Shadowing Practice: Family and friends - unit 9 - lesson 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 9.
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It's lunch time!
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Listening 91.
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Listen and point.
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Lunchbox Sandwich.
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drinks Apple.
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Banana.
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biscuit.
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Sandwich.
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Apple.
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Biscuit.
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Lunchbox.
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Banana.
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drinks.
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Listen and repeat.
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Lunchbox.
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sandwich.
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drinks Apple.
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Banana.
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biscuit.
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Listening 92.
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Listen and chant.
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Lunchbox, lunchbox, lunchbox Sandwich, sandwich, sandwich.
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drinks drinks drinks apple apple apple banana banana banana banana
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Biscuit, biscuit, biscuit.
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Listening 93.
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Listen and read.
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Music.
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It's lunchtime.
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Get your lunch boxes.
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Oh no!
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I haven't got my lunch box.
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I've got two sandwiches and two drinks.
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Here you are.
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Thank you, Tim.
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Yes.
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I've got an apple.
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And I've got a banana.
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Choose one.
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The apple please.
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Look!
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Now I've got 10 sandwiches, and six drinks.
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Cliche my lunch.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Family and friends - unit 9 - lesson 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: banana, drinks, apple, biscuit, lunchbox. This video has 43 sentences and 110 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:07.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
sandwich noun/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
chant verb/t͡ʃænt/To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
biscuit noun/ˈbɪs.kɪt/A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
lunchbox noun/ˈlʌntʃˌbɒks/A container for transporting meals, especially lunch.
cliché noun/kliˈʃeɪ/Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite…
lunchtime noun/ˈlʌnt͡ʃtaɪm/The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
lunch noun/lʌnt͡ʃ/A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
repeat verb/ɹɪˈpiːt/To do or say again (and again).
drink verb/ˈdɹɪŋk/To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
apple noun/ˈæpəl/The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
unit noun/ˈjuː.nɪt/Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
choose verb/t͡ʃuːz/To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, haven't. 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 sandwich, banana, chant.

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