Shadowing Practice: The Crocodile Paradox ๐ฎ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โThe Crocodile Paradox ๐ฎโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: crocodile, boy, eat, mother. This video has 12 sentences and 139 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks at a natural 173 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| correctly adverb | /kษหษนษk(t).li/ | In a correct manner. |
| carefully adverb | /หkษษนf(ษ)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| chase verb | /tอกสeษชs/ | To follow at speed. |
| trap noun | /tษนรฆp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| drag verb | /dษนรฆษก/ | To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. |
| predict verb | /pษนษชหdษชkt/ | To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis ofโฆ |
| prediction noun | /pษนษชหdษชkสษn/ | A statement of what will happen in the future. |
| creep verb | /kษนiหp/ | To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. |
| crocodile noun | /หkษนษkษdaษชl/ | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes theโฆ |
| croc noun | /kษนษk/ | A type of EVA foam slip-on clog-style shoe with an open heel, thick sole, rounded toe, retractable heel strap, and ventilation holes on the top and sides. |
| opposite adjective | /หษ.pษ.sษชt/ | Located directly across from something else, or from each other. |
| grab verb | /หษกษนรฆb/ | To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. |
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ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืฉืคืื ืชื ืื (Conditional sentences) if + clause, will/would + verb โ ืชื ืื ืืชืืฆืื ืฉืื | If she guessed correctly, he would give ยท if she was wrong, he would eat |
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | was trapped |
| ืืืื: must / have to / need to ืืืืืข ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืืื | had to give ยท had to eat |
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 correctly, carefully, chase.
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ื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.