Shadowing Practice: Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight [Official Live] - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 24 sentences and 178 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 29 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• darling /ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/ (noun) — Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
• asleep /əˈsliːp/ (adjective) — In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
• brush /bɹʌʃ/ (noun) — An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
• cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• blond /blɑnd/ (adjective) — Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
• ache /ˈeɪk/ (verb) — To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
• wonderful /ˈwʌndəfl̩/ (adjective) — Tending to excite wonder; surprising, extraordinary.
• wonder /ˈwʌndɚ/ (noun) — A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise…
• lady /ˈleɪ.di/ (noun) — A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
• wear /wɛ(ə)ɹ/ (verb) — To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
• lie /laɪ̯/ (verb) — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verb) — To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
• turn out (verb) — To end up; to result.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, she'll, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 darling, asleep, brush.