Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: The Blasters, Dark Night

Đang tạo bài học...
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I'm a teetotaler!
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I'm a teetotaler!
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Honest to God, I'm a teetotaler.
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I don't drink this shit much.
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I ain't fucking doing that.
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I really don't drink very much.
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You know why?
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It tastes like it did when I was a baby.
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It tastes like shit, you know?
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I don't care what the hell they say.
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Crown Royal, what kind of whiskey is that?
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I threw up a lot of whiskey whiskey.
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Let me see one of those.
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See, I'm a Scotch man.
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Yeah, well, I'll drink vodka.
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Or I'll take the cactus needle, the, you know, what the hell they call it, Metzcal tequila, the cactus needle.
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But I do not drink, honest to God.
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I know, look at this.
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Man, nobody's seen anything like that in 35 years.
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Tastes like shit makes you feel like shit.
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Yahoo!
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I don't bring you in, but the bandwagon.
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What about those guys?
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I got three more.
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One for each what?
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Oh, you know they used to call us the Rehabaneros.
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All drink Bills.
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You don't want to get the drummer drunk, I swear to God.
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Oh shit.
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Oh shit!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Yeah!
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Heart air hangs like a dead man From a white oak tree
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A people sittin' on porches Thinkin' how things are used to be Dark night,
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it's a dark night Dark night,
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it's a dark night
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The neighborhood was changing, strangers moving in A new boy fell for a local girl,
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but she made it nice to him She was young and pretty,
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no stranger to other men But windows were being wet at night,
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and whole clients drawn again I thought these things didn't matter anymore
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I thought all that blood had been shed long ago Dark night It's a dark night
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He took her to the outskirts He blessed his love to her
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They thought it was their secret Someone knew the way they were He got held so close He asked of a dream
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When a bullet from a passenger car Made the young girl scream her I thought these things didn't happen out anymore
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I thought all that blood hit me as shit long ago Dark night It's a dark night
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Dark night It's a dark night I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry so
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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Keith White!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 56 sentences and 388 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:00. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
whiskey noun/ˈwɪski/A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
needle noun/ˈniː.dəl/A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a…
passenger noun/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
stranger noun/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
bullet noun/ˈbʊlɪt/A projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed.
bless verb/blɛs/To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
scream verb/skɹiːm/To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
porch noun/pɔɹt͡ʃ/A covered entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a…
vodka noun/ˈvɑdkə/A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
drummer noun/ˈdɹʌmɚ/One who plays the drums.
outskirts noun/ˈaʊtskɝts/The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
teetotaler noun/ˈtitoʊtəlɚ/A person who completely abstains from alcoholic beverages.
cactus noun/ˈkæktəs/Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
bandwagon noun/ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən/A large wagon used to carry a band of musicians in a parade.
tequila noun/ˌtəˈkiː.lə/An alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented juice of the Central American century plant Agave tequilana.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
throw up verbTo vomit.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn'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. 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 whiskey, needle, passenger.

Ngữ pháp trong video

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

Cấu trúcTrong video
Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn was/were + -ing — việc đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứwas changing · were being
Tương lai với “will” will + động từ — quyết định, lời hứa hoặc dự đoánI'll drink · I'll take

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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