Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Domino Effect - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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Dominoes is an old game.
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Domino effect.
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So is this what happens after you play Dominoes for too long?
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So I'm going to China next month.
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How was your trip there?
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Difficult.
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I missed my flight in Los Angeles, which made me miss my connecting flight in Hong Kong, which made me miss my train in Shanghai.
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Wow, that is quite the domino effect.
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It was an international domino effect.
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Dominoes is a game, but people also use the tiles in this way.
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They knock the first tile over, which knocks over the second, then the third, and so on.
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So a domino effect is when one event causes a series of other things to happen.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Domino Effect”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: domino, effect, Dominoes. This video has 14 sentences and 128 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| tile noun | /ˈtaɪ.əl/ | A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc. |
| connect verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object. |
| domino noun | /ˈdɑməˌnoʊ/ | A tile divided into two squares, each having 0 to 6 (or sometimes more) dots or pips (as in dice), used in the game of dominoes. |
| flight noun | /ˈflaɪ̯t/ | The act of flying; the ability to fly. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| train noun | /ˈtɹeɪn/ | The elongated back portion of a dress or skirt (or an ornamental piece of material added to similar effect), which drags along the ground. |
| trip noun | /tɹɪp/ | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knock over verb | To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it. |
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 knock, tile, connect.
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.