Shadowing Practice: Easy Shadowing English Speaking Practice + Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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All right, so today's English speaking practice has lots of useful, practical English, so let's practice, all right?
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Here it is.
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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All right, do you know this phrase here?
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Peaceful stroll.
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A stroll is a calm, relaxing walk.
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So if you're walking nice and calm and relaxed, you are strolling.
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I'm strolling around the streets.
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It's a peaceful stroll.
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We took a peaceful stroll by the river after dinner.
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All right, you got how to use that.
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Now we're going to practice speaking English.
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I want you to shadow me, say it together with me, okay?
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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You catch that pace?
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Let's do it a couple more times.
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Here we go.
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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Again.
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This morning I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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Good.
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The air was cool and refreshing and the streets were almost deserted.
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Dessert?
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Like the dessert you eat?
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No, not that dessert.
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Deserted.
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Deserted.
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Deserted.
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That's how we pronounce it, deserted.
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All right, so we'll first look at refreshing.
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Refreshing is making you feel a new, clean, or full of energy.
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I didn't read that very well.
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Example, the cool water felt refreshing on a hot day.
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You know refreshing, right?
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It makes you feel clean, full of energy, cool, refreshing.
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Okay, so here's this word, deserted, deserted, deserted.
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It means empty with almost no people around.
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It's a deserted mall.
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It's a deserted house.
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It's a deserted building.
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There's nobody in that building.
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the streets or the street one street the street was deserted early in the morning
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if i were to say streets with an s the streets were deserted early in the morning
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but it's talking about one street one one particular street the street was deserted early in the morning All right, we know it.
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We got it.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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Say it with me.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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They weren't quite deserted.
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There might have been one or two people.
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They were almost deserted.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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All right, let's look at the vocabulary in here.
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Slipped on.
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Put on quickly and easily.
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Slipped on.
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I slipped on my jacket.
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I slipped on my shoes.
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She slipped on her shoes and ran outside.
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zipped up that means to close something with a zipper he zipped up his jacket before going out
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so we use those together right zipped up did you zip up your pants you better zip up your pants
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all right sense of excitement a feeling of being eager and happy eager and happy sense of excitement.
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I had a sense of excitement before the trip.
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I was excited, eager, and happy.
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All right.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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Say it with me.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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Again, I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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As I wandered, as I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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All right, so wandered means walked slowly without a clear direction.
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We wandered through the park for an hour.
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It just means to walk, but it's more precise in stating that you don't know where you're walking.
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You're walking slowly, and you don't have a particular direction, no clear direction.
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We wandered through the park for an hour.
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Overlook.
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Fail to notice something important or small.
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You overlook it.
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You fail to notice it.
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it's easy to overlook small mistakes.
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Yeah, it is.
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It's easy to overlook small mistakes.
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We all overlook our mistakes.
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We fail to notice.
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All right, let's say that again.
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As I wandered, as I wandered, sorry about that.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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Let's try again.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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This might confuse some English learners.
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As I wondered, if you're thinking about something, you see wonder, and this is wander.
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Wandered, wondered.
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A little bit of different pronunciation there.
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So, if you're thinking about something, you're wondering, hmm, I'm wondering as I wander.
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I'm confusing you.
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I'm sorry.
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As I wandered, I wondered.
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I notice little details I usually overlook.
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The cheerful chirping of the birds.
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Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.
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The birds make a sound of chirping.
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Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirping.
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The cheerful chirping of birds.
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Leaves gently rustling, rustling in the breeze. So rustling, rustling, rustling.
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That's making a soft sound like leaves moving together.
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I heard the rustling of leaves outside my window. So, rustling.
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All right, say it again.
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The cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze.
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Again, the cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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And the delightful aroma, the smell of coffee brewing to make a drink, especially tea or coffee.
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My mother is brewing coffee in the kitchen.
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You know brewing.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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And the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby.
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I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friend, a few friendly folks, a few friendly folks, not friends, friendly folks.
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What's folks?
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Folks is people, strangers.
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Well, not necessarily strangers, just people walking their dogs.
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What are the vocabulary words?
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There's paused, stopped for a short time.
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She paused to think before answering.
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Cozy, warm, comfortable, and pleasant.
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It's cozy.
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They sat in a cozy cafe on a rainy day.
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Folks, people.
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All right, let's try that one again.
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Again, I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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Again, I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk.
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Talking slow, deliberate steps.
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Not talking.
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Taking slow, deliberate steps.
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Taking steps.
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And these are what kind of steps?
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Deliberate steps.
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Deliberate, slow, careful steps.
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On purpose, thinking about it as you do it is deliberate.
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He walked down the stairs with deliberate steps.
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He's thinking about each step he takes.
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All right.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps again.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed.
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Refreshed, feeling rested and full of energy again.
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After a nap, I felt refreshed and ready to work.
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Embrace the day.
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Embrace the day.
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Start the day with a positive attitude.
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If you start the day with a positive attitude, you embrace the day.
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I drank some tea and got ready to embrace the day.
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All right, let's say this one.
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Here we go.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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Again, when I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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it's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits
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and set a positive tone for the day lift your spirits
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lift your spirits means make you feel happier it lifts your
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spirits it makes you feel happier a kind message from a friend can lift your spirits set a positive tone,
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create a good mood or feeling for what comes next.
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You set a positive tone, you create a good mood or feeling for what comes next.
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A good breakfast can set a positive tone for the day.
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A good cup of coffee can set a positive tone for the day.
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All right.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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Together, it's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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All right.
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Now, what we're going to do is we're going to shadow that complete text.
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Each part, we're going to do two times.
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I'm going to give you an opportunity to feel how the sentence is said,
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to follow the flow and the rhythm, all right?
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So if you're a beginner, you can listen the first time and then shadow me the second time or shadow me both times.
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Let's jump into it.
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Here we go.
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You ready?
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This morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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This morning I woke up a little earlier than usual and decided to take a peaceful stroll around my neighborhood.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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The air was cool and refreshing, and the streets were almost deserted.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside with a sense of excitement.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook.
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As I wandered, I noticed little details I usually overlook the cheerful chirping of
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birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze the cheerful chirping of birds leaves gently rustling in the breeze
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and the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby
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and the delightful aroma of coffee brewing nearby i paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment,
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watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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I paused at a cozy park and sat on a bench for a moment, watching a few friendly folks walking their dogs.
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After a few peaceful minutes, I resumed my walk, taking slow, deliberate steps.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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When I got back home, I felt refreshed, calm, and ready to embrace the day.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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It's truly wonderful how a simple walk can lift your spirits and set a positive tone for the day.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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Way to go.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time, one practice video at a time.
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And that's it.
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We did it.
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I'll see you in the next one.
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What You'll Learn
This video is a goldmine for language learning, blending speaking practice with real-world vocabulary. You’ll master the shadowing technique—repeating phrases in real time to build fluency—while picking up everyday phrases like "peaceful stroll" and "delightful aroma." You’ll also learn to use descriptive words such as "refreshing," "deserted," and "cozy" to paint vivid pictures in conversation. By the end, you’ll feel confident using these terms in your own stories about daily routines.
Listen For These Sounds
Pay attention to connected speech and reductions that make native speech flow. Notice how "woke up a little earlier" links smoothly, with "up a" blending into "upa." The word "deserted" is pronounced with a soft "t" sound, not a hard one, and "zipped up" becomes a quick, connected "zippedup" in natural speech. Also, listen for the reduced "and" in phrases like "cool and refreshing"—it often sounds like "an" to keep the rhythm steady.
Say It Like a Native
To mirror the speaker’s rhythm, focus on stress and pauses. Emphasize words like "peaceful," "refreshing," and "deliberate" to highlight their importance. Notice how the speaker pauses slightly after commas, like in "I slipped on my headphones, zipped up my light jacket, and stepped outside"—this pause helps with clarity. Practice taking "slow, deliberate steps" in your speech too; speaking too fast can make you sound rushed. Remember, the goal is to sound natural, not perfect—so mimic the speaker’s calm, conversational tone as you shadow. With each repetition, you’ll get closer to sounding like a native!
Ready to start? Hit play, follow along, and let the pronunciation practice and shadowing technique transform your speaking skills. You’ve got this!
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was deserted · were deserted · is said |
| Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosas | earlier than |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might have · might confuse |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | practice speaking · Keep moving |
¿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.