Shadowing Practice: Mini Vlog in Macau ๐โฉ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โMini Vlog in Macau ๐โฉโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hot, Pass, Macau, airport, Alamo. This video has 64 sentences and 509 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:56. The speaker talks slowly, about 86 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| delicious adjective | /dษชหlษช.สษs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| convenient adjective | /kษnหviห.niษnt/ | Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. |
| castle noun | /หkษหsษl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house orโฆ |
| sushi noun | /หsuหสi/ | A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables orโฆ |
| voucher noun | /หvaสtอกสษ(ษน)/ | A piece of paper or other token that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services. |
| restaurant noun | /หษนษst(ษ)หษนษnt/ | An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. |
| comfortable adjective | /หkสm(p)f.tษ.bษl/ | Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable. |
| holiday noun | /หhษlษหdeษช/ | A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed. |
| breakfast noun | /หbษนeษชkหfรฆst/ | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. |
| favourite adjective | /หfeษชv.ษนษชt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| bathroom noun | /หbรฆฮธหษนum/ | A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet. |
| airport noun | /หษษน.pษษนt/ | An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passengerโฆ |
| enter verb | /หษntษ/ | To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. |
| tour noun | /tษห(ษน)/ | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. |
| quick adjective | /kwษชk/ | Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /หkสm หaสt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | are already checked ยท is called |
| ืขืชืื ืขื โgoing toโ be going to + verb โ ืชืื ืื ืืขืชืื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉื ืจืื ืฉืขืืื ืืงืจืืช | We're going to go ยท I'm going to take ยท I'm going to go |
| ืืืื: must / have to / need to ืืืืืข ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืืื | have to eat ยท need to go |
| ืืืื ืืืืฉื (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing โ ืืฉืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉ ืืจืืข ืื ืืกืืืื ืืงืจืืื ืืืื ืืื | we're coming ยท I'm thinking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: delicious /dษชหlษช.สษs/, sushi /หsuหสi/, fresh /fษนษส/, edition /ษชหdษชส(ษ)n/, option /หษpสษn/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like delicious, convenient, castle.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.












