Shadowing Practice: Listening unit 4 globle 6 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 24 sentences and 217 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:28. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% 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:

• railway /ˈɹeɪlˌweɪ/ (noun) — A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
• temple /ˈtɛm.pl̩/ (noun) — A house of worship dedicated to a polytheistic faith.
• narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/ (adjective) — Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
• arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (verb) — To reach; to get to a certain place.
• delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
• outdoor /aʊtˈdɔː/ (adjective) — Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
• cinema /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ (noun) — A movie theatre, a movie house.
• convenient /kənˈviː.niənt/ (adjective) — Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
• noon /nun/ (noun) — The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.
• cathedral /kəˈθiːdɹəl/ (noun) — The principal church serving as the office (and some as place of residence) of an archdiocese's/a diocese's archbishop/bishop which is symbolized by an…
• suburbs /ˈsʌbɝbz/ (noun) — The populated area surrounding a city.
• countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ (noun) — An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
• dislike /dɪsˈlaɪk/ (verb) — To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like.
• lively /ˈlaɪv.li/ (adjective) — Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
• noisy /ˈnɔɪzi/ (adjective) — Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• live with (verb) — To share an abode as an unmarried partner in a sexual relationship.
• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.

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 railway, temple, narrow.

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