6 Minute English: food proverbs Intermediate shadowing lesson
This is an episode of 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, where Neil and Sam talk about proverbs, or wise sayings, about food and explain useful words. The hosts speak naturally and clearly, and the short opening greetings are easy to copy, which suits intermediate shadowing.
- Intermediate
- Video
- 6:05
- 57 sentences
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The sentences
6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
And I'm Sam.
The video has 57 sentences. The rest are in the app. Practise them all
Words and phrases
- this is
- words to name a show when it starts
- from
- made by
- I'm
- short for I am
- And I'm
- said by the second person to give their name
- Learning English
- studying the English language
- Minute
- sixty seconds
How to practise this clip
Listen for how the stress falls on the names in I'm Neil and And I'm Sam.
- Listen to a sentence before you read it.
- Say it right after, at the speaker's pace, with the same pauses.
- After the first round, hide the text and practise from the sound alone.
Source
BBC Learning English, 6 Minute English, on YouTube