Shadowing Practice: 8 tháng 9, luyện đọc - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It's so good to see you, Paul.
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Have you lost weight?
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I can almost put my wings around you.
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Well, maybe a little.
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Oh, poor you.
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You must feel weak.
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Let me get you some soup.
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Oh, no. That's okay, dad.
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I'm not hungry.
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Not hungry?
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Paul, are you alright?
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Yeah?
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No, I'm fine.
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Earlier today, I was fighting these bandits.
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Nothing too dangerous.
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I mean, they were just, yeah, no, yeah.
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And then the strangest thing happened,
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I had this crazy vision, I think I show my mom and me as a baby,
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mom, a baby, dad, what, how do I say this?
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Where did I come from?
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Well, we see also son, baby geese come from a little egg.
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Don't ask me where the egg comes from
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that that's not what I mean I know it's not I
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think it I think it's time I taught you something I
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should have told you a long time ago time ago okay
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you must have been kind of a doctor adapted I knew
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it I knew it you knew you knew you knew well
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who told who told you no one I mean I come on I come on dad but if you knew
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why did you ever say anything why didn't you say anything
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how I did how did I how did I get here Dad, where did I come from?
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Actually, you come from this.
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It was just another day at the restaurant.
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Time to make the noodles.
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I went out to a bag where my vegetables
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had just been delivered liver there were
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cabbage turnips radish unless there was no radish
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just just just a very hungry baby panda there were no nuts of course you could have earned it.
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I waited for someone to come looking for you, but no one did.
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I brought you inside.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "8 tháng 9, luyện đọc" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →