Shadowing Practice: Docker in 100 Seconds - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 26 sentences and 446 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:59. The speaker talks fast, about 225 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• container /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ (noun) — An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
• dependency /dɪˈpɛndənsi/ (noun) — A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
• cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/ (noun) — A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
• package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
• layer /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ (noun) — A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
• hardware /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ (noun) — Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as…
• element /ˈɛləmənt/ (noun) — One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
• infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ (noun) — An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
• efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ (adjective) — Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
• installed /ɪnˈstɔːld/ (verb) — readied for use
• resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ (noun) — Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
• spin /spɪn/ (verb) — To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/ (adjective) — Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation.
• virtual /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/ (adjective) — In effect or essence, rather than in fact or reality; also, imitated, simulated.
• terminal /ˈtɚmɪnəl/ (noun) — A building in an airport where passengers transfer from ground transportation to the facilities that allow them to board airplanes.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
• run by (verb) — To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
• run on (verb) — To continue without interruption
• running in (noun) — The operating of a new engine (especially that of a motor vehicle) at less than its normal speed until proper working has been established.
• start up /stɑɹˈtʌp/ (verb) — To rise suddenly.
• step in (verb) — To act as a replacement or substitute.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, snapshot /ˈsnæpʃɒt/
• Long words — get the stress right: dependency /dɪˈpɛndənsi/, infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, conceptually /kənˈsɛp.tjʊə.li/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like container, dependency, cloud.