Shadowing Practice: Bread in Your Blender Will Blow Your Mind | Quick Gluten-Free Blender Bread | ChefSteps - 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 “Bread in Your Blender Will Blow Your Mind”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bread, rice, yeast, bum, blender. This video has 185 sentences and 1498 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:30. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| yeast noun | /jist/ | An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines. |
| blender noun | /ˈblɛn.dɚ/ | A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients. |
| bake verb | /beɪk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| loaf noun | /loʊf/ | A block of bread after baking. |
| starch noun | /ˈstɑɹt͡ʃ/ | A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white… |
| soak verb | /soʊk/ | To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| recipe noun | /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ | Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. |
| burp verb | /bɝp/ | To emit a burp. |
| wowee | wow; expressing astonishment, surprise or excitement | |
| blend verb | /blɛnd/ | To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. |
| ingredient noun | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. |
| tray noun | /tɹeɪ/ | A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. |
| flour noun | /ˈflaʊ.ə/ | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and… |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
| dry out verb | To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go off verb | To explode. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| heat up verb | To heat, to cause to become hotter. | |
| speed up verb | /spiːdˈʌp/ | To accelerate; to increase speed. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I think this is like beginner baker's gold.
- All right, you don't need much stuff.
- Depends how much of a hurry you're in.
- I'll make a loaf later.
- Am I even plugged in?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | I've met · we've found · have dried |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | is fermented · is dialed |
| עצה עם “should” should + verb — לומר מה כדאי או מומלץ לעשות | Should we put · shouldn't take |
| פועל + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — פעלים שמתחברים ל-ing אחריהם | start eating · start rising |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 67 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, we're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thermometer /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/, thumbnail /ˈθʌm.neɪl/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: chef /ʃɛf/, brioche /bɹiːˈaʃ/, shelf /ʃɛlf/
- Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, thermometer /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/
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 yeast, blender, bake.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.











