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Shadowing practice: Chris Kamara's Best Moments

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  1. Still, Bournemouth come forward, Chris Camara.0:00
  2. Yeah, they're still having a go, Geoff.0:04
  3. I think there's a bit of time added on because they made another substitution.0:06
  4. Everton, they took off a rune of Connie.0:09
  5. They've got a chance, Geoff.0:12
  6. A couple of goals above, and the goal!0:13
  7. Stannisap makes it 3 -3!0:16
  8. For the first time, he could have said unbelievable, Geoff, and he didn't!0:20
  9. And then you can see there's the Huddersfield equaliser.0:24
  10. Let's hear about it, Chris Camara.0:27
  11. It's 2 -1 now, Carly, if you can hear me.0:31
  12. How many times do I have to tell him about calling me Carly?0:36
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  1. Papa Bouffadier, the man -mounted himself, is playing as a striker, and he's got Healy one side of him, and D 'Amante Camara the other side.0:41
  2. Papa Bouffadier up with the header!0:48
  3. Ah, it's a goal!0:50
  4. It's a goal, Geoff!0:51
  5. Is it David Healy's running away?0:52
  6. Andy Duttle's playing on.0:55
  7. Sorry, my monitor's down again.0:56
  8. I'm looking over my shoulder.0:57
  9. I don't really know the assistant.0:58
  10. I didn't give it...1:01
  11. Oh, the assistant hasn't given it.1:03
  12. I don't think, Geoff.1:04
  13. No, the referee hasn't given it either.1:06
  14. Don't really know what's happening, Geoff.1:09
  15. Ha -ha -ha!1:11
  16. Let's go find out what's happening in the game in Crystal Palace and Leicester.1:12
  17. Palace starting pretty brightly.1:15
  18. Has been any threat at all from Leicester, though?1:16
  19. Chris Camara.1:18
  20. Oh, there are, Geoff.1:19
  21. It's a goal!1:20
  22. Yes!1:21
  23. Wilfrid Zaha!1:22
  24. He just got the ball, played to his right foot.1:23
  25. He opened his foul, and he hits it.1:26
  26. With a side -foot, ferocity, into the back of the net.1:28
  27. It's been a cracker, Geoff!1:32
  28. How's the second half started, Cammy?1:34
  29. Very, very open, Geoff.1:36
  30. Both teams going for it.1:37
  31. We've had a couple of half -chances here and there, one penalty shot, which referee Phil Doud turned away, and it certainly could have been trippy -a tripped, slop.1:38
  32. But he pushed...1:48
  33. Slop had pushed trippy -a before, trippy -a tripped up, slosh.1:49
  34. You know what I mean?1:53
  35. Anyway, we've had a few attacks in the second half, but no more goals.1:54
  36. And who is slush?2:00
  37. Cammy, it wasn't that far off being two.2:01
  38. No, not at all.2:04
  39. A decent strike from Fomara Daraiu.2:05
  40. And Gokibra has to be alert down to his right -hand side, and he's groping and grasping and pushes it out for a corner.2:08
  41. Yes, they are well on top of the city.2:16
  42. Yeah, well on top and gone close to increasing that lead with Fomara Daraiu.2:19
  43. Um...2:26
  44. That lofters row, Chris Camara.2:27
  45. You still lead me at the end of the game, Carly.2:29
  46. I've told you, Cammy, stop calling me Carly in public, for goodness' sake.2:32
  47. The move was just scintillating, Geoff.2:37
  48. Their football arsenal is on another level, but Spurs are fighting like beavers, defending for their lives.2:39
  49. It's a terrific game, still 1 -0.2:46
  50. Did I hear that correctly?2:50
  51. Fighting like beavers.2:52
  52. LAUGHTER Not tigers or lions, but beavers, those ferocious little devils.2:54
  53. Christopher Palace finally being threatened in Manchester City, Chris Camara.3:00
  54. They should have been level.3:03
  55. Punching down the left -hand side, a beautiful ball into the box, onto Ben Teckey's head.3:05
  56. He's got any header anywhere to the side of Claudio Brava, but he can only head it straight at him.3:10
  57. Sakari Banga...3:15
  58. Bakari...3:17
  59. Sangya nearly brought down punching as well for a penalty, but they took the corner and nothing came of it.3:19
  60. Sakari Banga back in the starting line -up today for the first time in seven games.3:27
  61. The Canaries are on show down at Upton Park.3:31
  62. It's not just the Canaries, though, Cammy.3:34
  63. No, there's a pigeon on the pitch, Geoff.3:37
  64. Walter.3:39
  65. Walter is on there and he won't get off, and so the game has been abandoned for a pigeon.3:40
  66. Just somebody runnin', he'll fly off, won't he?3:45
  67. Ha -ha -ha!3:49
  68. Another goal in the game at the Emirates Stadium.3:50
  69. Burnie were 2 -0 behind, and all those who went for 3 -0 to Arsenal are now looking mighty smart.3:54
  70. Chris Camara.3:59
  71. 3 -0 here, Carly.4:02
  72. I've told you before, Cammy, do not call me Carly in public.4:05
  73. There have been 41 attempts on goal now and a fifth goal, Chris Camara.4:10
  74. Unbelievable, Geoff, what a cracking game.4:16
  75. The ball bounce and all around the box like a pinball, and eventually bounced up in the air to Charlie Austin.4:18
  76. Well, he wasn't going to look a gift off in the mouth, he just nodded it in 3 -2, QBR.4:24
  77. And we're off to Fratton Park, where there's been a red card, but blue, Chris Camara.4:29
  78. I don't know, Geoff, has there?4:35
  79. I must have missed that.4:37
  80. Is it red card?4:38
  81. Chris, have you not been watching?4:42
  82. I haven't.4:44
  83. I don't know where that's come from, Chris.4:45
  84. I have no idea what has happened there.4:47
  85. What's happened, Chris?4:50
  86. I don't know, Geoff.4:52
  87. I don't know.4:58
  88. He must have got it in his ass, Geoff.4:59
  89. Chris, let me tell you, according to our sources, Anthony VandenBorr has been sent off for a second bookable offense.5:02
  90. Get your fingers out and count up the number of Portsmouth players who are on the field.5:10
  91. No, you're right, I saw him go off, but I thought they were bringing a sub on Geoff.5:15
  92. That's professionalism, I can't reach.5:23
  93. Still little, little.5:27
  94. Cousin Age reports on Gillette's stock for Saturday.5:29

English Speaking Practice with a Fast British Commentary Voice (B2)

This clip is live football commentary from Sky Sports Premier League, built around Chris Kamara's touchline reports during a Bournemouth versus Everton match before the coverage cuts to Crystal Palace against Leicester. The pace runs at 214 words per minute, faster than 73 percent of the catalogue, so the two commentators talk over each other, correct themselves mid sentence and react to goals as they happen. That speed makes it a demanding clip for english speaking practice at B2: you have to follow quick handoffs between the studio and the pitch, half finished thoughts and sudden bursts of excitement.

Nothing here is scripted. Kamara gets his colleague's name wrong on air, the assistant referee's decision gets argued over in real time, and Wilfrid Zaha's goal draws a genuine, unrehearsed reaction. That messiness is what makes the clip worth your time: real broadcast English, spoken fast, in a British accent, is closer to what you will actually hear than a course dialogue recorded in a studio.

British English Pronunciation Practice in Chris Kamara's Commentary

Three lines from the opening exchanges reward slowing down if you want british english pronunciation practice that goes beyond reading off a page.

  • "Yeah, they're still having a go, Geoff." Cammy's casual opener runs the filler "Yeah" straight into the sentence with almost no pause, and "having a go" is a British way of saying they are still trying. Listen for how flat the stress stays until "go".
  • "How many times do I have to tell him about calling me Carly?" Kamara's aside about being called the wrong name on air. The question climbs through the sentence and drops hard on "Carly", the kind of exasperated rise and fall a script rarely gives you.
  • "It's been a cracker, Geoff!" Cracker is British slang for an excellent match, and the line is compressed: "It's been a" almost runs together before the stress lands on "cracker".

An English Shadowing Practice Order for This B2 Commentary Clip

Work through the clip in the order the excitement actually builds, rather than jumping straight to the goals.

  • Start with line 2, "Yeah, they're still having a go, Geoff.", to get the flat, conversational register before anything happens.
  • Move to line 12, "How many times do I have to tell him about calling me Carly?", and repeat the rise and fall of the question on its own, away from the noise around it.
  • Shadow this line five times: "It's a goal, Geoff!" The sudden jump in pitch on "goal" is the hardest part of the whole clip to reproduce.
  • Finish on line 39, "It's been a cracker, Geoff!", and match the falling energy that follows a peak instead of another rise.
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