Shadowing Practice: A Day In The Life.... - Learn English Speaking with Video

6.58 am.

Alright, breakfast.

We're going to add some oats.

Pour in a decent amount.

Alright, that looks about good.

Now we're going to take some brown sugar to give it some flavor.

Mmm, one more.

Okay.

Alright, that looks good and now we're going to add some Nutella.

Look at that.

Mix it with some water and there you go.

Stir it up.

And that's breakfast right there.

Oats, brown sugar and Nutella.

I'm going to eat this whole thing and I'm going to eat two kiwis to get some fruits in.

Up, that's one, rest, ready, down, and do you watch this?

Two pushups, rest, that's perfect.

Okay, nice to meet you.

Ready, up, up, chest up to the ceilings.

Hold up, hold up, hold it, and down.

Good, that was one of the front, very good.

The End

I'm sorry.

Outro Music so so I'm

going to go to the next one.

Alright, I just got back from school.

I wasn't able to finish my meal, but I'm going to finish that now.

And they also gave me a little school lunch.

It's a bagged peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

I've never seen that before, but they also gave me some Diana Ball yogurt.

Pre-workout meal is this peanut butter and jelly, one scoop of Syntho 6, and a banana.

And, of course, I couldn't finish the banana.

Alright, I'm in the gym, and today's a pull day.

And the goal for the workout was hit a 545 heavy single deadlift, followed by three back offsets of five.

And the biggest problem during today's workout was my hip abductors were bugging me really, really bad.

And that's because in gym class, when I played badminton, all the moving around the court really fast, that really, really, really aggravated them.

So, like, right after gym class, I was able to tell, like, wow, this is really going to be a problem.

I probably shouldn't have done this and I basically knew that my workout was in major jeopardy.

So I did a lot of stretching at home.

I stretched a lot in the gym which I didn't film but everything up to 315 felt relatively decent.

And here I'm about to pull 405 and right after I pulled

that 405 that's

when I know like wow this feels really uncomfortable this is nagging me I could potentially injure myself

so I didn't feel good after that 405

but I really really wanted to keep going so after this 405

which was heavy and difficult I put on 455 I hit

that and then right after that 455 that's

when I realized yeah there's no chance there's no point in

going heavier I could have like worked up even more but it was just been so uncomfortable there was just no point, like no point of risking the injury.

So, and also the three sets of five wasn't going to happen.

Anything sumo deadlift today wasn't going to happen.

So here I wanted to do 405 for 20 touch and go with a belt.

And as you see, that did not happen at all.

That 405 is way heavier than it should have been.

So right now I'm just going to do a bunch of accessories to at least get something out of this workout.

Rhythm is a dancer, it's a soul's companion People feel it everywhere Lift your hands and voices,

free your mind and join us You can feel it in the air Oh,

it's a passion Oh, you can feel it,

yeah Oh, it's a passion Oh,

this is the weather, weather I'm going to show you what I'm doing.

I'm so excited to see you next time.

I'm sorry.

Rhythm is a dancer, it's a soul's companion People feel it everywhere Lift your hands and voices,

free your mind and join us You can feel it in the air Oh-oh-oh

It's impossible Oh-oh-oh You can feel it in the air Oh-oh-oh It's impossible Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh

You're in a minute, you're in a minute It's insensible to murder You don't feed it everywhere I'm not your eyes,

my voice Free up of my enormous, can feel it in me again Oh,

it's a passion, oh, oh, oh Do it with your faith in me,

oh, oh It's a passion,

oh, oh This is the love of my life Alright,

I just got back from the gym like three hours ago I stayed there a little longer than I wanted to.

I was talking to a few people.

But anyway, here is my last meal before I go to bed.

I have two burgers, some pasta, that banana that I didn't finish, some white grape juice, and some water.

It's kind of funny.

If I wasn't making this video right now, I would not have eaten this meal.

I would have came home.

I would have just went directly to bed after my shower because I'd have been so tired.

But since I'm making a video, I'm trying to improve myself.

So here's this meal.

I'm dead asleep right now, but I'm still gonna find a way to finish it So yeah, this essentially shows a full day of eating of mine This is how I've been eating lately.

Typically, I'd say this is a pretty accurate representation on the amount of food The quantity of food

that I've been eating

and I recognize it's simply not enough like what I ate

today It's not enough food for me personally for my goals for me to bulk and to make progress.

So Just because this is how I ate today.

This doesn't mean that I'm doing things right I need to eat more food.

You know what, I'm taking a spoon of olive oil before I go to bed too now that I think about it.

I just remember that.

Last thing before I go, if you have any video suggestions, anything you'd like to see from this channel, any kind of videos, any new things in videos, anything like that, just any feedback,

any suggestions, whatever you guys want to say, just leave it in the comments below and I'm going to read all the comments.

I'm going to do my best to answer your guys' questions.

So yeah, just let me know what you want.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “A Day In The Life...”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: workout, gym, meal, finish, passion. This video has 93 sentences and 1059 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
workout noun	/ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/	An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
banana noun	/bəˈnænə/	An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
deadlift noun	/ˈdɛdlɪft/	A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.
oat noun	/ˈəʊt/	Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
jelly noun	/ˈd͡ʒɛli/	A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and…
peanut noun	/ˈpiˌnʌt/	A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
dancer noun	/ˈdænsəɹ/	A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
rhythm noun	/ˈɹɪð.əm/	The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
companion noun	/kəmˈpæn.jən/	A friend, acquaintance or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
uncomfortable adjective	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
suggestion noun	/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/	Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
abductor noun	/æbˈdʌk.tɚ/	One who abducts; a kidnapper.
aggravate verb	/ˈæɡ.ɹə.veɪ̯t/	To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
badminton noun	/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/	A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over…
injure verb	/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/	To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
hold up verb	To wait or delay.
move around verb	To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.
worked up adjective	Excessively emotional, excited, aroused or angry.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

We're going to add some oats.
Up, that's one, rest, ready, down, and do you watch this?
I'm so excited to see you next time.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been eating
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've never seen · have been
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	were bugging · was talking · wasn't making
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	shouldn't have · should have

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 44 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, wasn't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, insensible /ɪnˈsɛns.ɪ.bəl/, accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/

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 workout, banana, deadlift.

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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