Shadowing Practice: For beginners| One story a day| Book 2-22 Numbers - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 16 sentences and 65 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:40. The speaker talks slowly, about 96 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 69% 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:

• finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (noun) — A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
• uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ (noun) — The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
• aunt /ɑːnt/ (noun) — The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
• toe /təʊ/ (noun) — Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
• pencil /ˈpɛnsəl/ (noun) — A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
• crayon /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ (noun) — A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
• hat /hæ̞ʔ/ (noun) — A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone, dome or cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.
• nose [nəʊ̯z] (noun) — A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
• count /kaʊnt/ (verb) — To recite numbers in sequence.
• sister /ˈsɪs.tɚ/ (noun) — A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
• nine /naɪn/ (noun) — The digit or figure 9.

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 finger, uncle, aunt.