Shadowing Practice: Beginners Guide to Vietnamese Cooking: 8 Glorious Recipes - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
המלץ על סרטון
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Beginners Guide to Vietnamese Cooking: 8 Glorious Recipes”. This video has 465 sentences and 5682 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:13. The speaker talks fast, about 188 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| soup noun | /sup/ | Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food… |
| noodle noun | /ˈnu.dəl/ | A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and… |
| shrimp noun | /ʃɹɪmp/ | Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a… |
| broth noun | /bɹɔθ/ | Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. |
| onion noun | /ˈʌn.jən/ | A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| boil verb | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas. |
| crispy adjective | /ˈkɹɪs.pi/ | Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender. |
| lettuce noun | /ˈlɛt.ɪs/ | An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves. |
| chop verb | /t͡ʃɑp/ | To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. |
| peel verb | /piːl/ | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| lime noun | /laɪm/ | Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. |
| ginger noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| blow away verb | To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind. | |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| close up verb | /kləʊzˈʌp/ | To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| cut up verb | To cut upward. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| knock over verb | To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I use a julienne peeler, it's like five bucks.
- I don't mean, no disrespect.
- Are you kidding me on that?
- You like that, baby?
- Let's do the honkty honk, you know what I'm saying?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם ממושך (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing — פעולה שהתחילה בעבר ועדיין נמשכת עכשיו | that's been marinating · that's been cooking |
| משפטי תנאי (Conditional sentences) if + clause, will/would + verb — תנאי ותוצאה שלו | If you don't, they'll get |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | I've been · haven't had · i've done |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | pho, which is · chong, which is · chom which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 169 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: broth /bɹɔθ/, soothe /suːð/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, cloth /klɒθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, dish /dɪʃ/, freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, shank /ˈʃæŋk/, shred /ʃɹɛd/
- Long words — get the stress right: aromatic /ˌɛɹ.əˈmæt.ɪk/, vermicelli /vəɹməˈsɛli/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
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 flavor, soup, noodle.
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