Shadowing Practice: Learn Real Life English: What’s a Red Flag? 🚩 | Comprehensible Input - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 18 sentences and 183 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:00. The speaker talks fast, about 184 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (noun) — A short written or spoken expression.
• cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/ (verb) — To cross out something with lines etc.
• flag /flæɡ/ (noun) — A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• whenever /wəˈnɛvɚ/ — At any time that.
• careful /ˈkɛɹfəl/ (adjective) — Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
• somebody /ˈsʌmˌbədi/ — Some unspecified person.
• explain /ɪkˈspleɪn/ (verb) — To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
• comment /ˈkɑmɛnt/ (noun) — A spoken or written remark.
• somewhere /ˈsʌm.wɛɹ/ (adverb) — In an uncertain or unspecified location.
• useful /ˈjuːsfəl/ (adjective) — Having a practical or beneficial use.

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 phrase, cancel, flag.

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