शैडोइंग अभ्यास: 5-Day English Shadowing Challenge | Day 4: Conversation - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy.

This is day four of my five-day shadowing challenge.

Each day takes less than 30 minutes and by following this story-based challenge,

you'll see a real improvement in your English.

If you're just joining the challenge today,

make sure you start with day one so you can follow the full story from the beginning.

You'll find the complete five-day shadowing challenge playlist linked in the description.

Now, today is a bit different.

We're going to have a conversation.

I'll ask you a question and then show you a model answer on screen.

Read the answer out loud,

then we'll go through some vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

You'll take part in conversations at B1, B2, and C1 levels.

And don't forget, your free consolidation course for day four is now unlocked.

In the materials, you'll hear the full conversations between native speakers.

In today's lesson, we're having a virtual conversation,

but in the consolidation course,

you'll hear the questions and answers for each level.

You can shadow the entire conversation and absorb how real English sounds in natural interactions.

Plus, you get exercises and extra information that we can't fit into this video.

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It's free.

Just click the link in the description box or scan the QR code on screen now.

You'll get instant access to the consolidation course.

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Let's start with B1.

Listen to my question, then read the answer out loud.

So, where are you visiting from?

I bet it's a bit quiet here in comparison, isn't it?

My first question was, where are you visiting from?

Did you hear that I contracted where-are to wearer.

Are is reduced to a,

which is very common in fast speech.

In the answer, we had the phrase a proper holiday.

In this sense, proper is an informal adjective meaning real and of a good standard.

A proper breakfast is one that fills you up rather than just a coffee.

My next question began with, I bet.

An informal way to say, I'm sure.

And it ended with a question tag, isn't it?

We can add question tags to statements to invite the listener to respond.

They're more common in spoken English than in written English.

Here we have a positive statement followed by a negative question tag.

Many speakers will reduce isn't it to in it,

and some will say ain't it.

And note that straight here means continuously, with no interruptions.

You slept for nine hours without waking up.

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you'll hear the complete B1 conversation between two native speakers.

Listen, shadow, and absorb how real British English sounds in casual chat.

Okay, here's my response and question.

Read the answer aloud.

Wow, I haven't slept for that long for years.

Are you staying nearby then?

So, in fast speech, are you might be pronounced a-ya,

as in this question, are you staying nearby?

It can be challenging to catch certain words when native speakers talk fast,

But the key words like staying nearby should be easier to pick out as we tend to say them more loudly.

The answer started with, we almost never write this and here it's just an informal way to say yes.

You also had the number 20.

The second T is often elided in fast speech, 20 minutes.

We then had a bit of slang,

mate for friend and had a blast meaning had a great time.

A blast is pretty high level slang

but hopefully you could guess the meaning from the context just as you would in a real conversation.

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Let's move on to B2, the upper intermediate level.

Listen to the question and then read the answer aloud.

How are you enjoying Scotland so far?

We'll look at some interesting features together now.

First, I used another informal contraction.

How are became howa, with the soft,

wuh sound to link the word smoothly.

How are you enjoying is a common spoken alternative to are you enjoying.

How makes it an open question,

inviting a longer response, which is important for more meaningful conversations.

And another interesting structure, I wish I had more time here.

This is wish plus past simple,

but it's a wish for the present.

Something you want to be different now.

It's like saying, I'm sorry I don't have more time.

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You'll hear natural pronunciation and expressions that textbooks just don't teach.

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Okay, here is my second B2 level question and your answer.

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I always feel like that when I'm on holiday.

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Have you managed to try any local foods?

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Thank you.

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Let's go through your reply.

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First, we had haggis, a traditional Scottish dish.

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The taste of haggis was described as rich.

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This means strong in a pleasant way and also full of fats,

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making you feel full quickly.

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This is often rich in both ways.

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Next we had the phrase to make a fool of yourself.

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This means to do something silly or embarrassing in front of other people.

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This introduces a short anecdote.

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Anecdotes are so common in conversations.

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Then we use the informal word,

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duh, which we use to comment on something stupid or obvious.

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It's best used about yourself unless you're sure the other person won't be offended.

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And finally, there was a past modal of deduction.

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They must have thought, which is must have plus past participle.

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It means that the speaker is sure about something that happened in the past.

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Notice that must have was contracted to must have

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and is sometimes pronounced muster with a schwa at the end in fast speech.

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Right, we're on our C1 level questions and answers now.

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Listen to the question, then read the answer out loud.

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Having some decent weather, eh?

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Oh no.

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The weather has clearly turned around from the first date.

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So you might have noticed that two words are missing from my question.

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The full form is we or you are having,

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but I just said having.

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Leaving out the subject and auxiliary verb at the beginning of a clause is called ellipsis.

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It's common in spoken English, especially in questions.

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I also used another question tag,

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but this time a very informal one.

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Eh?

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In the answer, we also had the informal tag, right?

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They're both common in speech.

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The answer also contained the contraction gunner,

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said with two schwarz, gunner, gunner.

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And woolly jumpers were mentioned.

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Jumper is a British word for sweater,

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and woolly means made from wool,

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made from sheep's wool, normally.

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Use the uh vowel sound.

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Woolly rhymes with fully.

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Finally, you had lo and behold,

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which we tend to use humorously to draw attention to something surprising.

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Say lo and behold with the linking w and weak form of and, an.

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Lo and behold.

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In today's consolidation course, you'll get the complete C1 conversation with advanced natural English.

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Shadow it, absorb it, and see how fluent speakers really talk.

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There are exercises for you to complete too.

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Right, ready for the last question and response?

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Listen, then speak along.

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Now it's mad for October.

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So, you met many locals while you've been here?

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We're a pretty friendly bunch.

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Okay, let's examine the language.

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Again, we have ellipsis in the question.

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This time, just the auxiliary have is missing.

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We only tend to omit the auxiliary with questions containing you.

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The answer features ellipsis too.

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The full form would be,

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I met a few locals in the pub,

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but that repetition is unnecessary as it's clear what and who we're talking about.

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Did you clock the use of a cleft structure?

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What surprised me is.

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Well done if you spotted that.

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And bunch is an informal word for a group of people.

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I also want to point out informal use of come you might not be familiar with.

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Come autumn means when autumn begins or when it happens.

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And finally, we have the idiom to be sick to the back teeth,

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meaning to be very fed up with.

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We'll review every skill you've built,

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It's the ultimate test of how far you've come in just five days.

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make sure you access our day four materials and listen back to those full conversations.

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Right, you're almost at the finish line.

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Let's end this challenge strong.

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शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?

शैडोइंग (Shadowing) एक विज्ञान-समर्थित भाषा सीखने की तकनीक है जो मूल रूप से पेशेवर दुभाषिया प्रशिक्षण के लिए विकसित की गई थी। विधि सरल लेकिन शक्तिशाली है: आप मूल अंग्रेज़ी ऑडियो सुनते हैं और तुरंत इसे ज़ोर से दोहराते हैं — जैसे वक्ता की छाया 1-2 सेकंड की देरी से। शोध से पता चलता है कि यह उच्चारण सटीकता, स्वर, लय, जुड़ी हुई ध्वनियाँ, सुनने की समझ और बोलने की प्रवाहशीलता में काफ़ी सुधार करता है।

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