Shadowing Practice: Jesus feeds the four thousand - Matthew 15 : 29 - 39 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 21 sentences and 261 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:34. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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:

• mute /mjut/ (adjective) — Not having the power of speech; dumb.
• hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (adjective) — Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
• afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ (adverb) — At a later or succeeding time; after that;
• remote /ɹəˈməʊt̞/ (adjective) — At a distance; disconnected.
• praise /pɹeɪz/ (verb) — To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
• collapse /kəˈlæps/ (verb) — To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• verse /ˈvɝs/ (noun) — A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
• heal /ˈhiːl/ (verb) — To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
• satisfy /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ (verb) — To be enough (for)
• compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ (noun) — Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
• vicinity /vəˈsɪnəti/ (noun) — Proximity; the state of being near.
• disciple /dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/ (noun) — A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
• loaf /loʊf/ (noun) — A block of bread after baking.
• amaze /əˈmeɪz/ (verb) — To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise.
• basketful (noun) — The amount that will fit into a basket

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• get into (verb) — To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
• go along (verb) — To participate, cooperate, or conform.
• pick up (verb) — To lift; to grasp and raise.
• sit down (verb) — To assume a sitting position from a standing position.

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 mute, hungry, afterwards.