Shadowing Practice: Inside Out 2 - Opening scene HD - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 30 sentences and 175 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% 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:

• penalty /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ (noun) — A legal sentence.
• anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (noun) — A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
• ghost /ɡoʊst/ (noun) — A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
• hockey /ˈhɑ.ki/ (noun) — Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
• smooth /smuːð/ (adjective) — Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• folk /foʊk/ (noun) — People, persons.
• horn /hɔɹn/ (noun) — A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
• toe /təʊ/ (noun) — Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
• helmet /ˈhɛlmɪt/ (noun) — A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
• pad /pæd/ (noun) — A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
• sail /seɪl/ (noun) — A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination…
• infamous /ˈɪn.fə.məs/ (adjective) — Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
• glove /ɡlʌv/ (noun) — An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
• greet /ɡɹiːt/ (verb) — To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
• disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/ (noun) — An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• bring up (verb) — To mention.
• live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
• look out (verb) — To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
• play in (verb) — Of a batsman, to settle and become comfortable with the conditions at the beginning of his innings.

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 penalty, anger, ghost.