Shadowing Practice: Wonder's Best Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video
בחר מצב תרגול
כל מצב פותח חדר תרגול במסך מלא.
הורד אפליקציה
כל מה שאתה צריך כדי לדבר בשטף
אותו ערוץ
המלץ על סרטון
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Wonder's Best Scenes”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dude, Jack, supposedly, science, eraser. This video has 173 sentences and 971 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 36 of its 173 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| supposedly adverb | /səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/ | As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people. |
| eraser noun | /ɪˈɹeɪsɚ/ | One who erases. |
| homeschool verb | To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution. | |
| tuna noun | /ˈtjuː.nə/ | Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae. |
| sincerely adverb | /sɪnˈsɪɹli/ | In a sincere or earnest manner; honestly. |
| elective adjective | /ɪˈlɛktɪv/ | Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options. |
| grader noun | /ˈɡɹeɪdɚ/ | A machine used in road maintenance, construction, and mining for leveling large surfaces. |
| incubator noun | /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ | Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction. |
| pillowcase noun | /ˈpɪloʊˌkeɪs/ | A washable, easily removable cloth cover for pillows. |
| prehistoric adjective | /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/ | Of or relating to the epoch before written record. |
| preposition noun | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense… |
| chew verb | /tʃuː/ | To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed. |
| bleed verb | /ˈbliːd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| swamp noun | /ˈswɑmp/ | An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| come over verb | To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse. | |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| keep up verb | To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. | |
| think up verb | To create in one’s mind; to invent. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How am I supposed to know what he knows?
- What's the deal with your face?
- Why don't we all shut up?
- Hey, what did you do that for?
- What do we got here?
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | you've never been · he's been homeschooled · I've never thought |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | been homeschooled · was born |
| אפשרות עם “might / may” might/may + verb — משהו שיכול לקרות, אך לא בטוח | may need · might get |
| שם תואר מובהק (Superlatives) the -est / the most … — לציין את הגבוה או הנמוך ביותר בקבוצה | the best |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 32 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/, suspension /səˈspɛnʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: supposedly /səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/, incubator /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/, prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
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 supposedly, eraser, homeschool.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.
























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