Shadowing Practice: The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Official Video) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Weeknd - Blinding Lights”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: blinded, lights, till, touch, sleep. This video has 23 sentences and 256 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:18. The speaker talks slowly, about 60 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 10 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| drown verb | /dɹaʊn/ | To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid. |
| drought noun | /ˈdɹaʊ̯t/ | A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell. |
| sunlight noun | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. |
| overdrive noun | /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdɹaɪv/ | A state of heightened activity. |
| blind adjective | /ˈblaɪ̯nd/ | Unable to see, or only partially able to see. |
| empty adjective | /ˈɛm(p).ti/ | Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant. |
| touch verb | /tʌt͡ʃ/ | To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with. |
| till | /tɪl/ | Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time). |
| judge verb | /d͡ʒʌd͡ʒ/ | To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter). |
| clearly adverb | /ˈklɪɚli/ | In a clear manner. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, you're. 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 drown, drought, sunlight.
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