Shadowing Practice: Hilda | Home Attack (2) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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50 משפטים
אם המשפטים קצרים או ארוכים מדי, לחץ על ערוך כדי להתאים אותם.
1
I am seriously appreciating the closeness in here right now.
2
Ah, the woodman!
3
He always just comes in without knocking.
4
It's rude.
5
It's okay.
6
He probably just wants to get warm.
7
And besides, he brings his wood.
8
It's drafty in here.
9
You should really close that door.
10
Yeah.
11
Now what?
12
It's another one of those tiny letters.
13
Good grief.
14
This is the sixth one this week.
15
Is it from the hidden people again?
16
Yes, it is.
17
They're still saying that we have to move and they're going to smash our house and stuff.
18
Basically.
19
Who are these people?
20
Well, they're tiny and they don't like us very much.
21
Well, I don't like them.
22
Dear to whom it may concern, please leave us alone.
23
We are nice people so please stop being mean.
24
All the best, Hilda.
25
Listen up, little guys.
26
Whoever you are, this one's for you.
27
I can't read with all these distractions.
28
Good night to you too.
29
Maybe your note will do the trick.
30
Attention residents, due to your failure to heed our warnings, we shall now implement your forcible eviction from the premises.
31
Forcible eviction now, banish the big boat!
32
What the?
33
What the?
34
All right, that's enough.
35
Get out!
36
Mum, there!
37
Oh, boy.
38
Hilda, we can't stay here.
39
Not if this is going to keep happening.
40
What?
41
We've never been attacked like this.
42
I think we'll have to move to Trollberg.
43
We've been here for all time, since I was born.
44
Moving to Trollberg could be a good thing.
45
You could make some proper friends.
46
Wouldn't that be nice?
47
No. I love it here in the wilderness.
48
It's literally the best place ever.
49
Please, Mum, I don't want to live in the dirty old city.
50
I'm sorry, but if one more thing like this happens, we're gone.

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המלץ על סרטון

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 50 sentences and 301 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 98 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
trick noun/ˈtɹɪk/Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
whoever/huˈɛvɚ/Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
resident noun/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
sixth adjective/sɪksθ/The ordinal form of the number six.
knock verb/nɑk/To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
rude adjective/ɹuːd/Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
implement verb/ˈɪmpləmənt/To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
smash verb/smæʃ/To break (something brittle) violently.
grief noun/ɡɹiːf/Suffering, hardship.
wilderness noun/ˈwɪldɚnəs/Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or…
premise noun/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
distraction noun/dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/Something that distracts.
eviction noun/ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/The act of evicting.
forcible adjectiveDone by force, forced.
banish verb/ˈbænɪʃ/To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get out verbTo leave or escape.
listen up verbTo listen closely; to pay attention.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Whoever you are, this one's for you.
  • I can't read with all these distractions.
  • Hilda, we can't stay here.
  • We've never been attacked like this.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיוWe've never been attacked · We've been
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהbeen attacked · was born
שם תואר מובהק (Superlatives) the -est / the most … — לציין את הגבוה או הנמוך ביותר בקבוצהthe best
עתיד עם “going to” be going to + verb — תכנון לעתיד או משהו שנראה שעומד לקרותthey're going to smash · is going to keep

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: smash /smæʃ/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, eviction /ɪˈvɪk.ʃən/, banish /ˈbænɪʃ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like trick, whoever, resident.

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