Shadowing Practice: ПОЙМЕШЬ ВСЕ! АНГЛИЙСКИЙ НА СЛУХ через легкий мультфильм | Маленький принц - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “ПОЙМЕШЬ ВСЕ! АНГЛИЙСКИЙ НА СЛУХ через легкий мультфильм”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: planet, prince, pilot, rose, snake. This video has 342 sentences and 2397 words to shadow. The speech runs for 44:13. 85% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| snake noun | /sneɪk/ | Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. |
| desert noun | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. |
| tame verb | /teɪm/ | To make or become tame; to domesticate (an animal). |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| ordinary adjective | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases. |
| lonely adjective | /ˈloʊnli/ | Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. |
| sheep noun | /ˈʃiːp/ | A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. |
| deeply adverb | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | To a deep extent or degree; very greatly. |
| regret verb | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| sunset noun | /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ | The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon. |
| clever adjective | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept. |
| greet verb | /ɡɹiːt/ | To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. |
| asteroid noun | /ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/ | A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often… |
| explanation noun | /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | The act or process of explaining. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| take off verb | To remove. | |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Son, did you do your homework?
- What planet am I on?
- I can't play with you.
- Your majesty, what are you doing?
- On which planet I am?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've just grown · It's been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | one who understood · lion, which was |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was eaten · was born |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most beautiful · the richest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, don't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: clothe /ˈkloʊð/, thorn /θoɹn/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheep /ˈʃiːp/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, geographer /d͡ʒiˈɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/
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 snake, desert, tame.
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.













