Shadowing Practice: Breaking Bad Extended Trailer Season 2 (HD) - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 40 sentences and 205 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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

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

• founder /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ (noun) — One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
• lung /ˈlʌŋ/ (noun) — A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
• disappear /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ (verb) — To vanish.
• gallon /ˈɡælən/ (noun) — A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
• dime /daɪm/ (noun) — A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
• biker /ˈbaɪ̯kɚ/ (noun) — A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.
• methamine (noun) — Hexamine.
• hero /ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/ (verb) — To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).
• cook /kʊk/ (verb) — To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
• anybody /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/ — Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
• pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ (adjective) — Carrying developing offspring within the body.
• burn /bɝn/ (verb) — To cause to be consumed by fire.
• barely /ˈbeɹ.li/ (adverb) — By a small margin.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look off (verb) — To put off by one's facial expression

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 founder, lung, disappear.