Shadowing Practice: NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Powerful Motivational Speech - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Powerful Motivational Speech”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: storm, quit, fighting, test, fight. This video has 50 sentences and 365 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 94% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fighter noun | /ˈfaɪtɚ/ | A person who fights; a combatant. |
| darkness noun | /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ | The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. |
| survivor noun | /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/ | One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience. |
| envelope noun | /ˈɛnvə(ˌ)loʊp/ | A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing. |
| forge noun | /fɔɹd͡ʒ/ | A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. |
| victorious adjective | /vɪkˈtɔːɹiəs/ | Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc. |
| storm noun | /stɔɹm/ | Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading… |
| quit verb | /kwɪt/ | To leave (a place). |
| fail verb | /feɪl/ | To be unsuccessful. |
| perspective noun | /pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/ | A view, vista or outlook. |
| stronger adjective | /stɹɔŋɡɚ/ | Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former. |
| ultimate adjective | /ˈʌltɪmət/ | Final; last in a series. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| look back verb | To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight). | |
| see past verb | Synonym of look past. | |
| stand down verb | To wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, gonna. 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 fighter, darkness, survivor.
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