Shadowing Practice: Family Guy Funniest Moments Compilation - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 176 sentences and 1079 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:24. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% 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:

• puppy /ˈpʌpi/ (noun) — A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).
• knife /ˈnaɪ̯f/ (noun) — A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
• honey /ˈhʌni/ (noun) — A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
• helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ (noun) — An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
• bee /ˈbiː/ (noun) — A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for…
• whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
• suitcase /ˈsutkeɪs/ (noun) — A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling.
• earn /ɝn/ (verb) — To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
• pocket /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ (noun) — A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
• harm /hɑːm/ (noun) — Physical injury; hurt; damage.
• gross /ɡɹoʊs/ (adjective) — remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
• suck /sʌk/ (verb) — To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
• remote /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ (adjective) — At a distance; disconnected.
• steal /stiːl/ (verb) — To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• buddy /ˈbʌdi/ — A person far removed from the conversation.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• come up with (verb) — To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
• count on /kaʊnʌn/ (verb) — To rely on, trust, or expect.
• cut away (verb) — To fail to show something; to stop before showing something; to leave a scene; to switch to a different scene quickly.
• get back (verb) — Return to where one came from.
• get out of (verb) — To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transmission /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, consensual /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, sweatshop /ˈswɛtˌʃɑp/
• Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, animator /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(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 puppy, knife, honey.

Grammar in this video

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