Shadowing Practice: PRINCESS MONONOKE | Official English Trailer - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 16 sentences and 115 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 123 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:

• fate /feɪt/ (noun) — The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• steal /stiːl/ (verb) — To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• wolf /wʊlf/ (noun) — Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
• beast /biːst/ (noun) — Any four-footed land mammal.
• altar /ˈɔl.tɚ/ (noun) — A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites.
• foretell /fɔɹˈtɛl/ (verb) — To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
• ghoul /ɡuːl/ (noun) — A demon said to feed on corpses.
• princess /ˈpɹɪnsɛs/ (noun) — A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch.
• ancient /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ (adjective) — Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
• prepare /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/ (verb) — To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
• prince /pɹɪns/ (noun) — Someone who is preeminent in their field; a great person.
• travel /ˈtɹævəl/ (verb) — To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
• choose /t͡ʃuːz/ (verb) — To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
• rise /ɹaɪz/ (verb) — To move upwards.
• soul /soʊl/ (noun) — The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• go away (verb) — To depart or leave a place.
• live together (verb) — To cohabit and have sexual relations while not being married.
• work in (verb) — To find time or space for, amid other things.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 fate, steal, wolf.

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