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Hi everyone, welcome back to The Learning Lab, where English is easy and enjoyable.
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I'm James, and as always, I'm here with my wonderful co -host
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Jenny, and we are so happy you're here with us today.
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If this is your first time joining us, hello, welcome, we're so glad you found us.
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And if you've been here since day one, wow, look at you, 10 days in, you absolute champion.
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Before we dive in, please don't forget to hit that subscribe button.
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It seriously means the world to us, and it helps other English liners just like you find this channel.
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Okay, Jenny, are you ready?
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Because I am very ready today.
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James, you say that every single day.
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Every single day, it's, I am very ready.
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I love it, though.
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Yes, I'm ready.
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I'm always ready.
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Hello, everyone.
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I'm Jenny, and welcome to day 10 of our 30 -day shadowing challenge.
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10 days!
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Can you believe it?
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We are one -third of the way through.
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And honestly, I'm so proud of everyone who has been practicing with us every day.
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That is real commitment.
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And real commitment leads to real improvement.
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One -third.
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Jenny, say that again because that hit me differently just now.
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One -third of the way through.
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That means if you've been doing this every single day, you have already practiced English for 10 days in a row.
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That's not small.
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That's actually huge.
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My brain struggled to do anything for 10 days in a row when I was a kid, except eat cereal, maybe.
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I could do that for 10 days, no problem.
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That is honestly a very believable story about you, James.
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And speaking of being a kid, that is exactly what we're talking about today.
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Day 10 is all about talking about your childhood, your memories, your experiences, what you did when you were young,
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what you liked, what you were scared of.
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Oh, no. Okay.
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I have a lot of childhood stories.
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Like, a lot.
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Jenny, you might have to stop me today because I will go on forever.
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I already feel it happening.
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I will absolutely stop you.
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I have a timer.
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But first, let's talk about why this topic is so important for English learners.
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Talking about your childhood is something that comes up all the time in real English conversations.
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When you meet someone new, when you're at a dinner, when you're talking to a co -worker, people ask, where did you grow up?
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Or, what were you like as a kid?
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And these are such natural questions.
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If you can answer them well in English, you immediately sound more fluent and more natural.
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Yes.
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And I think what makes this topic really special is that everyone, everyone has a childhood.
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It doesn't matter where you're from, what language you speak, what your life is like now.
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You have memories.
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You have stories.
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And that means you already have something to say.
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You just need to learn how to say it in English, and that's exactly what we're going to help you do today.
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Exactly.
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And that's the beauty of shadowing, right?
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You listen, you repeat, you try to copy the rhythm and the feeling of what you hear.
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And when the topic is something personal, something you actually care about, it's so much easier to remember the words.
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Your brain holds on to things that feel real.
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That is so true.
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I remember when I was learning a little bit of Spanish and I tried to memorize words from a list, it just did not stick.
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But then I tried to describe my own memories in Spanish and suddenly I was like,
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oh, okay, now I remember pequeño means small because I said cuando era pequeño when I was small.
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It clicked because it was my story.
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Right, and research actually supports that.
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There's something called the self -reference effect.
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It's the idea that we remember information much better when we connect it to ourselves.
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So talking about your own childhood isn't just fun, it's actually a really smart learning strategy.
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Jenny, every episode you sneak in a little science fact and every time I'm like, wow, okay, that's cool.
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I didn't know that.
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Alright, so let's get into the actual shadowing practice.
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But first, can we just talk a little bit about the topic,
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like naturally, so learners can hear what it sounds like to actually have this conversation?
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Yes, let's do it.
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Let's just talk.
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Real conversation, real words and learners, as you listen, notice how we use past tense verbs.
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Notice the little phrases we use to start sentences.
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Notice how the conversation flows.
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And then later, we'll slow it down and practice together.
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Perfect.
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Okay, so Jenny, where did you grow up?
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I grew up in a pretty small town, like very small.
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The kind of town where everybody knows everybody, and if you did something embarrassing on Monday, your neighbor's cousin's dog somehow knew about it by Wednesday.
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Oh, I know that kind of town.
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Small -town gossip travels at the speed of light.
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It really does.
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So, yeah, I grew up there, and honestly, as a kid, I kind of wished I lived somewhere bigger.
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I always thought, I want to live in a big city.
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I want to see.. tall buildings.
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I want to be somewhere exciting.
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But now, looking back, I actually have really warm memories of that place.
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It was quiet.
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It was safe.
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I could ride my bike everywhere.
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Aw, see, that's so sweet.
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The I wanted to leave, but now I miss it feeling is so relatable.
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I think a lot of people feel that way about where they grew up.
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Okay, so what were you like as a kid?
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Like, describe little
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Jenny for us.
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Oh, um, how do I put this?
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I was quiet.
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Very quiet.
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I was the kind of kid who sat in the corner reading a book while other kids were running around and screaming.
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I liked learning things.
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I liked being organized.
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I had a little notebook where I wrote down facts that I thought were interesting.
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Wait, you had a fact notebook as a child?
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I had a fact notebook as a child.
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Jenny, that is both the most adorable and the most
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Jenny thing I have ever heard in my life.
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That explains so much.
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That explains literally everything about you.
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It was a blue notebook.
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I still have it somewhere, actually.
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Okay, okay, what about you?
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What were you like as a kid?
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Oh, I was the opposite.
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Completely the opposite.
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I was loud.
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I was everywhere.
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I had too much energy.
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My mom used to say I was like a little storm
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that just moved through the house and left everything messy behind it.
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A storm.
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That's a great description.
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It was accurate, honestly.
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I couldn't sit still.
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I didn't like reading.
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Sorry, younger me.
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I liked being outside.
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I liked making up games.
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I liked getting into trouble.
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Not big trouble, just small creative trouble.
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Like one time I decided our backyard needed a river,
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So I spent the whole afternoon digging a hole near the garden and trying to fill it with the hose.
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Oh, no. What happened?
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My mom came outside and, yeah, it wasn't a river.
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It was just a very muddy hole.
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And I had mud on my face, mud on my shoes, mud everywhere.
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She just looked at me and said, James, why?
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James, why?
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Just one word.
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I love that.
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Okay, so you were an outdoor kid.
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Did you have a favorite game or activity?
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Yes.
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Okay, so where I grew up, there was this big open field near our house, and all the neighborhood kids would meet there after school.
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And we would play this game.
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It was kind of like tag, but with more rules that we made up ourselves.
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And honestly, the rules changed every single day, depending on who was in a good mood and who was not. But I loved it.
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I looked forward to it every single afternoon.
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That was my happy place.
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That is so nice.
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That field sounds like it meant a lot to you.
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It really did.
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And you know what's funny?
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I drove past that neighborhood a few years ago, and the field is a parking lot now,
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which made me feel things I was not prepared to feel.
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Oh, James.
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I know.
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I just sat in my car for a minute, looking at this parking lot, feeling very old and very nostalgic.
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It was fine.
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I'm fine, but wow.
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Wow.
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That is actually such a common experience.
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So many people go back to places from their childhood
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and find that they've changed or that they feel much smaller than you remembered, or they're gone completely.
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And it can bring up a lot of feelings.
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I think there's something called place attachment, the emotional connection we have to specific places, especially from childhood.
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Those places become part of how we see ourselves.
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Okay, Jenny, that actually made me feel better about the parking lot situation.
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Thank you.
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My feelings had a name.
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They were place attachment.
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You're welcome.
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Okay, one more question.
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What's your favorite childhood memory?
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Like one specific memory that makes you smile?
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Oh, wow.
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Okay.
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I need a second because there are a few good ones.
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All right.
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I think my favorite is there was this one summer.
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I must have been maybe eight or nine years old.
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And my dad decided we were going on a camping trip.
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Just the two of us and neither of us really knew what we were doing.
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We had a tent that we could not figure out how to set up.
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We burned the food.
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It rained on the second night.
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Objectively, it was kind of a disaster, but you loved it?
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I loved it because it was just us and we were laughing the whole time and my dad kept saying, this is an adventure, James.
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This is an adventure.
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Every time something went wrong.
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And I believed him.
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I genuinely believed that being cold and eating burned hot dogs was an adventure.
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And now that memory is, I don't know, it's one of the most precious things I have.
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That's really beautiful, James.
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I love that.
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And I love that your dad said this is an adventure.
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That's such a good way to look at hard moments.
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Okay, my favorite memory, I think it's reading with my grandmother.
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Every weekend I would go to her house and she would read to me.
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Not children's books, well, sometimes children's books, but also just regular books that she loved.
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She would read me a chapter and then explain it and we would talk about it.
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I was probably too young to understand most of it, but I loved sitting next to her and listening to her voice.
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Oh, that is so lovely.
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She sounds like she was a wonderful person.
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She really was.
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She's actually the reason I love words so much.
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She always said, Jenny, words are how we share our hearts with each other.
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And I've never forgotten that.
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Jenny, I need a moment.
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That's beautiful.
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Okay, I'm not crying in a podcast.
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I'm not doing that.
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You are a little bit crying.
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I am a little bit.
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Okay, let's move into the shadowing practice because I need to do something with these feelings.
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Yes, let's practice.
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Okay learners, this is the part where we slow everything down.
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We're going to give you sentences you can actually use when you talk about your childhood.
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Listen carefully, then repeat after us.
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Try to match the speed, the rhythm, and the feeling.
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Don't worry about being perfect.
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Just try.
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And remember, there is no wrong answer here.
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These are your stories.
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We're just giving you the words.
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Ready?
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Let's go.
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Let's start with where you grew up.
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Listen to this sentence.
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I grew up in a small town in the south.
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Say it with me slowly.
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I grew up...
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Notice how grew up is two words, but they sound like one.
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I grew up in a small town in the south.
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Now you try.
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Good.
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Now let's try a city version.
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I grew up in a big city.
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There were people everywhere.
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Can you feel the difference in how those two sentences feel?
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One is quiet and slow.
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The other is a little more alive, a little more energetic.
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Try to show that in your voice when you say them.
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Now let's talk about what you were like as a kid.
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Here's a great sentence pattern.
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When I was young, I was very, and then you add your word.
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For example, when I was young, I was very shy.
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Or when I was young, I was very loud or when I was young, I was very curious about everything.
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Listen to how natural that sounds.
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When I was young, I was very.
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Now you fill in the blank.
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I love that one because it's so flexible.
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You can use it for anything.
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Now here's another one.
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This one uses used to, which is a really important phrase for talking about the past.
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It means something you did regularly in the past, but maybe you don't do anymore.
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Listen, I used to ride my bike every day after school.
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I used to eat cereal for every meal.
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That one is personal.
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I used to be scared of the dark.
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Try it.
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I used to, and think about something you did as a kid.
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Great.
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Let's do a few more.
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How about this one for describing a place?
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I remember there was a big park near my house, and I loved going there.
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Notice the structure.
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I remember there was.
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This is a beautiful way to start a memory sentence.
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It sounds natural, it sounds warm, and it immediately pulls the listener in.
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I remember there was a little shop near my school where we used to buy candy.
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I remember there was a tree in our backyard that I used to climb.
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Try, I remember there was, and describe a place from your childhood.
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I love that phrase.
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I remember there was.
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It's like opening a little door in your memory.
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Now let's do one more.
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This is for talking about people from your childhood.
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My grandmother, best friend, neighbor, used to always… For example,
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my grandmother used to always make soup when it was cold outside.
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My best friend used to always make me laugh.
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My neighbor used to always wave at me from his garden.
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Do you feel how warm those sentences sound?
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My someone used to always.
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Now you try with someone from your life.
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Perfect.
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And I want to add one last one.
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This is for when you want to share a feeling about your childhood, not just a fact.
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Listen, looking back now, I feel really grateful for...
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For example, looking back now, I feel really grateful for the time I had with my family.
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Looking back now, I feel really grateful for my small town, even though I didn't appreciate it back then.
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This phrase shows maturity, it shows reflection, and it sounds so natural in English conversation.
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That one hits different, right?
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Because it's not just describing the past, it's connecting the past to how you feel now.
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And that's what real deep conversation sounds like.
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That's what we're building towards with this challenge.
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Not just vocabulary, but real connection.
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Beautifully sad, James.
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Okay, so let's bring it all together.
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We want you to try something right now.
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And yes, you can pause the video to do this.
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Think about your own childhood and try to make three to five sentences using the phrases we just practiced.
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Start with where you grew up, say one thing about what you were like, and share one memory, just three to five sentences.
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That's it.
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And don't overthink it.
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Don't wait for the perfect words.
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Just say something.
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Say anything.
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The goal of shadowing practice is to get your mouth moving in English, to get comfortable with the sounds and the rhythm.
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Even if your sentences are simple, that's great.
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Simple is beautiful.
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Simple is clear.
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If you want to share your sentences with us, please leave them in the comments below.
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We read every comment.
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We love seeing your progress.
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And honestly, reading your childhood stories is one of our favorite parts of doing this.
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It's like getting little windows into your lives, and it makes this whole thing feel real and meaningful.
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Yes.
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The comments on this channel are honestly so wonderful.
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People are so kind and encouraging to each other, and I love that.
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If you're nervous about commenting, just know this is a judgment -free zone.
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Everyone here is learning.
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Everyone is trying.
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And that already makes you brave.
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All right, let's wrap up today's episode.
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James, what's your one takeaway today?
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Okay.
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My takeaway is this.
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Your childhood is yours.
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Your memories are yours.
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And that means when you talk about them, you're not performing.
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You're just sharing something real.
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And real is always easier to remember, easier to say, and easier to connect with.
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So use your own stories as your English practice.
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That's the secret.
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That's the whole secret.
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I love that.
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My takeaway is a little more practical.
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Learn these three phrases and use them.
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When I was young, I used to.
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I remember there was.
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And looking back now, I feel...
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If you can use those three phrases comfortably, you can have a real, natural conversation about your childhood in English.
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Practice them today.
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Write them down.
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Say them out loud.
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Make them yours.
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Perfect.
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Okay.
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Day 10 done.
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You did it.
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And if you're just joining us, we have nine other episodes waiting for you.
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Day one all the way through to today, all free, all right here on this channel.
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Go back, start from the beginning, and do the challenge properly.
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Your future self will thank you.
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And don't forget, subscribe if you haven't already.
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Hit the bell so you get notified when Day 11 comes out.
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Tell a friend who's learning English.
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Share this video.
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Every little thing helps this community grow.
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And the bigger our community, the more we can do together.
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We'll see you tomorrow for Day 11.
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I don't know what the topic is yet because Jenny keeps the schedule and she won't tell me until the morning of,
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which I feel is a little mean, but okay.
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It keeps you spontaneous.
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It keeps me anxious.
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But I'll be here.
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I'm always here.
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Because I love this.
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I love you guys, and I love English.
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See you tomorrow.
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Bye, everyone.
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Keep practicing, keep going, and remember, every day you practice is a day you get better.
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We'll see you on day 11.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Speak English Naturally”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: childhood, Jenny, English. Questo video contiene 378 frasi e 3151 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 17:20. Chi parla va veloce, circa 182 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 87% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
phrase sostantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/espressione, polirematica
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
shadow sostantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/ombra
adventure sostantivo/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/avventura
notebook sostantivo/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/blocco, taccuino
connect verbo/kəˈnɛkt/connettere, connettersi
grateful aggettivo/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/grato
grandmother sostantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/nonna
rhythm sostantivo/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritmo
commitment sostantivo/kəˈmɪtmənt/impegno, promessa
scare verbo/skɛɚ/spaventare, impaurire
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/abbonarsi
attachment sostantivo/əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/legame
cereal sostantivo/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/cereale
neighbour sostantivo/ˈneɪbɚ/vicino, vicina

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
grow up verbocrescere
make up verbo/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/comporsi
bring up verbomenzionare, nominare
come up verbovenire fuori, emergere
figure out verboscoprire, rendersi conto
go back verbotornare
look forward to verbonon vedere l'ora
set up verbo/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/preparare, installare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Wait, you had a fact notebook as a child?
  • What were you like as a kid?
  • Did you have a favorite game or activity?
  • What's your favorite childhood memory?
  • James, what's your one takeaway today?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
“Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più veroused to say · used to ride · used to eat
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsohas been practicing · you've been doing
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoyou've been · have already practiced · have ever heard
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaeveryone who has · kid who sat

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 52 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shoe /ˈʃu/, reflection /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, adorable /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, notebook /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/, connect /kəˈnɛkt/, commitment /kəˈmɪtmənt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, attachment /əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/, backyard /bækˈjɑːd/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come phrase, topic, shadow.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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