Shadowing Practice: โWhat am I saying?โ๐ - 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 speaking lesson is built on the video โโWhat am I saying?โ๐โ. This video has 21 sentences and 126 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:57. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| steal verb | /stiหl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| coat noun | /หkoสฬฏt/ | An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. |
| internship noun | /หษชntษหnสษชp/ | A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. |
| peppermint noun | /หpษpษหmษชnt/ | A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha ร piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and isโฆ |
| solver noun | One who or that which solves. | |
| bathroom noun | /หbรฆฮธหษนum/ | A room containing a shower or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet. |
| sugar noun | /หสสษกษ/ | A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative. |
| weak adjective | /wi(ห)k/ | Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: internship /หษชntษหnสษชp/, sugar /หสสษกษ/
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 steal, coat, internship.
ืืื ืืื ืื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.








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