Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Walter Roasts Jesse's Product | Green Light | Breaking Bad

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Walter Roasts Jesse's Product”. This video has 107 sentences and 463 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:33. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 26 of its 107 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

• You're good at a lot of things, son.
• What about your sobriety?
• I told you I'm not using.
• I know, and that's cool.
• What did you use for reduction?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: distillation /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/, shoddy /ˈʃɒd.i/
• Long words — get the stress right: distillation /dɪstɪˈleɪʃən/, indefinite /ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/, sabbatical /səˈbætɪkəl/, sobriety /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/, inferior /ɪnˈfɪɹ.i.ɚ/

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 condenser, distillation, indefinite.