Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Split the Difference - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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If you split something, you divide it.
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So what does it mean to split the difference?
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Andrew, last night at a friend's house, I broke her expensive face.
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Now she wants me to buy her a new one.
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Well, it was your fault.
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No, it wasn't.
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It was right near where we were disco dancing.
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Well, in that case, split the difference.
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You both pay half.
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Yeah, I guess we both were to blame.
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When you split the difference, the difference.
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Two people agree to pay what they both think is fair.
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They generally take the average of two proposed amounts.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Split the Difference”. This video has 15 sentences and 113 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:53. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| divide verb | /dɪˈvaɪd/ | To split or separate (something) into two or more parts. |
| propose verb | /pɹəˈpəʊz/ | To suggest a plan, course of action, etc. |
| disco noun | /ˈdɪskoʊ/ | A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by… |
| split verb | /splɪt/ | To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. |
| fault noun | /fɔlt/ | Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event. |
| blame verb | /bleɪm/ | To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing… |
| fair adjective | /ˈfɛə/ | Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| agree verb | /əˈɡɹi/ | To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people. |
| generally adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹə.li/ | Popularly or widely. |
| dance noun | /dæns/ | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
| expensive adjective | /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/ | Having a high price or cost. |
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 divide, propose, disco.
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