Shadowing Practice: What's your name? Interchange 5th Edition Intro Book Unit 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Interchange 5th Edition by Jack C.
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Richards This class audio program contains recordings that correspond to Intro Students Book Published by Cambridge University Press This recording is copyrighted
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Unit 1 What's your name?
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Page 2 Exercise 1
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Conversation My name is Joshua Brown.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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Hello.
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My name is Joshua Brown.
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Hi.
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My name is Isabella Martins.
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It's nice to meet you, Isabella.
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Nice to meet you, too.
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I'm sorry.
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What's your last name again?
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It's Martins.
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Page 2, Exercise 2, Snapshot, Names and Nicknames.
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Listen and practice.
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Will Jennifer Jen Isabella Izzy Elizabeth Liz
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Page 3 Exercise 3
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Grammar Focus My You His Her What's your name?
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My name's Carlos.
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What's his name?
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His name's Joshua.
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What's her name?
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Her name's Isabella.
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What's equals what is.
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Page 3, Exercise 4.
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Speaking.
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Spelling names.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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A, B, C, D, E,
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F, G, H, I, J,
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K, L, M, N, O,
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P, Q, R, S, T,
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U, V, P W X Y Z Page 3.
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Exercise 4.
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Part B.
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Listen and practice.
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Then practice with your own names.
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Make a list of your classmates' names.
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What's your name?
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My name is Akina Hayashi.
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Is that A -K -I -N -A?
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Yes, that's right.
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How do you spell your last name?
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H -A -Y -A -S -H -Y?
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No, it's H -A -Y -A -S -H -I.
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Page 3, Exercise 5
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Listening Your name, please?
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How do you spell the names?
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Listen and check the correct answers.
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1. Is your name Kate Lopez?
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That's right.
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And how do you spell your first name?
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It's C -A -T -E.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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2. Eric Russo, is your first name spelled E -R -I -C?
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No. My name is spelled E -R -I -C -K.
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I'm sorry.
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Could you repeat that?
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Yes, it's E -R -I -C -K.
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Oh, so it's
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Eric with a C -K.
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Got it.
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3. My name is Sophia Peters.
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Thank you.
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Sophia.
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That's S -O -F -I -A?
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No, it's spelled S -O -P -H -I -A.
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Oh, excuse me.
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S -O -P -H -I -A.
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That's right.
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Four.
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Your name, please?
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It's Zachary Tanaka.
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Is your first name Z -A -C -K -A -R -Y?
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No, it's Z -A -C -H -A -R -Y.
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Oh, so it's Z -A -C -H -A -R -Y.
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Thank you, Mr. Tanaka.
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Page 4, Exercise 6.
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Word Power.
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Titles, Part A.
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Listen and Practice.
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Miss Kato.
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Single females.
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Mrs. Jones.
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Married females.
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Ms. Young.
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Single or married females.
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Mr. Rodriguez.
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Single or married males.
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Page 4, Exercise 6, Part B Listen and write the titles 1.
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Mr. Santos 2.
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Mrs. Wilson 3.
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Miss Park 4.
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Ms. Rossi.
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Page 4.
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Exercise 7.
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Speaking.
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Saying hello.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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1. Hi, Mia and Gina.
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How's it going?
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Great, thanks.
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How about you, Sandra?
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Two.
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Good morning, Taylor.
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How are you?
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I'm just fine, Mrs. Rodriguez.
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Thank you.
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Three.
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Good afternoon, Amanda.
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How are you?
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Pretty good, thanks.
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How are you doing?
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Four.
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Good evening, Miss Roy.
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Hello, Mr. Cooper.
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How are you?
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I'm okay.
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Thank you.
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Page 5, Exercise 8, Conversation.
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Are you Andrea Clark?
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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Excuse me, are you Andrea Clark?
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No, I'm not.
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She's over there.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Matt, this is your book.
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Oh, thank you.
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You're in my math class, right?
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Yes, I am.
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I'm Lena Garza.
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Hey, Christy.
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This is Ben.
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He's in our history class.
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Hi, Ben.
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Hi, Christy.
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Nice to meet you.
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Page 5, Exercise 9.
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Grammar Focus.
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The verb be.
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I'm Lena Garza.
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You're in my class.
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She's over there.
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Andrea is over there
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He's in our class
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Ben is in our class
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It's Garza My last name is Garza Are you Andrea Clark?
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Yes, I am.
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No, I'm not.
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How are you?
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I'm fine, thanks.
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I'm equals I am.
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Your equals you are.
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He's equals he is.
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She's equals she is.
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It's equals it is.
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Page 6, Exercise 10.
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Pronunciation.
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Linked sounds.
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Listen and practice.
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Notice the linked sounds.
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I'm Isabella.
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She's over there.
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You're in my class.
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Page 6, Exercise 11.
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Speaking, Personal Information, Part A.
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Listen and Practice.
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Zero.
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O. One.
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2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
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Page 6, Exercise 11, Part B.
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Practice these phone numbers and email addresses.
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Then listen and check your answers.
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Jessica Adams, 402 -555 -2301,
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Work Phone, 646 -486 -1004,
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Cell Phone, jadams1 at cup .org, Email Address.
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Ryan Walker 212 -924 -1764
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Home Phone 643 -555 -2285
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Cell Phone Ryan -Walker -09 at Cambridge .org Email Address
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What's Ben Durant's phone number, Joshua?
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It's 718 -555 -8241.
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718 -555 -8241?
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Yes, that's it.
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And his email address?
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It's bendurant at cup .org.
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Okay, Cara Ruiz, what's her phone number?
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Hmm, Cara, her number is 347 -555 -7645.
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347 -555 -7645?
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That's right.
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Her email is cararr at cambridge .org.
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That's cararr at cambridge .org.
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Now, let's see.
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Andrea Clark.
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Her phone number is 212 -645 -5960, right?
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Yes, that's right.
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212 -645 -5960.
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Her email address is aclark134 at cup .org.
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So that's A -C -L -A -R -K -134 at C -U -P dot org?
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Yes.
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And Akina Hayashi's number and email?
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Oh, Akina is my roommate.
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Our number is 917 -555 -2807.
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Her email address is akinah at cambridge .org I'm sorry, can you spell that?
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Her email address?
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Yeah.
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Sure.
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It's akinah at cambridge .org Okay, got it.
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Thanks.
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Page 7 Exercise 14.
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Speaking.
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Saying goodbye.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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1. Bye, Robin.
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See you tomorrow, Preeti.
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2. Good night, Jake.
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Goodbye, Liz.
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Have a good evening.
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3. See you later, Mike Bye -bye, Mike 4.
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Goodbye, Mr. Davis Have a great weekend
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Thank you, Mr. Flores You too
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “What's your name? Interchange 5th Edition Intro Book Unit 1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Exercise, Page, listen, practice, org. This video has 224 sentences and 876 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:38. Only 67% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 37 of its 224 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| spell noun | /spɛl/ | Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| grammar noun | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general. |
| audio adjective | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. |
| copyright noun | /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ | The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| spelling noun | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography. |
| roommate noun | /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ | A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| pronunciation noun | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken. |
| correspond verb | /ˌkoɹəˈspɑnd/ | To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc. |
| classmate noun | /ˈklæs.meɪt/ | A student who is in the same class at school. |
| interchange noun | /ˈɪntɚt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ | An act of interchanging. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What's your last name again?
- How do you spell your last name?
- How do you spell the names?
- Could you repeat that?
- How are you doing?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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 spell, goodbye, grammar.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.