Shadowing Practice: 050 Bird and Kip 50 The Blizzard - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Bird and Kip.
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Episode 50.
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The Blizzard.
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Kip stood up.
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Snow blew all around him.
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See you later, Bird!
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Kip called.
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I'm going to play in the...
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Whoa!
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A strong gust of wind blew.
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Kip flew through the air.
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He tumbled over and over.
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Cried Kip.
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Poof!
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He landed in a big snowdrift.
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Kip pulled himself out of the snow.
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Wind blew toward Kip.
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Snow swirled around him.
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But Kip wanted to play anyway.
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I'll build a snowman, said Kip.
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He rolled snow into a ball.
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Soon he had a huge snowball.
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More snow was falling.
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Soon snow covered Kip.
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Then more wind blew.
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The snowball rolled over Kip.
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He cried.
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Kip was stuck to the huge snowball.
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The snowball rolled down a hill.
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It rolled straight toward the frozen pond.
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Cried Kip.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 32 sentences and 134 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:52. The speaker talks slowly, about 71 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
freeze verb/ˈfɹiːz/Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
pond noun/pɑnd/An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
snowball noun/ˈsnoʊbɔl/A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow…
gust noun/ɡʌst/A strong, abrupt rush of wind.
snowdrift noun/ˈsnəʊdɹɪft/A bank of snow accumulated by the wind.
snowman noun/ˈsnoʊ.mæn/A humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks (arms), a carrot (nose), and…
swirl noun/swɝl/A whirling eddy.
tumble verb/ˈtʌmbl̩/To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
snow noun/snoʊ̯/The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation…
blow verb/bloʊ/To produce an air current.
cry verb/kɹaɪ/To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
roll down verbSynonym of wind down.
roll over verbTo make a rolling motion or turn.
stand up verbTo rise from a lying or sitting position.

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 freeze, pond, whoa.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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