Shadowing Practice: Our pool has never been this colour 🥴 #poolcleaning #pool #diyprojects - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 14 sentences and 214 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks fast, about 268 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• nasty /ˈnæs.ti/ (adjective) — Dirty, filthy.
• drain /dɹiːn/ (noun) — A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
• wash /wɑʃ/ (verb) — To clean with water.
• hook /hʊk/ (noun) — A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
• furniture /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ (noun) — Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
• filter /ˈfɪltɚ/ (noun) — A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from…
• vacuum /ˈvæ.kjuːm/ (noun) — A region of space that contains no matter.
• swamp /ˈswɑmp/ (noun) — An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many…
• scrub /skɹʌb/ (verb) — To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
• accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/ (verb) — To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
• alga /ˈæl.ɡə/ (noun) — Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are…
• bacterium /bækˈtɪəɹ.ɪəm/ (noun) — A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
• floaty /ˈfloʊti/ (adjective) — Tending to float on a liquid or to rise in air or a gas; buoyant.
• patio /ˈpæt.i.əʊ/ (noun) — A paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation.
• refill /ˈɹiː.fɪl/ (noun) — An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• hook up (verb) — To assemble the parts of a mechanism, especially by connecting wires.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like nasty, drain, wash.