Shadowing Practice: Learn English | Listening Practice - Calling the American Doctor's Office - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 24 sentences and 164 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:19. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• clock /klɑk/ (noun) — A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
• carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (adverb) — With care; attentively, circumspectly.
• skill /skɪl/ (noun) — A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
• dialogue /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ (noun) — A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
• correctly /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/ (adverb) — In a correct manner.
• quiz /kwɪz/ (noun) — A competition in the answering of questions.
• hello /hɛˈloʊ/ — A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
• image /ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/ (noun) — A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come in /ˌkʌm ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter.

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 clock, carefully, skill.

Grammar in this video

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