Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Michael Jackson | SMOOTH CRIMINAL 4:3 | 4K

This video has 75 sentences and 391 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 35 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (noun) — A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
• carpet /ˈkɑɹ.pət/ (noun) — A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
• flash /flæʃ/ (verb) — To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
• smooth /smuːð/ (adjective) — Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
• occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ (noun) — A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance.
• brush /bɹʌʃ/ (noun) — An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
• clue /kluː/ (noun) — Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
• underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/ (adverb) — Below; in a place beneath.
• doom /duːm/ (noun) — Destiny, especially terrible.
• neighbour /ˈneɪbɚ/ (noun) — A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or…
• heartbeat /ˈhɑɹtˌbit/ (noun) — One pulsation of the heart; especially an irregular one, hence the emotion which causes it.
• granny /ˈɡɹæni/ (noun) — A grandmother.
• crescendo /kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/ (noun) — An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
• intimidation /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/ (noun) — The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
• outweigh /ˌaʊtˈweɪ/ (verb) — To exceed in weight or mass.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• come into (verb) — To obtain (usually money or property), especially through inheritance.
• strike down (verb) — To kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
• run into (verb) — To enter by running.
• caught up (verb) — Involuntarily involved in a situation.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flash /flæʃ/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, crescendo /kɹɪˈʃɛn.doʊ/, intimidation /ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/

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 bedroom, carpet, flash.

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