Shadowing Practice: Queen interview: Brian May on We Will Rock You - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It was an acknowledgement that our audience had become part of the show
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and we could no longer just regard it as a one-way experience.
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We weren't just playing to an audience, they were interacting and changing what we were.
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So this was a way of embracing it.
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And I know when the idea happened, it was Bingley Hall in the Midlands.
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And one particular night when the audience sang everything quite deafeningly.
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You could hardly hear yourself play, you know, which was wonderful.
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And this is probably fairly normal these days, but you have to understand in those days, it didn't happen to rock groups.
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Rock groups really played and people sat there and they listened or they stood and listened or they banged their heads.
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They did not sing along to Led Zeppelin, you know, not normally.
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 11 sentences and 142 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
regard noun/ɹɪˈɡɑːd/A steady look, a gaze.
bang noun/ˈbæŋ/A sudden percussive noise.
embrace verb/ɛmˈbɹes/To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
interact verb/ɪn.təˈɹækt/To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
acknowledgment noun/əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/The act of acknowledging
deafeningly adverb/ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)li/In a deafening manner.
sing verb/ˈsɪŋ/To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
normally adverb/ˈnɔː.mə.li/Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
hardly adverb/ˈhɑɹdli/Barely, only just, almost not.
fairly adverb/ˈfeɹ.li/In a fair manner; fair; not biased or skewed or favouring a certain party
audience noun/ˈɔːdi.əns/A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
particular adjective/pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/Specific; discrete; concrete.
wonderful adjective/ˈwʌndəfl̩/Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
İlgi cümlecikleri who / which + cümle — bir kişi ya da şey hakkında ek bilgiknow, which was

Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: acknowledgment /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ.mənt/, deafeningly /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)li/, particular /pɑrˈtɪk.jə.lɚ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like regard, bang, embrace.

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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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