Shadowing Practice: SpongeBob's Toothiest Moments 🦷 | Nicktoons - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 260 sentences and 1386 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% 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:

• tooth /tuθ/ (noun) — A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
• freeze /ˈfɹiːz/ (verb) — Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
• whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
• pillow /ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞] (noun) — A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
• whistle /ˈwɪs(ə)l/ (noun) — A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (verb) — To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• brush /bɹʌʃ/ (noun) — An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
• snap /snæp/ (verb) — To fracture or break apart suddenly.
• horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (adjective) — Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
• plain /pleɪn/ (noun) — An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
• wire /ˈwaɪɚ/ (noun) — Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
• comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/ (noun) — Contentment, ease.
• liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ (noun) — A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those…
• fraud /ˈfɹɔːd/ (noun) — The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
• funeral /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/ (noun) — A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
• bring back /ˈbɹɪŋ bæk/ (verb) — To fetch something.
• bring up (verb) — To mention.
• carried away (adjective) — Made excessively emotional or excited, so that one goes too far.
• come back (verb) — To return to a place.
• come from (verb) — To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 60 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: tooth /tuθ/, breathe /bɹiːð/, myth /mɪθ/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, chicanery /ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/, pasha /ˈpɑʃə/
• Long words — get the stress right: chicanery /ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/, incidental /ɪnsɪˈdɛntəl/, misunderstand /mɪs.ʌn.də(ɹ)ˈstænd/

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 tooth, freeze, whoa.

Grammar in this video

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