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Sam and Lucky, Episode 19,
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Tooth Trouble Good morning, boys and girls.
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Today we're making a tooth chart.
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Think carefully.
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How many baby teeth have you lost?
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Two!
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One!
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And the tooth fairy came!
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Tooth Fairy?
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What's that?
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She comes when you lose a baby tooth.
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She puts money under your pillow.
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Oh, cool!
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The Tooth Fairy gave me five dollars.
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Wow!
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You're lucky, Lulu!
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Freddy?
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I lost two teeth.
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I've lost four teeth.
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Sam, how many teeth have you lost?
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Um...
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I...
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Excuse me?
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I haven't lost any, Mrs. Swan.
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Really?
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You still have all your baby teeth?
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No, Tooth Fairy?
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Here's our chart, boys and girls.
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Now we can keep track of our last tee.
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Yes, I wonder who will lose one next.
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Me!
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Me!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “lv02 019 Sam and Lucky 19 Tooth Trouble”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tooth, teeth, fairy, baby. This video has 32 sentences and 126 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 74 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 9 of its 32 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
tooth noun/tuθ/A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
chart noun/t͡ʃɑɹt/A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
carefully adverb/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/With care; attentively, circumspectly.
pillow noun/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
dollar noun/ˈdɑ.lɚ/Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere…
excuse verb/ɪksˈkjuz/To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
lucky adjective/ˈlʌki/Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
wonder noun/ˈwʌndɚ/A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise…

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Today we're making a tooth chart.
  • How many baby teeth have you lost?
  • Sam, how many teeth have you lost?
  • You still have all your baby teeth?
  • Here's our chart, boys and girls.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as haven't, I've, we're. 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. 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 tooth, chart, carefully.

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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