Shadowing Practice: Impossible Questions with Priyanka Chopra Jonas | Vogue India - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Nobody has an answer to this question? That sucks.
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I hate these questions.
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Hi Vogue, this is Priyanka Chopra Jonas and these are my impossible questions.
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Teach me something I don't already know.
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Some of you might know it, but I'm really fond of tongue twisters.
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Betty body bought some butter, but the butter was for better, but then she bought some better butter to make the better butter better
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or how much wood would it would chuck chuck if it would chuck wood chuck wood?
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Try it.
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Kachapapad pakaapad kachapapad pakaapad kachapapad pakaapad Tell me three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday or Sunday.
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.
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But that's not consecutive is it?
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Monday, Tuesday...
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Is there an answer to this one?
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Monday, Tuesday...
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Today, tomorrow, day after?
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Yeah, that's what.
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Hey!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 17 sentences and 135 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

  • butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (noun) — A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
  • chuck /t͡ʃʌk/ (verb) — To playfully give a light touch, stroke, tap, etc., to someone, especially under the chin.
  • consecutive /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/ (adjective) — Following, in succession, without interruption.
  • suck /sʌk/ (verb) — To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  • fond /fɑnd/ (adjective) — Having a liking or affection (for).
  • twister /ˈtwɪstəɹ/ (noun) — One who twists.
  • teach /ˈtiːt͡ʃ/ (verb) — To pass on knowledge to.
  • nobody /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ (noun) — A person dismissed as unimportant.
  • impossible /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/ (adjective) — Not possible; not able to be done or happen.

Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: consecutive /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv/, impossible /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like butter, chuck, consecutive.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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