Shadowing Practice: ๐ฉ๐ช Brauchen wir ein Tempolimit auf der Autobahn? - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โ๐ฉ๐ช Brauchen wir ein Tempolimit auf der Autobahn?โ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bus, ein, die, und, Tempolimit. This video has 118 sentences and 1254 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:44. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 56% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| automobile noun | /หษห.tษ.mษหbil/ | A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, andโฆ |
| emission noun | /ษชหmษชส.ษn/ | Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. |
| tag noun | /tรฆษก/ | A small label. |
| cousin noun | /หkสz(ษ)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; aโฆ |
| symbol noun | /หsษชmbษl/ | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| relax verb | /ษนษชหlรฆks/ | To make something loose. |
| eh | /eษช/ | Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. |
| subway noun | /หsสbหweษช/ | An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. |
| stark adjective | /stษษนk/ | Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather). |
| distress noun | /dษชหstษนษs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| specialty noun | /หspษส.ษl.ti/ | That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick. |
| tempo noun | /หtษm.poส/ | A frequency or rate. |
| spur noun | /spษ/ | A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or theโฆ |
| seldom adverb | /หsษldษm/ | Infrequently, rarely. |
| gild verb | /ษกษชld/ | To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: emission /ษชหmษชส.ษn/, specialty /หspษส.ษl.ti/
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 automobile, emission, tag.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.












