Shadowing Practice: Streamline English Connections 39 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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32 משפטים
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1
An evening out.
2
Shall we go out tonight?
3
Okay, let's go to a restaurant. Which one?
4
How about the flamenco?
5
The flamenco?
6
Which one's that?
7
Did you remember?
8
That's the one that serves seafood.
9
Oh yes.
10
Oh, look over there. Where?
11
In the corner.
12
It's Jack West, isn't it? Where?
13
I can't see him.
14
There.
15
He's the one that's wearing a black suit.
16
Oh, the one that's talking so loudly.
17
What about him?
18
He used to be at college with us.
19
He was the only one that didn't pass the exams.
20
Hmm.
21
He looks very successful.
22
What does he do now?
23
Nothing.
24
He doesn't have to work.
25
Why not?
26
Well, you remember, don't you?
27
He married Patty Hetty.
28
Patty Hetty?
29
Yes, the girl that inherited a fortune her father was a millionaire.
30
Ah, yes.
31
Isn't she the one that killed herself?
32
Yeah, that's right, and he got all the money.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Streamline English Connections 39”. This video has 32 sentences and 150 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 15 of its 32 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
fortune noun/ˈfɔːtjuːn/Destiny, especially favorable.
exam verb/ɪɡˈzæm/Shortened form of examine
loudly adverb/ˈlaʊdli/In a loud manner; at a high volume.
millionaire noun/ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
seafood noun/ˈsiːfuːd/Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms.
inherit verb/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
flamenco noun/fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
restaurant noun/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
successful adjective/səkˈsɛs.fəl/Resulting in success; assuring or promoting success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect.
wear verb/wɛ(ə)ɹ/To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
serve verb/sɝv/To be a formal servant for (a god or deity); to worship in an official capacity.
herself/hɝˈsɛlf/Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
corner noun/ˈkɔɹnɚ/The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
suit noun/sut/A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go out verbTo leave, especially a building.
look over verbTo check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as isn't, can't, didn't. 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 fortune, exam, loudly.

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