Shadowing Practice: Nick and Judy confess their feelings ๐ฆ๐๐ฐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video โNick and Judy confess their feelings ๐ฆ๐๐ฐโ. This video has 34 sentences and 355 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a steady 149 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| discomfort noun | /dษชsหkสmfษt/ | Mental or bodily distress. |
| scare verb | /skษษ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| fluffle noun | /หflส.fษl/ | A group of rabbits. |
| overshare verb | To share too much or in excess. | |
| unresolved adjective | For which no solution has been found. | |
| suppress verb | /sษหpษนษs/ | To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue. |
| unhealthy adjective | /สnหhษl.ฮธi/ | Characterized by, or conducive to poor health. |
| insecure adjective | /ษชnsษหkjสษน/ | Not secure. |
| bunny noun | /หbสni/ | A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. |
| emotionally adverb | /ษชหmษสสษnษli/ | In an emotional manner; displaying emotion. |
| rabbit noun | /หษนรฆbษชt/ | A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) |
| trauma noun | /หtษนษm.ษ/ | Any injury to the body of a living thing. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 discomfort, scare, fluffle.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.










