Shadowing Practice: Tell us you haven't read the book without telling us... - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Huh.
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Pretty thick book you got there.
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Hey, how long does it usually take you to finish something like that?
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I don't know, like a day or two.
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I just started.
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It's a cool story.
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You read it?
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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A while ago.
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Food, religion, good soundtrack to the movie, which I saw after I read the book.
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That book literally changed my life.
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After my ex read it, he broke up with me he broke up with me and moved to India.
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And coincidentally, it's based on a true story.
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Oh, why coincidentally?
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Because she actually did those things.
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Well, what's the coincidence?
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Have you seen Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk?
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Yeah, that's why I'm reading it. So good.
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Who's Elizabeth Gilbert?
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Well, it's the author, coincidentally.
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Oh, the author of this book.
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Look, Elizabeth Gilbert, yeah, yeah, she's amazing.
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And Julia Roberts plays her really, really well in the movie, which I saw after.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 23 sentences and 156 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:03. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% 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
8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| coincidence noun | /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/ | The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place. |
| soundtrack noun | /ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/ | A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures. |
| coincidentally adverb | In a coincidental manner. | |
| author noun | /ˈɔ.θɚ/ | The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work. |
| finish verb | /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ | To complete (something). |
| literally adverb | /ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/ | Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words. |
| religion noun | /ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/ | Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, author /ˈɔ.θɚ/
- Long words — get the stress right: coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, literally /ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thick, coincidence, soundtrack.
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.