تدريب Shadowing: Key & Peele - Text Message Confusion - Uncensored - تعلم التحدث بالإنجليزية عبر الفيديو
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 39 sentences and 265 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:26. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| priceless adjective | /ˈpɹaɪslɪs/ | So precious as not to be obtainable or sold at any price. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| nail noun | /neɪl/ | The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). |
| costume noun | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| touchdown noun | /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/ | A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. |
| lance noun | /læns/ | A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen. |
| apocalyptic adjective | /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/ | Revelatory; prophetic. |
| considerate adjective | /kənˈsɪdəɹət/ | Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort). |
| geez | /d͡ʒiːz/ | An exclamation denoting surprise or frustration. |
| gimlet noun | /ˈɡɪm.lət/ | A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes. |
| assume verb | /əˈsjuːm/ | To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof. |
| baseball noun | /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: apocalyptic /əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/, considerate /kənˈsɪdəɹət/
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 priceless, buddy, nail.
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.

















