Shadowing Practice: BTE WINS & Results ๐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โBTE WINS & Results ๐โ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: recruiter, applying, results. This video has 45 sentences and 456 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:21. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| recruit verb | /ษนษชหkษนut/ | To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc. |
| hire verb | /หhaษชษน/ | To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. |
| developer noun | /dษชหvษlษpษ/ | A person or entity engaged in the creation or improvement of certain classes of products. |
| portfolio noun | /pษหtหfษส.liหษส/ | A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. |
| congratulations | /kษnหษกษนรฆtอกสษหleษชส(ษ)nz/ | Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. |
| connect verb | /kษหnษkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| collaboration noun | /kษหlรฆbษหษนeษชสษn/ | The act of collaborating. |
| resume verb | /หษนษz.ษ.meษช/ | To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. |
| dramatically adverb | In a dramatic manner. | |
| biochemistry noun | /หbaษชษสหkษmษชstษนi/ | The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry. |
| blueprint noun | /หbluหหpษนษชnt/ | A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images by means of a photosensitive ferric compound, used primarily for technical andโฆ |
| mastermind noun | /หmรฆs.tษหmaษชnd/ | A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to their peers. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, wasn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: congratulations /kษnหษกษนรฆtอกสษหleษชส(ษ)nz/, collaboration /kษหlรฆbษหษนeษชสษn/
- Long words โ get the stress right: developer /dษชหvษlษpษ/, portfolio /pษหtหfษส.liหษส/, congratulations /kษnหษกษนรฆtอกสษหleษชส(ษ)nz/, collaboration /kษหlรฆbษหษนeษชสษn/, biochemistry /หbaษชษสหkษmษชstษนi/
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 recruit, hire, developer.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.











