Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Maroon 5 - Maps

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Emergency room.
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Where is it?
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Where is the fucking emergency room?
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Just tell me.
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Where is it?
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Where is it?
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Do you think that we had it all?
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We drew a map to a better place What happened to me, Mr. Hubert ?
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What happened to me?
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My fucking habit before!
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You were happy after me, oh!
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When I was almost on my knees
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And you said you had my back so I wonder where we are
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All the rules you took came back to me
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So I'm following the map that leads to you The map
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that leads to you Ain't nothing I can do The map that leads to you Following,
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following, following to you The map that leads to you Ain't nothing I can do The map that leads to you Following,
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following, following I hear your voice from my sleep at night How to resist temptation
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Cause all these treasures come over me Now I can't get over you No, I just can't get over you
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I was there for you in the darkest times I was there for you in the darkest times
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But I wonder where we are When I was out, my world's down on my knees
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And you said to hide my back So I wonder where we are
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That all the rules you took came after me
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So I'm bowing no nothing leads to you There's nothing I can do No nothing leads to you All in,
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bowing, bowing to you No nothing leads to you And everything I can do No nothing leads to you Oh,
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oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Yeah, yeah, yeah Oh, oh Oh, I was there for you Oh,
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in your darkest time Oh, I was there for you Oh, in your darkest night Oh, I was there for you Oh, in your darkest time Oh,
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I was there for you Oh, in your darkest night But I wonder where we are
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When I was at my house Down on my knees
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And you said you had my back So I wonder where we are
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And all the rules you took And got to me So I'm following on that that leads to you Follow me,
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follow me, follow me

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Maroon 5 - Maps”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: leads, darkest, map, wonder, bowing. This video has 32 sentences and 373 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:21. The speaker talks at a steady 111 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 7 of its 32 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 9 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
knee noun/ni/In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
bow noun/ˈboʊ̯/A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
habit noun/ˈhæb.ɪt/An action performed on a regular basis.
resist verb/ɹɪˈzɪst/To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
treasure noun/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
temptation noun/ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/The act of tempting.
wonder noun/ˈwʌndɚ/A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise…
emergency noun/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
draw verb/dɹɑ/To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get over verbTo overcome.
come over verbTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, ain't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, temptation /ˌtɛmpˈteɪʃən/

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 knee, bow, habit.

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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