Shadowing Practice: Finding Things at the Supermarket - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Excuse me, could you help me?
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Of course. What are you looking for?
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I can't find the eggs.
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They're in aisle four, next to the milk.
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Thanks. And where's the bread?
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Sorry, we sold out this morning.
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We'll get more tomorrow.
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Oh, never mind. I'll come back.
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Do you need a bag?
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Yes, please. A big one.
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That's fifteen pounds fifty, please.
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Here you are. Thanks a lot!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 12 sentences and 68 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
pound noun/ˈpaʊ̯nd/A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
fifty noun/ˈfɪfti/A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
fifteen noun/ˈfɪf.tiːn/An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
aisle noun/aɪ̯l/A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
milk verb/mɪlk/To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
excuse verb/ɪksˈkjuz/To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
bread noun/brɛd/A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
sell verb/sɛl/To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.
sold out adjectiveCompletely sold; of which no more is in stock.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónWe'll get · I'll come

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'll, 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 egg, pound, fifty.

¿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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