Shadowing Practice: Johnny Depp Talks About Smoking ๐ฌ #shorts - 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 B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โJohnny Depp Talks About Smoking ๐ฌโ. This video has 18 sentences and 118 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:40. The speaker talks at a natural 177 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 11 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| prop noun | /pษนษp/ | An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports. |
| cigarette noun | /หsษชษกษษนษt/ | A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking. |
| demonstration noun | /dษmษnหstษนeษชสษn/ | The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something. |
| actor noun | /หรฆk.tษ/ | Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent. |
| fault noun | /fษlt/ | Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event. |
| dumb verb | /dสm/ | To make stupid. |
| stupid adjective | /หstjuหpษชd/ | Lacking in intelligence. |
| explain verb | /ษชkหspleษชn/ | To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| lucky adjective | /หlสki/ | Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. |
| somewhere adverb | /หsสm.wษษน/ | In an uncertain or unspecified location. |
| anywhere adverb | /หษn.i.(h)wษษน/ | In or at any location. |
ืื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 ever done |
| ืขืฆื ืขื โshouldโ should + verb โ ืืืืจ ืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืฅ ืืขืฉืืช | should say |
| ืฉื ืชืืืจ ืืืืืง (Superlatives) the -est / the most โฆ โ ืืฆืืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืงืืืฆื | the dumbest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 prop, cigarette, demonstration.
ืืื ืืื ืื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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