Shadowing Practice: ๐ง -health mini: train your brain during war - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 44 sentences and 537 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:10. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mini adjective | /หmษชn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| discount noun | /หdษชskaสnt/ | A reduction in price. |
| naturally adverb | /หnรฆtอกส.(ษ.)ษนษ.li/ | In a natural manner. |
| belt noun | /หbษlt/ | A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. |
| lately adverb | /หleษชt.li/ | Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. |
| experiment noun | /ษชkหspษษน.ษ.mษnt/ | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood ofโฆ |
| ongoing adjective | /ษnหษกษส.ษชล/ | Continuing, permanent, lasting. |
| psychology noun | /saษชหkษ.lษ.dอกสi/ | The study of the human mind. |
| segment noun | /หsษษกmษnt/ | A length of some object. |
| actively adverb | /หรฆktษชvli/ | In an active manner. |
| podcast noun | /หpษdหkรฆst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback onโฆ |
| attraction noun | /ษหtษนรฆkสnฬฉ/ | The tendency to attract. |
| shout verb | /สaสt/ | To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc. |
| anyways adverb | /หษn.iหweษชz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| bloom noun | /blum/ | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| keep up with verb | To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: thirst /ฮธษst/, unorthodox /สnหษษนฮธษdษks/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: attraction /ษหtษนรฆkสnฬฉ/, shout /สaสt/
- Long words โ get the stress right: naturally /หnรฆtอกส.(ษ.)ษนษ.li/, experiment /ษชkหspษษน.ษ.mษnt/, psychology /saษชหkษ.lษ.dอกสi/, academia /หรฆk.ษหdi.mi.ษ/, reticular /ษนษหtษชkjษlษ/
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 mini, discount, naturally.
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืฉื (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืชืืืื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ื ืืฉืืช ืขืืฉืื | have been trying ยท I've been listening ยท have been supporting |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | it's been ยท you've been ยท have been |
ืืื ืืื ืื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.

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