Shadowing Practice: Human Body Podcast | Learn English with Science ๐ง ๐ก| B1 - 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 B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โHuman Body Podcastโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: brain, skin, blood, lungs, muscle. This video has 259 sentences and 3227 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:35. The speaker talks at a natural 150 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lung noun | /หlสล/ | A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. |
| oxygen noun | /หษksษชdอกสษn/ | The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elementalโฆ |
| breathe verb | /bษนiหรฐ/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| immune adjective | /ษชหmjuหn/ | Exempt; not subject to. |
| digestive adjective | /daษชหdสษstษชv/ | Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion. |
| organ noun | /หษหษกษn/ | The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. |
| nutrient noun | /หnuห.tษนi.ษnt/ | A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. |
| metabolism noun | /mษหtรฆb.ษหlษชz.ษm/ | The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| hormone noun | /หhoษนmoสn/ | Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity. |
| nerve noun | /nษv/ | A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| heartbeat noun | /หhษษนtหbit/ | One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it. |
| spinal adjective | /spaษช.nษl/ | Of or relating to the spine. |
| cord noun | /หkoษนd/ | A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example). |
| miracle noun | /หmษชษน.ษ.kษl/ | An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin. |
| capillary noun | /หkรฆpษหlษri/ | Any of the small blood vessels (from 5 to 10 micrometres/micrometers (ฮผm) in diameter) that connect arteries to veins (They are the smallest blood vessels inโฆ |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| work together verb | To be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone. | |
| bring back verb | /หbษนษชล bรฆk/ | To fetch something. |
| build up verb | To erect; to construct. | |
| fight back verb | /faษชt bรฆk/ | To defend oneself by fighting. |
| move away verb | To go away from a place, especially when permanently changing one's residence. | |
| pass through verb | To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another. | |
| sit back verb | To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat. | |
| wake up verb | /หweษชk หสp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You don't even need to think about it.
- Let's start our journey with the brain.
- Speaking of breathing, let's visit the lungs.
- Let's continue our journey inside the human body.
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | are born ยท are absorbed ยท is absorbed |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | have already visited ยท have talked |
| ืฉื ืชืืืจ ืืืืืง (Superlatives) the -est / the most โฆ โ ืืฆืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืงืืืฆื | the most fascinating ยท the most important ยท the largest |
| ืคืืขื + -ing enjoy, keep, stopโฆ + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืชืืืจืื ื-ing ืืืจืืื | stops driving ยท stop bleeding ยท stop working |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, we'll, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: breathe /bษนiหรฐ/, warmth /wษษนmฮธ/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: reproduction /หษนiหpษนษหdสkสษn/, emotion /ษชหmษส.สษn/, relaxation /rแตปหlรฆkหseษช.สษn/, treasure /หtษนษสษษน/, patience /หpeษชฬฏ.สษns/
- Long words โ get the stress right: metabolism /mษหtรฆb.ษหlษชz.ษm/, capillary /หkรฆpษหlษri/, reproduction /หษนiหpษนษหdสkสษn/, alveolus /รฆlหvi.ษl.ษs/, peripheral /pษหษนษชf(ษ)ษน(ษ)l/
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 lung, oxygen, breathe.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.










