Shadowing Practice: Me buying clothes ๐Ÿ˜‚ - Learn English Speaking with Video

ื‘ื—ืจ ืžืฆื‘ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ

ื›ืœ ืžืฆื‘ ืคื•ืชื— ื—ื“ืจ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ ื‘ืžืกืš ืžืœื.

29 ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื
ืื ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื ืงืฆืจื™ื ืื• ืืจื•ื›ื™ื ืžื“ื™, ืœื—ืฅ ืขืœ ืขืจื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืื•ืชื.
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How much is this blazer?
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This one is my favorite.
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650. Option one, ask for it in a color you know they don't have.
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Do you have it in orange?
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No. Ah.
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Sorry.
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Okay, then thank you.
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Number two, say you're allergic to the material.
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It's cotton, right?
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I'm allergic to cotton.
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Oh.
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Do you have it in silk?
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Ah, no, it doesn't come in silk.
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I'm so sorry.
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Ah, okay then.
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And the last option, ask for help.
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Oh, sorry.
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Hi.
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Oh my God, are you okay?
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Where are you?
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Did you call the police?
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Holy...
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Everything's gonna be okay, don't worry.
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Don't you dare say goodbye.
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This is not the end.
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I love you too.
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I will always love you.
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Sorry, it's an emergency.
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It's okay.

ื”ื•ืจื“ ืืคืœื™ืงืฆื™ื”

ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืืชื” ืฆืจื™ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืฉื˜ืฃ

ื”ื’ื™ื™ืช AIืฆื™ื•ืŸ ืœื›ืœ ืžืฉืคื˜
ืชืจื’ื•ืœ IPAืฉืœื•ื˜ ื‘ื›ืœ ืฆืœื™ืœ
ืื•ืฆืจ ืžื™ืœื™ืื‘ื ื” ืืช ืžืื’ืจ ื”ืžื™ืœื™ื ืฉืœืš
ืžืฉื—ืง ืื•ืฆืจ ืžื™ืœื™ืืœืžื“ ืชื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืžืฉื—ืง

ืื•ืชื• ืขืจื•ืฅ

FOR YOU

ื”ืžืœืฅ ืขืœ ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 29 sentences and 127 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:57. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
cotton noun/หˆkษ‘t.nฬฉ/A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.
silk noun/sษชlk/A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).
allergic adjective/ษ™หˆlษ.dอกส’ษชk/Of or pertaining to allergy.
dare verb/dษ›(ษ™)ษน/To have enough courage (to do something).
goodbye/ษกสŠdหˆbaษช/Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
blazer noun/หˆbleษชzษ™ษน/A very bright or hot day.
orange noun/หˆษ’ษนษชndอกส’/An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
favourite adjective/หˆfeษชv.ษนษชt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
option noun/หˆษ‘pสƒษ™n/One of a set of choices that can be made.
material noun/mษ™หˆtษชษ™.ษนi.ษ™l/A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabricโ€ฆ
color noun/หˆkสŒl.ษ™/The spectral composition of visible light.
holy adjective/หˆhoสŠli/Dedicated to a religious purpose or a god.
worry verb/หˆwสŒ.ษนi/To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
emergency noun/ษชหˆmษ.dอกส’ษ™n.si/A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words โ€” get the stress right: material /mษ™หˆtษชษ™.ษนi.ษ™l/, emergency /ษชหˆmษ.dอกส’ษ™n.si/

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 cotton, silk, allergic.

ืžื”ื™ ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ื”ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’?

ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ื”ื™ื ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ืœืžื™ื“ืช ืฉืคื” ืžื‘ื•ืกืกืช ืžื“ืข ืฉืคื•ืชื—ื” ื‘ืžืงื•ืจ ืœื”ื›ืฉืจืช ืžืชื•ืจื’ืžื ื™ื ืžืงืฆื•ืขื™ื™ื ื•ืคื•ืคื•ืœืจื™ืช ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื’ืœื•ื˜ ื“"ืจ ืืœื›ืกื ื“ืจ ืืจื’ื•ืืœืก. ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ื” ืืš ืขื•ืฆืžืชื™ืช: ืืชื” ืžืงืฉื™ื‘ ืœืื•ื“ื™ื• ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื™ืœื™ื“ื™ืช ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ ืขืœื™ื• ื‘ืงื•ืœ ืจื ืžื™ื“ โ€” ื›ืžื• ืฆืœ ื”ืขื•ืงื‘ ืื—ืจื™ ื”ื“ื•ื‘ืจ ืขื ืขื™ื›ื•ื‘ ืฉืœ 1โ€“2 ืฉื ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืœื‘ื“. ื‘ื ื™ื’ื•ื“ ืœื”ืื–ื ื” ืคืกื™ื‘ื™ืช ืื• ืชืจื’ื™ืœื™ ื“ืงื“ื•ืง, ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ืžื›ืจื™ื— ืืช ื”ืžื•ื— ื•ื”ืฉืจื™ืจื™ื ื‘ืคื” ืœืขื‘ื“ ื•ืœืฉื—ื–ืจ ื“ืคื•ืกื™ ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืืžื™ืชื™ื™ื ื‘ื• ื–ืžื ื™ืช. ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ืžืจืื™ื ืฉื–ื” ืžืฉืคืจ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ืช ืืช ื“ื™ื•ืง ื”ื”ื’ื™ื™ื”, ื”ืื™ื ื˜ื•ื ืฆื™ื”, ื”ืงืฆื‘, ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืžื—ื•ื‘ืจ, ื”ื‘ื ืช ื”ืฉืžื™ืขื” ื•ืฉื˜ืฃ ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ โ€” ืžื” ืฉื”ื•ืคืš ืื•ืชื• ืœืื—ืช ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื•ืช ื”ื™ืขื™ืœื•ืช ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืœื”ื›ื ื” ืœIELTS Speaking ื•ืœืชืงืฉื•ืจืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ืืžื™ืชื™.

ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช Shadowing: ืงืจื ืืช ื”ืžื“ืจื™ืš ื”ืžืœื ืฉืœื‘ ืื—ืจ ืฉืœื‘ โ†’