Shadowing Practice: Electrical Conductors and Insulators #shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 15 sentences and 119 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:57. The speaker talks at a steady 126 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/ (noun) — Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now…
• conductor /kənˈdʌktɚ/ (noun) — One who conducts or leads; a guide; a director.
• wire /ˈwaɪɚ/ (noun) — Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• shock /ʃɔk/ (noun) — A sudden, heavy impact.
• curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ (adjective) — Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
• coat /ˈkoʊ̯t/ (noun) — An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (verb) — To examine or investigate something systematically.
• copper /ˈkɒpə/ (noun) — A reddish-brown metallic chemical element (symbol Cu) with the atomic number 29; also, the metal made up of this element.
• rubber /ˈɹʌbɚ/ (noun) — Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
• controller /kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/ (noun) — One who controls something.
• aluminum /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ (noun) — American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium.
• smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/ (adverb) — in a smooth manner; smooth
• insulator /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (noun) — A substance that does not transmit heat (thermal insulator), sound (acoustic insulator) or electricity (electrical insulator).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come in /ˌkʌm ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter.
• pass through (verb) — To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.

Pronunciation to watch

• Long words — get the stress right: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, aluminum /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/, insulator /ˈɪn.s(j)ə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/

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 electricity, conductor, wire.

Grammar in this video

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