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Coffee shop dialogue | Pronunciation Shadowing

BeginnerBritish accentPronunciation5 min

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Transcript: 93 sentences

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  1. 0:00 What does the /ʤ/ sound have to do with 'do you' and 'would you'?
  2. 0:07 And how will this help to improve your fluency?
  3. 0:12 Learn some natural expressions to use in a café whilst improving your pronunciation at the same time.
  4. 0:21 As this is a shadowing video, you'll need to listen and repeat after the two characters in this short dialogue.
  5. 0:30 Like an echo, echo, echo.
  6. 0:32 Click here to find out what shadowing is and how it can help improve your pronunciation and speaking skills.
  7. 0:40 Right?
  8. 0:41 Let's watch the video.
  9. 0:47 Hello.
  10. 0:47 Can I get a coffee, please?
  11. 0:50 Sure.
  12. 0:51 Is that to drink in or take away?
  13. 0:54 Drink in please.
  14. 0:57 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  15. 1:00 Oh, just a splash of milk, please.
  16. 1:03 Listen to these underlined phrases again.
  17. 1:09 Can I get a coffee, please?
  18. 1:12 Drink in or take away.
  19. 1:16 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  20. 1:19 Just a splash of milk, please.
  21. 1:22 Did you notice how they were joined together?
  22. 1:26 Almost like they were one word.
  23. 1:28 When a word ends in a consonant sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound.
  24. 1:36 We link them together like it's one word.
  25. 1:39 So instead of saying 'can I', Annie says 'can I'.
  26. 1:48 Can I get a coffee, please?
  27. 1:49 Let's practice some more.
  28. 1:51 Repeat after me.
  29. 1:54 'Get a'.
  30. 1:58 Or we can say it with a glottal stop.
  31. 2:01 Get a.
  32. 2:06 Drink in.
  33. 2:10 Take away.
  34. 2:14 Just a.
  35. 2:18 You might also remember from another video in this series that 'of' often becomes /ə/ in fast speech.
  36. 2:28 So 'a splash of milk' becomes 'a splash of milk'.
  37. 2:33 Remember this when we shadow the dialogue all the way through at the end.
  38. 2:39 Let's watch the rest of the dialogue.
  39. 2:42 Here you are.
  40. 2:43 You can sit anywhere you like.
  41. 2:47 Thanks.
  42. 2:47 Would you like a receipt?
  43. 2:50 Oh, no.
  44. 2:51 Thank you.
  45. 2:52 What time do you shut?
  46. 2:54 At five o'clock.
  47. 2:56 But that's in five minutes!
  48. 2:58 How am I saying 'would you' in this sentence?
  49. 3:03 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  50. 3:06 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  51. 3:08 The 'would' and the 'you' come together to make /wuʤə/.
  52. 3:15 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  53. 3:18 We also had another example in this dialogue.
  54. 3:22 Would you like a receipt?
  55. 3:24 Practice with me.
  56. 3:26 /wuʤə/.
  57. 3:30 Would you like a receipt?
  58. 3:36 Listen to how Annie says 'do you' in this sentence.
  59. 3:40 What time do you shut?
  60. 3:41 So 'do you' can become /ʤə/.
  61. 3:46 Listen carefully.
  62. 3:49 What time do you shut?
  63. 3:50 What time do you shut?
  64. 3:52 Let's practice.
  65. 3:54 /ʤə/.
  66. 3:59 What time do you shut?
  67. 4:05 Okay, time to practise.
  68. 4:07 Let's shadow the dialogue again from beginning to end.
  69. 4:12 Let's see if your pronunciation improves.
  70. 4:20 Hello.
  71. 4:20 Can I get a coffee, please?
  72. 4:23 Sure.
  73. 4:24 Is that to drink in or take away?
  74. 4:27 Drink in please.
  75. 4:29 Would you like any milk or sugar?
  76. 4:33 Oh, just a splash of milk, please.
  77. 4:36 Here you are.
  78. 4:38 You can sit anywhere you like.
  79. 4:42 Thanks.
  80. 4:42 Would you like a receipt?
  81. 4:45 Oh, no.
  82. 4:46 Thank you.
  83. 4:47 What time do you shut?
  84. 4:49 At five o'clock.
  85. 4:51 But that's in five minutes.
  86. 4:53 How was your pronunciation this time?
  87. 4:56 Try recording yourself reading the story after the video and listen carefully to where you can improve.
  88. 5:04 You can download a short audio file of the story by clicking here.
  89. 5:10 And for more information on the pronunciation of 'would you', click here.
  90. 5:17 What do you usually order at a cafe?
  91. 5:20 Let us know in the comments!
  92. 5:22 See you in the next video.
  93. 5:24 Bye!

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