Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: U 5.1: DRAG (Audio) | Effortless English || JUN SHARE

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Drag.
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High price of mom's help is drag on family business.
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Dear Abby, 20 years ago, my sister and I bought a business from our mother.
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We all love and respect one another and get along well.
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We will be finished paying off the business in two years.
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Our problem.
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Mom, who is now 77,
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still draws a salary from us above and beyond the payment for the business.
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Her workload has lessened greatly, as it should.
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She could do all of her work in one day and lessen the burden of her salary.
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However, she says she'd go crazy if she retired.
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We don't want that.
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She could still come in as often as she wants and do her personal paperwork,
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work, banking, letter writing, reading,
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etc. These are all things she does at work on the clock.
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If we try to discuss this, mom gets hurt and says,
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just let me know when I'm not worth the money.
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We don't want to do that.
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We would hope she would see the fairness of this and suggest it herself.
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Business expenses are going through the roof, and there are updates we should make.
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But we can't do it as long as we are paying mom at the level we are,
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on top of the money for the buyout.
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Signed, Daughter's Dearest.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 23 sentences and 220 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 94 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
dragon noun/ˈdɹæɡən/In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a…
salary noun/ˈsæləɹi/A fixed amount of money paid to a worker, usually calculated on a monthly or annual basis, not hourly, as wages. Implies a degree of professionalism and/or…
clock noun/klɑk/A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
greatly adverb/ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/To a great extent or degree.
burden noun/ˈbɝdn̩/A heavy load.
expense noun/ɪkˈspɛns/A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds.
retire verb/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
paperwork noun/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌwɝk/Routine work involving written documents.
fairness noun/ˈfɛɚ.nəs/The property of being fair or equitable.
litter noun/ˈlɪt.ɚ/Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
lessen verb/ˈlɛsən/To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
buyout nounThe acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
workload nounThe amount of work assigned to a particular worker, normally in a specified time period.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get along verbTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.
pay off verbTo bribe, especially to deter oversight.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, I'm. 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 dragon, salary, clock.

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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