Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Lessons in Chemistry, first two minutes

Đang tạo bài học...
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Hey, ladies.
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I'm sorry.
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The audience is full for today.
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Please come back tomorrow.
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Baking dish?
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The left holds more heat.
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Live in, too.
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I need you in the chair.
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Did you get the sodium chloride I requested? Of course.
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Roma or Sam or Zan.
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Roma.
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Thank you, James.
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You never answered my question about the Presto sponsorship, and I know how you feel about sponsors.
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I will start the show with it, Walter.
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Really?
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You're not just saying that?
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Oh, good lord.
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Thank you.
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Uh, cans are on the counter.
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Don't forget to smile from time to time.
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Have a great show.
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Bye.
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What kind of salt did you want?
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Uniodized.
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I went with kosher.
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This all gotta be perfect.
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Label's out.
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Uh...
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It's all in the cue cards.
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Oh, don't worry, Walter.
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Got it.
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Welcome, ladies.
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The show's about to start.
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Big smiles, energy, happy, energy, big smiles, how are you?
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And rolling, we're live in five, four, three.
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Welcome, viewers.
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My name is Elizabeth Zott and this is Supper at Six.
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I'll see you next time.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 38 sentences and 179 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:35. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
dish noun/dɪʃ/A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
sponsor noun/ˈspɒn.səː/A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or…
bake verb/beɪk/To cook (something) in an oven (for someone).
sodium noun/ˈsəʊ.di.əm/The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never…
viewer noun/ˈvju.ɚ/Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
sponsorship nounThe state or practice of being a sponsor.
chloride noun/ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/Any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
kosher adjective/ˈkoʊʃɚ/Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
uniodized adjectiveNot iodized.
smile verb/ˈsmaɪl/To have (a smile) on one's face.
salt noun/sɒlt/A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
counter noun/ˈkaʊn.tɚ/One who counts.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gotta, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, kosher /ˈkoʊʃɚ/

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 dish, sponsor, bake.

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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