Shadowing Practice: 27 tháng 8, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So, Sarah, what can you tell me about your hometown?

My hometown?

Well, my hometown is called Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and it's a really great city.

There are about 80,000 people.

There are lots of things to do.

There are three movie theaters.

I love to watch movies.

Me too.

There's lots of shopping.

You can find anything you want there.

There are lots of malls and stores. Are there many restaurants?

Yes.

The thing I like is you can eat any type of food.

There are Chinese restaurants and Korean restaurants, Italian restaurants.

There is a big variety of restaurants and they're all good.

That sounds great.

What about parks?

Are there many places to see nature in your town?

Yes.

We have a lot of rivers and lakes and hills.

My hometown has four seasons.

So in summer, it's great because there are lots of lakes to swim in, lots of forests to play in.

In winter, there is a lot of snow.

So you can go ice skating or ice fishing or even skiing.

Wow, that sounds really fun.

Yeah, it's a really nice city.

It's also really safe.

There are lots of nice people there.

Good.

Is there much to do at night?

Hmm.

Well, maybe, maybe not.

There's not many things to do at night.

There aren't any nightclubs.

There aren't many bars.

so actually maybe there isn't much nightlife.

That's okay.

It sounds like a nice place to have a family.

Yeah, it is.

It's a great place to have a family.

There's lots of good schools and libraries.

So John, where are you from?

My hometown is very small.

It's a little town in the countryside outside in Wisconsin.

There are only 5,000 people there.

Wow, there aren't very many people.

No, it's very small.

There aren't very many businesses.

There isn't a shopping mall.

There are a lot of grocery stores.

And there are a lot of gas stations.

But there isn't much to do there.

Oh, really?

Are there any movie theaters?

Well, there is one movie theater, so that's a nice thing to do.

In fact, there are many screens in the theater.

There are eight different movies showing.

How about at night?

What's fun to do?

How about at night?

Is there very much nightlife?

yeah there's not so much but there is a bowling alley

it's fun to go bowling with friends there's a bowling alley

and the movie theater there's one restaurant where you can go for

tacos and burritos and there's one more restaurant for pizza and spaghetti Ah.

But during the daytime, you can go to the park.

There's a river that goes through the town.

So, in the middle of town, there's a river, and there's a park that goes along both sides of the river.

And at the park, there is a tennis court and a disc golf course.

Disc golf?

Yeah.

I like to play disc golf with my friends.

It's really fun.

And after we finish playing disc golf, we usually go to the pizza restaurant.

Oh, I see.

How about schools?

Are there very many schools?

Let's see.

No, there aren't very many.

There is only one elementary school, one junior high school, and one high school.

That's it.

Interesting.

Yeah, there aren't very many schools, but the town doesn't need more schools because there aren't very many people there.

I see.

Are there any mountains?

No, the whole area is very flat.

There are no mountains, but there are a lot of trees.

In fact, there are trees on my town's sign, because my town is famous for all the trees on every street.

Oh, wow!

It sounds like a great city.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “27 tháng 8, 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: restaurant, movie, town, hometown, theater. This video has 90 sentences and 621 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:41. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 17 of its 90 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
hometown noun	/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/	An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
disk noun	/dɪsk/	A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
nightlife noun	/ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf/	Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.
alley noun	/ˈæl.i/	A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
mall noun	/mɔːl/	A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
burrito noun	/bəˈɹi.toʊ/	A Mexican dish consisting of a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling of meat and/or beans, cheese etc.
nightclub noun	/ˈnʌɪtklʌb/	A public or private establishment that is open late at night to provide entertainment, food, drink, music or dancing.
daytime noun	/ˈdeɪtaɪm/	The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
taco noun	/ˈtɑkoʊ/	A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
countryside noun	/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/	An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
grocery noun	/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/	Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
ski noun	/skiː/	One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
go along verb	To participate, cooperate, or conform.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as aren't, isn't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

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

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