Shadowing Practice: A Day in Sweden | Slow British English - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Hi, my name is Evie and this is a video in slow English to help you practice your listening comprehension.
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Hi, my name is Evie and this is a video in slow English to help you practice your listening comprehension.
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So I am from the UK but today we are in Gothenburg in Sweden.
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so come with me and spend the day in Gothenburg in Sweden
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so something about me is that I used to live in Sweden So I spent about four months living in Stockholm,
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which is the capital.
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But today we are in Gothenburg,
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which is the second biggest city in Sweden.
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I have been to Gothenburg before.
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I was here for one week and I was sick the whole time.
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So today I wanted to come back and spend some more time in Gothenburg.
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Today we are going to go to the Natural History Museum where they have lots of natural history items.
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And we're going to get fika.
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We're going to get fika,
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basically it's coffee and a pastry.
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Sweden have really amazing pastry
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so let's go I'm going to show you a little bit of the city as well
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and yeah right now we are in a park it's super beautiful really peaceful so yeah let's go
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so Gothenburg is a really interesting city because there's a port
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so some of the city is really modern with skyscrapers
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and other parts of the city are much older with little old buildings and are really quaint.
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So it's a real mixture of everything.
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There's lots of different types of buildings.
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You can see the old architectural style with the arches here.
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And just to the left in the distance,
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you can see this skyscraper, which is really modern
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and there's lots of this in Gothenburg so really old buildings and really new buildings.
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So we are on the way to the museum and we're just walking through this park.
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It's super beautiful but it is quite cold today
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so I have my mittens um but we're gonna head up this hill to the museum now.
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It's uphill so we have to go up these steps um and yeah it's really cold in Gothenburg today.
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It's not too bad.
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Before Gothenburg was snowing and today it's just rain.
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Today it's just raining.
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I think the rain follows me everywhere.
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So yeah, the weather is not fantastic but we are gonna go inside once we've gone up.
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All these steps.
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Oh, it's filming.
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Hi, this is Evie from the future.
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So I'm editing right now. And okay.
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we went to the natural history museum here in in Gothenburg on a Saturday
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and that means that in every single room there were like 500 children all screaming and unfortunately
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my new microphone has picked up on the audio of the children screaming in every single clip.
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I'll show you.
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This is disgusting.
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Very interesting.
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And the build is...
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So my plan was I am going to explain a little bit what was in the museum
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and then I will show you some of the clips which are okay.
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So this museum in Gothenburg,
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the Natural History Museum, it specialises in taxidermy animals.
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So taxidermy is basically animals that are stuffed.
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For example, these puffins are stuffed,
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there were squirrels, but they had so many different types of animals.
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They had bears and seals and birds.
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I think I mentioned in a previous video,
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but I am a vegetarian,
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so I do not eat meat.
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And I think you can see from my face in the museum that I didn't particularly love seeing
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all of the taxidermy animals.
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But one thing that was incredibly,
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incredibly cool about the museum is there was a taxidermy blue whale in this room.
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It was amazing.
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And actually, the audio is not too bad in this clip
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so I'm going to let me in the museum explain about this blue whale to you
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so that's my explanation done so here in the museum they have this blue whale
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which is a young blue whale
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which was stranded in Gothenburg in I think 1826 and this is the skeleton and this is the skin
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and the jaw opens but because it is so old it has lost the sort of blue color of a blue whale
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and they have other skeletons above look at the jaw on this skeleton it's crazy it's
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so crazy how huge these whales are they are so massive
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and inside of its jaw of this young blue whale is a bench so apparently
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So apparently you could go inside of the whale and have dinner.
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They would have dinner parties in the whale which is honestly insane.
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There is the hinge.
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We're in Haga which is the oldest part of Gothenburg.
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We are thinking of stopping at this really cute cafe.
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I'm gonna try and grab the door.
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I was gonna just grab one like this.
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Okay, so we've got this which is.. what was this?
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Tomla...
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Tomla Kaka.
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It looks really good.
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And this which is called...
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Somla?
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Semla this is semla and this is our fika so this is our like cake snack so
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how is it do you like marzipan love it I actually knew this I just forgot to tell you. And this one.
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It tastes like a Bakewell tart.
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No?
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A bit?
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Both.
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10 out of 10.
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So we have just left the cafe.
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It was really nice did not get coffee because they did not have ice.
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I like personally really like to have an iced coffee.
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Anyway so now we are heading back home because it's kind of rainy
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and I think it's time to just go and chill inside for a bit.
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But yeah, you can see the city a bit from here.
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It's quite pretty.
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Hey, so it's now later in the day.
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We just went home and I edited a video for a while,
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but now we are going to go and grab a drink
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so yeah we are gonna go to a bar nearby
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so let's go so something I do see lots of in Gothenburg are British bars and Irish bars but in particular
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Well, I think there are Irish bars everywhere in the world,
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but here in Gothenburg, there are lots of British bars, which is surprising.
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Apparently, there are lots of British bars because in the past,
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there was a lot of British immigration to Gothenburg.
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so maybe it's because of that
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About This Lesson

This lesson focuses on enhancing your listening comprehension and speaking skills through the practice of shadow speaking. In this video, you will experience a day in Gothenburg, Sweden, narrated in slow British English. By immersing yourself in the descriptions of the city's sights, sounds, and experiences, you will improve your English while learning about Swedish culture. As you follow along, you will also encounter various vocabulary and phrases that can aid in your IELTS speaking practice.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

  • Fika: This term refers to a Swedish coffee break often enjoyed with pastries.
  • Gothenburg: The second largest city in Sweden, known for its mixture of modern and quaint architectural styles.
  • Natural History Museum: A museum specializing in natural history items, such as taxidermy animals.
  • Skyscrapers: Tall, modern buildings often found in urban areas.
  • Architectural style: The design and aesthetic of buildings that can vary between cultures and periods.
  • Taxidermy: The art of preserving an animal's body by stuffing it, which is one of the exhibits in the Natural History Museum.
  • Quaint: A term used to describe attractive, old-fashioned buildings.
  • Mittens: A type of glove that covers the hands but leaves the fingers together, often worn in cold weather.

Practice Tips

To make the most of this lesson, utilize the shadowing technique to improve your pronunciation and fluency. Here are some tips to guide your practice:

  • Listen first: Watch the video without any distractions. Focus on Evie’s pronunciation and intonation.
  • Slow it down: Since the video is in slow British English, take advantage of the slower pace to grasp the words effectively. This is ideal for learning English with YouTube.
  • Shadow speak: As Evie describes her experience in Gothenburg, repeat phrases just after she says them. This will help you mimic her tone and accent, facilitating better retention.
  • Practice in context: Try to create sentences using the vocabulary you learned. For instance, describe a visit to a museum using words like "quaint" and "fika" to integrate your learning into real-life contexts.
  • Record yourself: Record your shadow speech practice to analyze your accent and fluency later. This is particularly useful for IELTS speaking practice.

By following these steps and regularly engaging with the content, you'll not only enhance your listening comprehension but also develop a more natural speaking style in English.

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.

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