Shadowing Practice: BoyWithUke - Long Drives (Official Music Video) - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 27 sentences and 411 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:43. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• liar /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/ (noun) — Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
• trap /tɹæp/ (noun) — A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
• shine /ʃaɪn/ (verb) — To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• tide /taɪd/ (noun) — The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
• rotten /ˈɹɑtn̩/ (adjective) — Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
• brighten /ˈbɹaɪtən/ (verb) — To make bright or brighter in color.
• dismal /ˈdɪzməl/ (adjective) — Disastrous, calamitous.
• heartbreak /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ (noun) — Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment.
• strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ (adjective) — Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
• suicide /ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd/ (noun) — The act of intentionally killing oneself.
• excuse /ɪksˈkjuz/ (verb) — To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
• swear /ˈswɛɚ/ (verb) — To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verb) — To ponder.
• sit in (verb) — To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
• come off (verb) — To become detached.
• fall for (verb) — To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).
• fall into (verb) — To go into something by falling.
• go back (verb) — To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
• grow out of (verb) — To emerge from (something); to take a particular shape as a result of (something); to come to exist from (an origin).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, 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. 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 liar, trap, shine.

Grammar in this video

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