跟读练习: Relative clauses - Grammar Genius C - Unit 17 - 通过视频学习英语口语

This video has 14 sentences and 94 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:57. The speaker talks slowly, about 48 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% 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

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

• cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
• wash /wɑʃ/ (verb) — To clean with water.
• jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ (noun) — A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
• skirt /skɚt/ (noun) — A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
• shirt /ʃɜɹt/ (noun) — An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms.
• colour (noun) — Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color.
• sister /ˈsɪs.tɚ/ (noun) — A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
• unit /ˈjuː.nɪt/ (noun) — Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
• birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ (noun) — The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: wash /wɑʃ/, shirt /ʃɜɹt/

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 cloth, wash, jacket.

视频中的语法

说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：