'll be there to the way it lasts,
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baby Are we gonna be okay?
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We stuck together through everything.
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Just gotta get through it.
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Grand Theft Auto 6.
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Coming November 19th.
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Rated M for Mature.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Grand Theft Auto VI Launch Trailer”. This video has 13 sentences and 113 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 84 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
flash verb/flæʃ/To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
flower noun/ˈfloʊɚ/A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
rat noun/ɹæt/Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than…
hurricane noun/ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
loan noun/loʊn/An act or instance of lending, an act or instance of granting something for temporary use.
grand adjective/ˈɡɹænd/Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
trouble noun/ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/A distressing or dangerous situation.
stick noun/stɪk/A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
walk away verbTo withdraw from a problematic situation.
get through verb/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/To overcome; to endure.
stick together verbTo physically combine or join together by adhesion.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
En üstünlük the -est / the most … — bir grubun en üstü ya da en altıthe best
“will” ile gelecek will + fiil — bir karar, söz ya da tahminwill die · we'll be · I'll be
“going to” ile gelecek be going to + fiil — bir plan ya da olacağı belli olan bir şeygonna be

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, gonna. 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 flash, flower, rat.

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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