Shadowing Practice: KPop Demon Hunters Part 13 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 54 sentences and 243 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:44. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• legit /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/ (adjective) — Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.
• relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (verb) — To make something loose.
• heal /ˈhiːl/ (verb) — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (verb) — To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
• refuse /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ (verb) — To decline (a request or demand).
• throat /ˈθɹoʊt/ (noun) — The front part of the neck.
• quietly /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/ (adverb) — Producing little or no noise.
• hurry /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ (verb) — To do things quickly.
• noon /nun/ (noun) — The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
• emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/ (adverb) — In an emotional manner; displaying emotion.
• sore /soɹ/ (adjective) — Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
• gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
• whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
• isolate /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/ (verb) — To set apart or cut off from others.
• bathhouse /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/ (noun) — A building with baths for communal use.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• close off (verb) — To seal or block the entrance to a road, an area, or a building so that people cannot enter.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, bathhouse /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/, earthy /ˈɝθi/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like legit, relax, heal.