تدريب Shadowing: How to get financing when starting a business - تعلم التحدث بالإنجليزية عبر الفيديو
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “How to get financing when starting a business”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: startup, loan, investor, Venture, angels. This video has 34 sentences and 419 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:29. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| startup noun | /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ | The act or process of starting a process or machine. |
| investor noun | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | A person who invests money in order to make a profit. |
| lend verb | /ˈlɛnd/ | To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned. |
| entrepreneur noun | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. |
| conditionally adverb | /kənˈdɪʃənəli/ | under specified conditions |
| repayment noun | The act of repaying. | |
| specialize verb | /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/ | To narrow in scope. |
| tenacity noun | /təˈnæsəti/ | The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness. |
| discourage verb | /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ | To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. |
| repay verb | /ɹiˈpeɪ/ | Synonym of pay back in all senses. |
| capitalist noun | /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/ | The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person. |
| persuade verb | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. |
| risky adjective | /ˈɹɪski/ | Dangerous; involving risks. |
| combine verb | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. |
| stake noun | /steɪk/ | A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, you've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conditionally /kənˈdɪʃənəli/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
- Long words — get the stress right: entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, conditionally /kənˈdɪʃənəli/, tenacity /təˈnæsəti/, capitalist /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like startup, investor, lend.
ما هي تقنية التظليل الصوتي؟
التظليل الصوتي (Shadowing) تقنية تعلم لغة مدعومة علمياً، طُورت أصلاً لتدريب المترجمين الفوريين المحترفين. الطريقة بسيطة لكنها قوية: تستمع لصوت إنجليزي أصلي وتكرره فوراً بصوت عالٍ — كظل يتبع المتحدث بتأخير 1-2 ثانية. تُظهر الأبحاث تحسناً كبيراً في دقة النطق والتنغيم والإيقاع وربط الأصوات والاستماع والطلاقة.











