Shadowing Practice: Friends: Steady Hand (Clip) | TBS - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Oh, Rach, can you give me a hand with this box?
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No!
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Put that box down!
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We are not going anywhere!
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This is my apartment, and I like it!
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This is a girl's apartment!
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That is a boy's apartment!
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It's dirty, and it smells!
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It's pretty!
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It's so pretty!
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And look, it's purple!
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And I'm telling you, you with your steady hand, I am not moving, and now I have got the steady hand.
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take care of it that's right you do it dances
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I go I lost our mattresses

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Friends: Steady Hand”. This video has 14 sentences and 90 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
steady adjective/ˈstɪdi/Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm.
purple noun/ˈpɝ.pl̩/A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
mattress noun/ˈmætɹɪs/A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed…
apartment noun/əˈpɑɹt.mənt/A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
dirty adjective/ˈdɝti/Unclean; covered with or containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime.
smell verb/smɛl/To sense a smell or smells.
dance noun/dæns/A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
anywhere adverb/ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/In or at any location.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare not going · I'm telling

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 steady, purple, mattress.

¿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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