Shadowing Practice: 5 Kasım 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome to Real Easy English, the podcast where we have real conversations in easy English to help you learn.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Neil.
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Hi Neil, how are you?
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Are you happy to be at work today?
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Of course, I'm always happy to be at work.
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Great.
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Well, today we are talking about dream jobs.
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Obviously, this job is amazing, but we're going to talk about some different jobs we'd like to do.
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Sounds good.
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Shall we start?
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Yes.
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So, Georgie, when you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
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What was your dream job?
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Well, when I was really little, about five or six, I remember telling people
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that I wanted to be a princess when i realized
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that wasn't going to be possible for me um my next dream was to be a pop star
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because my friends and i used to write songs um
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and perform in front of our parents and i thought
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that would be really fun um yeah what about you well i'm kind of similar
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I think actually when I was when I was a child, I thought that being a professional sportsman would be fantastic,
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either a footballer or a cricketer.
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What went wrong?
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I'm not good enough.
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I learned that lesson.
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But also I wanted when I got a little bit older, sort of teenage and started playing guitar,
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I thought, yeah, maybe a rock star would be the thing for me.
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So, Neil, obviously you are not a rock star, but how or when did you decide to become an English teacher instead?
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Well, when I finished university, I wanted to travel more than anything else, and I wanted to live in foreign countries, not just go on holiday.
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And I thought a good way to do that would be to become an English teacher.
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Yeah, I have a similar story.
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It was the same thing for me.
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I just wanted to live abroad.
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Georgie, what is important to you about your job now?
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Well, many of us spend a lot of our lives working.
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So for me, it's really important to enjoy the day.
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We work nine to five.
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It's a lot of hours in the day.
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It's really important to me to have a nice team
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that you can have fun with it's also really important for me to feel like I'm giving something good
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or doing a good job what about you?
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Yeah I think it's important to feel that you're doing something useful
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so hopefully our conversations like this are useful for people because they can learn something and I like that.
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Yeah me too.
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So Neil if you didn't have to worry about money or anything else what would your dream job be?
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I think I know the answer already.
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Yeah well you said earlier that I didn't become a rock star
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but there is still a future and you know if I didn't have to work I could just follow my dream
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How about you?
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I think if I didn't do this job I would like to be a travel photographer
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or someone that makes documentaries I really love those nature documentaries and it would be very fun to be involved in those
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Yes, that sounds like it would be amazing OK,
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let's recap the language we heard during the conversation.
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We can describe something, like a job, as important to us.
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For example, I said that a nice team at work is important to me.
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We talked about our dream jobs when we were children, using the structure, when I was younger, I wanted to be.
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So, for example, when I was younger, I wanted to be a footballer.
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And we talked about our dream jobs now using conditionals.
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So, for example, if I could do any job, I would be a travel photographer.
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And when we're talking about jobs, we can do them or we can be them.
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For example, I teach English or I am an English teacher.
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And that's it for this episode of Real Easy English.
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there's a link in the notes for this programme join us again bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “5 Kasım 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: English, dream, Neil, star, example. This video has 66 sentences and 741 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:00. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 66 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 |
|---|---|---|
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| documentary noun | /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ | A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner. |
| photographer noun | /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/ | One who takes photographs, typically as an occupation. |
| 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… |
| footballer noun | /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ | One who plays association football. |
| guitar noun | /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ | A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick). |
| abroad adverb | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. |
| suggestion noun | /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/ | Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for) |
| teenage adjective | /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ | Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. |
| newsletter noun | /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/ | A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience. |
| conditional noun | /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ | A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false. |
| cricketer noun | /ˈkɹɪk.ɪtɚ/ | A person who plays cricket. |
| recap verb | /ɹiːˈkæp/ | To seal (something) again with a cap. |
| sportsman noun | A man who engages in sports; an athlete. | |
| worksheet noun | A sheet of paper or computerized document on which problems are worked out or solved and the answers are recorded. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you happy to be at work today?
- Of course, I'm always happy to be at work.
- What was your dream job?
- Georgie, what is important to you about your job now?
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 continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are talking · I'm giving · you're doing |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to worry · have to work |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
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 lesson, documentary, photographer.
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.