Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Dave - Raindance (ft. Tems)

Đang tạo bài học...
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Let's get
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the party started See you at the bar, you was hardly talking That's when I knew
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that your heart was scarring Friends to lovers need a part to star in Like, wait, babe, let me ask your pardon This ain't Gucci, this is Prada, darling If you want something,
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you can ask me, darling And you started laughing, cause you think I'm joking But looking in your eyes, that's the best thing Brake lights,
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giving you the red skin You was in a bad mood when we stepped in Though you checked out, thought we even checked in On the phone,
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you gon' vent to your best friend The one who gave me the lecture But I ain't gon' sweat you, babe, I'm electric Catch up with your boy,
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undress you And let me tell you why I'm a blesser The way my mind falling away In my heart,
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I know you feel the same way You're beneath,
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you know I'm all you need You're where I wanna be My darling, can't you see?
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I love you I love you I love you
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Why?
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I'm telling you, say you want me in the mood Trying to hide my feelings for you Don't wanna argue,
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not with you Tell me why you're so in denial Hold me close, don't tell me goodnight Are you down and get me?
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Tell me when you're ready I'm ready We can get intimate, we can get intimate The child when you're singing it,
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better than Beyonce I like the sound of fiance You know it's got a little ring to it, and really when I think of it Growing up I didn't ever see marriages No weddings,
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no horse, no carriages I wanna do things different and change the narrative God knows you are wild child, beautiful child, I need your help Looking like you come from the 90s by yourself My mum's 61,
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and her favourite line to tell her son is Sometimes she wished
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that she had a girl I wanna take you back to a time, back to a trip You had that white wine
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that I never got to sip
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And dinner was a room cause you never got to pick I know
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that everybody tell me
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that I'm sick cause It's the way my mind Falling away in my heart I know you feel the same
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When you're beneath You know I'm all you need You're where I wanna be My darling, can't you see?
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Me and you, never let me go Me and you, I tell me to
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die I said lean with it,
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rock with it Your finger, I could put a rock in it Bingo, I could put a rock in it Bang, call, they gon' put a bloke in it Serapid,
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Bouncy, Lestless I could put my house in it You wanna beat, babe I could put my house in it Pa-papa-pape I could put my spouse in it I said shimmy shimmy yeah Shimmy,
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shimmy shimmy, yo 5-9 brown eyes
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And she in the inner shimmy shimmy yeah Shimmy shimmy shimmy
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yeah 5-9 brown eyes Then a- I shimmy shimmy yeah Shimmy shimmy shimmy,
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yo 5-9 brown eyes And she in the air Shimmy shimmy yeah Shimmy shimmy shimmy yeah 5-9 brown eyes Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Dave - Raindance”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: shimmy, eyes, darling, brown, gon. This video has 31 sentences and 549 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:09. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
shimmy noun/ˈʃɪ.mi/A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
darling noun/ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
babe noun/beɪb/A baby or infant; a very young human or animal.
intimate adjective/ˈɪn.tɪ.mət/Closely acquainted; familiar.
beneath/bɪˈniːθ/Below.
blesser nounOne who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
bouncy adjective/ˈbaʊnsi/Easily bounced.
fiancé noun/fiˈɑnseɪ/A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
undress verb/ʌnˈdɹɛs/To remove one’s clothing.
bloke noun/bloʊk/A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
ventilation noun/ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
scar noun/skɑɹ/A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
pardon noun/ˈpɑːdn̩/Forgiveness for an offence.
papa noun/ˈpɑːpə/Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
spouse noun/spaʊ̯s/A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
check in on verbTo pay a visit in order to monitor the health, security or safety of (someone or something).
check out verbTo record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
grow up verbTo mature and become an adult.

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúcTrong video
Động từ + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — những động từ theo sau là dạng -ingstarted laughing · mind falling
Thì hiện tại tiếp diễn am/is/are + -ing — việc đang diễn ra lúc nói hoặc quanh thời điểm nàyI'm joking · I'm telling · you're singing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, wanna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shimmy /ˈʃɪ.mi/, ventilation /ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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 shimmy, darling, babe.

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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