Shadowing Practice: Lesson 5+6(1) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Lesson 1a, Exercises 5 and 6 1 My name's Bilal,
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and I live in Bradford, in the north of England.
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Both sets of my grandparents emigrated from Pakistan in the 1960s, just before my parents were born.
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My dad worked on the buses, and my mum stayed at home and brought up the family.
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Dad would like a change of career, but it's a bit late for him now to change jobs.
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I think he's just looking forward to retiring.
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I've got a sister who's 25.
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She didn't leave home until last summer, when she got married.
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My dad wants me to go to university in Birmingham and study law.
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But I think I'd like to start my own business, creating computer games.
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Tell me a bit about your background, Sandra.
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Well, I grew up in the village where my family has lived for generations.
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My great -great -grandad moved here from Birmingham in the 1930s, looking for work.
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What kind of work did he find?
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He found a job on a farm just outside the village.
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He settled down, married a local girl and started a family.
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They worked incredibly hard and over the years they managed to save quite a bit of money
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and eventually bought a small farmhouse with some land.
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And does your family still own that land?
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Yes, it does.
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My great -great -grandparents had a son.
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When he got married he bought more land and now the farm is quite big.
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I don't have any brothers or sisters, so one day I'll inherit it and keep it running.
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3. My mum met my dad while she was on holiday in France.
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She's British and he's French.
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They fell in love, got engaged after a week, and were married a month later.
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And then I was born.
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They named me Charlotte, as it's both an English and a French name.
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Anyway, Anyway, unfortunately the marriage didn't last.
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They split up when I was just a toddler and got divorced a few months later.
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I was brought up by my mum after she moved back to the UK.
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It was tough for her, being a single parent, but she went to university, got a degree and then became a teacher.
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She met my stepdad at university, and they've been married for about ten years.
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4. My name's Callum.
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My mum's parents were from poor working -class families in Glasgow.
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They left school at 16 and didn't go to university, but they started a successful business and didn't retire until they were in their 70s.
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My mum inherited quite a bit of money when they passed away, but she didn't want to work in the family business and sold it.
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She moved south and settled down in Liverpool.
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She got married and took an office job, but she soon wanted a change of career.
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I think she was fed up with the cold, wet weather too, because she persuaded my dad to emigrate to Australia when I was two.
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I'd love to visit Glasgow and Liverpool

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המלץ על סרטון

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 41 sentences and 502 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:42. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
settle verb/ˈsɛtəl/To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
retire verb/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
inherit verb/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
lesson noun/ˈlɛs.ən/A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
incredibly adverb/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
divorce noun/dɪˈvɔːs/The legal dissolution of a marriage.
engage verb/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
toddler noun/ˈtɑdlɚ/A young child (typically between one and three years old) who has started walking but not fully mastered it.
persuade verb/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
emigrate verb/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
grandparent noun/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/The parent of someone's parent.
farmhouse noun/ˈfɑːmhaus/A farmer's residence.
granddad noungrandfather
stepdad nounA stepfather.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
bring up verbTo mention.
look forward to verbTo anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
pass away verbTo die.
settle down verbTo make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
split up verbCease to be together, break apart from the group.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהwere born · was born · was brought
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיוhas lived · they've been

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I'd, don't. 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 settle, retire, inherit.

מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?

שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.

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