Shadowing Practice: Ice Cube on his SON playing him ๐ฟ๐ฅ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
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ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โIce Cube on his SON playing him ๐ฟ๐ฅโ. This video has 23 sentences and 208 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks fast, about 231 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% 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
10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| complicated adjective | /หkษm.plษชหkeษช.tษชd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| bull noun | /bสl/ | Specifically, one that is uncastrated. |
| technically adverb | /หtษk.nษชหkษl.i/ | Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. |
| advance verb | /ษdหvษหns/ | To help the progress of (something); to further. |
| strange adjective | /stษนeษชndอกส/ | Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. |
| blow verb | /bloส/ | To produce an air current. |
| approach verb | /ษหpษนoสtอกส/ | To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. |
| direct verb | /daษชหษนษkt/ | To manage, control, steer. |
| dude noun | /duหd/ | A man, generally a younger man. |
| cast verb | /kรฆst/ | To throw. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. |
| come off verb | To become detached. |
| follow up verb | To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words โ get the stress right: complicated /หkษm.plษชหkeษช.tษชd/, technically /หtษk.nษชหkษl.i/
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 complicated, bull, technically.
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