Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Adele - Easy On Me (Live at the NRJ Awards 2021)

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There Ain't No Gold In This River
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There Ain't No Gold In This River There Ain't No Gold In This River
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That I've Been Washin' My Hands In Forever I know there is hope in these waters
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But I can't bring myself to swim when I am drowning In this silence,
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baby, hug me in Go easy,
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hug me, baby I was still a child,
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didn't get the chance to feel the world around me
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I had no time to choose what I chose to do So go easy on me
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There ain't no room for our things to change
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When we are both so deeply stuck in our ways You can deny how hard I've tried
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I changed who I was to put a both first But now I give up Go ease at me,
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baby
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I was still a child Didn't get the chance to feel
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I had no time to choose what I chose to do
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So I got it easy on me
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I had a good intentions in the highest hopes But I know right now,
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it probably doesn't even shine Go easy,
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help me baby I was little child,
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I didn't get the chance to feel You were the one around me,
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I had no time to choose what I chose to do So go easy on me

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 20 sentences and 223 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:28. The speaker talks slowly, about 64 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
silence noun/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/The absence of any sound.
deeply adverb/ˈdi(ː)pli/To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.
deny verb/dəˈnaɪ/To disallow or reject.
ease verb/iz/To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
swim verb/swɪm/To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
shine verb/ʃaɪn/To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
intentions noun/ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/Desire to court, marry, date, woo or sleep with someone.
drown verb/dɹaʊn/To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
choose verb/t͡ʃuːz/To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
stick noun/stɪk/A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as ain't, didn't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shine /ʃaɪn/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/

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 silence, deeply, deny.

Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?

Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.

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