Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Ed Edited Colin's Column

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61 câu
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Today's paper is an absolute mess.
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There are mistakes all up and down this copy.
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Who edited it?
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Ed did.
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Ed edited it.
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Ed did.
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Ed edited it.
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Ed edited it.
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Ed edited it.
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All right, so I edited it.
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I did edit it.
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But it wasn't my column.
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Well, whose column was it?
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Colin.
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It was Colin's column.
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It was Colin's column?
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Yep, Colin's column.
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Well, where's Colin?
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He called in.
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Call Colin about his column.
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Colin?
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Says he didn't write it.
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Well, who wrote Colin's column?
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Rita.
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Rita wrote Colin's column?
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Right.
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Rita wrote it.
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Well, where's Rita?
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Here?
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Yeah, I wrote it, but I didn't proofread it.
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Well, who proofread it?
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Prue and Fred.
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Prue, Fred.
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You proofread?
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Yeah, we did.
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We did.
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Prue and Fred proofread what we had.
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But the photos were made.
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Well, whose photos were they?
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Jessica's.
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They're Jessica's photos.
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Jessica's photo?
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Jessica's photos.
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I don't like that.
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This office works best when things are fast and rhymy.
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Jessica, you're fired.
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Photo, you're promoted.
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Yes.
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Much better, right?
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Photos, photos.
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Yeah, yeah.
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All right, enough of this blame game.
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We're a team.
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The team teamed it, and the team can team did our way out.
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And re -edit
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Colin's column, reporters reporting that
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Rita wrote and Prue and Fred proofread.
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Lay a layout photos photos that markets had marketed.
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Prints will print what style will sell.
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Dale, have a get ready to deliver.
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Get it!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Ed Edited Colin's Column”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: photo, column, edited, proofread, Rita. This video has 61 sentences and 242 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:59. The speaker talks fast, about 246 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 14 of its 61 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
column noun/ˈkɒləm/A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
edit verb/ˈɛdɪt/To change a text, or a document.
reporter noun/ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/Someone or something that reports.
layout noun/ˈleɪ.aʊt/A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
dale noun/deu/A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
proofread verb/ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
rhymey adjectiveCharacterised by rhyme.
print verb/pɹɪnt/To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine.
mistake noun/mɪˈsteɪk/An error.
blame verb/bleɪm/To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing…
mess noun/mɛs/A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
promote verb/pɹəˈmoʊt/To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
deliver verb/dɪˈlɪv.ə(ɹ)/To set free from restraint or danger.
absolute adjective/ˈæb.sə.luːt/Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like column, edit, reporter.

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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