Shadowing Practice: I cried over food while pregnant - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 23 sentences and 154 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:33. The speaker talks fast, about 280 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (noun) — A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
• peanut /ˈpiˌnʌt/ (noun) — A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
• cookie /ˈkʊki/ (noun) — A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
• dough /doʊ/ (noun) — A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
• chocolate /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/ (noun) — A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
• cream /kɹiːm/ (noun) — The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
• cry /kɹaɪ/ (verb) — To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.
• extreme /ɪkˈstɹim/ (adjective) — Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.
• pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ (adjective) — Carrying developing offspring within the body.
• dumb /dʌm/ (verb) — To make stupid.
• stupid /ˈstjuːpɪd/ (adjective) — Lacking in intelligence.
• text /tɛkst/ (noun) — A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• back out (verb) — To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
• come in /ˌkʌm ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter.
• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
• walk out (verb) — To stage a walkout or strike.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, didn't, shouldn'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. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like butter, peanut, cookie.