Shadowing Practice: Today In 2 - 22/09/2026 | Vietnam Today - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 27 sentences and 342 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:25. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• scar /skɑɹ/ (noun) — A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
• skill /skɪl/ (noun) — A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
• discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (verb) — To find or learn something for the first time.
• drone /dɹoʊn/ (noun) — A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
• thyroid /ˈθaɪ.ɹɔɪd/ (adjective) — Of, relating to, or being the thyroid cartilage.
• technique /tɛkˈniːk/ (noun) — The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
• procedure /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ (noun) — A particular method for performing a task.
• hire /ˈhaɪɹ/ (verb) — To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
• narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/ (adjective) — Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
• farmer /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ (noun) — A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
• surgeon /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/ (noun) — One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.
• detect /dɪˈtɛkt/ (verb) — To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
• recruitment /rɪˈkruːt.mənt / (noun) — The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or recruits for the armed forces.
• tumor /tuː.məɹ/ (noun) — An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
• drastically (adverb) — To a drastic degree.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• cut in (verb) — To intrude or interrupt.
• jump in /d͡ʒʌmp ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport.
• light on (verb) — Synonym of light upon.

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 scar, skill, discover.