Shadowing Practice: Im Pregnant...And 700lbs ๐ซ - 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 B2 speaking lesson is built on the video โIm Pregnant...And 700lbs ๐ซ โ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fat, weight, pounds, goal. This video has 187 sentences and 2174 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:34. The speaker talks at a natural 160 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 |
|---|---|---|
| immobile noun | /ษชหmoส.bษl/ | One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere). |
| morbidly adverb | /หmษrbษชdli/ | In a morbid manner, or to a morbid degree. |
| obese adjective | /oสหbis/ | Extremely overweight, especially: weighing more than 20% (for men) or 25% (for women) over their conventionally ideal weight determined by height and buildโฆ |
| vagina noun | /vษหdสaษช.nษ/ | A similar organ in some invertebrates and non-mammalian amniotes. |
| skinny adjective | /หskษชni/ | Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). |
| belly noun | /หbษli/ | The abdomen (especially a fat one). |
| strawberry noun | /หstษนษหbษษนi/ | The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria. |
| burrito noun | /bษหษนi.toส/ | A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc. |
| funnel noun | /หfสnษl/ | A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferringโฆ |
| miscarriage noun | /หmษชs.kรฆษน.ษdอกส/ | A failure; a mistake or error. |
| scanner noun | /หskรฆnษ/ | One who scans. |
| calorie noun | /หkรฆlษษนi/ | A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normallyโฆ |
| handbag noun | /หhรฆndหbรฆษก/ | A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory. |
| jiggly adjective | /หdอกสษชษก.ษหli/ | That jiggles. |
| weigh verb | /weษช/ | To determine the weight of an object. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get off verb | To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| look up verb | /หlสk หสp/ | To have better prospects. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How much do you guys weigh?
- Obviously, we can't do every position in the world.
- You had two miscarriages and now you pretend that it never happened?
- That I couldn't have asked for a better ending.
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | i've been ยท he's been ยท you've had |
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | were loved ยท been attracted |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 65 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: smoothly /หsmuหรฐli/, cloth /klษฮธ/
- Long words โ get the stress right: pepperoni /pษpษหษนoสni/, practically /หpษนรฆk.tษช.k(ษ.)li/
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 immobile, morbidly, obese.
ืืื ืืื ืื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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