Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Work Stories (sooubway)
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I think that everyone at some point in their life should work in a fast-food or retail job.
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Not to improve their work ethic or anything, but so that everyone knows what it's like to have that kind of job.
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They wouldn't work in fast-food their whole lives, maybe just like, for six months.
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Just so they get a feel for it.
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So with that, let's talk about the time when I worked in fast food.
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I used to work at a very small, local, sandwich shop.
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I don't know if any of you guys heard of it, it's called SOOUBWAY?
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Our spokesperson was in the news recently.
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I don't know if you guys look at the news.
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Did you hear he got beat up in jail?
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I kinda want to meet the person who beat up Jared, more than Jared.
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Not in person, we wouldn't meet in person, obviously.
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But like, he would be behind bars, and I would just look at the guy who beat up my spokesperson.
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How many people get to say that they beat up a fast-food icon, who was also a pedophile?
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Only one, and it's that guy.
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Okay but seriously guys, working at Subway was probably one of the most easiest jobs out there.
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I don't know what I'm about to complain about it to you guys.
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We got free cookies! And you know the comic with the Subways in Hell?
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I was actually working at Subway when I made that comic.
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I just think it had sort of a little bit of value to it.
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You see, the owners, who were husband and wife...
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Can you believe it? ...of the Subway I worked at, owned two stores.
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One of the Subway stores was in a Walmart, on an Indian Reservation, 'cause we have those in Arizona, and the other Subway...
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...was the Subway I worked at.
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And since the Walmart store was always busy, the owners would spend 99% of their time at that store.
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So I didn't really have a boss, most of the time. On the off-chance the owners did show up, they would just pick up some food and then they would make sure I was making sandwiches the right way.
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And every time I made a sandwich in front of them, they would always find something wrong with it, without fail.
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YOU PUT ON TOO MANY OLIVES.
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Do you know, according to the Subway formula, you're only supposed to put on 6 olives on a foot long?
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SIX!..... One for every other bite.
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That's just ridiculous! Can you imagine someone just counting out 6 olives?
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Nobody does that!
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I usually worked the closing shift, and at the end of the night, we would turn the alarm and we would have 60 seconds to get out of the store.
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But one time, I had the opening shift.
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So I unlocked the door to get in with my key, and the alarm went, meaning I had 60 seconds to turn it off.
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No big deal, right?
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I turned the alarm on all the time when I was closing.
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So I go to the little control panel, and I type in the code, and nothing happens.
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The beeping is still there and the clock is still ticking down.
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So I go, "Okay, I'm going to press each button very carefully.
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I'm going to make sure each button makes a beep when I press it." Nothing still happens.
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So I go, "OKAY! I'm going to make sure to press each button, VERY CAREFULLY!" And I start thinking, did they change the pass code without telling me?
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Was the only pass code I know, so we're just gonna try it again.
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And I press each button, very carefully.
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And it goes quiet...
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AND THEN THE ALARM GOES OFF!
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I still had, like, 20 seconds left, but I guess when you get it wrong 3 times, it automatically assumes that you're a burglar.
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So while the alarm is going off, I look on the contact sheet for the owner's cell phone number, I step outside, I call him, and he doesn't pick up.
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So I go back inside, find the number for the other Subway store, they open an hour before we do, Someone picks up with their stupid voice, "Oh, thank you for calling Subway, I'm...
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...how may I help you?" And I go, "Hey, is Mike there?" That's not his real name guys, don't worry.
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And they go, "Um, just a minute." Yeah, sure, I have all the time in the world. The cops might be on their way, but take your time.
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So, Mike picks up.
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MIKE: y-hello JAMES: Hey Mike, this is James. Uh, what's the pass code for the alarm?
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MIKE: Who is this?
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JAMES: It's James. What's the passcode?
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MIKE: What are you doing there James?
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JAMES: WHY AREN'T YOU ANSWERING THE QUESTION?
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I have the opening shift.
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MIKE: Is the alarm going off?
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JAMES: Yeah. No one told me the new code.
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MIKE: Yeah, we changed it. It's the last 4 digits of your social security number.
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JAMES: Oh, oh, okay. Thanks Mike.
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I DON'T KNOW MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER!
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So I finally get the alarm off, no one showed up, thankfully.
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Which, I actually don't know if that's a good thing or not, now that I say it out loud.
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We did have a store manager who would, like, make the schedule and sometimes tell us, "Hey, can you guys do a better job at...
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your job?" But other than that, she was cool!
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She watches my videos and so do her little brothers, They're big fans. Shout out to Ivan and Andy.
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Those are the brothers.
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So get this, at Subway, you only work with one other person.
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Just you and them in an empty Subway for 5 hours.
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I mean we weren't, like, empty all the time. Okay?
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And when you're not making sandwiches, you have other stuff to do like, stocking the chips or...
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...we had stuff to do.
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But okay, we did watch a lot of Netflix and do homework, so I mean...
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That other person you worked with, would make or break your entire shift.
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It wasn't the annoying customers. I kinda got used to annoying customers.
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So I worked with a lot of crappy people.
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And I also worked with a lot of people who I would probably never become friends with except in a work setting.
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You see, you got to understand the type of people who got jobs at Subway.
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Potheads. Most of them were potheads.
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AND SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY COOL!
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I'm just gonna go over a couple of the characters that I worked with.
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There was Tyler, I freakin love this guy. He smoked a lot of weed.
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He actually told me what vaping was, and he got me into Clash of Clans.
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I actually mentioned him and his girlfriend in my riddles video.
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I don't know if I ever told him that.
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And of course I have to mention Corey, he was cool.
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We watched "How To Get Away With Murder" on Netflix, and I've also hung outside with him outside of work.
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What him and Tyler had in common is that they would actually do their job, Which you got to appreciate.
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Then there was this guy.
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And get this, I can say these things. He's dosen't watch my videos.
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There's Sarah. She was cool. She make me a bread bowl, and her boyfriend, Jay.
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He talked about chacras and...
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...third eyes, he was...
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interesting.
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And also, there's Anthonee. He's cool.
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What's up Anthonee!
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For the hundred thousand sprinkles video, I actually went back to Subway to use their scale because I knew they had one, and we counted 500 sprinkles again just to be more accurate for the hundred thousand, and Anthonee helped me count.
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Instead of working.
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I mean, at least he got paid...
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...minimum wage for it.
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So 2 more stories, before I go.
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One time...
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Jared asked to take out this pile of trash, and I was like, "Oh, okay, I'll just put this pile of trash in the dumpster." And as I was taking it out, I saw that there was a chip poster in the pile.
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And I thought, "This is too cool to throw away. I'm going to keep it." So I took it home with me, and then the next day, when I went in, people were saying, "Oh, where's the chip poster?
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We can't find the chip poster! We ha- We haven't seen it anywhere!" And I'm thinking, "I have the poster." I decide not to tell anyone that I had the poster, and it's still hanging up in my room.
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Sorry boss if you're finding out about this now.
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Okay, then the other story, I was working with the manager and we were just making sandwiches like usual, and I noticed that when we toasted a sandwich, it would burn the paper a little on the edges.
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"That probably shouldn't be happening." So then a customer asks for just bacon toasted.
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And the boss lady put some bacon on paper, and then puts it in the toaster.
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And we don't have a setting for just bacon.
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So then when she opens the toaster, There was a fire, on the bacon!
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So then she starts to wack it with the little, metal, tray thing, but all she ended up doing was fanning the flames, making the fire bigger. "Uh, you got this, right?" Then I went in the back and I got the fire extinguisher and I actually used it!
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I single-handedly saved that Subway!
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Wait. What have I done?
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BOSS LADY: Is it okay if the bacon's a little crispy?
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And has nitrogen and carbon dioxide stuff on it?
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Từ vựng và ghi chú luyện nói cho bài học này
Video này có 118 câu và 1631 từ để luyện shadowing. Phần lời nói dài 7:03. Người nói nói nhanh, khoảng 232 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 đáng học trong video, kèm phiên âm và nghĩa:
| Từ | Phiên âm | Nghĩa |
|---|---|---|
| alarm danh từ | /əˈlɑɹm/ | sự báo động |
| poster danh từ | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | bích chương, áp phích |
| chip danh từ | /t͡ʃɪp/ | phỉnh |
| bacon danh từ | /ˈbeɪ.kən/ | thịt muối, thịt lợn muối xông khói |
| olive danh từ | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | ô liu |
| comic danh từ | /ˈkɑmɪk/ | truyện tranh |
| trash danh từ | /tɹæʃ/ | rác |
| toast danh từ | /toʊst/ | bánh mì nướng |
| spokesperson danh từ | /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/ | người phát ngôn, phát ngôn viên |
| formula danh từ | /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/ | công thức |
| wage danh từ | /weɪd͡ʒ/ | lương |
| sheet danh từ | /ʃit/ | tờ |
| cop danh từ | /kɑp/ | cớm |
| bite động từ | /baɪt/ | cắn |
| weed danh từ | /wiːd/ | cỏ dại |
Cụm động từ bạn sẽ nghe
| Từ | Nghĩa |
|---|---|
| beat up động từ | đánh đập |
| pick up động từ | nhặt, lượm |
| go back động từ | trở lại |
| throw away động từ | vất, vứt |
Phát âm cần chú ý
Người nói dùng 39 dạng rút gọn, ví dụ don't, I'm, you're. Hãy nói theo dạng ngắn đúng như bạn nghe.
- Âm “sh” và “zh”: trash /tɹæʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
- Từ dài — đặt trọng âm cho đúng: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/
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 alarm, poster, chip.
Ngữ pháp trong video
Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:
| Cấu trúc | Trong video |
|---|---|
| Mệnh đề quan hệ who / which + mệnh đề — thêm thông tin về người hoặc vật | person who beat · guy who beat · people who I |
| Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại | I've also hung · haven't seen |
| Thì quá khứ tiếp diễn was/were + -ing — việc đang diễn ra tại một thời điểm trong quá khứ | was actually working · was making · was closing |
| Lời khuyên với “should” should + động từ — nói điều nên làm | should work · shouldn't be |
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.