Shadowing Practice: Trading His Bentley For A Porsche ๐ - 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 โTrading His Bentley For A Porsche ๐โ. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sell, trade, bill. This video has 56 sentences and 655 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:52. The speaker talks fast, about 229 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sensitive adjective | /หsษn.sษชt.ษชv/ | Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses. |
| bucket noun | /หbสkษชt/ | A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items. |
| cyber adjective | /หsaษช.bษษน/ | Of, or having to do with, the Internet; alternative form of cyber-. |
| stereo noun | /หstษษษน.i.oส/ | A system of recording or reproducing sound that uses two or more channels, each playing a portion of the original sound at different locations in order toโฆ |
| select verb | /sษชหlษkt/ | To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. |
| pray verb | /pษนeษช/ | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| instant noun | /หษชnstษnt/ | A very short period of time; a moment. |
| tail noun | /หteษชฬฏl/ | An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something. |
| relax verb | /ษนษชหlรฆks/ | To make something loose. |
| belly noun | /หbษli/ | The abdomen (especially a fat one). |
| technically adverb | /หtษk.nษชหkษl.i/ | Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. |
| alter verb | /หษl.tษษน/ | To change the form or structure of. |
| joking verb | /หdอกสoสkษชล/ | Kidding, trying to fool. |
| navigation noun | /nรฆvษชหษกeษชสษn/ | The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship. |
| civic adjective | /หsษชvษชk/ | Of, relating to, or belonging to a city, a citizen, or citizenship; municipal or civil. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /หษกoส ษหhษd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| roll over verb | To make a rolling motion or turn. |
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืืฉื (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing โ ืืฉืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉ ืืจืืข ืื ืืกืืืื ืืงืจืืื ืืืื ืืื | i'm being ยท i'm trying ยท i'm just joking |
| ืขืชืื ืขื โwillโ will + verb โ ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืชืื | i'll sell ยท we'll work ยท i'll give |
| ืขืชืื ืขื โgoing toโ be going to + verb โ ืชืื ืื ืืขืชืื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉื ืจืื ืฉืขืืื ืืงืจืืช | gonna take ยท gonna get |
| ืืืื: must / have to / need to ืืืืืข ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืืื | need to put ยท need to sell |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 33 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: navigation /nรฆvษชหษกeษชสษn/, rash /ษนรฆส/
- Long words โ get the stress right: technically /หtษk.nษชหkษl.i/, navigation /nรฆvษชหษกeษชสษn/
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 sensitive, bucket, cyber.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.


















