Thank you so much for joining me.

非常感謝您的參與。

Today, we are going to talk about how to do the best possible shadowing exercise.

今天，我們就來談談如何做好影子練習。

If you have no idea what a shadowing exercise is, then you are in for a treat because it's really one of the best ways to improve everything about your English, and if you've been doing this for a while, then you might want to stick around as well because you'll learn the biggest mistakes English learners make when doing the shadowing exercise.

如果你不知道什麼是影子練習，那你就大飽眼福了，因為這確實是提高英語水平的最佳方法之一。如果你已經做了一段時間，那你可能也想堅持下去，因為你會了解到英語學習者在做影子練習時所犯的最大錯誤。

And also, I'm going to give you a few tips on how to improve it and optimize it, because I love efficiency.

此外，我還會給你一些如何改進和優化的建議，因為我喜歡效率。

If you're already practicing, it might as well work really, really well for you.

如果你已經在練習了，那就不妨讓它對你非常非常有效。

And this is what this video is all about.

這就是這段視頻的意義所在。

But before that, if you are new to my channel, then hello.

但在此之前，如果你是我頻道的新成員，那麼你好。

My name is Hadar.

我叫哈達爾

I'm a non-native speaker of English, and I am here to help you sound confident, clear, and proud when speaking English.

我的英語母語不是英語，我將幫助您在說英語時顯得自信、清晰和自豪。

Now, pride is not something that you hear, but it's something that you feel when someone else is speaking.

現在，自豪感不是你聽到的，而是你在別人發言時感受到的。

And I want you to be very, very proud of your English, because it's your second language, or third, or fourth, and you should be very proud, no matter what the outcome is.

我希望你們為自己的英語感到非常、非常自豪，因為這是你的第二語言、第三語言或第四語言，無論結果如何，你都應該感到非常自豪。

Now, if you want to find out more about how I can help you, then I highly recommend that you visit my website, hadarshemesh.com, or you can also follow me on Instagram at hadar.accentsway, where I share a new piece of content every single day, so I have a feeling that you're going to like it.

現在，如果你想了解更多關於我如何幫助你的資訊，那麼我強烈建議你訪問我的網站 hadarshemesh.com，或者你也可以在 Instagram 上關注我，網址是 hadar.accentsway，在那裡我每天都會分享一篇新內容，所以我感覺你會喜歡的。

I'm going to put all the links below this video.

我將把所有鏈接放在視頻下方。

Now let's talk about the shadowing technique.

現在我們來談談陰影技術。

The shadowing technique is basically you shadowing someone else speaking, meaning you're repeating what they are saying.

影子技術基本上就是你跟著別人說話，也就是說，你在重複別人說的話。

Now, you can also call it the imitation exercise, or as I like to call it, the echoing exercise, where you're just like echoing what someone else is saying.

現在，你也可以稱之為模仿練習，或者我喜歡稱之為呼應練習，你就像在呼應別人說的話一樣。

Now, before we get into how to do it and how to avoid the biggest mistake, the reason why it's so good is because first, it helps you develop intuition.

現在，在我們討論如何做到這一點以及如何避免最大的錯誤之前，之所以說這一點很好，是因為首先，它能幫助你培養直覺。

What does that mean?

這是什麼意思？

It helps you understand things in English on a deeper level, a level that is not logical or intellectual, but you feel it in your body.

它能幫助你更深層次地理解英語，這種理解不是邏輯或知識層面的，而是你身體的感受。

You feel the rhythm of the words and sounds.

你能感受到文字和聲音的節奏。

And there are things that you can't put in words, or you can't find a logical explanation to why something sounds the way it does.

有些事情你無法用語言表達，或者你找不到合理的解釋來解釋為什麼有些東西聽起來是這樣的。

And when you're imitating someone, it's like when you're singing along or humming along with a melody, you're tapping into different layers that usually don't exist when we just think of the language as spoken language or words.

當你模仿別人時，就像你跟著旋律唱歌或哼唱一樣，你在挖掘不同的層次，而當我們只把語言當作口語或文字時，這些層次通常是不存在的。

So that's the first reason.

這就是第一個原因。

The second reason, it can help you understand and listen to sounds in a way that you usually don't listen to, especially if you're paying attention.

第二個原因是，它可以幫助你理解和傾聽通常聽不到的聲音，尤其是在你專心聽的時候。

You also start noticing things like melody, intonation, rhythm, all of which are very, very important when communicating in English, and they give you that extra sense of confidence and ability to express yourself and how you're feeling and your attitude towards things.

你也會開始注意到旋律、語調、節奏等在英語交流中非常非常重要的東西，它們會給你帶來額外的自信感，讓你有能力表達自己、自己的感受和對事物的態度。

Now, if you're only focusing on the words and sentences, then you're losing a lot of the elements that we have in normal speech, things that we don't think about, but we feel and hear when other people speak.

現在，如果你只關注單詞和句子，那麼你就會失去很多我們在正常說話時所擁有的元素，這些東西我們不假思索，但當別人說話時，我們會感覺到並聽到。

And this is why imitation exercises are really, really cool.

這就是為什麼模仿練習非常非常酷的原因。

Also, it's something that you can do on the go while you're driving or doing the dishes or walking your dog.

此外，您還可以在開車、洗碗或遛狗時隨時隨地做這件事。

So it's a very efficient exercise that you can, you know, leverage basically any situation when you're doing something and you don't have a lot of people around you into a practice opportunity, which is also a plus.

是以，這是一種非常高效的練習，你可以在做某件事情時，利用身邊沒有很多人的任何情況，將其轉化為練習機會，這也是一個優點。

Now, before we talk about the biggest mistakes learners make when doing these shadowing exercises, I want to talk about how to do it.

現在，在談論學習者在進行影子練習時所犯的最大錯誤之前，我想先談談如何進行影子練習。

Okay?

好嗎？

And I want to give you a few tips on how to do it.

我想給你一些建議，告訴你如何做到這一點。

So the first is to just play the audio and then echo the person you're listening to, or shadow the person you're listening to.

是以，第一種方法是直接播放音頻，然後與您正在聆聽的人或您正在聆聽的人形成呼應。

Right?

對不對？

So basically, you're not pausing, you're not doing anything, you're just repeating it a split second after them.

所以，基本上，你沒有暫停，也沒有做任何事情，只是在他們之後的一瞬間重複了一遍。

Now, at the end, I'm also going to give you a few tips on how to optimize this exercise, but for now, I want you to know that this is the first option that you have, right?

最後，我還會給你一些如何優化這項練習的建議，但現在，我想讓你知道，這是你的第一個選擇，對嗎？

And this is something that you can do on the go as you're driving your car or doing the dishes.

您可以在開車或洗碗時隨時隨地做這件事。

Because I have worked a working-class job.

因為我做過工人階級的工作。

I have waited tables in restaurants, I have ridden the subway, I have walked the streets in New York City.

我在餐館當過服務員，坐過地鐵，走過紐約的大街小巷。

The second option is when you are more concentrated, seated at your desk or on your couch, and ideally, you might want to have the script of the speech that you are shadowing, and what you want to do is to play a line, pause, and repeat.

第二種選擇是在你比較專注的時候，坐在你的辦公桌前或沙發上，理想情況下，你可能希望有你要跟讀的演講稿，你要做的是播放一句話，暫停，然後重複。

Okay?

好嗎？

So basically, you play a line, then you pause, and don't wait till the end.

是以，基本上是先播放一行，然後暫停，不要等到結束。

Like, you can take a short chunk, and then pause, and then repeat.

比如，你可以取一小段，然後暫停，再重複。

I started doing this because...

我開始這樣做是因為...

I started doing this.

我開始這樣做了。

I started doing this because...

我開始這樣做是因為...

I started doing this because...

我開始這樣做是因為...

I was having...

我有...

I was having...

我有...

I was having...

我有...

This incredible, uh...

這個令人難以置信的...

This incredible... response.

這令人難以置信的...... 迴應。

Now, the advantage of this exercise is that you can go deeper, you can pay attention to more things because you're more focused and concentrated.

現在，這種練習的好處是，你可以更深入，可以關注更多的事情，因為你更加專注和集中。

You have more time to listen to things, to repeat it.

你有更多的時間去傾聽，去重複。

So, this is a great way to go deeper.

是以，這是一個深入研究的好方法。

But the advantage of the first option is that you can do it anytime, and pretty much anywhere.

但第一種方法的優勢在於，您可以隨時隨地進行操作。

Well, not really anywhere, because if you do it while you're at the dentist, or, you know, just at the bank, that would be a little weird, or in the middle of a very important meeting.

其實不是在任何地方，因為如果你在看牙醫的時候，或者在銀行，那就有點奇怪了，或者在一個非常重要的會議中間。

So maybe then you shouldn't be doing the shadowing exercise.

所以，也許你不應該做影子練習。

I mean, you know, it's just a suggestion.

我的意思是，你知道，這只是一個建議。

Now, the biggest mistake you might be making when doing a shadowing exercise is that you do not set an intention as to what you're paying attention to and trying to improve.

現在，你在進行影子練習時可能會犯的最大錯誤是，你沒有設定一個目標，即你要關注什麼，並試圖改進什麼。

The idea of the shadowing exercise is not just a copy-paste or become a parrot of someone else, okay?

影子練習的理念不是簡單的複製粘貼或成為別人的鸚鵡，好嗎？

No.

不

The idea is to try to follow someone else's speech pattern, voice, intonation, rhythm, melody, and sounds.

其目的是嘗試模仿別人的說話模式、語音、語調、節奏、旋律和聲音。

Yes, great.

是的，很好。

But also, you want to improve specific things, and you want to pay attention to it.

但同時，你也想改進具體的事情，你想關注它。

The brain filters out a lot of information as you're listening to other people and as you're speaking.

在聽別人說話和說話時，大腦會過濾掉很多資訊。

When you're just repeating someone on autopilot, you're missing out a lot of information when your brain is not paying attention to specific things.

當你只是自動重複別人的話時，由於大腦沒有注意到具體的事情，你會錯過很多資訊。

So, you know, you're just repeating it, but you might not be repeating some of the key sounds that are important to you.

所以，你知道，你只是在重複，但你可能沒有重複一些對你來說很重要的關鍵音。

Or maybe you're not paying attention to that intonation shift that could be beneficial for you to use more.

又或者，你沒有注意到語調的轉換，而這種轉換對你多加使用是有益的。

Right?

對不對？

Because you filtered it out, you did not listen to it.

因為你把它過濾掉了，你沒有聽進去。

Because you're listening to other things, you're very focused on getting the words right, right, or you're, you know, thinking of vocabulary or maybe something else.

因為你在聽其他的東西，所以你會非常專注於把單詞寫對，或者，你知道，你在想詞彙或者其他的東西。

Or maybe you're doing other things and you're really not concentrated, and you have no intention as to what you're trying to improve.

又或者，你在做其他事情，確實沒有集中精力，也不知道自己在努力改進什麼。

So, my biggest piece of advice would be to always set an intention as to what it is that you're trying to improve, in addition to doing the shadowing exercise and all the benefits that I've discussed at the beginning.

是以，我最大的建議是，除了做影子練習和我在開頭談到的所有好處外，還要始終設定一個目標，即你想要改進的是什麼。

And to that, we'll add, you know, vocabulary and flow and connected speech and all of these great things that, you know, are added value when you're doing these shadowing exercises.

除此之外，我們還會增加詞彙量、語流、連貫言語和所有這些很棒的東西，你知道，這些都是你進行影子練習時的附加值。

But you want to set an intention.

但你要設定一個目標。

You want to know what you're listening to and what you are trying to change.

你想知道自己在聽什麼，想改變什麼。

So, for example, if you're working on distinguishing between the sheep-ship vowel pair, right, then when you're listening to someone else during those imitation exercises, you want to detect every time they use either the tense I or the lax I, or especially when they're using tricky words that could be, you know, either, or, like cheap chip or least list, right?

舉例來說，如果你正在練習區分羊-船元音對，那麼當你在模仿練習中聽別人說話時，你要檢測他們每次使用緊張 I 或鬆弛 I 的情況，尤其是當他們使用一些棘手的單詞時，你知道，這些單詞可能是，或者，或者，比如廉價芯片或最少清單，對嗎？

Minimal pairs.

最小對數。

So, you want to be mindful of that.

所以，你要注意這一點。

Because when you're mindful of that, so for example, you say, I'm going to, I'm going to listen closely to these two vowel sounds, then you will notice it.

因為當你注意到這一點時，比如說，你說，我要，我要仔細聽這兩個元音，那麼你就會注意到它。

All right?

行嗎？

When, usually if you're not setting an intention, you're less likely to notice it, and then when you notice it, you're more likely to do it, and when you're focused on getting it right, that's when you start to change things.

通常情況下，如果你沒有設定一個意圖，你就不太可能注意到它，而當你注意到它時，你就更有可能去做，當你專注於把它做好時，就是你開始改變事情的時候。

That's when you start to rewire your brain.

這時，你就會開始重新連接你的大腦。

That's how you start to get rid of old pronunciation habits, or speaking habits, and you start to acquire new ones.

就這樣，你開始擺脫舊的發音習慣或說話習慣，並開始掌握新的發音習慣或說話習慣。

Not that there is anything wrong about how you used to say it, but if it affects your clarity and you're self-conscious about that pronunciation, then you can shift only with intention and repetition.

並不是說你以前的發音有什麼問題，但如果它影響了你的清晰度，而且你對這種發音有自我意識，那麼你只能通過有意識的重複來改變。

So, paying attention to those things and making sure that you're saying them is going to significantly improve the quality of your practice.

是以，注意這些事情並確保你說了這些話，會大大提高你的實踐品質。

Now, it's not just about sounds.

現在，這不僅僅是聲音的問題。

It could also be intonation patterns.

也可能是語調模式。

So, let's say you want to improve or vary your intonation patterns when speaking English.

是以，假設您想改善或改變說英語時的語調模式。

So, maybe you might want to pay attention to how this person ends their sentences, whether it's going up or going down.

所以，也許你應該注意一下這個人是如何結束句子的，是上句還是下句。

You want to pay attention to the stressed words only and see how they're being prolonged, or maybe that person raises their pitch, right?

你要只注意重音詞，看看它們是如何被延長的，或者那個人可能會提高音調，對嗎？

And then you want to imitate just that.

然後你就想模仿它。

Now, of course, you're imitating a whole lot of other things, you know, new words, connected speech, different sounds, but you're paying attention to stressed words.

當然，你還在模仿很多其他的東西，你知道，新單詞、連貫的語言、不同的聲音，但你要注意強調的單詞。

You're paying attention to the intonation pattern at the end of sentences.

你要注意句子結尾的語調模式。

This is gold, because when you do, you might actually make a change in how you say things, and that change will stick if you say it enough times.

這是金子般的東西，因為當你這樣做的時候，你可能真的會改變你說話的方式，如果你說的次數足夠多，這種改變就會堅持下去。

Now, before we wrap up, I want to give you a few more tips on how you can optimize your shadowing practice.

現在，在我們結束之前，我想再給你們一些建議，告訴你們如何優化跟班實習。

First, it's very important that you select a person that speaks in a voice that you like, and even love, that resonates with you.

首先，非常重要的一點是，你要選擇一個用你喜歡甚至熱愛的聲音說話的人，這樣才能引起你的共鳴。

That you want to master a sound similar to their sound.

你想掌握與他們相似的聲音。

Why?

為什麼？

Because if it's someone that has a voice that you don't like, or that doesn't give you all these great feelings and emotions, then you might be practicing it with a slight resistance, and that is not very effective or practical.

因為如果對方的聲音你不喜歡，或者不能給你帶來這些美好的感受和情緒，那麼你在練習時可能會有一絲牴觸情緒，而這並不是非常有效和實用的。

So, you definitely want to find someone that you love their voice.

所以，你一定要找一個你喜歡他們聲音的人。

Second, remember that you can slow down the pace.

其次，記住你可以放慢節奏。

If it's really fast, or if you're not paying attention to all the things, then slow it down and play it at half the speed or 75% of the speed.

如果速度非常快，或者你沒有注意到所有的東西，那就放慢速度，用一半的速度或 75% 的速度播放。

You can do that with podcasts, you can do it with YouTube videos.

播客可以這樣做，YouTube 視頻也可以這樣做。

It's super easy.

超級簡單

You just go to the settings at the bottom, and then change the speed of the video or audio.

你只需進入底部的設置，然後更改視頻或音頻的速度。

And it allows you to pay attention to more things.

它還能讓你關注更多的事情。

And I have encountered this type of harassment riding the subway in New York City.

我在紐約乘坐地鐵時就遇到過這種騷擾。

Another thing, and I've mentioned it, is to make sure that you have the script ready.

還有一件事，我已經提過了，那就是確保你已經準備好了劇本。

So you can see the words in front of you.

這樣你就能看到眼前的文字。

You can even put it on a Google Doc and then edit it, right?

你甚至可以把它放到 Google 文檔中，然後進行編輯，對嗎？

Maybe highlight words that are stressed, or divide the sentences based on thought groups.

也許可以突出強調的單詞，或者根據思維組來劃分句子。

So, you can do a lot of things with the text.

是以，你可以用文字做很多事情。

You can underline words that are more challenging.

您可以在難度較大的單詞下劃線。

You can highlight sounds that are more challenging for you so you can pay attention to it.

您可以突出顯示對您來說更具挑戰性的聲音，這樣您就可以加以注意。

So, working with a script is great if you have the time, if you're not driving.

所以，如果你有時間，如果你不開車，用腳本工作是非常好的。

Because, you know, don't work with a script when you're driving.

因為，你知道，開車的時候不要拿著劇本工作。

It's not very safe.

這不是很安全。

Now, one more thing you can do to optimize your practice is to record yourself shadowing the person.

現在，你還可以做一件事來優化你的實踐，那就是錄下自己的影子。

So, for example, you play the audio, you pause, you repeat, and you record the whole thing, and then you listen to the recording.

是以，舉例來說，你可以播放音頻、暫停、重複、錄製整個過程，然後聽錄音。

I know it sounds like a lot, but again, if you do that, you will gain so much more out of it that you would actually need to practice less to get the same results.

我知道這聽起來好像很多，但同樣，如果你這樣做了，你會從中獲得更多，以至於你實際上需要更少的練習來獲得同樣的效果。

Listen to me, I know.

聽我說，我知道。

So, you play it, you repeat it, you record the whole thing, and then you listen to it, and you look for the differences.

是以，你要播放它，重複它，錄下整個過程，然後聽它，尋找不同之處。

Because a lot of times when you listen to something from the outside, when it's not inside your head, you notice a lot more things.

因為很多時候，當你從外部聆聽一件事，當它不在你的腦海中時，你會注意到更多的東西。

Okay?

好嗎？

So, recording yourself would be the last thing.

是以，記錄自己是最後一件事。

And again, I want to repeat how important it is to set an intention.

我想再次重申，設定一個目標是多麼重要。

You can even write it down or put it on a post-it.

你甚至可以把它寫下來或貼在便利貼上。

R's, word endings, stressed words, reductions, right?

R、詞尾、重音詞、還原，對嗎？

All of that good stuff that you want to pay attention to.

所有這些好東西，你都要關注。

Now, the last thing I want to add is don't be afraid of repeating the same phrase or paragraph or part of the video.

現在，我想補充的最後一點是，不要害怕重複相同的短語、段落或視頻的一部分。

You don't have to do the entire video or the entire podcast episode.

您不必錄製整段視頻或整集播客。

No, you can take one paragraph and do it again and again and again.

不，你可以把一個段落反覆做。

Now, don't try to do a lot.

現在，不要嘗試做很多事情。

You can do less, but be very thorough.

你可以少做一些，但一定要徹底。

So, you can take one paragraph and just listen to it and shadow it again and again and again and again.

是以，你可以拿一個段落來聽，一遍又一遍地聽，一遍又一遍地影影綽綽地看。

Quality, not quantity, my friends.

朋友們，要品質，不要數量。

Quality, not quantity.

品質，而不是數量。

Okay, that's it.

好吧，就這樣。

My question to you is, do you like to do the shadowing practice?

我想問的是，你喜歡進行影子練習嗎？

Right?

對不對？

And do you do it?

你會這樣做嗎？

Is it a part of your English practice routine?

這是您日常英語練習的一部分嗎？

Let me know in the comments.

請在評論中告訴我。

And if you haven't yet, I invite you to join the Influency community, where we practice together on video, and we do a lot of shadowing techniques there.

如果你還沒有加入，我邀請你加入 Influency 社區，在那裡我們通過視頻一起練習，我們在那裡學習了很多影子技術。

There's been a thing recently where community members have been shadowing my videos, and it's the best thing I've ever seen in my life.

最近有一件事，社區成員一直在跟拍我的視頻，這是我這輩子見過的最棒的事情。

Because it's like me speaking with so many different other amazing voices, and they're doing an incredible job.

因為這就像是我在和許多其他不同的奇妙聲音一起說話，而他們都做得非常出色。

So, a shout out to all the Influency community members for your amazing job doing the shadowing practice.

是以，我要向 Influency 社區的所有成員致敬，感謝你們出色地完成了跟班實習任務。

And if you're not a part of the Influency community, then what are you waiting for?

如果您還不是 Influency 社區的一員，那還等什麼呢？

Join us.

加入我們吧

I'm going to post a link to it in the description below.

我將在下面的描述中發佈一個鏈接。

All right, that's it.

好了，就這樣。

Thank you so much for watching.