Shadowing Practice: I like Jadoo / Hello Jadoo - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 241 sentences and 1395 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:32. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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

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

• homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (noun) — Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
• snail /sneɪl/ (noun) — Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
• castle /ˈkɑːsəl/ (noun) — A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or…
• desk /dɛsk/ (noun) — A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
• snack /snæk/ (noun) — A light meal.
• whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
• cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• 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.
• bore /boɹ/ (verb) — To inspire boredom in somebody.
• ear /ˈɪə̯/ (noun) — The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
• ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ (adjective) — Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
• lately /ˈleɪt.li/ (adverb) — Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
• bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verb) — To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ (verb) — To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
• settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verb) — To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• play with (verb) — To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• get in (verb) — To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
• get into (verb) — To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
• bore in (verb) — For a prop to turn in on an opposing prop, in a forbidden move.
• bring up (verb) — To mention.
• catch on /kɛt͡ʃ ˈɑn/ (verb) — Chiefly in the form catch oneself on: to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way; to…
• come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 74 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: childish /ˈt͡ʃaɪldɪʃ/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/
• Long words — get the stress right: ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, miniature /ˈmɪn.(i)ə.tʃəɹ/, stationary /ˈsteɪʃəˌnɛɹi/

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 homework, snail, castle.

Grammar in this video

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