Shadowing Practice: 349 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Let's practice English together right now.
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If you want to practice English speaking, this vlog is going to be perfect
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because we're going to be walking right now around beautiful city in the evening and I'm English learner.
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I'm going to practice my speaking skills and with this vlog you can just chill, enjoy, learn some vocabulary.
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Okay guys, so here we are.
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I have just arrived with this place,
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walked out with this subway and right here look at this we have paddle.
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See these two chords for paddle?
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Have you guys tried playing paddle?
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Like to be honest it's very cool
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because like I have tried playing paddle with my friends
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but it wasn't like this outside like this course outside and
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if the weather is good we can just play and enjoy
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but we played the last winter and it was amazing
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because pedal actually is easy to play because before
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that we tried playing like a big tennis and
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that was super hard because like
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that was the first time I played big tennis in my life
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and I watched that before on TV and
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that was pretty easy like it seems pretty easy just swing with this racket
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but in real life that's very hard to play big tennis
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so we decided to switch to pedal
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and right here in our city you can play also we got this kind of greenery flowers
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and it is it is so cool this bucket It's evening in Moscow.
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I guess you need to rent this court,
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register somewhere, go on the website and play.
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They play 2v2, like 2 versus 2.
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two people versus two people and the rules in puddle are actually quite interesting you have to learn it nah,
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they play pretty good by the way in the evening we have many people outside
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but we are in the center obviously I'm gonna walk through the forest.
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I'm in the forest right now.
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Amazonian jungles.
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We've got some restaurants around.
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We've got a big church.
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Look at this huge church.
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It's red and white.
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Yo, that's quite tall.
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Hey, that's some nice music.
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It's an Italian restaurant with spaghetti.
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Nice music.
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If you like reading books or just use PDF files to learn English, here is a tool that can make the process a lot easier.
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It's called PDNob and it has an AI chart that I find really useful for learning English.
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For example, sometimes when I'm reading a book in English, I understand most of it.
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But you know, there is always a paragraph or a sentence.
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That's just way too complicated and I can't understand it.
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So instead of translating every single word, I can open the book as a PDF file in pdnob,
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select the sentence I want to understand better,
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and ask the AI to simplify it for me using simpler English words.
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And now I can understand what the author is actually trying to say without constantly switching between different apps or translators.
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So if you want to try bidding up yourself, the link is going to be below in the description and in the pinned comments.
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Well, yeah, the game plan for today is just to walk.
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I'm going to walk, enjoy, I know, Chile this evening, in this lovely summer evening.
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Ooh, look at those dogs.
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And we got two more dogs like there.
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It's cute.
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So I'm in the center.
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I will walk a little bit down the streets toward one very beautiful square and one very beautiful park.
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I have been there only once.
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And that was my first time.
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I got impressed so much that I decided to just film a vlog there.
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That's why today I'm going to be there again and show it to you.
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Because that's going to be very cool, especially in the evening.
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Oh my gosh, like to be honest, I don't really often visit this neighborhood, this part of Moscow.
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But Moscow is so big that we got just...
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It seems like we got limitless amount of places and streets to visit, to be walking in.
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And that street is amazing, especially when we got warm evening and when many people are outside.
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Because like last few days, maybe four or five days, we were actually cold.
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And I was even wearing my jacket and jeans, but right now with back,
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wearing just regular summer outfit. So that's cool.
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But last few days were cold.
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I didn't want to go outside.
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I didn't want to film vlogs.
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You know, and it's going to be about 20 minutes walk down this street.
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Mmm, nice American music.
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Welcome to Los Angeles.
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You see guys, this street, this neighborhood is already so quiet.
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There are no people, no cafes, no tourists.
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I mean, it's just for locals.
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We got trees, narrow street, so quiet like nobody's screaming and talking like, I don't know.
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They probably have schools here, maybe kindergarten, this kind of building.
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You see this?
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One, two, three, four, five, six floors.
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Just regular people live here, locals, you know.
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Alright, and now I have come to the place I was talking about.
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This huge park and square.
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There are so many things to discover.
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Wait.
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Alright, let's explore.
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There's the fountain. So...
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I can walk up there and take a look at everything from above.
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Let's do this by the way.
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Here we got stairs and seats.
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Let's sit with the audience.
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Oh wow!
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Okay Anyways Let's walk up there So just speaking about this place Right there that building is a railway station
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That brown building is a railway station It's going to be very high
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We are going to take a look at the city from above Yeah,
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well look at this Fountains with music Okay
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Right there we got a mall Even like underneath We got a mall,
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like the shopping mall is not outside but under the ground
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And right now let's just walk there And maybe I will buy something,
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grab some snacks Because I'm a little hungry, do you want something to eat?
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Go to the kitchen, open the fridge and get some food, bro Very classy, you know,
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this place is very classy Because of this classic music And here is,
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yes sir, the entrance Just the streets and right here a mall.
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It's huge.
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Three floors under the ground, man.
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Can you believe that?
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They were just digging it, digging it under the ground.
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Even like four floors.
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Wow A cactus Mexico This is like a huge food court Huge food court Many restaurants
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All around with this floor And tables To sit Guys,
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I just wanna get a burger So badly badly just one tasty burger all right
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so I've got this kind of tasty fatty juicy burger
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and I'm gonna eat it right now junk food
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but anyways I will run in the evening
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and I will burn all these calories so it no matter to be honest I I don't even care about calories.
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I never count calories.
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So who cares?
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Do you wanna try it?
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Take a bite.
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Take a bite.
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Try it.
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Good.
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Bro.
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I probably look so silly just sitting in the middle of the shopping mall and pointing my burger into the camera.
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I don't know, but after eating that burger,
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I actually started thinking that burgers in Burger King are better than burgers in McDonald's.
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Because it tastes so natural.
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It feels like real natural meat, natural ingredients.
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I don't know.
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And in terms of cuisines, we got huge variety of cuisines.
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Georgian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian...
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I like that!
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Well, alright guys, I hope you enjoyed this walking,
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this English practice, This way I practice my English speaking and you can do the same.
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And by the way, guys, don't forget that I have a group chat for English learners on Telegram.
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You can follow the link in the description and in the...
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Oh, it's a Dory!
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I wanted to see it, but no!
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You can follow the link in the description or in the pinned comment
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and join the chat where you can find speaking partner to practice English together
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or make just friends from all over the world.
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Thank you so much.
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Love you guys.
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Bye-bye.
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I will go home right now.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: English, burger, evening, walk, practice. This video has 147 sentences and 1390 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:52. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| burger noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/ | A hamburger. |
| mall noun | /mɔːl/ | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
| paddle noun | /ˈpædl̩/ | A single-bladed version is typically used on canoes and some other small boats. |
| vlog noun | /ˈvlɑɡ/ | A weblog using video as its primary presentation format. |
| calorie noun | /ˈkæləɹi/ | A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally… |
| learner noun | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | One who is learning; one receiving instruction. |
| pedal noun | /ˈpɛdəl/ | A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano. |
| classy adjective | /ˈklɑːsi/ | Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable. |
| cuisine noun | /kwɪˈziːn/ | A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin. |
| tasty adjective | /ˈteɪsti/ | Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| dig verb | /dɪɡ/ | To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More… |
| pin noun | /pɪn/ | A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening. |
| bite verb | /baɪt/ | To cut into something by clamping the teeth. |
| versus | /ˈvɝsəs/ | Against; in opposition to. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| walk down verb | To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's… |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Have you guys tried playing paddle?
- I'm in the forest right now.
- We've got some restaurants around.
- We've got a big church.
- Do you wanna try it?
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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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have just arrived · have tried · have been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was even wearing · was talking · were just digging |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | is going to be · we're going to be · I'm going to practice |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will walk · will buy · will run |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, kindergarten /ˈkɪndəɹˌɡɑːɹt(ə)n/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
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 burger, mall, paddle.
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.