Shadowing Practice: Level 3 Book 1 B8 Noodles for Mom - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 40 sentences and 293 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• boil /bɔɪ(ə)l/ (verb) — To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
• supper /ˈsʌpɚ/ (noun) — An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed.
• soup /sup/ (noun) — Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food…
• stove /stoʊv/ (noun) — A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the warming of a room.
• lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (noun) — A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
• tasty /ˈteɪsti/ (adjective) — Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
• noodle /ˈnu.dəl/ (noun) — A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and…
• eagerly /ˈiɡɚli/ (adverb) — In an eager manner.
• mushy /ˈmʌ.ʃi/ (adjective) — Resembling or having the consistency of mush; semiliquid, pasty, or granular.
• overcook /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/ (verb) — To cook for too long or at too high a temperature.
• cook /kʊk/ (verb) — To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
• feed /fiːd/ (verb) — To give (someone or something) food to eat.
• bowl /boʊl/ (noun) — As much as is held by a bowl.
• careful /ˈkɛɹfəl/ (adjective) — Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• help out (verb) — To provide assistance.
• sit down (verb) — To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
• sit with (verb) — To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.
• turn off (verb) — To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, doesn't, don'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. 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 boil, supper, soup.