Shadowing Practice: تعلم اللغة الانجليزية من القصص مستوى B1-B2 | البطالة Unemployment - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “تعلم اللغة الانجليزية من القصص مستوى B1-B2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: opportunities, skills, graduates, unemployment, professional. This video has 109 sentences and 1042 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:23. The speaker talks slowly, about 64 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| internship noun | /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/ | A job taken by a student in order to learn a profession or trade. |
| qualify verb | /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/ | To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities. |
| frustrate verb | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. |
| mismatch noun | /ˈmɪs.mæt͡ʃ/ | Something that does not match; something dissimilar, inappropriate or unsuitable. |
| newcomer noun | /ˈn(j)uˌkʌmɚ/ | One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival. |
| seeker noun | /ˈsikəɹ/ | One who seeks. |
| persistence noun | /pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/ | The property of being persistent. |
| discourage verb | /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ | To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. |
| rejection noun | /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ | The act of rejecting. |
| determination noun | /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ | The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. |
| stressful adjective | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | Irritating; causing stress. |
| resume verb | /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ | To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
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 internship, qualify, frustrate.
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