Shadowing Practice: Beyond the Pain: Finding Your Purpose & Changing Everything - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Beyond the Pain: Finding Your Purpose & Changing Everything”. This video has 53 sentences and 495 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:35. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| behave verb | /bɪˈheɪv/ | To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform. |
| horrible adjective | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| contribute verb | /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ | To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. |
| realise verb | Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize. | |
| toe noun | /təʊ/ | Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. |
| donate verb | /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/ | To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. |
| sore adjective | /soɹ/ | Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. |
| stiff adjective | /stɪf/ | Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible. |
| sock noun | /sɑk/ | A knitted or woven covering for the foot. |
| ache verb | /ˈeɪk/ | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. |
| eina | /ˈeɪnə/ | Ouch! (an exclamation of pain) |
| tremendously adverb | Greatly; enormously |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| work through verb | To get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it. | |
| written out adjective | deleted or excluded from a narrative work or record. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It's what you make with life.
- Getting stiff or can't touch your toes as easily.
- Where do you want to take it?
- Have you ever smelled it?
- Have you ever smelled earth?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 behave, horrible, flower.
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