Shadowing Practice: Life of a Cook - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 123 sentences and 758 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 94 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% 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

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

• steak /steɪk/ (noun) — Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
• rush /ɹʌʃ/ (verb) — To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
• suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verb) — To undergo hardship.
• chef /ʃɛf/ (noun) — The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household.
• comp /kɒmp/ (verb) — To accompany, in music.
• compensate /ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/ (verb) — To do (something good) after (something bad) happens.
• meal /ˈmiːl/ (noun) — Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
• horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (adjective) — Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
• custom /ˈkʌstəm/ (noun) — Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
• pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (noun) — A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
• knife /ˈnaɪ̯f/ (noun) — A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
• breast /bɹɛst/ (noun) — Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
• menu /ˈmɛn.juː/ (noun) — The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare.
• salad /ˈsæl.əd/ (noun) — A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
• burger /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ (noun) — A hamburger.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come from (verb) — To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
• get back to (verb) — Return to (an activity)
• go back to (verb) — To stem from; to originate in.
• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
• send back (verb) — To return (something) to its origin.
• shut up /ʃʌt ʌp/ — Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
• wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.
• walk in (verb) — To come without an appointment to a place that would normally require one.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, chef /ʃɛf/

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 steak, rush, suffer.

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