Shadowing Practice: Buying a Train Ticket to Bath - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 24 sentences and 171 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:17. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% 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:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| forty adjective | /ˈfoɹti/ | Resembling or characteristic of a fort. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| thirty noun | /ˈθɝti/ | A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| barrier noun | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | A structure that bars passage. |
| fifteen noun | /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ | An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| eleven noun | /əˈlɛv.ən/ | A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| railcard noun | A card allowing reduced fares for travelling by train. | |
| café noun | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the… |
| trolley noun | A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, I'm, I've. 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 pound, forty, helpful.
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