Shadowing Practice: One story a day - Book 2 - Story 26: Spring time - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Story 26 Springtime It's a beautiful spring day.
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Matt and his sister go for a walk.
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Suddenly, they see a big black bear.
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Matt and his sister run as fast as they can.
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When they stop, they look back, and the bear is gone.
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Whew!
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They are safe.
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Bears sleep all winter.
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When they wake up in the spring, they are hungry.
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That's why Matt and his sister ran away fast.
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They didn't want to become bear food.
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Run!
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Run!
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As fast as you can!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “One story a day - Book 2 - Story 26: Spring time”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bear, Matt, sister, fast. This video has 14 sentences and 84 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:50. The speaker talks slowly, about 101 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
hungry adjective/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
whew/hwjuː/An expressive sound made indicating the release of one's inner tension; the release of breath; an expression of relief.
suddenly adverb/ˈsʌd.ən.li/Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.
bear verb/bɛə/To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
sister noun/ˈsɪs.tɚ/A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
spring noun/ˈspɹɪŋ/An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
winter noun/ˈwɪntə/Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months…
wake verb/ˈweɪ̯k/(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
look back verbTo think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
run away verbTo flee by running.

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 hungry, whew, suddenly.

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.

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