Shadowing Practice: Young Sheldon Mary Confronts Mandy For Giving Missy Condoms - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 57 sentences and 271 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:20. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• privacy /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ (noun) — The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
• rude /ɹuːd/ (adjective) — Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
• lecture /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ (noun) — A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
• punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ (verb) — To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action…
• splash /splæʃ/ (verb) — To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
• tick /tɪk/ (noun) — A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
• disrespectful /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/ (adjective) — Lacking respect.
• condom /ˈkɑn.dəm/ (noun) — A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a…
• trombone /ˌtɹɑmˈboʊn/ (noun) — A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often…
• upset /ʌpˈsɛt/ (verb) — To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
• salt /sɒlt/ (noun) — A common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a food ingredient, seasoning, condiment, and preservative.
• lie /laɪ̯/ (verb) — To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• trouble /ˈt͡ʃɹʌbəl/ (noun) — A distressing or dangerous situation.
• dinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ (noun) — The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
• hello /hɛˈloʊ/ — A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come back (verb) — To return to a place.
• hang on /ˌhæŋ ˈɒn/ (verb) — To wait a moment.
• 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)…
• talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, splash /splæʃ/, shut /ʃʌt/

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 privacy, rude, lecture.

Grammar in this video

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