Shadowing Practice: Mr. Bean Cooking a 5-Star Meal for Irma | Mr. Bean Full episodes - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 143 sentences and 583 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:39. The speaker talks slowly, about 23 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

• fetch /fɛt͡ʃ/ (verb) — To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
• daddy /ˈdædi/ (noun) — Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
• subtle /ˈsʌtəl/ (adjective) — Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive.
• slice /slaɪs/ (noun) — That which is thin and broad.
• gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
• touch /tʌt͡ʃ/ (verb) — To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
• minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ (noun) — A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
• search /sɝt͡ʃ/ (verb) — To look in (a place) for something.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
• come back (verb) — To return to a place.
• come on in (verb) — Synonym of come in (“to enter”).
• get off (verb) — To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
• look at (verb) — To observe or watch.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, I'm. 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 fetch, daddy, subtle.