Shadowing Practice: Why Resilience Requires Brutal Self-Honesty ๐ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โWhy Resilience Requires Brutal Self-Honesty ๐โ. This video has 26 sentences and 245 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:09. The speaker talks fast, about 212 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. 4 of its 26 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| resilience noun | /ษนษชหzษชl.ษช.ษns/ | The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune. |
| sink verb | /หsษชลk/ | To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. |
| weakness noun | /หwik.nษชs/ | The condition of being weak. |
| chop verb | /tอกสษp/ | To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. |
| skill noun | /skษชl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| immune adjective | /ษชหmjuหn/ | Exempt; not subject to. |
| deficit noun | /หdษfษsษชt/ | Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack. |
| bounce verb | /baสns/ | To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. |
| honesty noun | /หษ.nษช.sti/ | The act, quality, or condition of being honest. |
| oppose verb | /ษหpoสz/ | To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. |
| surround verb | /sษหษนaสnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| hopeless adjective | /หhoสplษชs/ | Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. |
| circumstance noun | /หsษ.kษmหstรฆns/ | Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. |
| deprecation noun | /หdษpษนษชหkeษชสษn/ | The act of deprecating. |
| progressively adverb | /pษนษหษกษนษsษชvli/ | In a progressive manner. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It means that you're able to bounce back.
- You're able to still move through.
- What makes you immune to that?
- I'm not afraid of my weaknesses.
- You think you can come in and help me with this?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: deprecation /หdษpษนษชหkeษชสษn/, punctuation /หpสลk.tอกสuหeษช.สษn/
- Long words โ get the stress right: resilience /ษนษชหzษชl.ษช.ษns/, deprecation /หdษpษนษชหkeษชสษn/, progressively /pษนษหษกษนษsษชvli/, punctuation /หpสลk.tอกสuหeษช.สษn/
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 resilience, sink, weakness.
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