Shadowing Practice: 🎧 Luyện Nghe Tiếng Anh Level B1- CÔNG NGHỆ AI - | Listening English Podcast |🎯 - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 120 sentences and 1140 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:30. The speaker talks at a steady 134 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

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

• lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ (adjective) — Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
• essay /ˈɛs.eɪ/ (noun) — A written composition of moderate length, exploring a particular issue or subject.
• homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (noun) — Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
• cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (noun) — Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
• steal /stiːl/ (verb) — To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/ (noun) — The end, finish, close or last part of something.
• friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ (noun) — The condition of being friends.
• connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (verb) — To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
• remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (verb) — To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
• privacy /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ (noun) — The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
• mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ (noun) — An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
• subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verb) — To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
• tasty /ˈteɪsti/ (adjective) — Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
• warmth /wɔɹmθ/ (noun) — A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.
• hacker /hækəɹ/ (noun) — Someone who hacks.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• stick with (verb) — To remain close to.
• take away /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ (verb) — To remove something and put it in a different place.
• talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
• work at (verb) — To make a physical or mental effort to progress some specified task; to endeavor or struggle on an issue or project.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/

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 lazy, essay, homework.

Grammar in this video

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