Shadowing Practice: 08 G1 Eggs - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 28 sentences and 140 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 67 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 72% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• crack /kɹæk/ (noun) — A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
• egg /ɛɡ/ (noun) — An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
• spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ (noun) — Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
• snake /sneɪk/ (noun) — Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
• duck /dʌk/ (noun) — Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and…
• turtle /ˈtɝtl̩/ (noun) — Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
• penguin /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/ (noun) — Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual…
• chick /t͡ʃɪk/ (noun) — A young bird.
• lay /leɪ/ (verb) — To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• fish /ˈfɪʃ/ (noun) — A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
• teacher /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ (noun) — A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
• welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
• wonderful /ˈwʌndəfl̩/ (adjective) — Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll. 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 crack, egg, spider.