Shadowing Practice: Toy story you are a toy - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 51 sentences and 332 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:44. The speaker talks at a steady 121 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:

• panic /ˈpænɪk/ (noun) — Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
• sheriff /ˈʃɛɹɪf/ (noun) — (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
• pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (noun) — A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
• reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (verb) — To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
• delay /dɪˈleɪ̯/ (noun) — A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
• bull /bʊl/ (noun) — Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
• galaxy /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ (noun) — Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are…
• weakness /ˈwik.nɪs/ (noun) — The condition of being weak.
• hurry /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ (verb) — To do things quickly.
• secretly /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/ (adverb) — In secret, covertly.
• pity /ˈpɪt.i/ (noun) — A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
• destructive /dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/ (adjective) — Causing destruction; damaging.
• farewell /fɛɹˈwɛl/ (noun) — A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
• cardboard /ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/ (noun) — A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.
• jeopardy /ˈd͡ʒɛpɚdi/ (noun) — Danger of failure, harm, or loss.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come back (verb) — To return to a place.
• shut up /ʃʌt ʌp/ — Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• go away (verb) — To depart or leave a place.
• 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.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, hadn't, you're. 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 panic, sheriff, pizza.