Shadowing Practice: Shadowing Practice: Why Travel Abroad? 🌍 #EnglishSpeaking #Shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 8 sentences and 74 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:37. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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

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

• shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (noun) — A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• abroad /əˈbɹɔːd/ (adverb) — Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (verb) — To examine or investigate something systematically.
• destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ (noun) — The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
• differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ (adverb) — In a different way.
• travel /ˈtɹævəl/ (verb) — To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
• dream /ˈdɹim/ (verb) — To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
• independent /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/ (adjective) — Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
• grow /ˈɡɹəʊ/ (verb) — To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/
• Long words — get the stress right: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, independent /ˌɪn.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/

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 shadow, abroad, explore.

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