Shadowing Practice: 42 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oxford Primary Skills Reading and Writing Level 4 by Tamsin Thompson.
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Published and copyright, Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Unit 1.
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Eating round the world.
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Listening 1.
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Read and listen.
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Hi, I'm Lin.
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I'm 11 and I'm from China.
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Chinese food is really delicious.
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We eat a lot of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat.
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We fry or steam a lot of our food.
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It is very healthy.
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In China, people don't usually eat with knives and forks.
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Instead, we use chopsticks and we sometimes use spoons.
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We usually eat from big serving dishes.
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We put them in the middle of the table, but we sometimes serve portions of rice in small bowls.
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In China, we don't think it's rude to reach across the table to take food from serving dishes.
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We do think it's rude to take the last piece of food from a serving dish for yourself.
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We offer it to another person instead.
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That is very polite.
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When your bowl is empty, someone gives you more food.
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When you are full, you put your hand over your bowl or leave some food in your bowl.
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We don't put our chopsticks on top of our bowls.
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We put them on a table next to us when we finish eating.
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We don't use napkins, but we usually clean our hands with hot towels at the end of the meal.
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Do you like Chinese food?
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Is it very different from food in your country?
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 28 sentences and 239 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 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
13 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- dish /dɪʃ/ (noun) — A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
- rude /ɹuːd/ (adjective) — Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
- meal /ˈmiːl/ (noun) — Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- knife /ˈnaɪ̯f/ (noun) — A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
- delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- copyright /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ (noun) — The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
- fork /fɔɹk/ (noun) — A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
- towel /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ (noun) — A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.
- vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ (noun) — A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice…
- polite /pəˈlaɪt/ (adjective) — Well-mannered, civilized.
- spoon /spuːn/ (noun) — An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- napkin /ˈnæpˌkɪn/ (noun) — A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
- noodle /ˈnu.dəl/ (noun) — A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and…
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- hand over (verb) — To relinquish control or possession of something to someone.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
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 dish, rude, meal.
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.