Shadowing Practice: No More Internet - Family Guy - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 91 sentences and 651 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:57. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• uber /ˈuːbəɹ/ (adjective) — Super; high-level; high-ranking.
• shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
• jimmy /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ (noun) — A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
• pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (noun) — A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
• suck /sʌk/ (verb) — To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
• buddy /ˈbʌdi/ — A person far removed from the conversation.
• settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verb) — To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
• celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ (noun) — Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
• loop /luːp/ (noun) — A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
• chaos /ˈkeɪˌɑs/ (noun) — The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
• clip /klɪp/ (noun) — Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• panic /ˈpænɪk/ (noun) — Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
• upgrade /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ (verb) — To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
• skip /skɪp/ (verb) — To move by hopping on alternate feet.
• nightmare /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ (noun) — A very unpleasant or frightening dream.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
• calm down (verb) — To become less excited, intense, or angry.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• figure out (verb) — To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
• get back to (verb) — Return to (an activity)
• pop up (verb) — To come up with a "pop" sound.
• settle down (verb) — To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
• talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, I'm, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, charade /ʃəˈɹeɪd/
• Long words — get the stress right: celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, overreact /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/, probiotic /ˌpɹoʊ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like uber, shock, jimmy.

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