Shadowing Practice: Priyanka Chopra Jonas talks work-life balance - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You know when you first start your career and it's like
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and especially my job there's no consistency in my job You don't know when your next check is coming.
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You don't know You know, you got to kind of think about the practical side of
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that so you run all the time you're hustling And then I think you know, you kind of reach a point where you have a little bit of credibility
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So you can stand and take some time
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and that's where I've reached now where I have a work-life balance
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Which is very important to me seven seven thirty seven o'clock.
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I'm done from work I like to have a couple of hours with my family.
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I like to wake up early with my baby.
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I like to be with my dogs.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Priyanka Chopra Jonas talks work-life balance”. This video has 10 sentences and 138 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:33. The speaker talks fast, about 254 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
practical adjective/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
thirty noun/ˈθɝti/A commercial lasting 30 seconds.
consistency noun/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/Local coherence.
credibility noun/kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
hustle verb/ˈhʌsəl/To push someone roughly; to crowd; to jostle.
reach verb/ɹiːt͡ʃ/To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).
balance noun/ˈbæləns/A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
wake verb/ˈweɪ̯k/(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylemI've reached
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — şu anda ya da bu sıralar olan bir şeyis coming · you're hustling

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, credibility /kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like practical, thirty, consistency.

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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.

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