Shadowing Practice: Learn English with WEDNESDAY โ Fighting Bianca ๐คบ - 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 โLearn English with WEDNESDAY โ Fighting Bianca ๐คบโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: wednesday, bianca, coach, challenge, speaking. This video has 209 sentences and 2260 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:38. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| rowan noun | /หษนoส.ษn/ | Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan. |
| appoint verb | /ษหpษษชnt/ | To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement. |
| splash verb | /splรฆส/ | To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass. |
| fence noun | /fษns/ | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| whine verb | /หwaษชฬฏn/ | To utter a high-pitched cry. |
| helpless adjective | /หhษlplษชs/ | Unable to defend oneself. |
| bleed verb | /หbliหd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| invoke verb | /ษชnหvoสk/ | To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. |
| mask noun | /mรฆsk/ | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection. |
| stinger noun | /หstษชล.ษ/ | A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack. |
| lazy adjective | /หleษชฬฏzi(ห)/ | Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion. |
| learner noun | /หlษษนnษษน/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| psychopath noun | /หsaษชkษสpรฆฮธ/ | A person with a personality disorder indicated by a pattern of lying, cunning, manipulating, glibness, exploiting, heedlessness, arrogance, delusions ofโฆ |
| evenly adverb | /หiหvษnli/ | So as to form a flat surface. |
| desperately adverb | /หdษs.p(ษ.)ษนษt.li/ | In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pull out verb | To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| set down verb | To write. |
| start out verb | To emerge suddenly; to jump out. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's see if you bleed in black and white.
- What do you think?
- I'll get you next time.
- Anyone else want to challenge me?
- Are we doing this or not?
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | is borrowed ยท being tricked ยท was appointed |
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | fight, which is ยท Someone who gave ยท Someone who was |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, you're, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: psychopath /หsaษชkษสpรฆฮธ/, brethren /หbษนษรฐษนษn/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: splash /splรฆส/, exaggeration /ษชษกหzรฆdอกสษหษนeษชสษn/, emotion /ษชหmษส.สษn/, patience /หpeษชฬฏ.สษns/
- Long words โ get the stress right: desperately /หdษs.p(ษ.)ษนษt.li/, intermediate /ษชn.tษ(ษน)หmi.di.ษt/, cappuccino /หkรฆpษหtอกสinoส/, exaggeration /ษชษกหzรฆdอกสษหษนeษชสษn/, competitor /kษmหpษt.ษช.tษ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rowan, appoint, splash.
ืืื ืืื ืื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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