Shadowing Practice: 3 Kasım 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello.
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Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Neil.
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We're here to help you improve your English with a real conversation in easy English.
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If you want to read along, you can find a text version of this podcast at bbclearningenglish .com.
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Right, let's start the show.
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How are you today, Neil?
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I'm very well, thank you, Georgie.
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What are we talking about in this episode?
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Today is all about friends.
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We'll talk a bit about our friends and why they are important.
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Great, let's get started.
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So, Neil, do you have a lot of friends?
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Yes, I do have quite a few friends.
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How about you?
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Yes, I also have quite a lot of friends.
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I've lived in different places, so I have made friends in lots of different areas and times of my life.
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So, Georgie, you said that you have lived in lots of places and I know you have lived in Spain.
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So, do you have lots of friends in Spain?
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Yes, I have a few friends in Spain, but now that I live in London, it's quite difficult to stay in touch with them.
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But actually, one of them is coming to visit this weekend.
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Ah, so you try to keep in touch with some of your friends.
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That means to keep contact with them, to make sure that you stay friends by speaking to them.
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Yes, exactly.
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And if you have a lot of friends, it can be difficult to stay in touch with so many.
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What do you like to do with your friends, Neil?
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Well, I like to talk to them mainly.
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So, I like to meet them maybe in a pub
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or a restaurant or we go to a sports match sometimes and we talk there and have a good time.
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That sounds nice.
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How about you?
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Yes, I'm the same.
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During the week, I think a nice plan is to go out for dinner with friends.
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At the weekends, I like going for a walk or getting a coffee with friends.
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You can do both of those at the same time.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Sometimes I meet friends, we get a coffee to take away and then go for a walk around the park.
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And are you happy about the number of friends you have or would you like to have more or fewer?
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I always like making new friends.
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If you start a new hobby or you move to a different place, there are always more people and new people to meet.
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I like making friends.
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What about you?
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Yes, but I like to see my old friends and if I make new friends, I know it's something that happens slowly and that's okay.
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Now, we have used this word friends a lot, but there are other words for friends too, aren't there?
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Yes.
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One is mate.
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I use mate a lot.
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We also use pal.
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So, sometimes I refer to my friends that are girls as gal pals.
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Gal pals.
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That's a nice expression.
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So, Neil, why are friends important to you?
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Ah, yes.
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Good question.
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Friends are important, I think, because you can be yourself with your friends.
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You don't have to pretend if they're good friends, because they know you as you are.
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And that's not the same everywhere that you go in life.
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Yep, that's true.
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Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
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We learned mates and pals, which are other words for friends.
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We heard keep in touch with, which means see or speak to someone regularly.
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We also say stay in touch.
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And a few, which means more than two, but not many.
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So I have a few friends in Spain, but not many.
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Thanks for listening to Real Easy English.
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Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English – bbclearningenglish .com Next time,
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we'll talk about holidays and places we would like to go.
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See you then.
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Goodbye.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “3 Kasım 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: English, Neil, touch, pal, Spain. This video has 71 sentences and 670 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:57. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 11 of its 71 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pal noun | /pæl/ | A friend, buddy, mate, cobber; someone to hang around with. |
| refer verb | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | To direct the attention of (someone toward something). |
| pretend verb | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | Less; a smaller amount of something non-integral commonly expressed as an integer |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| recap verb | /ɹiːˈkæp/ | To seal (something) again with a cap. |
| mate noun | /meɪt/ | A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. |
| restaurant noun | /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ | An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. |
| everywhere adverb | /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ | In or to all locations under discussion. |
| holiday noun | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed. |
| slowly adverb | /ˈsloʊli/ | At a slow pace. |
| mainly adverb | /ˈmeɪnli/ | Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part. |
| expression noun | /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| read along verb | To read together with another person, or with another presentation (TV etc) | |
| take away verb | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | To remove something and put it in a different place. |
| walk around verb | To walk with no planned destination; to meander. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Right, let's start the show.
- What are we talking about in this episode?
- Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | friends that are · pals, which are · with, which means |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've lived · have lived · have used |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are we talking · is coming |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | We'll talk |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we'll, aren't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 pal, refer, pretend.
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.