Shadowing Practice: Feeling insecure about money ๐ | Dose of Society - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โFeeling insecure about money ๐โ. This video has 20 sentences and 244 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:08. The speaker talks fast, about 216 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 5 of its 20 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| engage verb | /ษชnหษกeษชdอกส/ | To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. |
| thin adjective | /หฮธษชn/ | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| thick adjective | /ฮธษชk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| priority noun | /pษนaษชหษษนษชti/ | An item's relative importance. |
| expense noun | /ษชkหspษns/ | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. |
| privilege noun | /หpษนษชv.(ษช.)lษชdอกส/ | A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment. |
| realization noun | /หษนษชษ.laษชหzeษช.สษn/ | An act of figuring out or becoming aware. |
| insecurity noun | A lack of security; uncertainty. | |
| homecoming noun | /หhoสmหkสmษชล/ | The act or event of returning home. |
| fiancรฉ noun | /fiหษnseษช/ | A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended. |
| insulate verb | /หษชnsสleษชt/ | To separate, detach, or isolate. |
| lavish adjective | /หlรฆvษชส/ | Expending or bestowing profusely; profuse; prodigal. |
| realign verb | /หษนiหjษหlaษชn/ | To bring back into alignment. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| sit back verb | To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What is your biggest insecurity?
- Did you discuss finances with your fiance prior to getting engaged?
- How has that affected your relationship?
- How are you able to maintain grounded in a society of pressures?
- Can I have your name and where you're from?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: thin /หฮธษชn/, thick /ฮธษชk/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: realization /หษนษชษ.laษชหzeษช.สษn/, lavish /หlรฆvษชส/
- Long words โ get the stress right: priority /pษนaษชหษษนษชti/, realization /หษนษชษ.laษชหzeษช.สษn/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร 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 engage, thin, thick.
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