Shadowing Practice: Easy Simple English Beginner Lesson: I Have Two Red Apples | Natural Approach Comprehensible Input - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi everyone.
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These are apples and I have two apples here.
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One apple, two apples.
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So I have two apples and these apples are red.
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They are red apples.
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So I have two red apples and I bought these apples today at the market.
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And these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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So this apple cost about 50 cents and this apple also cost about 50 cents.
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So these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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So I paid about one dollar for these apples.
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And these apples come from America.
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They are from the USA. So these are apples.
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What are these?
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Are these bananas?
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No, these are not bananas.
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Are these apples?
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Yes, they are apples.
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I have two apples.
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One apple, two apples.
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How many apples do I have?
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Do I have three apples?
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No, I don't have three apples.
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Do I have two apples?
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Yes, I have two apples.
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One apple, two apples.
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So I have two apples.
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And what color, what color are these apples?
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Are these apples blue?
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Are they blue?
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No, these apples are not blue.
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Are Are these apples green?
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Are they green?
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No, these apples are not green either. Are these apples red?
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Yes, these apples are red.
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They are red apples.
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And I bought these apples today at the market.
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So when did I buy these apples?
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Did I buy these apples yesterday?
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No, I did not buy these apples yesterday.
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Did I buy these apples today?
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Yes, I bought these apples today at the market.
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Where did I buy these apples?
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Where did I buy them?
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Did I buy these apples at the grocery store?
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No, I did not buy these apples at the grocery store.
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Did I buy these apples at the market?
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Yes, I bought these apples today at the market.
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And these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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So So they cost about 50 cents each.
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How much did these apples cost?
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Did these apples cost about $50 each?
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Did they cost about $50 each?
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No, these apples did not cost about $50 each.
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Did these apples cost about 50 cents each?
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Yes, these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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This apple cost about 50 cents and this apple cost about 50 cents.
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So they cost about 50 cents each.
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So because they cost about 50 cents each, I paid about one dollar for these apples.
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So how much did I pay for these apples?
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Did I pay ten dollars for these apples?
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No, I did not pay ten dollars for these apples.
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Did I pay about one dollar for these apples?
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Yes, I paid about one dollar for these apples.
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And these apples are from the USA.
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They come from America.
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So where are these apples from?
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Are these apples from Australia?
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No, these apples are not from Australia.
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Are these apples from New Zealand?
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No, they're not from New Zealand either.
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Are these apples from Canada?
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No, these apples are not from Canada.
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They don't come from Canada either.
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Do these apples come from America?
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Yes, these apples are from the United States of America.
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They're from the USA.
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So these apples come from America.
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So these are apples and I have two apples.
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One apple, two apples.
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And these apples are red.
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They are red apples and I bought these apples today at the market.
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And these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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So this apple cost about 50 cents and this apple also cost about 50 cents.
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So these apples cost about 50 cents each.
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So I paid about one dollar for these apples.
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And these apples are from the USA.
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They come from America, from the United States of America.
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So now I am going to eat these apples.
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Mmm these apples are delicious.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Easy Simple English Beginner Lesson: I Have Two Red Apples”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: apple, cost, cents, dollar, America. This video has 89 sentences and 613 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 31 of its 89 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
grocery noun/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
delicious adjective/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
dollar noun/ˈdɑ.lɚ/Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere…
apple noun/ˈæpəl/The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
cent noun/sɛnt/A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
color noun/ˈkʌl.ə/The spectral composition of visible light.
yesterday noun/ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/The day immediately before today; one day ago.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • How many apples do I have?
  • Do I have three apples?
  • Do I have two apples?
  • Did I buy these apples yesterday?
  • Did I buy these apples today?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grocery, banana, delicious.

¿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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