Shadowing Practice: Unit 6 Sheep /iː/ - Tree And Three - Ann Baker - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 33 sentences and 163 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 40 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 50% 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:

• sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
• beef /bif/ (noun) — The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
• sheep /ˈʃiːp/ (noun) — A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
• cheese /t͡ʃiz/ (noun) — A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk.
• cream /kɹiːm/ (noun) — The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
• tea /ti/ (noun) — The tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (countable) a variety of this plant.
• unit /ˈjuː.nɪt/ (noun) — Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
• coffee /ˈkɑfi/ (noun) — A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

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 sandwich, beef, sheep.