Shadowing Practice: Caldrukishots #67 - Why Did You Send Me This?! 😭🙏 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 143 sentences and 883 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:30. The speaker talks slowly, about 104 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• joking /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ (verb) — Kidding, trying to fool.
• racist /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/ (noun) — A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
• tilt /tɪlt/ (verb) — To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• ignore /ɪɡˈnɔː/ (verb) — To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
• crush /kɹʌʃ/ (verb) — To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
• ranch /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/ (noun) — A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
• groceries /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ (noun) — Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.
• repost (noun) — The act of posting again; the material thus posted.
• household /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ (adjective) — Belonging to the same house and family.
• silence /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ (noun) — The absence of any sound.
• expand /ɪkˈspænd/ (verb) — To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
• grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (adjective) — Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
• pretend /pɹəˈtɛnd/ (verb) — To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
• edit /ˈɛdɪt/ (verb) — To change a text, or a document.
• celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ (noun) — Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• call on (verb) — To visit (a person); to pay a call to.
• selling on (noun) — The act of selling something previously purchased.
• wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 29 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crush /kɹʌʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, pushy /ˈpʊʃ.i/
• Long words — get the stress right: celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/

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 joking, racist, tilt.

Grammar in this video

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