Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Red Tape - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 16 sentences and 112 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• tape /teɪ̯p/ (noun) — Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
• helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (adjective) — Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
• certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/ (noun) — A document containing a certified statement.
• requirement /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/ (noun) — A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom…
• unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/ (adjective) — Not needed or necessary.
• corporation /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and…
• license /ˈlaɪ.səns/ (noun) — A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
• address /əˈdɹɛs/ (noun) — A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
• proof /pɹuf/ (noun) — An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
• welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
• organization /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — The quality of being organized.
• prevent /pɹɪˈvɛnt/ (verb) — To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
• birth /bɜɹθ/ (noun) — The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the…
• stick /stɪk/ (noun) — A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• stick together (verb) — To physically combine or join together by adhesion.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: corporation /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, organization /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• Long words — get the stress right: certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/, corporation /ˌkɔː.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, organization /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

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 tape, helpful, certificate.

Grammar in this video

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