Shadowing Practice: 16 Healthy Heart - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Story 16 Healthy Heart Thump, thump.
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That is the sound of your heart beating.
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What an amazing muscle.
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It works all day.
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It works all night.
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Your heart pumps blood to all the parts of your body.
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It pumps blood to your head, your fingers, and your feet.
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And it weighs only about half a kilogram.
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But it's a very strong muscle.
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It beats 100,000 times a day.
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That's 35 million times a year.
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Wow!
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In your lifetime, your heart will beat about two and a half billion times.
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You know what else is really amazing?
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Your heart does all of this without you even giving it a thought.
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It just keeps working.
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Most hearts beat about 70 times every minute.
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See for yourself.
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Put your hand on your wrist.
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Feel your heart beating.
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Now, count how many times it beats in a minute.
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Take care of your heart.
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Eat well, sleep well, and get lots of exercise.
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That way, your heart will be strong and keep on beating.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 24 sentences and 165 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% 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
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| muscle noun | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. |
| pump noun | /pʌmp/ | A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| lifetime noun | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | The duration of the life of someone or something. |
| wrist noun | /ɹɪst/ | The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense. |
| weigh verb | /weɪ/ | To determine the weight of an object. |
| thump verb | /θʌmp/ | To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. |
| kilogram noun | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical… |
| exercise noun | /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ | Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. |
| minute noun | /ˈmɪnɪt/ | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
| foot noun | /fʊt/ | A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. |
| count verb | /kaʊnt/ | To recite numbers in sequence. |
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 muscle, pump, finger.
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.