Shadowing Practice: A2.1 - U20 - A really big family - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A really big family.
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Hannah Dexter is 14 years old and belongs to a very large family.
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She has 17 brothers and sisters.
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As she is one of the older children, she has to help her parents a lot.
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I have to work quite hard, she says, but I don't mind.
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I feel lucky to be in such a big family.
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The family lives in a six-bedroom house.
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The children sleep in triple bunk beds, and everyone's clothes are in a special room downstairs, as there isn't space for cupboards in their bedrooms.
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Hannah says the mornings are really busy.
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She and her older brothers and sisters work together to get the younger children ready for school.
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Every day for breakfast, the family needs nearly 4 litres of milk, 2 and a half boxes of cereal and almost 3 loaves of bread.
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A normal family car isn't big enough for the Dexters, so they have a mini bus with 20 seats instead.
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And when they go on holiday, it's always camping.
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They have a 20-man tent that the whole family can sleep in quite comfortably.
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Mother's Day is important in every family but for Hannah's family, it's especially important.
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It's the only day of the year when Hannah's mum can rest and do nothing.
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The children give her cards and presents and look after her all day.
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They make it as perfect for her as they possibly can.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “A2.1 - U20 - A really big family”. This video has 18 sentences and 233 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:48. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bedroom noun/ˈbɛdˌɹum/A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
mini adjective/ˈmɪn.i/Miniature, tiny, small.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
triple adjective/ˈtɹɪp.əl/Made up of three related elements, often matching
tent noun/tɛnt/A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
cloth noun/klɒθ/A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
cereal noun/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
comfortably adverb/ˈkʌmftɚbli/In a comfortable manner.
downstairs adverb/daʊnˈstɛɹz/Down the stairs.
litre noun/ˈli.tɚ/The metric unit of fluid measure, equal to one cubic decimetre. Symbol: L, l, or ℓ.
bunk noun/bʌŋk/One of a series of berths or beds placed in tiers.
cupboard noun/ˈkʌb.əd/A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing…
loaf noun/loʊf/A block of bread after baking.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

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Zorunluluk: must / have to / need to bir şeyin gerekli olduğunu söylemekhas to help · have to work

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as isn't, don't. 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 bedroom, mini, belong.

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