Shadowing Practice: GRWM for a college night out ๐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โGRWM for a college night out ๐โ. This video has 171 sentences and 1752 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:10. The speaker talks fast, about 191 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| frat noun | /fษนรฆt/ | Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. |
| roommate noun | /หษนu(m)หmeษชt/ | A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. |
| sorority noun | /sษหrษrษti/ | A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood. |
| academically adverb | /หรฆk.ษหdษm.ษชk.ษ.li/ | In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective. |
| sassy adjective | /หsรฆsi/ | Bold and spirited, often towards someone in authority; cheeky; impudent; saucy. |
| distress noun | /dษชหstษนษs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| glitter verb | /หษกlษชtษษน/ | To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. |
| disturb verb | /dษชหstษหb/ | to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids. |
| internship noun | /หษชntษหnสษชp/ | A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. |
| freshman noun | /หfษนษส.mษn/ | a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines)โฆ |
| cheers | /tอกสษชษz/ | A common toast used when drinking in company. |
| depend verb | /dษชหpษnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| romance noun | /roสหmรฆn(t)s/ | An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. |
| alleviation noun | /ษหliหviหeษชสษn/ | The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation. |
| debrief verb | /diหหbษนiหf/ | To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| stress out verb | To become stressed. | |
| work out verb | /หwษk หaสt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do I have a drink?
- Why did you join a sorority?
- We've been planning this for a while actually.
- Are you sure this is edible?
- Remember that time me and my friends saw him?
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | guys who are ยท chapman, which is ยท times, which is |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | I've also found ยท I've made ยท has been put |
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | are picked ยท has been put |
| ืขืืจ ืืืืฉื (Past continuous) was/were + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืืืชื ืืชืืืื ืืืื ืืกืืื ืืขืืจ | was just getting ยท was entering ยท was saying |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: internship /หษชntษหnสษชp/, freshman /หfษนษส.mษn/, alleviation /ษหliหviหeษชสษn/, shove /สสv/, shout /สaสt/
- Long words โ get the stress right: sorority /sษหrษrษti/, academically /หรฆk.ษหdษm.ษชk.ษ.li/, alleviation /ษหliหviหeษชสษn/, prioritize /pษนaษชหษษน.ษ.taษชz/, flexibility /หflษksษชหbษชlษชti/
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 frat, roommate, sorority.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.





























