Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: My School Stories

I just recently realized that the majority of my school days are over.

I don't know about anyone else, but I used to think to myself, Ugh, school's never gonna end.

12 years plus college is so long to spend just in school.

And now, all of a sudden, it's practically over.

And it's like, w-what?

What happened?

Wait, I'm not ready to be an adult yet!

And you know what else is scary?

I don't remember pretty much anything I learned from grade 6 up.

It's just a jumble of English papers and random history I didn't care about.

Kinda makes you question the education system when you think about it.

So, I don't remember a lot of the things I studied during school, but I do have a lot of dumb, random memories that I, for some reason, haven't forgotten about over the years.

For example, in first grade, I lost my front left tooth in the middle of class and started bleeding all over the place.

And the teacher had to stop in the middle of class to get me a tissue

and one of those little teeth envelopes to hold the tooth I just spat out.

I don't know if schools still use those, but they were the funniest concept to me.

Like you come home.

Oh mom, you got mail.

Oh, what is it?

Oh, it's not much.

It's just my freaking gross saliva covered baby tooth I ripped out of my head in the middle of school.

Does school still do this?

I don't know.

I hope so.

Oh, dude, that's a funny memory.

I bet you don't remember what you were learning about while you bled on everything.

Nope, you're wrong.

We were learning about emperor penguins.

Thanks for remembering all those important details, brain.

Appreciate ya.

I also remember everyone in school kind of fit into a category.

Athletes, popular kids, nerds, anime nerds, emos, you name them.

What kind of kid was I in school?

You guessed it!

The quiet one who never talked at all.

Growing up, I was a shy, quiet person, and I always only had one or two friends in a class, if any.

I mean, I'm still pretty reserved, but I mean, that's not the point.

I was so shy that one time my nose started bleeding randomly in the middle of a class, and I was too quiet to get up and excuse myself to go to the bathroom or the nurse.

So I silently just raised my hand, waiting to get permission to leave.

And you know what happened?

The teacher took five minutes to call on me.

I spent five minutes panicking, trying my best not to bleed on anything.

Looking back, there was a lot of blood involved in these memories.

Ooh, one time a teacher asked the class a question, and a few people raised their hand, but as he was looking around the room, we made eye contact.

Oh god.

Jaden!

Crap.

Everyone knows, if you don't want to be called on, don't make eye contact.

It's school 101.

I- I don't know.

He went on to someone else who had their hand raised, which he should have done in the first place.

If someone doesn't have their hand raised, it means they don't have the answer.

Don't be mad when you call on someone without their hand raised and they don't have an answer.

So he continued his lecture, and I started calming down from the surprise spotlight.

But a few minutes later, he had another question.

Can anyone define a peninsula?

Oh, I know what a peninsula is, but I don't know how to describe it, so I won't raise my hand.

Jaden!

What the- are you actually trying to give me a seizure?

I- I- I don't- do you know?

No, but- well, I- I mean yes, I- I know what it is.

Then he yelled, Then tell me!

The class laughed because he was being sarcastic.

I thought it was funny too, but for some reason I almost started crying.

He didn't call on me the rest of the year.

Alongside being the shy girl, I was also known as being the art kid.

I think everyone who's artsy in school can relate relate.

Whenever someone found out you like to draw, it would immediately turn to, You like to draw?

Can you draw me?

And the answer would always be, Heh heh.

Anyway, like the nice way of saying, Heh heh, that's a silly question.

No, of course I don't want to draw you.

And several years later to this day, people are still asking me if I would draw them things.

And the answer is still, heh heh.

No. In my middle school art class on the last day of school, we had a little celebration end of the year art competition.

Not a drawing contest, but a who's the most passionate about

and is most likely going to do something with it in their life

and not just drop it and get a day job sitting in a cubicle all day.

Contest.

Me, having pretty much zero self-confidence, already accepted the fact that someone else would get it.

I wasn't sad or anything.

I just knew in my head people weren't going to vote for me because, one, I never really talked to people and it was a class vote, and two, I don't know, I just didn't think I was good enough.

But to my surprise, I actually won!

I was so startled when the teacher called my name, like, what?

Me?

Are you sure?

You don't want to count the votes again?

Kathy's pretty good.

Everyone likes Kathy.

Frickin' Kathy.

Then high school happened, and I met my high school art teacher.

This guy was...

I don't know how to describe him.

I've never met someone so...

psychopathic.

To start, he had this obsession with Pirates of the Caribbean, and even though there's nothing wrong with that, I mean, everyone has their fandoms.

He would sit back at his desk and blast different remixes of the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack, even when we were all trying to draw.

He would hop up onto desks and scream, SWING YOUR SWORD!

While whirling around a golf club with a paintbrush taped to the end of it.

100

No one knew what he meant.

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We didn't question anything.

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He hung a pirate flag on the emergency fire sprinkler.

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A bit of a safety hazard if you ask me, but again, no one questioned him.

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And one time on a random day of class...

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ARGH!

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DRAW ME!

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He burst through the door dressed up completely like a pirate, screaming in people's faces and running around like a crackpot.

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I didn't take his class anymore.

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But that was not the end of Mr. Captain Jack Sparrow, nope!

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You know why?

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Because he was one of the tennis coaches!

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Yep, and you all know who was on the tennis team!

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It wasn't that bad because he coached the boys team.

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His ex-wife coached the girls.

115

She got fired later on for sleeping with the track teacher.

116

But this story isn't about her.

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So he'd be there while we were on the next court with her own drills.

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And one practice, I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden he got super hyped out of nowhere and started yelling and making a commotion.

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And we all kind of just stopped and looked over at him like Okay, what's he doing?

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And then he started yelling, I'm gonna jump over the net!

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And the rule of tennis for everyone out there is don't jump over the net!

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We were all just standing there like what the heck is going on?

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And then he started running to actually do it and you know what happened?

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He safely jumped over the net?

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Wrong.

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His foot caught the top of it and it slingshotted him face first into the concrete.

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This is why you don't jump over the net.

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You need to take him to the doctor and she's like, nah, he's fine.

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Like no seriously, he could have a concussion.

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That was a hard hit.

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He's alright.

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He'll shake it off.

133

Dude, so his ex-wife took him to the doctor and we all just stood around for a while.

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I don't think he had a concussion, but he did get two black eyes and had to wear sunglasses in class for like a month.

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And that was cool for me.

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There you go.

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Hey dudes!

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It's been a while since I've talked to you.

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Sorry I took so long getting this video out.

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I'm gonna start uploading more frequently now, so yeah.

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I wanted to let you know real quick before the recording bloopers, there's new t-shirt designs in the shop now, so you might want to check those bad boys out.

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Yeah.

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I'm in- I always record in my closet, and Ari's in here with me.

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You got anything to say, Ari?

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Quack?

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Okay, so yeah, see you later, alligator.

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Quiet person.

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And I always only had one, and I always, oh, I was so shy that, oh, my neck popped.

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Which he should have done in the first, hey, which he should have done in the first, Ari.

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Which he should have done in the, god dang it.

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I think that actually helped me continue doing art, actually.

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Wait.

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Quack, quack.

154

Haha.

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Từ vựng và ghi chú luyện nói cho bài học này

Bài luyện nói trình độ B1 này dựa trên video “My School Stories”. Những từ được nhắc lại nhiều nhất trong bài: draw, heh, teacher. Video này có 154 câu và 1587 từ để luyện shadowing. Phần lời nói dài 7:52. Người nói nói nhanh, khoảng 202 từ mỗi phút, nên sẽ có nhiều chỗ nối âm và nuốt âm. 83% số từ nằm trong 3.000 từ tiếng Anh thông dụng nhất; phần còn lại nên xem trước khi luyện.

Từ vựng quan trọng trong video

15 từ khó nhất trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:

Từ	Phiên âm	Nghĩa
bleed động từ	/ˈbliːd/	chảy máu, xuất huyết
yell động từ	/jɛl/	la hét
tooth danh từ	/tuθ/	răng
pirate danh từ	/ˈpaɪɹət/	cướp biển, hải tặc
peninsula danh từ	/pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/	bán đảo
alligator danh từ	/ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/	cá sấu
saliva danh từ	/səˈlaɪvə/	nước bọt, nước miếng
slingshot danh từ	/ˈslɪŋʃɒt/	ná
startle động từ	/ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/	làm giật mình, làm hoảng hốt
fandom danh từ	/ˈfændəm/	cộng đồng người hâm mộ, văn hóa người hâm mộ
sunglasses danh từ		kính râm, kiếng mát
penguin danh từ	/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/	chim cánh cụt, chim cụt cánh
spit động từ	/spɪt/	nhổ, khạc nhổ
envelope danh từ	/ˈɛnvə(ˌ)loʊp/	phong bì, bao thư
soundtrack danh từ	/ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/	nhạc phim

Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe

Từ	Nghĩa
get up động từ	dậy

Những câu đáng luyện lại

Các câu ngắn, trọn ý trong video mà bạn có thể dùng lại khi giao tiếp hằng ngày:

Wait, I'm not ready to be an adult yet!
What kind of kid was I in school?
What the- are you actually trying to give me a seizure?
I- I- I don't- do you know?
You don't want to count the votes again?

Ngữ pháp trong video

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

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại	haven't forgotten · I've never met · I've talked
Câu bị động be + quá khứ phân từ — nhấn vào việc xảy ra, không phải người làm	be called · was also known
Động từ + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — những động từ theo sau là dạng -ing	started bleeding · started calming · started crying
Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn was/were + -ing — việc đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ	were learning · was looking · was being

Phát âm cần chú ý

Người nói dùng 48 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ don't, didn't, I'm. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.

Âm “th”: tooth /tuθ/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/
Âm “sh” và “zh”: concussion /kəŋkˈəʃɪn/, commotion /kəˈmoʊ.ʃən/, paintbrush /ˈpeɪntˌbɹʌʃ/, slingshot /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/, seizure /ˈsi.ʒɚ/
Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: peninsula /pəˈnɪn.sə.lə/, alligator /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/

Những âm người Việt thường gặp khó:

Cụm phụ âm cuối — đọc đủ từng âm, đừng nuốt âm cuối: remix /ˈɹiːˌmɪks/, burst /bɜːst/, blast /blæst/
Âm /tʃ/, /dʒ/ và /ʒ/ — tiếng Việt không có, đừng đọc thành “ch” hay “gi”: jumble /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəl/, seizure /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, lecture /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/
Âm /æ/ — mở miệng rộng hơn âm “e”: alligator /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/, crackpot /ˈkɹæk.pɒt/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/, fandom /ˈfændəm/, sarcastic /sɑɹˈkæs.tɪk/

Cách luyện với video này

Nghe hết video một lần, chưa cần nói, và ghi lại những từ bạn chưa biết.
Bắt đầu ở tốc độ 0,75×, nói đuổi từng câu, rồi quay lại tốc độ bình thường khi đã quen.
Ghi âm giọng mình rồi so với bản gốc, chú ý các từ như bleed, yell, tooth.

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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