Shadowing Practice: Minecraft But Walking Generates The World - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
אותו ערוץ
המלץ על סרטון
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Minecraft But Walking Generates The World”. This video has 843 sentences and 4937 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:25. The speaker talks at a natural 162 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| generate verb | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ | To bring into being; give rise to. |
| snowball noun | /ˈsnoʊbɔl/ | A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow… |
| spawn verb | /spɔn/ | To produce or deposit (eggs) in water. |
| blaze noun | /bleɪz/ | A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light. |
| nether adjective | /nɛð.ə/ | Lower; under. |
| mob noun | /mɑb/ | A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action. |
| lava noun | /ˈlɑvə/ | The molten rock ejected by a volcano from a vent such as a crater or fissure; magma that has breached the surface of the earth. |
| portal noun | /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/ | An entrance, entry point, or means of entry. |
| fortress noun | /ˈfoɹ.tɹɪs/ | A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; for example a fort, a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. |
| pumpkin noun | /ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/ | A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon. |
| pearl noun | /pɝl/ | A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain… |
| explore verb | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | To examine or investigate something systematically. |
| ender noun | /ˈɛndə(ɹ)/ | Something which ends another thing. |
| overworld noun | The celestial world. | |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| watch out | Used to warn someone of an imminent danger. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| dig down verb | To scrounge for money, especially large amounts of it. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| go past verb | To elapse. (said of time) |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What am I supposed to do with this?
- You're gonna try and plant a seed?
- What if we just run off?
- You know what I'm saying?
- You've done anything while I've been gone?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 245 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: nether /nɛð.ə/, thirteen /ˌθɝtˈtin/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shield /ˈʃild/, mineshaft /ˈmaɪnˌʃæft/, shaft /ˈʃɑːft/, flesh /flɛʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: obsidian /əbˈsɪd.i.ən/, dandelion /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/, regenerate /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/, supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, generator /ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× 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 generate, snowball, spawn.
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