Shadowing Practice: 31 tháng 8, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 12 sentences and 134 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:49. The speaker talks at a natural 165 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• cabin /ˈkæbɪn/ (noun) — A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those…
• tent /tɛnt/ (noun) — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
• ideal /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ (adjective) — Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
• pot /pɑt/ (noun) — A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food, possibly excluding saucepans (see usage notes).
• pan /pæn/ (noun) — A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
• toilet /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ (noun) — A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
• situated /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/ (adjective) — Located in a specific place.
• accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
• acre /ˈeɪ.kɚ/ (noun) — An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's ploughing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86…
• occupy /ˈɑkjəpaɪ/ (verb) — To fill.
• focal /ˈfoʊ.kl̩/ (adjective) — Belonging to, concerning, or located at a focus (definite location).
• equip /ɪˈkwɪp/ (verb) — To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
• washroom /ˈwɒʃrʊm/ (noun) — A room intended to wash the face and hands.
• utensil /juˈtɛn.səl/ (noun) — An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, washroom /ˈwɒʃrʊm/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cabin, tent, ideal.

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