ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: Toy story the meeting at Andy's house

This video has 65 sentences and 327 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:58. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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

12 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• buddy /ˈbʌdi/ — A person far removed from the conversation.
• clock /klɑk/ (noun) — A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
• toy /tɔɪ/ (noun) — Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
• potato /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ (noun) — The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
• shelf /ʃɛlf/ (noun) — A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
• rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ (noun) — The act of rejecting.
• pardon /ˈpɑːdn̩/ (noun) — Forgiveness for an offence.
• whoa /woʊ/ — Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
• kindergarten /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/ (noun) — The elementary school grade before first grade.
• dinosaur /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ (noun) — Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
• steer /stɪɹ/ (verb) — To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
• darn /dɑɹn/ (verb) — To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• break up (verb) — To break or separate into pieces.
• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
• go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
• leave behind (verb) — To abandon.
• make for (verb) — To set out to go (somewhere); to move towards.
• play with (verb) — To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
• step back /stɛp ˈbæk/ (verb) — To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelf /ʃɛlf/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like buddy, clock, toy.

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