Shadowing Practice: Caleb is not a Cannibal ANYMORE... | Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 21 sentences and 81 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:36. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• lieutenant /l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/ (noun) — In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the…
• passion /ˈpæʃən/ (noun) — A true desire sustained or prolonged.
• delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
• butt /bʌt/ (noun) — The buttocks or anus (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
• clue /kluː/ (noun) — Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
• 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.
• intricate /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/ (adjective) — Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
• needlepoint /ˈniːdl̩ˌpɔɪnt/ (noun) — A craft involving pulling yarn, thread, or floss through a canvas mesh to produce a decorative design.
• cannibal /ˈkænɪbəl/ (noun) — An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
• embroidery /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/ (noun) — The art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.
• monocle /ˈmɑnəkəl/ (noun) — A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
• parrot /ˈpæɹət/ (noun) — A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: passion /ˈpæʃən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/

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 lieutenant, passion, delicious.