Shadowing Practice: Blossom is overthinking things ๐ธ | Powerpuff girls | Cartoon Network - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ
ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video โBlossom is overthinking things ๐ธโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Blossom, club, dancing, buh, robot. This video has 90 sentences and 420 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:35. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 78% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| robot noun | /หษนoส.bษt/ | An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. |
| honey noun | /หhสni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| daddy noun | /หdรฆdi/ | Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father. |
| punch noun | /pสntอกส/ | A hit or strike with one's fist. |
| bobby noun | /หbษbi/ | Cocaine. |
| portrait noun | /หpษษนtษนษt/ | A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders. |
| urge verb | /ษหdอกส/ | To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. |
| purely adverb | /หpjสษนli/ | Wholly; really, completely. |
| smash verb | /smรฆส/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| whoa | /woส/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| bash verb | /bรฆส/ | To strike heavily; to beat. |
| cocoa noun | /หkษส.kษส/ | The dried and partially fermented fatty seeds of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. |
| breakdancing noun | An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century. | |
| jive verb | /หdอกสaษชv/ | To deceive; to be deceptive. |
| ominous adjective | /หษmษชnษs/ | Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sign up verb | To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. |
| step off verb | To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What do we do?
- You haven't tried it yet.
- Blossom, you're one fly honey.
- You call that dancing?
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | haven't tried ยท You've been served |
| ืฉื ืชืืืจ ืืืืืง (Superlatives) the -est / the most โฆ โ ืืฆืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืงืืืฆื | the coolest ยท the greatest ยท the lamest |
| ืืืื: must / have to / need to ืืืืืข ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืืื | need to pick ยท had to give |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: smash /smรฆส/, bash /bรฆส/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like robot, honey, daddy.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.