Shadowing Practice: interview 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 9 sentences and 87 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:22. The speaker talks fast, about 239 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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

11 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• skill /skɪl/ (noun) — A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
• solve /sɒlv/ (verb) — To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
• financially (adverb) — In terms of finance or money.
• professionally (adverb) — As a professional; for one's paid career.
• multitasking (noun) — The simultaneous execution of multiple tasks (programs) under the control of an interrupt-driven operating system.
• improve /ɪmˈpɹuːv/ (verb) — To make (something) better; to increase the value or productivity (of something).
• independent /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ (adjective) — Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
• choose /t͡ʃuːz/ (verb) — To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
• apply /əˈplaɪ/ (verb) — To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
• decide /dɪˈsaɪd/ (verb) — To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
• honest /ˈɑ.nɪst/ (adjective) — Scrupulous with regard to telling the truth; not given to swindling, lying, or fraud; upright.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• work in (verb) — To find time or space for, amid other things.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like skill, solve, financially.