Shadowing Practice: Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: starring, actress, dreams, dead. This video has 33 sentences and 360 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:09. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| actress noun | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | A female who performs on the stage or in films. |
| starring verb | That which has the specified actor or actors, especially those in lead roles, in its cast. | |
| nickname noun | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic. |
| narrative noun | /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/ | The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| edit verb | /ˈɛdɪt/ | To change a text, or a document. |
| feast noun | /ˈfiːst/ | A holiday, festival, especially a religious one |
| receipt noun | /ɹɪˈsiːt/ | The act of receiving, or the fact of having been received. |
| karma noun | /kərm(ə)/ | The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth. |
| exclude verb | /ɪksˈkluːd/ | To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out. |
| tilt verb | /tɪlt/ | To slope or incline (something); to slant. |
| underline verb | /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/ | To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis. |
| annoy verb | /əˈnoɪ̯/ | To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Y'all, oh, stop acting like you're all nice.
- What are you doing?
- I'm going to edit this later.
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Fiil + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — ardından -ing biçimi gelen fiiller | Stop making · stop acting |
| “will” ile gelecek will + fiil — bir karar, söz ya da tahmin | you'll all · I'll be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 actress, starring, nickname.
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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