Shadowing Practice: (A2) English File _4Ed. SB/3.4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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3 .4 Hello, Mr. Belvern.
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I'm Anna, your tour guide.
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Hi.
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Please, call me Jake.
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Okay, Jake.
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Nice to meet you.
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How was the flight?
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Are you very tired?
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No, I'm fine.
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Great.
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Let's go to the car park, then.
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Is it your first time here?
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Yeah.
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I was in Europe when I was a student, but somehow I never got here.
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And your final destination is London, is that right?
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Yes.
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I'm going to give a talk at a conference in Oxford.
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Ah, so work, not pleasure.
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Yes.
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Well, maybe some pleasure, too.
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I have a friend, well, an ex -girlfriend, really, who I was with when I was a student.
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She's British.
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She lives in Oxford.
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And we're planning to meet up.
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That's nice.
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Okay, so now I'm going to tell you a bit about our tour today.
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We're going to drive to the center.
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It takes about 45 minutes.
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And then we're going to start at the Colosseum.
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Great.
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I've always wanted to see it.
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And then we're going to visit the Forum.
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After that, we're going to see the Pantheon, one of the oldest buildings in the city.
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Oh, wow.
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So then we are very near the Vielle del Corso, where all the best shops are.
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Would you like to maybe do some shopping?
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Well, I'd like to see the shops, but I'm probably not going to buy anything.
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Ah, maybe a little present?
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A present for your friend in Oxford?
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Well, maybe.
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And then I'm sure you're going to be hungry.
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So I'm going to take you to a really nice restaurant for lunch.
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We can have pizza or a good carbonara, a gelato, an ice cream, that is are typical dishes,
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but I promise you, very different from Italian food in America.
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Sounds great.
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And then back to the airport, I guess?
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That's right.
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We need to allow time for that.
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Yes, I don't want to miss my flight.
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Don't worry.
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We do this tour every day, and nobody has ever missed their flight.
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Is it going to be very hot today?
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No, not too hot.
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It's going to be nice, about 22 degrees perfect it's going to be a fantastic day here we are
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if you can just wait a minute while I pay for the parking
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Oh mr. Bevan Jake is this yours my passport thanks
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Anna typical me I always lose things when I'm traveling
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “(A2) English File _4Ed. SB/3.4”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Jake, Oxford, flight, tour. This video has 57 sentences and 400 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:40. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 9 of its 57 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| destination noun | /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ | The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| passport noun | /ˈpæspɔɹt/ | An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued. |
| carbonara noun | /ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹə/ | A thick Italian pasta sauce, made with guanciale, grated cheese, beaten egg yolks and pepper. |
| gelato noun | /d͡ʒəˈlɑtoʊ/ | An Italian variant of ice cream made from milk and sugar, combined with other flavourings. The ingredients are supercooled while stirring to break up ice… |
| typical adjective | /ˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl/ | Capturing the overall sense of a thing. |
| pleasure noun | /ˈplɛʒɚ/ | A state of being pleased or contented; gratification. |
| girlfriend noun | /ˈɡɝlfɹɛnd/ | A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship. |
| restaurant noun | /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ | An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. |
| lunch noun | /lʌnt͡ʃ/ | A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. |
| cream noun | /kɹiːm/ | The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder. |
| somehow adverb | /ˈsʌmhaʊ/ | In one way or another; in a way not yet known or explained; by some means |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you very tired?
- Let's go to the car park, then.
- Is it your first time here?
- We're going to drive to the center.
- Would you like to maybe do some shopping?
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 always wanted · has ever missed |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the oldest · the best |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to give · I'm going to tell · We're going to drive |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | we're planning · I'm traveling |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/, pleasure /ˈplɛʒɚ/
- Long words — get the stress right: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, carbonara /ˌkɑɹbəˈnɑɹə/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like hungry, pizza, destination.
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.