Shadowing Practice: 24 Hours At Gordon Ramsay's Restaurants - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
אותו ערוץ
המלץ על סרטון
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “24 Hours At Gordon Ramsay's Restaurants”. This video has 57 sentences and 2271 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:01. The speaker talks fast, about 227 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 18 of its 57 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
| slice noun | /slaɪs/ | That which is thin and broad. |
| fry verb | /fɹaɪ/ | To cook (something) in hot fat. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| burger noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | A hamburger. |
| pineapple noun | /ˈpaɪnəpəl/ | A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| sticky adjective | /ˈstɪki/ | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| lobster noun | /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ | A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a… |
| pudding noun | /ˈpʊdɪŋ/ | Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| plain noun | /pleɪn/ | An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| close out verb | To terminate; to call the end of. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go ahead with verb | To resume something previously cancelled or delayed; to continue something despite known concerns. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| start off verb | To begin. | |
| take out verb | To remove. | |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm going to start ordering this more.
- You freaking donut, are you freaking stupid?
- Manny, can I feed you?
- Are you out of your mind?
- Can I take a selfie?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | I've ever seen · I've ever had · I've ordered |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | can be consumed · are called · are coated |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | Kitchen, which is · mole, which is · have which is |
| שם תואר מובהק (Superlatives) the -est / the most … — לציין את הגבוה או הנמוך ביותר בקבוצה | the saltiest · the best · the brightest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 77 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, booth /buθ/, aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, dish /dɪʃ/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, chef /ʃɛf/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: supposedly /səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× 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 pizza, bite, slice.
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