Shadowing Practice: Doing a Small Thing to Perfection#shorts #friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
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61 משפטים
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Okay, let's discuss Rachel's birthday.
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I say we throw a surprise party this weekend.
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But her birthday's not for, like, another month.
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But if we throw her a party on her birthday, then it's not a surprise.
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I think that's a great idea.
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We can have a dinner party and just invite her close friends.
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Ross, we're having a surprise party for Rachel!
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Okay!
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Done.
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Okay, great.
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So do you want to do it together?
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I would love to do it together.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Oh, hey, Rach, do you want to go get coffee?
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I would love to.
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Oh, good.
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I'm going to go, too, babe.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Oh, I changed my mind.
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Okay, let's talk about the party.
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I have so many ideas.
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Me too.
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Oh, okay.
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There's a little sketch of the cake, some sample menus.
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And for music, here's an alphabetized list of all of my CDs.
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I've highlighted the ones that'll go really good with the food.
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It's like you took care of everything.
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Thanks a lot, co -host.
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There's plenty of things for you to do.
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Uh -huh, like what?
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Cups.
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You're giving me cups? And ice.
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Fine, okay, I will be in charge of cups and ice.
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Is it okay if I leave this stuff here till Rachel's birthday party?
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Sure, what's in them?
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Cups.
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Okay, time to bring up the rest of the cups.
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Hey, check it out.
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A cup hat, a cup banner, the thing that started it all, the cup.
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Great job with the cups, Phoebe.
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Why don't you just go out with her?
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And did you notice the ice?
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We have crushed, watched, ah.
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I feel like no one's eating my Tuscan finger food because they're all filling up on Phoebe's snow cones.
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There are snow cones?
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Snow cones.
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You know, go, go, right there.
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Surprise!
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My birthday's not for another month.
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That's the surprise.
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This is so great.
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It's so unexpected.
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I mean, Chandler's birthday's even before mine.
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Surprise!
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Surprise!
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This is so great.
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This is so weird.
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I was in charge of cups.
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Oh, okay, not so weird.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Doing a Small Thing to Perfection”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cup, surprise, cones, snow, birthday. This video has 61 sentences and 350 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:46. The speaker talks fast, about 198 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% 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
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cone noun | /ˈkoʊn/ | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| ross noun | A swamp. | |
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| unexpected adjective | /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ | Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. |
| highlight verb | /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ | To make prominent; emphasize. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| banner noun | /ˈbænɚ/ | A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. |
| babe noun | /beɪb/ | A baby or infant; a very young human or animal. |
| sketch noun | /ˈskɛt͡ʃ/ | A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines. |
| alphabetize verb | To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bring up verb | To mention. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I think that's a great idea.
- I'm going to go, too, babe.
- It's like you took care of everything.
- You're giving me cups?
- Why don't you just go out with her?
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 highlighted · have crushed |
| הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזה | we're having · You're giving |
| עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתיד | that'll go · will be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 cone, finger, ross.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
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