Shadowing Practice: Academy Stars 4 - Unit 4 Lesson 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Julia's Creative Cooking Me and my cafe I'm Julia Chambers and I'm a chef.
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I own the Creative Cooking Cafe.
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I love my job and think working here is fun and interesting.
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My customers like my creative cooking style.
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My cafe is next to Colchester Hospital, so many of my customers are doctors, nurses and dentists.
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They like to try something different, like my recipe for chicken with coconut and lime.
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The businesswomen and businessmen from nearby offices are easy to please.
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They love my salads and say my apple pie is delicious.
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But some of the cafe's visitors prefer uncreative food.
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My friend Molly is an artist and she comes here every day and says to the waiter,
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Tell Julia I don't want her creative food.
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Give me a plate of egg and chips.
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Everyone is welcome at the Creative Cooking Café, so if you want to find out what's on the menu, please stop by.
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Firefighter Joe A Surprise Rescue Many people think firefighters only fight fires,
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but we do a lot more.
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Every day is different in our job.
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Some days are more exciting and more dangerous than others.
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But today, something funny happened.
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We answered a call from a worried neighbour.
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When we arrived, we found a little boy sitting at the top of a tree looking very unhappy.
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The neighbour was below the tree and shouted up, Don't worry, Jake.
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The firefighters are here.
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We got out our ladder and I climbed up to the boy.
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I asked him, what are you doing up here?
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He looked at me sadly and said, I came up to rescue my kitten.
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It was stuck in the tree.
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Oh, I said, and where is your kitten now?
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The boy pointed to a little grey kitten sitting by the front door of the house.
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"'Well,' I smiled, "'I think you could be a good firefighter one day,
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"'but you need to learn to climb big trees.' "'The little boy laughed, and I carried him down to his mother.'
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 30 sentences and 339 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:07. The speaker talks slowly, about 109 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| kitten noun | /ˈkɪtən̩/ | A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc. |
| rescue verb | /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/ | To save from any violence, danger or evil. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| neighbour noun | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or… |
| grey adjective | /ɡɹeɪ/ | Commonwealth standard spelling of gray. |
| nurse noun | /nɝs/ | Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| chef noun | /ʃɛf/ | The presiding cook in the kitchen of a large household. |
| recipe noun | /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ | Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. |
| sadly adverb | /ˈsædli/ | In a sad manner; sorrowfully. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| shout verb | /ʃaʊt/ | To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up to verb | To approach. |
| do up verb | To fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.) |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, chef /ʃɛf/, shout /ʃaʊt/
- Long words — get the stress right: firefighter /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/, uncreative /ʌnkɹɪˈeɪtɪv/
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 kitten, rescue, climb.
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.