Shadowing Practice: 10 Ways to Drink More Water ๐ฆ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โ10 Ways to Drink More Water ๐ฆโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: drink, tip, bottle, drinking, Lifewtr. This video has 57 sentences and 795 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:31. The speaker talks at a natural 176 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| hydrate noun | /haษชหdษนeษชt/ | A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. |
| wrist noun | /ษนษชst/ | The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. |
| rehydrate verb | To resupply with water that has been removed or lost; to moisten something that has dried. | |
| replenish verb | /ษนษชหplษn.ษชส/ | To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity to. |
| ounce noun | /aสns/ | An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ยนโโโ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams. |
| sponsor noun | /หspษn.sษห/ | A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, orโฆ |
| dehydrate verb | /diหhaษชหdษนeษชt/ | To remove water from; to dry up. |
| digitally adverb | /หdษชdอกสษชtษli/ | In a digital manner. |
| electrolyte noun | /ษชหlษk.tษนษหlaษชt/ | A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity. |
| errand noun | /หษษนษnd/ | A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.) |
| purify verb | /หpjสษนษชfaษช/ | To cleanse, or rid of impurities. |
| smoothie noun | /หsmuหรฐi/ | A smooth-talking person. |
| veggie noun | /หvษdอกสi/ | A vegetable. |
| litre noun | /หli.tษ/ | The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or โ. |
| reap verb | /หษนiหp/ | To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| wake up verb | /หweษชk หสp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| get through verb | /ษกษt หฮธษนu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| work out verb | /หwษk หaสt/ | To calculate. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | ounces, which is ยท people who like |
| ืขืฆื ืขื โshouldโ should + verb โ ืืืืจ ืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืฅ ืืขืฉืืช | should drink |
| ืคืืขื + -ing enjoy, keep, stopโฆ + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืชืืืจืื ื-ing ืืืจืืื | love drinking ยท love making |
| ืขืชืื ืขื โwillโ will + verb โ ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืชืื | will change ยท I'll link ยท you'll want |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'll, you'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: smoothie /หsmuหรฐi/, aesthetic /ษsหฮธษ.tษชk/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: replenish /ษนษชหplษn.ษชส/, notification /หnoสtษชfษชหkeษชสnฬฉ/, brush /bษนสส/
- Long words โ get the stress right: digitally /หdษชdอกสษชtษli/, electrolyte /ษชหlษk.tษนษหlaษชt/, calculator /kรฆl.kjษ.leษช.tษ/, accessory /ษkหsษs.(ษ.)ษนi/, notification /หnoสtษชfษชหkeษชสnฬฉ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hydrate, wrist, rehydrate.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.






























