Shadowing-Übung: Learn Real-Life English: Spend My Birthday With Me 🎂 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

Hey guys, it's my dad's birthday so let's learn some English with comprehensible input.

Let's gooooooooooooooo!

Alright friends, yes it is my birthday.

Today I am 35 years old.

So, we're going to learn some real-life English as always.

We're gonna celebrate my birthday by cooking an incredible meal later.

I got a little cake.

We'll show you some of the things we do here in the U.S to celebrate somebody's birthday.

But first, before we get into all of that, I want to take a moment to reflect on this last year of my life.

And when we say reflecting on something, it means thinking about it.

Really, really thinking about a certain period of time or a certain thing.

So I'm going to reflect on the last year of my life.

Now a lot of times people like me and maybe people like you, we set big huge goals.

Okay?

We set these giant goals.

Oh I want to be a millionaire.

I want a million followers on Instagram.

Big things, right?

And then when we don't achieve those goals we feel like a failure right

so I'm gonna think about I'm going to reflect upon the things

that I wanted to do last year and the things

that I did the things I actually achieved

so for the last few years I've done a video like this on either New Year's Eve

or my birthday and thought about my goals for the year.

I don't remember if I did it this new year so I'll do it today on my birthday.

But my goal has always been 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.

And last year on my birthday, literally on my birthday weekend, we achieved that goal.

And this year on my birthday,

today, we have like, I haven't looked at the channel in like a week, guys, honestly.

That's why I haven't responded to any comments because I'm

so busy with Abby but we have at least 317,000 subscribers the last time I looked

so we have three times my original goal for the YouTube channel

so in the last year we've gained over 200,000 subscribers I'm pretty proud of

that pretty proud of

that another thing I'm very proud of is creating the native English starter kit

if you'd like to check it out you can in the

link below it's a great way to support me in the channel

but I'm not I'm not proud of myself for making that

because oh it's money no I'm proud

because I learned how to create a product how to make

a little course how to put it on a platform

and how to sell it that's a skill guys that's huge

and um just super happy about

that another thing i'm happy about is i've met some really

awesome people this year okay um i've collaborated with jay from english by jay i don't remember

if it was this year or the end of last i spoke with steve kaufman

um i collaborated with online

and met in person mr salas somebody i've wanted to meet

for a long time i met uh the founder of sprout who's the partner with jay uh

so shout out my man you know who you are won't say your name

but i know you're watching

and i'm just really happy to have met all these people who think like I do and are working on big things.

It's super cool and it lets me know I'm moving in the right direction, that I'm meeting these people who are of a similar mindset.

So I'm very happy about that.

And speaking of Sprout, if you'd like to speak with the AI version of me, you can click the link down below and try it for free for a week.

Tons of other cool stuff on there, content from other awesome English creators like Jay.

So super happy about that.

I've read and listened to a ton of books.

I've learned a ton about business.

And I've been a good father and a good husband.

So, you know, there were things I wanted in this last year that I didn't achieve, perhaps.

But I think I've done a lot.

I've grown as a man.

And I'm proud of where I am.

so that's my reflection on the year in this next year

of my life I have some big goals too guys you

know let's just say we'll shoot for a million subscribers on this YouTube channel

and I make my goals big guys because little goals bore me to death

and we say something bores you to death when it's

so boring and you just are not excited about it at all so I have 317,000 subscribers.

For me to say 400,000 subscribers, that bores me to death, guys, because I know that's coming and probably not that far away.

But a million subscribers is a big goal that excites me because I'll get that gold play button.

So that's one of my goals for this next year.

Another one of my goals is to keep on meeting awesome, successful people.

another one of my goals is to get my family to columbia

so that abby can meet her grandparents and the columbian side of her family

and to keep growing the business and keep gaining more financial security

and freedom for myself and my family and guys i can't tell you

if i'll achieve all those

but i can tell you without a doubt i will try

my very best all right i will talk to guys in a bit we'll celebrate my birthday.

Alright friends it is time to start cooking my birthday feast.

Now I'm not filming the whole meal cooking it because it's a complex dish.

You guys know the kind of things I like to cook.

This is my birthday video not a cooking video.

I had to try something special for my birthday.

This is something I had never even heard of until I searched for really awesome dishes from around the world.

So I'll give you guys some hints.

I'll give you guys some hints.

This is a dish from South Africa, but it has an Indian influence.

Okay?

We'll talk more about that later.

Here we have the aromatics, and aromatics means the things that smell good.

I've got some oil heating up here.

Got a stick of cinnamon.

Some cardamom pods.

This is a cool little spice called a star anise.

And then I have cumin seeds and fennel seeds.

So we'll put that in the oil and as

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that starts to cook we will start to smell that and in cooking guys we call that blooming the spices.

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So we're just going to do that for just a minute.

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Mmm, it smells good already.

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Those spices are blooming or opening up.

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This is a traditionally, this is a dish traditionally made with lamb,

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but we're going to use beef because I want Connor to try it too, and he hasn't really tried lamb before so I don't know if he'd like that.

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So we're using beef.

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I'm gonna add some onion.

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Then we've got a whole lot of spices here, but those don't go in yet.

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So like I said, I'm not going to show you guys all this.

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Just wanted to give you a little teaser about what dish we will be having.

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And a teaser means when you give hints about something, but you do not say what it is.

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So tell me now guys, do you have any idea what this is?

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One more hint.

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This is served with bread, traditionally in South Africa.

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Alright guys, I'll see you when we're preparing the dish.

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All right guys, time for the birthday feast.

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So this dish is called bunny chow, okay?

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And what it is, it's a curry.

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So I made this delicious beef curry over here.

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It's a South African dish with an Indian curry.

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Something's not adding up, right?

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Well, apparently in the 1800s, many Indians were brought to Durban, South Africa.

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They were brought as indentured servants,

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which honestly, guys, it's not a slave, but, you know.

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Basically, these people signed contracts for five to ten years saying they would work

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and basically do whatever the person they signed these contracts to said for that amount of time,

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and in return, they would be given food and shelter so many Indians were brought to South Africa in this time.

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They brought with them their cuisine and bunny chow became a thing.

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So I chose this because it looks so interesting.

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I baked a loaf of bread and I'm going to show you guys how they serve this.

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So first we need some bread.

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Oh yeah, good bread. So guys, here.

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Take a part of the loaf like that and then they cut the inside of the bread out.

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They make the bread into like a bowl.

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Oh, I can't wait to try this, guys.

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As soon as I saw this online, I knew this was what I wanted for my birthday dinner.

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So then you pull the inside of the bread out.

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And make a bread bowl.

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Like that.

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Then you take your curry, put some nice chunks of beef in there.

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Make sure you get some of the gravy on there.

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Ah yeah, get that gravy on there.

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Ooh, guys, I cannot wait.

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Alright friends, that is South African bunny chow.

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Bunny chow.

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Oh boy.

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And you take the part that you cut out and you use it to eat with the beef

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Wow guys all those Indian spices I love absolutely love Indian cuisine You know,

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the curry, the garam masala, the turmeric, the coriander, those spices come together in such a beautiful way.

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The cinnamon and star anise.

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And I love this twist on it where you put it in the bread.

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And after I eat all this meat, this bread is going to be just soaked with the gravy.

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Now that is a birthday feast.

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Alright guys, I'm going to eat my bunny chow.

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I'll talk to you guys in a little bit.

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I have to help my wife with Abby.

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I can hear Abby starting to cry a little bit.

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And Connor wants to eat some too.

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So I'll see you guys in a bit.

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Okay guys, now let me show you how we celebrate birthdays here in the United States.

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This is a little birthday cake.

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But I didn't want a bunch of cake because then I'll be tempted to eat it.

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So we take a lighter.

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Bless you, Abby.

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Light a candle on the birthday cake.

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And then the family and friends sing.

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Happy birthday to you.

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Happy birthday to you.

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Happy birthday, dear dad.

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Happy birthday to you.

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and then you make a wish

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but you can't tell anybody blow out the candles all right

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let's try this cake it looks good it does look yummy thank you guys for singing for me.

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You're welcome.

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Hey Abby.

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Oh Abby wants cake guys.

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You can't have cake Babies or babies?

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Oh that looks good Baby spit Oh that looks yummy Oh wow wow

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Get for spying Or maybe even some forks Yeah whatever

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You get the big fork Oh wait, why did I grab four forks?

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Abby came so can we get some of them?

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Alright guys, and I get the first bite because I am the birthday dad.

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Yep.

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Let me see.

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There's no need to make them.

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Why did I grab four forks?

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Oh.

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That's some good cake, guys.

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All right, my friends.

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I don't know how long this video is going to be.

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You know, these days it's kind of hard to film with little Abby.

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I haven't had my beautiful wife's help recording because somebody has to take care of Abby.

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Thanks for being with me and celebrating my birthday.

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You're welcome.

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Thank you guys for being with me and celebrating my birthday.

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Hope you enjoyed sharing this special moment with me and my family.

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So, another year on this planet.

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I'm 35.

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Is that old?

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No, not yet.

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Thank you.

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Is it old?

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Yeah, it's not old, guys.

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It's not.

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It's not.

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It's not.

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Das Szenario: Ein Geburtstag mit Reflexionen und Feier

In dem Video begleiten wir eine Person bei ihrem 35. Geburtstag, die nicht nur feiert, sondern auch über das vergangene Jahr nachdenkt. Es handelt sich um eine ganz natürliche, alltägliche Situation – perfekt, um Englisch in Kontext zu lernen. Wir hören von Zielen, Erfolgen und Begegnungen, die uns Einblicke in die amerikanische Kultur und alltägliche Gesprächsweisen geben. So lernst du nicht nur Wörter, sondern auch, wie sie in echten Szenen verwendet werden.

Nützliche Chunks & Collocations

Reflect on: "Ich will über das vergangene Jahr reflektieren." – Bedeutet, gründlich über etwas nachdenken. Ein häufiger Ausdruck in Gesprächen über Erfahrungen.
Set goals: "Viele von uns setzen sich riesige Ziele." – "Sich Ziele setzen" ist ein unverzichtbarer Ausdruck für Pläne und Ambitionen.
Achieve a goal: "Letztes Jahr habe ich mein Ziel erreicht." – Kombiniert man "achieve" mit "goal", um Erfolg zu beschreiben.
Collaborate with: "Ich habe mit Jay von English by Jay zusammengearbeitet." – Wird verwendet, um gemeinsame Projekte zu beschreiben.
Shout out to: "Shout out an meinen Freund!" – Eine informelle Art, jemandem öffentlich zu danken oder zu erwähnen.

Deine Shadowing-Challenge

Um dein Englisch sprechen zu üben, probiere folgendes: Wähle einen 30-sekündigen Abschnitt des Videos (z. B. die Stelle, wo die Person über ihre Ziele spricht). Höre ihn zu, pausiere und wiederhole ihn sofort – so genau wie möglich, mit der gleichen Intonation und Geschwindigkeit. Das nennt man "Shadowing" – eine der besten Methoden, um flüssiger zu werden. Nutze dazu eine Shadowing-Site oder einfach deinen Laptop. Wiederhole den Vorgang 5 Mal. Du wirst merken, wie sich deine Aussprache und dein Sprachrhythmus verbessern! Probier's jetzt – "shadow speak" macht Spaß und bringt schnell Ergebnisse.

Mit solchen Übungen lernst du Englisch nicht nur theoretisch, sondern praktisch – so wie es in der realen Welt verwendet wird. Also, leg los und verbessere dein "shadowspeaks"!

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

Struktur	Im Video
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist	I've done · has always been · haven't looked
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut	are won · is served · is called
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache	people who think · people who are
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop … + -ing – Verben, auf die die -ing-Form folgt	keep growing · start cooking · enjoyed sharing

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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