This speaking lesson is built on the video “harry potter being annoyed for 3 minutes straight”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Hermione, Harry, nearly. This video has 78 sentences and 430 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:02. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 19 of its 78 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
thirty noun	/ˈθɝti/	A commercial lasting 30 seconds.
rubbish noun	/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/	Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
immortal adjective	/ɪˈmɔɹtəl/	Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
bone noun	/boʊn/	A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
bedroom noun	/ˈbɛdˌɹum/	A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
ghost noun	/ɡoʊst/	A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
potentially adverb	/pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/	In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
asleep adjective	/əˈsliːp/	In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
boom verb	/bum/	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
breathe verb	/bɹiːð/	To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
realise verb		Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
rude adjective	/ɹuːd/	Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
gravity noun	/ˈɡɹævɪti/	Of an activity such as a ceremony, a person's conduct, etc.: the quality of being deeply serious and solemn, especially in a dignified manner; seriousness…
emphasis noun	/ˈɛmfəsɪs/	Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
lip noun	/lɪp/	Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
clear off verb	To leave abruptly; scram.
come back verb	To return to a place.
go out verb	To leave, especially a building.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

What'd you fall over for?
I didn't do it on purpose.
What are you doing?
What's this rubbish, she says?
Have a look, shall we?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thirty /ˈθɝti/, breathe /bɹiːð/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/
Long words — get the stress right: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, autobiography /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thirty, rubbish, immortal.

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