Shadowing Practice: Nature's Carpenter: Precision in Every Peck ๐ชต๐จ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video โNature's Carpenter: Precision in Every Peck ๐ชต๐จโ. This video has 5 sentences and 72 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| carve verb | /kษษนv/ | To cut meat in order to serve it. |
| excavate verb | /หษk.skษ.veษชt/ | To make a hole in (something); to hollow. |
| impenetrable adjective | /ษชmหpษnษtษนษbษl/ | Not penetrable. |
| jagged adjective | /หdอกสรฆษกษชd/ | Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut. |
| methodically adverb | /mษชหฮธษdษชkษli/ | In a methodical manner; with order. |
| shatter verb | /หสรฆtษ/ | To violently break something into pieces. |
| splinter noun | /หsplษชn.tษ/ | A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood. |
| violently adverb | /หvaษช(ษ)lษntli/ | In a violent manner. |
| aggressively adverb | In an aggressive manner. | |
| bunker noun | /หbสล.kษ/ | A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks. |
| predator noun | /หpษนษd.ษ.tษ/ | Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food. |
| fortress noun | /หfoษน.tษนษชs/ | 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. |
| architectural adjective | /หษษนkษชหtษktอกสษษนษl/ | Pertaining to architecture. |
| timber noun | /หtษชmbษ/ | Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. |
| drill noun | /dษนษชl/ | A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words โ get the stress right: impenetrable /ษชmหpษnษtษนษbษl/, methodically /mษชหฮธษdษชkษli/, violently /หvaษช(ษ)lษntli/, architectural /หษษนkษชหtษktอกสษษนษl/
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 carve, excavate, impenetrable.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.