Shadowing Practice: ๐ฅThey Studied Your Weaknesses - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 17 sentences and 179 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:17. The speaker talks at a steady 139 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| monitor noun | /หmษ.nษช.tษ/ | Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone. |
| gather verb | /หษกรฆรฐษ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| assessment noun | /ษหsษsmษnt/ | The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed. |
| carefully adverb | /หkษษนf(ษ)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| trigger noun | /หtษนษชษกษ/ | A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. |
| weakness noun | /หwik.nษชs/ | The condition of being weak. |
| trauma noun | /หtษนษm.ษ/ | Any injury to the body of a living thing. |
| assess verb | /ษหsษs/ | To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate. |
| observe verb | /ษbหzษหv/ | To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail. |
| manipulation noun | /mษหnษชp.juหleษช.สษn/ | The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. |
| validation noun | /หvรฆl.ษหdeษช.สษn/ | The act of validating something. |
| loneliness noun | /หloสnlinษs/ | A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions. |
| insecurity noun | A lack of security; uncertainty. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | have hurt |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: manipulation /mษหnษชp.juหleษช.สษn/, validation /หvรฆl.ษหdeษช.สษn/
- Long words โ get the stress right: manipulation /mษหnษชp.juหleษช.สษn/, validation /หvรฆl.ษหdeษช.สษn/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like monitor, gather, assessment.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.