Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: 백인의 인종차별에 지칠대로 지친 동양인

Đang tạo bài học...
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I am so sick and tired of racist old white ladies.
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I'm sorry that you're old and wrinkly and you're a boomer and you look like you should be 100 years old.
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I just finished my workout and I wear sunscreen every single day in here in Arizona.
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Why?
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Because Arizona sun.
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Literally always wearing sunscreen.
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So I finished my workout and, you know, I got sweaty so I washed my face off and I was reapplying my sunscreen, which is this little stick thing.
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Yes, it does look like a glue stick.
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And this old white lady comes up to me and she goes, Oh my gosh, why are you putting glue stick on your face?
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I was like, oh, it's actually sunscreen like a travel sunscreen
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and then she fucking says Why are you people also obsessed with sunscreen
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and staying so pale and I was like you people and she was like Hold on.
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It just seems like a lot of Orientals are so into sunscreen and keeping their skin pale.
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What's so wrong with a little bit of a sun-kissed skin?
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Oriental I was literally like up to here.
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I was so pissed I said yeah, so we don't end up looking like you
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and the way she like gusped
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if she was fucking wearing pearls She would have like grasped her pearls like as if I was like
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Attacking her in some way and she goes There's no need to be rude about it, and I said
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You are being rude You are being insensitive and calling me you people
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and calling us oriental What does oriental even mean do you even know what oriental means and yeah?
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I do wear sunscreen so I don't get wrinkly like you.
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Yeah, and I just walked away because I have nothing else to say to her So yeah, I hope she continues to not wear sunscreen and look like a wrinkly, ruggly-ass, ball sack bitch for the rest of her life Okay

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “백인의 인종차별에 지칠대로 지친 동양인”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sunscreen, oriental, wrinkly, stick, wear. This video has 23 sentences and 336 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:36. The speaker talks fast, about 210 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 4 of its 23 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
sunscreen nounA topical substance formulated to protect the skin from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation by absorbing, reflecting or scattering ultraviolet rays.
wrinkly adjective/ˈɹɪŋk(ə)li/Having wrinkles.
glue noun/ɡlu/A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.
workout noun/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
pale adjective/peɪl/Light in color.
pearl noun/pɝl/A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain…
rude adjective/ɹuːd/Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
insensitive adjective/ɪnˈsɛnsɪtɪv/Expressing or feeling little or no concern, care, compassion, or consideration for the feelings, emotions, sentiments, or concerns of other people…
obsess verb/əbˈsɛs/To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
reapply verbTo apply again.
gosh/ɡɑːʃ/A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
sack noun/sæk/A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with…
grasp verb/ɡɹæsp/To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come up to verbTo approach.
end up verbTo bring to a conclusion.
walk away verbTo withdraw from a problematic situation.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, 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. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sunscreen, wrinkly, glue.

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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