Shadowing Practice: Dakota Johnson Answers 32 Questions | Vogue - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 146 sentences and 796 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:45. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% 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:

• define /dɪˈfaɪn/ (verb) — To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
• jeans /d͡ʒiːnz/ (noun) — A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
• therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ (noun) — Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
• happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/ (noun) — The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
• mood /muːd/ (noun) — A mental or emotional state, composure.
• suck /sʌk/ (verb) — To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
• trash /tɹæʃ/ (noun) — Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (verb) — To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• panic /ˈpænɪk/ (noun) — Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
• discipline /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ (noun) — A controlled behaviour; self-control.
• folk /foʊk/ (noun) — People, persons.
• depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (verb) — To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
• flip /flɪp/ (verb) — To throw so as to turn over.
• uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (adjective) — Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
• costume /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ (noun) — A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• check on (verb) — To personally verify that (someone or something) is safe, copacetic, appropriate or satisfactory.
• go for (verb) — To try for, to attempt to reach.
• know about (verb) — To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something).
• look in (verb) — To visit a place or person briefly and casually.
• stuck on (adjective) — Fascinated by; enchanted by.
• wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (verb) — To stop sleeping; to awake.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: therapist /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/, breathe /bɹiːð/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, irrational /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
• Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/, irrational /ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/, embroidery /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəɹi/

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 define, jeans, therapist.