Shadowing Practice: A Day in The Lizard Village, UK - Learn English Speaking with Video

This is a fudge stick.

Today we are in the Lizard Village.

which is the most southerly village in the UK.

So we are as far south as you can possibly be.

It's an amazing sunny day today.

So I thought I could show you a little bit of

what this part of the UK is like during the heat wave.

The Lizard Village is a town with a really rich maritime history.

It's got a really really rich maritime history so there's a lot of history relating to the sea.

You can probably tell that there is a bit of a sea breeze here.

It never gets too hot in the Lizard but It's around 22 degrees today.

So I thought maybe we could head to the beach.

I thought we could go for a bit of a walk

and that I could just show you this village because I think it's a real...

It's a real hidden gem in the UK.

It is touristy, but it's not super touristy.

And I think more people should know about it because This part of the UK is absolutely gorgeous.

And yeah, I want to show it to you today.

Right now we are at the most southerly point of mainland UK.

Actually, we're a few metres away from the most southerly point.

But right down here at the end of the UK is this tiny little beach.

with some fishing boats.

and it's just gorgeous.

I'll explain a little bit about what some of the buildings are in this area, what the history of this area is.

But first, I think we should probably grab something to eat.

There is a cafe on top of the cliff, so...

Let's head there first and we'll get some food that is traditional.

to this area.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

We have stopped off at Wavecrest Cafe and we've ordered a cream tea.

If you like eating kind of traditional food when you travel, in Cornwall, this is the tradition.

We have two scones.

These here are scones.

and they come with clotted cream and some strawberry jam.

And I'll show you how to make them because people sometimes get like, a bit confused.

And also we have some cups of tea as well.

The first thing you do with a cream tea Is?

You cut it and half.

And then, You have to put on the jam and the cream - Thank you.

There is a little bit of competition over, or a bit of tension over which way round you should do it if you do jam or cream first.

So if you are in a part of the UK called Devon, if you're in Devon, You do cream fast.

But we are in Cornwall, so we do jam first.

If you want to have like a...

Cornish cream tea.

It's always jam first.

God, I'm making it look shit, man.

What do you do?

Do you do jam or cream first?

I do cream first.

Monster.

In Cornwall, we do jam first and then this is a pot of clotted cream.

Kormu is very famous for its clotted cream.

It's like a thick cream.

and you just take like this. And You put it...

You put the cream on top.

Like this Thank you.

And there you go.

We now have our Cornish Thank you.

Kurdish cream tea.

Cheers.

Jump first.

Mm.

With a cream tea, You also get given a pot of tea So when you get this,

Let it brew for a while so don't drink it straight away just give it like

five minutes for the tea to get stronger.

And I have like a little teacup here.

I then add...

My tea.

to the pot I have quite strong tea.

I don't like a lot of milk.

So I just do a dash - dash of milk.

And for meat, one sugar.

It's a bit too hot for tea.

While I drink my tea, I thought that maybe I could explain to you some of the history of this area

and just a little bit more about the lizard itself.

From where we're sat at the Wave Crest cafe you can see right down to the most southerly point of the UK.

It's really amazing, the sea here is beautiful.

it's full of boats too so you can see like small fishing boats you can see Big.

cargo ships, there are yachts, everything.

The reason why this part of the water is so busy is because this is the entrance kind of.

This is like the entryway to the English Channel.

Basically, all of the shipping going to Northern Europe comes up through this way.

However, this part of the coast is really really dangerous it's really dangerous so you can maybe see in the water

some of the rocks that are sticking out.

So the lizard is famous for having hundreds and hundreds of shipwrecks over the years.

This is why you can see the old lifeboat house.

So this is where the lifeboat used to be launched from in order to try and save people from sinking ships.

And this is also why they have the lighthouse here as well.

It's to try and warn shipping of the dangers of this part of the coast.

On a day like today, though, honestly, it's It doesn't look very dangerous at all, it just looks absolutely beautiful.

The water is so clear, it's so blue.

This part of the coast is an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Basically it's protected, you can't just build like a massive house with no consideration for the environment.

And yeah, we're gonna go take a walk and enjoy that a little bit.

today.

No worries.

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I'm going to go.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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The plan is to go down to Kainance Cove.

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So Kainance is probably the most touristy part of the lizard.

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It's a really really gorgeous beach.

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We're going to head there now.

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Hello, you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'm going to go to the next one.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We are now down on Kainance Cove.

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probably one of the most beautiful beaches and the UK.

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if not the world, Honestly It's a very popular beach.

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It's only here at low tide.

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So only when the tide is out, Is that actually a beach here?

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But this is probably one of the best things about

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the lizard it's the reason why so many people come to the lizard and visit and It's just absolutely beautiful.

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There are lots of caves and things here.

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So we're walking right through a cave right now.

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- Thank you.

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- and the rocks are red you can see The rocks are like black and red.

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It's a special type of stone that's found in this part of the world.

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called Serpentine.

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and back out onto the most amazing beach.

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I have bought a towel with me. So...

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I'm going to go swim in the sea.

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Thank you.

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I'm not going to film that because my camera is not waterproof, but It's a...

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It's a nice sunny day, so...

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I have to.

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I have been in the sea.

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It was like Freezing.

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Absolutely freezing, but...

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It was worth it.

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I feel good now.

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We are going to head back up to the Lizard Village now.

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It is quite a steep walk.

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Like, I don't know if you could see in the videos, but it is quite a steep walk up the cliff.

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It is worth it because in the village they have the most amazing ice cream ever.

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If you come to Cornwall you have to have a cream tea and if you go to the Lizard, you have to get ice cream from the Lizard ice cream shop

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So we're going to head up the cliff and Grab an ice cream.

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You know, even I've only...

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Listen, come here.

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Come here.

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We're sad.

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Can I please have a caramel sea salt and a chocolate peanut butter crunch in a tub?

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And could I please have a fudge stick as well?

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Could I have a double scoop?

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Thank you.

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I'm going to go to the next one.

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- So at least six more than seven.

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Stay for the different-- - Thank you.

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Amazing.

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I have a very sweet tooth.

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Thank you.

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So I really love sweet flavored ice creams.

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And what I have here, I have one scoop of peanut butter crunch.

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and one scoop of caramel sea salt.

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I also got an ice cream for Wilson, like a doggy ice cream.

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And this here, This is a fudge stick.

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Cornwall is very famous for its fudge and this is just a stick, a stick of fudge.

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It's like, it's made of sugar.

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So it's very sugary.

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These ice creams are the best.

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If you want the best ice cream in Kormu, go to the the lizard ice cream shop.

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The reason why I can say that this is the best Ice cream.

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Thank you.

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is because it's my family's business.

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So my family have owned this shop for 100 years, and this is the absolute best Cornish ice cream.

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And I can say that because It's my family's, my family's shop.

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So if you want the best ice cream in Cornwall, in the UK, ever go to the ice cream shop in The Lizard.

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before anybody starts panicking this is a doggy ice cream

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that Wilson is having it's like no dairy no sugar it's

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like safe for safe for dogs I was unable to film an outro um for this video

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because this microphone died basically so I wanted to do it here and also I expect that some people will

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questions as to, like, why is it called the Lizard Village?

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Like, the lizard, like, the animal.

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It's actually...

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it's kind of maybe complicated

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but cornwall where i'm from it used to have a language called cornish so it was a language completely separate from English.

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Eventually English became more widely spoken in Cornwall and speaking Cornish was discouraged.

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They wanted everybody to speak English.

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So a lot of the place names

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that used to be Cornish were translated into English and they would just choose the closest English word to the Cornish one.

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So the town

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the lizard in Cornish is called Lizaard

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which means like high court like high place

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but the closest sounding English word to Lizaard is lizard and that's why it's called the lizard village so I'm sorry,

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it has nothing to do with like actual lizards.

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It's just the translation from Cornish into English.

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I have lots of videos like this on my channel.

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And I make videos in English that's easy for learners to understand.

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But I still try and use lots of slang and expressions

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and try and introduce you to the phrases that you will see in native content.

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watching I will see you in the next video bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 198 sentences and 1838 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:00. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
lizard noun	/ˈlɪzɚd/	Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or mosasaur—typically characterised by a rounded torso, a short neck with an elevated head, a long tail…
gorgeous adjective	/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/	Sumptuously dressed.
cliff noun	/klɪf/	A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
scoop noun	/skup/	Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
cave noun	/keɪv/	A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
freeze verb	/ˈfɹiːz/	Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
sunny adjective	/ˈsʌni/	Featuring a lot of sunshine.
tide noun	/taɪd/	The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
dash noun	/ˈdæʃ/	Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
steep adjective	/stiːp/	Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
maritime adjective	/ˈmæɹ.ɪˌtaɪm/	Relating to or connected with the sea or its uses (as navigation, commerce, etc.).
peanut noun	/ˈpiˌnʌt/	A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.
crunch verb	/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
complicated adjective	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	Difficult or convoluted.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
head up verb	To lead or take the lead in; to direct; to take charge of.
stick out verb	To protrude.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
“Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true	used to be · used to have
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have stopped · have bought · have been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be launched · was discouraged · were translated
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the most southerly · the most touristy · the most beautiful

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, tooth /tuθ/, southerly /ˈsʌðəliː/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dash /ˈdæʃ/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, tension /ˈtɛnʃən/, shipwreck /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/
Long words — get the stress right: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

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 lizard, gorgeous, cliff.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?