Shadowing Practice: 21 tháng 8, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Really dumb movie last night.
2
You should save yourself some money and find something else to do.
3
It's supposed to be a comedy, but it isn't very funny at all.
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The story is really boring.
5
It's all about some guys who are planning a bank robbery, and everything goes wrong.
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Some of the actors were really big stars, but the acting was just terrible.
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They seemed bored, and so was I.
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The ending was supposed to be this big surprise, but everyone in the theatre knew it was coming.
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I guess the only good part was the music.
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The opening song had a great beat, and the rest of it was a great song.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “21 tháng 8, 2026”. This video has 10 sentences and 114 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:45. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bore verb/boɹ/To inspire boredom in somebody.
robbery noun/ˈɹɑbəɹi/The act or practice of robbing.
suppose verb/səˈpoʊz/To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
actor noun/ˈæk.tɚ/Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
dumb verb/dʌm/To make stupid.
comedy noun/ˈkɑmədi/a light, amusing play with a happy ending
surprise noun/sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/Something unexpected.
terrible adjective/ˈtɛɹəbəl/Dreadful; causing terror, alarm and fear; awesome

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaguys who are
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas coming
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould save
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare planning

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bore, robbery, suppose.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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