Shadowing Practice: Mike Tyson leaves reporter Speechless ๐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โMike Tyson leaves reporter Speechless ๐โ. This video has 16 sentences and 161 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks fast, about 212 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| punch noun | /pสntอกส/ | A hit or strike with one's fist. |
| stomach noun | /หstสmษk/ | An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. |
| enormous adjective | /ษชหnษห.mษs/ | Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. |
| twist verb | /twษชst/ | To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. |
| snap verb | /snรฆp/ | To fracture or break apart suddenly. |
| workout noun | /หwษk.aสฬฏt/ | An exercise session; a period of physical exercise. |
| precision noun | /pษนษชหsษชส.ษn/ | The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate. |
| interpret verb | /ษชnหtษห.pษนษชt/ | To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understandingโฆ |
| misinterpret verb | /หmษชs.ษชnหtษห.pษนษชt/ | To make an incorrect interpretation; to misunderstand. |
| physique noun | The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person. | |
| leg noun | /หlษษก/ | A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land. |
| jump verb | /dอกสสmp/ | To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. |
| accurate adjective | /หรฆk.ษนษชt/ | Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty. |
| tend verb | /หtษnd/ | To look after (e.g. an ill person.) |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: precision /pษนษชหsษชส.ษn/, shoulder /หสoสldษ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like boom, punch, stomach.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.











