Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 Madame Giry visits the Persian. for weeks.
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All Paris talked about that night at the opera.
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Everybody asked questions.
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But nobody knew the answers. Where was Christine Daae?
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Where was the Vicomte de Chani?
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Were they alive?' or dead.
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And the Phantom of the Opera?
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Some weeks after that famous night, Madame Giry went out one afternoon.
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to a small house near the Riverley Gardens.
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She went in and up the stairs to some rooms at the top of the house.
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The Persian opened the door.
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Madame Giry looked at him.
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"'My friend.' You know the answers.
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Please tell me. Are they alive? or dead.
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coming.
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The Persian said quietly.
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They sat down on some chairs by the window.
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and looked out across the riverly gardens.
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Yes.
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The Persian said slowly.
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The Phantom is dead now.
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He did not want to live any longer.
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I saw his body three days ago.
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And because of that, I can talk to you about him.
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He cannot kill me now.
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So, The Phantom was really a man.
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"'Madame Giry asked.
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Yes.
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His name was Eric.
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That was not his real name, of course.
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He was born in France.
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But I knew him in Persia.
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He was a famous builder.
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and I worked with him there. For a time.
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I was his friend. But not for long.
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when he came to Paris.
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I came after him.
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I wanted to watch him.
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He was a very clever, very dangerous man.
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He could be in two.
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or three places at the same time.
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He could be in one place?
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And his voice could come from another place.
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He could do many clever things with ropes and mirrors.
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and secret doors.
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You see?
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He helped to build the Opera House.
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He built secret passages underground.
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and his secret house on the lake.
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He could not live in the outside world because of his terrible, ugly face.
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Unhappy, Eric.
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We can feel sorry for him, Madame Giry.
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He was so clever. And so ugly.
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People screamed when they saw his face.
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And so he lived this strange life.
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Huffman.
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"'Her Phantom.' But he was a man in the end.
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He wanted a woman's love.
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He stopped.
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And Madame Giry asked quietly, and Christine Diye?
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and become Draoul.
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What happened to them?
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The Persian smiled.
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Ah yes.
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"What happened to young Raoul and the beautiful Christine?" Who knows?
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Nobody in Paris ever saw Raoul and Christine again.
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Perhaps they took a train to the north.
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and lived a quiet, happy life together there.
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Perhaps Christine's wonderful voice.. is still singing.
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somewhere in the cold and beautiful mountains of Norway. Who knows?

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Giry, Madame, Persian, Phantom, Christine. This video has 70 sentences and 443 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:08. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
opera noun/ˈɒp.ə.ɹə/A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
clever adjective/ˈklɛv.ɚ/Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
ugly adjective/ˈʌɡli/Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
quietly adverb/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/Producing little or no noise.
mirror noun/ˈmiɹɚ/A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
underground adjective/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
passage noun/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
scream verb/skɹiːm/To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
stairs noun/ˈstɛɹz/A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
rope noun/ɹoʊp/Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
unhappy adjective/ʌnˈhæpi/Not happy; sad.
builder noun/ˈbɪl.dəɹ/One who builds or constructs things.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go out verbTo leave, especially a building.
look out verbTo be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.

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 opera, clever, ugly.

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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