Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: FCE1 TEST2 PART4

Đang tạo bài học...
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Now turn to part four.
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You'll hear a girl called Trisha Simpkins talking at a public
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meeting about a plan to create a nature reserve in the centre of a large city.
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For questions 24 to 30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
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You now have one minute in which to look at part four.
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Thank you.
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you for coming to this public meeting
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which has been called to discuss the idea of creating a nature reserve in the city, that is, an area where wildlife is protected.
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And to begin with, local teenager, Trisha Simkins, is going to tell us some of the background to the idea.
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Trisha.
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Yes, hello.
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I'd like to start by saying that, like many city teenagers, I don't have much contact with the countryside.
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I live off a busy, polluted shopping street, full of people and cars in the middle of a crowded city, and I'd never given any thought to wildlife.
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Even though every house down my street has got a bit of a garden, and we have trees along the road and a piece of waste ground at one end, it seemed nothing out of the ordinary,
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and I took it all for granted.
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My attitude started to change
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when we had to do a survey of the wildlife in the city as part of a school project.
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We chose ten families from the street and we asked them just to write down all the animals,
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birds, insects and so on that they could remember seeing in their garden
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or down the street during the last couple of years.
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All sorts of surprising things soon started coming out of that survey, like that we have 20 different sorts of butterfly,
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50 different types of birds and all sorts of animals, even some quite large ones like foxes and deer.
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At first we wondered what it meant, like was it a world record or something?
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We'd no way of knowing.
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So what we did, we got in touch with a nature reserve out in the country
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and asked them what you could see there.
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And that's when we realised that we've as much, if not more, wildlife than they do.
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and that's what really got us interested in the idea of a nature reserve here
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because what worries us now is
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that we may be losing our local wildlife one specially worrying
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thing has been all the cutting down of trees in the
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streets we've got really big old trees here in this part of the city
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and of course if one gets damaged in a storm
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or gets a disease it has to be removed
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but this year alone over 100 of these trees have been chopped down
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Now the reason given for this is that the trees have really extensive root systems, which makes it difficult for people laying gas pipes, electricity cables and things.
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But we think these problems are not as serious as they are made out to be, and there's no need for all this destruction.
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What's more, although the local council has agreed to plant new trees in place of the old ones, what they're planting are these little ornamental trees that look nice,
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but the birds and animals just don't use them in the same way
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and they're not even saving money because more suitable trees cost just the same.
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Another example of what can happen is the wasteland at the end of our street.
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It belongs to the city council and as children we all used to play there
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and we thought it was really great because it was
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so covered in bushes and wildflowers that you could get lost if you went off the little muddy tracks.
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Then a few years ago, no doubt thinking they were doing the right thing, the council decided to tidy it up.
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And now it's just an area of grass where people go to exercise their dogs.
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There are a few little trees, but basically there's not a lot there anymore.
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So, what I'd like to propose this afternoon is that we use this space to create a nature reserve.
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We think it should be allowed to go back to its natural condition, thus providing a refuge for the local wildlife which may be suffering from the loss of trees in the area.
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This would, of course, also be a leisure amenity for people who want to get away from the stresses of city living, which is hardly something we would want to deny them.
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So, I would like you...
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Now you'll hear part four again.
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Good afternoon.
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Thank you for coming to this public meeting
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which has been called to discuss the idea of creating a nature reserve in the city.
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That is, an area where wildlife is protected.
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And to begin with, local teenager, Tricia Simpkins, is going to tell us some of the background to the idea.
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Tricia.
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Yes, hello.
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I'd like to start by saying that, like many city teenagers, I don't have much contact with the countryside.
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I live off a busy, polluted shopping street, full of people and cars in the middle of a crowded city, and I'd never given any thought to wildlife.
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Even though every house down my street has got a bit of a garden, and we have trees along the road and a piece of waste ground at one end,
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it seemed nothing out of the ordinary and I took it all for granted.
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My attitude started to change
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when we had to do a survey of the wildlife in the city as part of a school project.
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We chose ten families from the street and we asked them just to write down all the animals, birds, insects and so on that they could remember seeing in their garden
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or down the street during the last couple of years.
69
All sorts of surprising things soon started coming out of that survey, like that we have 20 different sorts of butterfly,
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50 different types of birds, and all sorts of animals, even some quite large ones like foxes and deer.
71
At first we wondered what it meant, like was it a world record or something?
72
We'd no way of knowing.
73
So what we did, we got in touch with a nature reserve out in the country
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and asked them what you could see there.
75
And that's when we realised that we've as much, if not more, wildlife than they do.
76
And that's what really got us interested in the idea of a nature reserve here.
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Because what worries us now is that we may be losing our local wildlife.
78
One specially worrying thing has been all the cutting down of trees in the streets.
79
We've got really big old trees here in this part of the city, and of course if one gets damaged in a storm or gets a disease, it has to be removed.
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But this year alone, over 100 of these trees have been chopped down.
81
Now the reason given for this is that the trees have really extensive root systems, which makes it difficult for people laying gas pipes, electricity cables and things.
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But we think these problems are not as serious as they are made out to be
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and there's no need for all this destruction.
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What's more, although the local council has agreed to plant new trees in place of the old ones, what they're planting are these little ornamental trees that look nice
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but the birds and animals just don't use them in the same way
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and they're not even saving money because more suitable trees cost just the same.
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Another example of what can happen is the wasteland at the end of our street.
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It belongs to the city council and as children we all used to play there
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and we thought it was really great because it was
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so covered in bushes and wildflowers that you could get lost if you went off the little muddy tracks.
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Then a few years ago, no doubt thinking they were doing the right thing, the council decided to tidy it up.
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And now it's just an area of grass where people go to exercise their dogs.
93
There are a few little trees, but basically there's not a lot there anymore.
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So, what I'd like to propose this afternoon is that we use this space to create a nature reserve.
95
We think it should be allowed to go back to its natural condition, thus providing a refuge for the local wildlife which may be suffering from the loss of trees in the area.
96
This would of course also be a leisure amenity for people
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who want to get away from the stresses of city living which is hardly something we would want to deny them.
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So I would like you...
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There'll now be a pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet.
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Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions.
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I'll remind you when there is one minute left so that you're sure to finish in time.
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That's the end of the test.
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Please stop now.
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Your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and answer sheets.

Mục Tiêu Nói Cho Đoạn Video Này

Trong đoạn video này, bạn sẽ luyện tập kỹ năng nói tiếng Anh thông qua một cuộc hội thảo công cộng. Trisha Simpkins, một cô gái trẻ, chia sẻ về kế hoạch tạo ra một khu dự trữ thiên nhiên ở trung tâm thành phố. Mục tiêu chính là giúp bạn nâng cao khả năng nói lưu loát, đặc biệt là trong việc diễn đạt ý tưởng và thuyết phục người khác. Bằng cách tham gia vào "shadowing tiếng anh", bạn sẽ cải thiện khả năng phát âm, ngữ điệu và sự tự tin khi giao tiếp.

Ngân Hàng Cụm Từ

  • “Thank you for coming” - Cảm ơn các bạn đã đến.
  • “wildlife is protected” - Động vật hoang dã được bảo vệ.
  • “it seemed nothing out of the ordinary” - Có vẻ như không có gì đặc biệt.
  • “what worries us now” - Điều khiến chúng tôi lo lắng bây giờ.
  • “go back to its natural condition” - Trở lại trạng thái tự nhiên của nó.

Khắc Phục Các Điểm Yếu

Video này sẽ giúp bạn khắc phục các vấn đề về phát âm và nhịp điệu khi nói tiếng Anh. Trong cuộc hội thảo, Trisha sử dụng nhiều cụm từ và cấu trúc câu khác nhau, giúp bạn làm quen với cách diễn đạt tự nhiên và gần gũi hơn. Việc luyện tập theo "shadow speak" sẽ giúp bạn nghe và nói một cách tự nhiên hơn, từ đó cải thiện khả năng giao tiếp trong các tình huống hàng ngày.

Hãy nhớ rằng, việc luyện tập thường xuyên là chìa khóa để thành công. Bạn có thể xem lại video nhiều lần và cố gắng nhại lại cách nói của Trisha. Thực hành theo các cụm từ đã học sẽ giúp bạn cảm thấy tự tin hơn khi giao tiếp. Tham gia vào luyện nói tiếng anh không chỉ giúp bạn nâng cao kỹ năng ngôn ngữ mà còn mở rộng vốn từ vựng và cách diễn đạt của bạn trong tiếng Anh.

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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