Shadowing Practice: *PANIC* mode is in full swing ๐ฐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โ*PANIC* mode is in full swing ๐ฐโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tablespoons, grams, bloop, whisk, vanilla. This video has 34 sentences and 323 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:32. The speaker talks fast, about 211 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 70% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| tablespoon noun | /หteษชbษlหspun/ | A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl. |
| gram noun | /หษกษนรฆm/ | A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g. |
| bloop verb | /bluหp/ | To blow air bubbles or audibly slosh about in water. |
| whisk noun | /หwษชsk/ | A quick, light sweeping motion. |
| vanilla noun | /vษหnษชl.ษ/ | Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or inโฆ |
| mould noun | /mษสld/ | Commonwealth standard spelling of mold. |
| carrot noun | /หkรฆษนษt/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| bake verb | /beษชk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| dash noun | /หdรฆส/ | Any of the following symbols: โ (figure dash), โ (en dash), โ (em dash), or โ (horizontal bar). |
| oven noun | /หส.vnฬฉ/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| buttercream noun | A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar. | |
| inhale verb | /ษชnหheษชl/ | To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm. |
| nutmeg noun | /หnสt.mษษก/ | An evergreen tree (Myristica fragrans) cultivated in the East Indies for its spicy seeds. |
| overwhelm verb | /หoส.vษหwษlm/ | To engulf, surge over and submerge. |
| soften verb | /หsษfษn/ | To make something soft or softer. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| finish off verb | To finish completely. | |
| get through verb | /ษกษt หฮธษนu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm going to make some carrot cakes.
- We're gonna start with the spices.
- They're definitely going to be at my book launch.
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืขืชืื ืขื โgoing toโ be going to + verb โ ืชืื ืื ืืขืชืื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉื ืจืื ืฉืขืืื ืืงืจืืช | am I going to do ยท I'm going to make ยท you're going to add |
| ืืืื ืืืืฉื (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing โ ืืฉืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉ ืืจืืข ืื ืืกืืืื ืืงืจืืื ืืืื ืืื | is starting ยท I'm doing ยท I'm pouring |
| ืขืชืื ืขื โwillโ will + verb โ ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืชืื | won't lie ยท That'll do |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: dash /หdรฆส/, splash /splรฆส/, suspicious /sษหspษชส.ษs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tablespoon, gram, bloop.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.