Shadowing Practice: This Toilet Cleans Itself! ๐ฑ - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
ืืืจื ืืคืืืงืฆืื
ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

ืืืชื ืขืจืืฅ
ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โThis Toilet Cleans Itself! ๐ฑโ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: toilet, clean, cleaning, itself. This video has 14 sentences and 184 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:06. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| toilet verb | /หtษษช.lษt/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| wash verb | /wษส/ | To clean with water. |
| chamber noun | /หtอกสeษชฬฏmbษ/ | The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble. |
| jet noun | /หdอกสษt/ | A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc. |
| rely verb | /ษนษชหlaษช/ | To trust; to have confidence in; to depend. |
| clever adjective | /หklษv.ษ/ | Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. |
| blade noun | /bleษชd/ | The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. |
| underneath adverb | /หสndษหniฮธ/ | Below; in a place beneath. |
| drain noun | /dษนiหn/ | A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) |
| visitor noun | /หvษชzษชtษ/ | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. |
| reset verb | /ษนiหหsษt/ | To set back to the initial state. |
| biodegradable adjective | /(ห)baษชoสdษหษกษนeษชdษblฬฉ/ | Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms. |
| leftover adjective | Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve. | |
| porous adjective | /หpษหษนษs/ | Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hide behind verb | To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | is actually hidden ยท is sent ยท are washed |
| ืืืื ืืืืฉื (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing โ ืืฉืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉ ืืจืืข ืื ืืกืืืื ืืงืจืืื ืืืื ืืื | you're using |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, doesn't, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 toilet, wash, chamber.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.











