Shadowing Practice: B Time for Soccer - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 4 sentences and 68 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• soccer /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ (noun) — Association football.
• uniform /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ (noun) — A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc.
• greet /ɡɹiːt/ (verb) — To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
• cleat /kliːt/ (noun) — A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
• score /skoɹ/ (noun) — The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
• wear /wɛ(ə)ɹ/ (verb) — To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
• throw /θɹoʊ/ (verb) — To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
• kick /kɪk/ (verb) — To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like soccer, uniform, greet.