Shadowing Practice: Cooking Dinner Together: Who Burned the Rice? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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1
Okay! Our friends arrive at eight. We've got two hours.
2
Relax, two hours is plenty of time.
3
So, I'm making the chicken curry.
4
Can you do the rice?
5
Rice? Ha, how hard can it be?
6
Wait, have you ever actually cooked rice before?
7
Well... I've watched my mum do it loads of times.
8
Right. One cup of rice, two cups of water.
9
Bring it to the boil, then turn the heat down low.
10
Got it! Boil, then low. Easy.
11
And don't leave it alone, okay?
12
Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it.
13
Hmm, what's that smell?
14
Smell? I can't smell anything.
15
Is something burning? Oh no, the rice!
16
Wait, I turned it down... didn't I?
17
Ugh, look at this pot! It's completely black!
18
Okay, okay, it's only a little burned.
19
A little? The smoke alarm's about to go off!
20
In my defence, the match was really exciting.
21
You said you'd keep an eye on it!
22
I'm sorry. I really thought I'd turned the heat down.
23
Hold on... you turned it up, not down!
24
Oops... That explains a lot.
25
Okay, deep breath. We still have forty minutes.
26
What if we make noodles instead? They're really quick.
27
That's actually a great idea!
28
And I'll scrub the pot. That's only fair.
29
Deal. But this time, I'm watching you!
30
Ha! Fair enough.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Cooking Dinner Together: Who Burned the Rice?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: rice, smell, turned. This video has 30 sentences and 219 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:37. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 11 of its 30 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
boil verb/bɔɪ(ə)l/To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
arrive verb/əˈɹaɪv/To reach; to get to a certain place.
relax verb/ɹɪˈlæks/To make something loose.
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
forty adjective/ˈfoɹti/Resembling or characteristic of a fort.
curry noun/ˈkʌ.ɹi/One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
oops/ups/Used to acknowledge a small mistake or accident.
scrub verb/skɹʌb/To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
noodle noun/ˈnu.dəl/A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and…
smell verb/smɛl/To sense a smell or smells.
burn verb/bɝn/To cause to be consumed by fire.
smoke verb/sməʊk/To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette or cigar, burning material in a pipe, etc.
cook verb/kʊk/To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
load noun/loʊd/A burden; a weight to be carried.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go off verbTo explode.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Can you do the rice?
  • Wait, have you ever actually cooked rice before?
  • I've watched my mum do it loads of times.
  • Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on it.
  • What if we make noodles instead?

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזהI'm making · I'm watching
עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתידI'll keep · I'll scrub

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. 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 boil, arrive, relax.

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