Shadowing Practice: AEF 3.5 - Lunch with Kerri - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 55 sentences and 325 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:48. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• waiter /ˈweɪ̯təː/ (noun) — A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.
• compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (verb) — To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
• bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verb) — To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
• relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (verb) — To make something loose.
• taxi /ˈtæksi/ (noun) — A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
• charm /t͡ʃɑɹm/ (noun) — An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
• peculiar /pɪˈkjul.jɚ/ (adjective) — Out of the ordinary; odd; strange; unusual.
• hectic /ˈhɛktɪk/ (adjective) — Very busy with activity and confusion.
• friendly /ˈfɹɛnd.li/ (adjective) — Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
• cycle /ˈsaɪ.kəl/ (noun) — An interval of space or time in which one set of events or phenomena is completed.
• restaurant /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ (noun) — An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.
• everywhere /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ (adverb) — In or to all locations under discussion.
• fake /feɪ̯k/ (adjective) — Not real; false, fraudulent.
• quiet /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/ (adjective) — With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
• stress out (verb) — To become stressed.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, 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 waiter, compare, bother.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video: