Shadowing Practice: 6. Healthy Eating Habits (Intermediate B1-B2) - English Reading Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Eating healthy is essential for our well-being.
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It's not just about eating, it's about making good choices for our bodies.
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A balanced diet is key to a healthy life.
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A balanced diet means eating different types of foods.
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It includes fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy.
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These foods give us the nutrients we need.
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Fruits and vegetables provide vitamins and minerals.
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Grains give us energy.
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Protein helps our bodies grow and repair.
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Dairy keeps our bones strong.
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Healthy eating habits are about more than just what we eat.
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It's also about how we eat.
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We should eat at regular times and not skip meals.
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It's important to listen to our bodies and eat when we're hungry.
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Water is also crucial.
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It keeps us hydrated and helps our bodies work well.
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We should drink plenty of water every day.
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By making good choices and eating a variety of foods, we can stay healthy and strong.
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So, remember to eat well and take care of your body.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “6. Healthy Eating Habits (Intermediate B1-B2) - English Reading Practice”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eating, eat, bodies, healthy, foods. This video has 19 sentences and 166 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:12. The speaker talks at a steady 139 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grain noun | /ɡɹeɪn/ | The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice. |
| dairy noun | /ˈdɛə.ɹi/ | (also dairy products or dairy produce) Products produced from milk. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | 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… |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| repair verb | /ˈɹiːpɛɚ/ | To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy. |
| crucial adjective | /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/ | Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital. |
| habit noun | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| skip verb | /skɪp/ | To move by hopping on alternate feet. |
| mineral noun | /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/ | Any naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic… |
| vitamin noun | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found… |
| nutrient noun | /ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/ | A source of nourishment, such as food, that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue. |
| hydrate noun | /haɪˈdɹeɪt/ | A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. |
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 grain, dairy, vegetable.
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.