Shadowing Practice: Oxford Discover 3 Unit 2 THE RED RUBBER BALLS - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oxford Discover Student Book 3 Disc 1 Unit 2 The Red Rubber Ball Get Ready Words
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A. Listen and read the words.
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Listen again and say the words.
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kick tag skip bounce drop plane
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lake canyon cliff stream Stream.
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Page 18.
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Read The Red Rubber Ball.
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High up on Antuco Mountain,
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Carlos kicks his red rubber ball so hard that it flies high in the sky like a shooting star.
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Far across the world, Ashanti is playing Daga with her friends.
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It's Ashanti's turn to be Daga, the boa constrictor.
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So she goes into the center of the circle.
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Her friends dance and skip around her while she acts like a snake and tries to tag the next Daga.
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It's fun to catch them.
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Ashanti is tagging a friend when something red drops out of the sky into the circle.
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Where did this come from?
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There is no ball in Daga.
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Ashanti laughs.
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She bounces the ball as hard as she can.
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It flies high and fast across the sky until she can't see it anymore.
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It flies over a forest, white cliffs, and a big blue ocean.
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far away, Hyo and his brother are playing amok.
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Hyo plays with little dark pebbles, and his brother plays with little white ones.
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Hyo tries to line up five of his stones to win.
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Winning isn't easy.
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Hyo is finding the perfect place to put his stone when something red rolls into the middle of the game.
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What's this?
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You don't need a ball to play omok.
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Hyo smiles.
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Then he throws the ball as hard as he can.
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It flies far into the sky over plains and seas.
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The Fernandez family is playing La Thancuna.
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Papa draws boxes in the sand.
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Mama writes names in the boxes, one for each day of the week.
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Machias tosses a stone, and Maria jumps over it.
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She lands in the next box without stepping on the line.
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Maria likes landing on one foot, and she puts her arms out to keep her balance.
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Something round bounces on her foot.
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Hey, what's this?
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There is no ball in this game.
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Everyone laughs.
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Maria tosses the ball in the air, and Matthias kicks it up into the sky.
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The whole family watches as the ball goes up and up until they can't see it anymore.
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High in the sky, the ball flies over lakes, canyons, and streams.
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Carlos holds out his arms and catches his red rubber ball.
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Grammar in Use.
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D. Listen and sing along.
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Having fun.
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We like to run.
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We like to jump.
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Running and jumping are lots of fun.
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Do you like to bounce a ball?
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Sure.
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Bouncing a ball is lots of fun.
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Do you like to kick the ball?
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Yes!
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Kicking it high in the sky is fun!
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And when there's music, we dance and dance!
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Dancing to music is definitely fun!
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We like to run, we like to jump Running and jumping are lots of fun Do you like to bounce a ball?
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Sure!
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Bouncing a ball is lots of fun Do you like to kick the ball?
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Yes!
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Kicking it high in the sky is fun.
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And when there's music, we dance and dance.
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Dancing to music is definitely fun.
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Listening.
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A. Listen.
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Write the information.
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I'm Adam.
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My father taught me how to play chess.
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Two people can play.
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Each player has 16 pieces that you play on a board.
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Each piece is like a person.
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For example, you each have a king and a queen piece.
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You win the game when you are able to catch the other player's king.
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That's called checkmate.
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I'm Grace.
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My mother taught me how to play checkers.
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It's a fun board game for two players.
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Each player gets 12 round pieces.
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You try to jump over and take as many of the other players' pieces that you can.
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You win the game when you take all of the other players' pieces, or they can't move.
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I'm Sandra.
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My grandfather taught me how to play backgammon.
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Two people played this game.
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Each person has 15 flat pieces to play with.
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You put the pieces on a board with triangles on it.
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You shake two dice to see how many spaces you can move.
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The winner is the one who gets all of his or her pieces off the board first.
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B. Listen again.
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How do you win the game?
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Match.
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I'm Adam.
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My father taught me how to play chess.
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Two people can play.
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Each player has 16 pieces that you play on a board.
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Each piece is like a person.
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For example, you each have a king and a queen piece.
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You win the game when you are able to catch the other player's king.
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That's called checkmate.
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I'm Grace.
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My mother taught me how to play checkers.
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It's a fun board game for two players.
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Each player gets 12 round pieces.
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You try to jump over and take as many of the other player's pieces that you can.
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You win the game when you take all of the other players' pieces, or they can't move.
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I'm Sandra.
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My grandfather taught me how to play backgammon.
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Two people played this game.
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Each person has 15 flat pieces to play with.
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You put the pieces on a board with triangles on it.
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You shake two dice to see how many spaces you can move.
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The winner is the one who gets all of his or her pieces off the board first.
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Speaking.
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See.
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Learn.
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Giving encouragement.
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Sometimes people feel worried or afraid about doing something.
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We can say things to make them feel better.
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You can do it.
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I know you can.
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Don't give up.
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Keep trying.
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Don't worry.
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Just do your best.
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I'm worried about tomorrow's game.
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Don't worry.
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Just do your best.
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Thanks.
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I'm afraid to swim in the lake.
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You can do it.
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I know you can.
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Word study.
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D. Listen and read the words.
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Look them up in the dictionary.
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Then underline each word after get.
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Write each verb in a sentence.
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Tell your partner.
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Get along.
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Get by.
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Get over.
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Get away.
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Get around.
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Get down you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Oxford Discover 3 Unit 2 THE RED RUBBER BALLS”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: piece, ball, player, sky, board. This video has 150 sentences and 1026 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| bounce verb | /baʊns/ | To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle. |
| rubber noun | /ˈɹʌbɚ/ | Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| grandfather noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ | A father of someone's parent. |
| skip verb | /skɪp/ | To move by hopping on alternate feet. |
| cliff noun | /klɪf/ | A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. |
| canyon noun | /ˈkænjən/ | A valley, especially a long, narrow, steep valley, cut in rock by a river. |
| chess noun | /t͡ʃɛs/ | A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the… |
| triangle noun | /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/ | A polygon with three sides and three angles. |
| toss verb | /tɔs/ | To throw with an initial upward direction. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| tag noun | /tæɡ/ | A small label. |
| plain noun | /pleɪn/ | An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. |
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| snake noun | /sneɪk/ | Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| get round verb | Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”). | |
| get along verb | To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. | |
| get around verb | To move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path. | |
| get away verb | To move away (from). | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You don't need a ball to play omok.
- Do you like to bounce a ball?
- Do you like to kick the ball?
- How do you win the game?
- I'm worried about tomorrow's game.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | one who gets |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | your best |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is playing · is tagging · are playing |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
- Long words — get the stress right: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, encouragement [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt]
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bounce, rubber, shake.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
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