Shadowing Practice: Buying a Train Ticket to Bath - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Good morning. I'd like a ticket to Bath, please.
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Single or return?
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Return, please. I'm coming back this evening.
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When would you like to travel?
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The next train, if possible.
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The next train leaves at ten fifteen from platform four.
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It arrives in Bath at eleven forty.
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Perfect. Do I need to change trains?
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No, it's a direct train.
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Great. How much is the return ticket?
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It's thirty-two pounds. Do you have a railcard?
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Yes, I've got a senior railcard.
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Then it's twenty-one pounds forty.
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Lovely. Here's my card.
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Thank you. Here are your tickets. Keep them safe.
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Is there a cafe on the train?
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There's a trolley with hot drinks and snacks.
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And is it busy on Saturdays?
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It can be. I'd get on early for a seat.
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Which way is platform four?
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Go through the barrier and turn left.
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Thanks very much. You've been very helpful.
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You're welcome. Have a lovely day in Bath.
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I will. The weather's nice, so I'm going to walk by the river.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 24 sentences and 171 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:17. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% 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
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| forty adjective | /ˈfoɹti/ | Resembling or characteristic of a fort. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| thirty noun | /ˈθɝti/ | A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| barrier noun | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | A structure that bars passage. |
| fifteen noun | /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ | An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| eleven noun | /əˈlɛv.ən/ | A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| railcard noun | A card allowing reduced fares for travelling by train. | |
| café noun | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the… |
| trolley noun | A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, I'm, I've. 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 pound, forty, helpful.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.