शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Norway vs England Snacks - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

This video has 17 sentences and 126 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:32. The speaker talks fast, about 235 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• chip /t͡ʃɪp/ (noun) — A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
• corn /ˈkɔːn/ (noun) — Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
• snack /snæk/ (noun) — A light meal.
• layer /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ (noun) — A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
• versus /ˈvɝsəs/ — Against; in opposition to.
• melt /mɛlt/ (verb) — To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
• cocktail /ˈkɑk.teɪl/ (noun) — A mixed alcoholic beverage.
• cone /ˈkoʊn/ (noun) — A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
• jelly /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ (noun) — A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and…
• chili /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ (noun) — The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
• biscuit /ˈbɪs.kɪt/ (noun) — A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
• gummy /ˈɡʌmi/ (adjective) — Resembling gum (the substance).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they've, you'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like chip, corn, snack.

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