Shadowing Practice: Universe Size Comparison 3D - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Universe Size Comparison 3D”. This video has 31 sentences and 105 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:41.
Key vocabulary in this video
10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| mar verb | /mɑɹ/ | To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage. |
| mercury noun | /ˈmɜɹkjəɹi/ | A silvery-coloured, metallic chemical element with the atomic number 80; it is liquid at room temperature, and toxic. |
| venus noun | /ˈviːnəs/ | Any of the bivalve molluscs in the genus Venus or family Veneridae. |
| omega noun | /oʊˈmeɪ.ɡə/ | The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last… |
| jupiter noun | A class of planets that are similar in mass to Jupiter. | |
| saturn noun | The Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae. | |
| cere noun | /sɪɚ/ | A fleshy, waxy area at the base of the upper beak in certain birds. |
| helix noun | /ˈhiːlɪks/ | A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw… |
| vega noun | /ˈveɪɡə/ | An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco. |
| hole noun | /hoʊl/ | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
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 mar, mercury, venus.
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