Shadowing Practice: What were you doing? - Past Continuous - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What were you doing?
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Hey, look who's here!
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Sis, what a surprise!
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Hey, I didn't expect to see you here.
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Please join me.
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How was your day, Julia?
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Oh, I had an awful day.
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It seemed to be such a lovely day at the beginning.
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I was sitting on the balcony,
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drinking a cup of coffee.
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The sun was shining, someone was playing a violin in the street,
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and I was enjoying a beautiful afternoon.
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I was feeling hungry, so I decided to make spaghetti.
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But I realized that I didn't have any tomato sauce.
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So I went to the grocery store to buy some.
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After buying a few items,
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I finally found the tomato sauce.
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I was reading the label when the jar just slipped out of my hands and fell down.
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There was glass and red sauce all over the floor and splattered all over my shoes.
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I looked around and noticed that everyone was staring at me.
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People were smiling and whispering to each other.
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Soon I noticed that I was leaving a trail of red footprints through the store.
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I found a grocery store worker and let him know what I had just done.
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I offered to help clean it up, but he declined.
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I was so embarrassed that I wasn't even looking where I was going.
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And I knocked over a display of chips.
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I was just standing there in shock.
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A manager was walking by me that very moment and noticed the mess I had made.
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I was expecting her to be angry, but she wasn't.
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She said they would take care of everything.
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She was smiling.
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Maybe she was thinking about how clumsy I was.
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Oh, poor you, sis.
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I'm sorry you had to go through this.
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It was just a bad day. And there's more.
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While I was waiting to pay the checkout,
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I realized I forgot my wallet home.
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I was mortified.
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Oh no. So what did you do?
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I apologized and left all my shopping there.
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Maybe you're too tired and stressed out.
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You should take a few days off from work and get some rest.
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Yeah, you're right.
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You know, I called you yesterday at about 8pm, but you didn't answer.
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What were you doing?
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You'll never guess what happened yesterday evening.
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I was sitting in the living room,
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watching TV, when I suddenly felt a strong smell of smoke.
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It was coming from the corridor outside our apartment.
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I opened the door and saw smoke at the end of the corridor.
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Mrs. Brown lives there.
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I grabbed the fire extinguisher and ran towards her apartment.
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I opened the door and there was a big fire.
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The flames were spreading quickly.
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I put out the fire as fast as I could.
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Then I saw Mrs. Brown in the living room.
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She was lying down on the floor.
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She was screaming for help.
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Help!
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Help!
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She was bleeding.
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I called the ambulance right away.
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Oh, poor Mrs. Brown.
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Is she okay now?
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Yes, luckily she's fine. But what happened?
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It seems that the fire was started by some candles that were burning in the living room.
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Mrs. Brown was dozing off when the fire started.
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She woke up and while she was trying to put out the fire,
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she fell down and broke her arm.
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She's really lucky to be alive thanks to you.
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You're a real hero.
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And where were you, Isabella, when all that happened?
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What were you doing?
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I was taking a shower.
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So I didn't notice anything.
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But when I came out of the bathroom,
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I felt the smell of smoke and knew something was going on
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and i soon found out everything i'm glad things turned out fine in the end i'm
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so happy to spend such a wonderful evening with my brother and my sister-in-law Bye!
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu A2 seviyesindeki konuşma dersi “What were you doing? - Past Continuous” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: Mrs, Brown, sauce, noticed, smoke. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 79 cümle ve 644 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 5:50 sürüyor. Konuşmacı dakikada yaklaşık 110 kelimelik dengeli bir hızla konuşuyor; gölgeleme için rahat bir tempo. Kelimelerin %80’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında; geri kalanına başlamadan önce bakmakta fayda var.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodan öğrenmeye değer 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| corridor isim | /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ | koridor, dehliz |
| tomato isim | /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ | domates, pamidor |
| awful sıfat | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | berbat |
| shock isim | /ʃɔk/ | şok |
| hungry sıfat | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | aç |
| trail isim | /tɹeɪl/ | iz, çığır |
| label isim | /ˈleɪ.bəl/ | etiket |
| worker isim | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | işçi, emekçi |
| knock fiil | /nɑk/ | çalmak, tıklatmak |
| chip isim | /t͡ʃɪp/ | çip |
| shoe isim | /ˈʃu/ | kundura, ayakkabı |
| shine fiil | /ʃaɪn/ | parlamak |
| apologize fiil | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | özür dilemek |
| wallet isim | /ˈwɑl.ət/ | cüzdan, portföy |
| scream fiil | /skɹiːm/ | bağırmak, haykırmak |
Duyacağınız deyimsel fiiller
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| put out fiil | çıkarmak | |
| find out fiil | anlamak, ortaya çıkarmak | |
| stress out fiil | strese sokmak | |
| wake up fiil | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | uyanmak |
Tekrar etmeye değer cümleler
Videodan, günlük konuşmada yeniden kullanabileceğiniz kısa ve tam cümleler:
- What were you doing?
- Hey, I didn't expect to see you here.
- I'm sorry you had to go through this.
- Maybe you're too tired and stressed out.
- You'll never guess what happened yesterday evening.
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | was mortified · was started |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — geçmişte bir anda sürmekte olan bir eylem | was sitting · was shining · was enjoying |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı didn't, I'm, you're gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 13 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: shock /ʃɔk/, shoe /ˈʃu/, shine /ʃaɪn/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/, wallet /ˈwɑl.ət/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: grocery /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/, trail /tɹeɪl/, slip /ˈslɪp/, scream /skɹiːm/, flame /fleɪm/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: ambulance /ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, candle /ˈkæn.dəl/, balcony /ˈbælkəni/, splatter /ˈsplætɚ/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- Normal hızda cümle cümle tekrar edin; ritminiz konuşmacıyla aynı olana kadar her cümleyi yineleyin.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; corridor, tomato, awful gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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.