Shadowing Practice: Advanced SHADOWING English Speaking Practice & Vocabulary Repeat-After-Me - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How you doing?
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Are you ready for some shadowing practice?
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We're going to do a little bit of vocabulary training, speaking practice, a little bit of everything.
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Work on your fluency.
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Step 3711, place to retreat is the topic.
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Let's jump into the practice.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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All right, so there's a bunch of little vocabulary in there.
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For example, cozy.
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Cozy is warm, comfortable, and pleasant.
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A private spot, a place just for one person, away from others, away from other people.
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It's your private spot, tucked behind.
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Tucked behind is hidden or placed at the back of something, away from others.
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A peaceful retreat, a calm place where you can relax and get away from stress.
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A peaceful retreat.
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The outside world can't reach you.
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No one can bother or disturb you there.
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The outside world means that no one, other people cannot bother you.
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They cannot disturb you when you're at your peaceful retreat, your private spot, tucked behind.
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It's a cozy place.
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All right, so those are the vocabulary words.
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Let's take a look at the text one more time and practice speaking it.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Again, imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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All right, let's look at the vocabulary words in there.
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The front counter, that's the main desk in a shop where customers are helped.
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Demanding customers.
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Demanding customers are customers who need a lot of attention or they're difficult to deal with.
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Customers that are difficult to deal with are demanding customers.
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Managing inventory.
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Keeping track of all the products you have, the supplies.
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You're managing your inventory.
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And stressing over, worrying a lot about something.
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It may be stressing over finances, stressing over money, thinking about it, worrying about it.
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Okay, those are the vocabulary words.
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Let's go back to the text and practice speaking it.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances again.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world,
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forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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All right, their entire world.
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That's the only thing they focus on.
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The only thing they care about is their entire world.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself, the store itself, is their entire world.
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Forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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All right, say it with me.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world, forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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All right, so to stay grounded, that means to stay calm, realistic, and connected to yourself.
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If you stay connected to yourself, you stay realistic, you stay calm, you stay grounded.
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Secret space, a hidden or personal place for yourself.
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A place that's just for you, it's hidden away, it's your personal place just for yourself.
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It's your secret space.
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All right, let's say that now.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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These days, our shops rarely close,
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and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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All right.
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If you haven't noticed, this is talking about our life, right?
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So these days, our shops, our shops is referring to our life.
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Our life rarely closes, right?
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So we tie our worth to, that means we believe our value depends on something.
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If you tie your worth to something, you believe that the value depends on that thing.
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produce, that's production, you create or do work.
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In this context, how much work we get done, how much work we get done, how much we produce.
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Help others, you know that, support or assist other people.
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All right, let's look at it again and shadow me.
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These days, our shops rarely close, and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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Again, these days our shops rarely close
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and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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all right what vocabulary do we have get out of bed
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you know get out of bed get out of bed is to wake up
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and leave the bed in the morning
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and then this one's a good one give away our energy we give away our energy
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that means we spend all our attention time
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and effort on other people we give away our energy when we give other people all of our time and effort
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All right, let's shadow that again.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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Again, we check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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We seldom have a safe place to retreat because we've never created one.
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All right, we seldom, it's not very often that we have a safe place to retreat.
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A retreat is a place or time to step away and rest.
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Because we've never created one of these places.
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We've never created a place to retreat a place to
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or a time to step away and rest
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so we seldom have a safe place to retreat
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because we've never created one again we seldom have a safe place to retreat
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because we've never created one we've never created a safe place to retreat.
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That's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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All right, carve out.
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Carving out is like you cut it out, you cut something out, but in this case,
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it just means deliberately make time or create space for something.
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You need to deliberately make it, you carve out time.
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You carve out space.
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You deliberately make time or create space for it.
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That's why.
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It's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Again, that's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without a goal of making money, without the goal of making money, that's kind of important, I think.
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Without the goal of making money means doing something for enjoyment.
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Not for profit, for enjoyment.
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So maybe it's good to have a hobby.
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And that hobby has nothing to do with making money.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money.
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Sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time.
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All right, so sitting quietly, resting without taking or making noise.
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Screen time, time spent looking at a phone, computer, or TV.
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So sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time.
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That's a good thing to do, huh?
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Sit quietly with your notebook, write down your thoughts before you look at your phone, before you look at your computer,
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before screen time or TV.
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Taking a walk without headphones.
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Taking a walk without headphones.
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I can't be alone with my thoughts.
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That would drive me crazy.
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I need headphones.
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All right.
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Or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee,
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manager, parent, or partner. So drop the role.
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If you drop the role, you stop thinking about your social duties or identities.
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You stop thinking about being an employee.
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Stop thinking about being a manager.
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Drop the role of being a parent drop the role of being a partner just be yourself
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or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee manager parent
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or partner it's a small precious time
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when you can step away close the door
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and reconnect with who you truly are away from everyone's demands
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all right was there any vocabulary in here how about reconnect with who you truly are
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that just means remember your real self reconnect with who you
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truly are remember your real self away from everyone's demands free from other people's requests or pressure.
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You are away from everyone's demands.
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All right, let's look at it again.
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It's a small, precious time, important, valuable time, when you step away,
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close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are, away from everyone's demands.
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Let's say it together.
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Here we go.
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It's a small, precious time when you step away,
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close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are away from everyone's demands.
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All right, that's the end of the text,
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and the main message is that people need a personal space or time where they are not working,
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helping, or performing for others.
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It's a time to relax, think, and remember themselves.
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That's the main message.
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All right.
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Are you ready to do this again?
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I'm going to do it again nonstop this time so it'll go a lot faster.
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We'll say it nonstop and you can go ahead and just work on listening carefully if you're a beginner or intermediate.
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If you are advanced, try to say it with me.
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Shadow me.
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All right, here we go.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world,
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forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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Everyone needs a little secret space in the back to stay grounded.
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These days, our shops rarely close, and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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We seldom have a safe place to retreat because we've never created one.
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That's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money,
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sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time, taking a walk without headphones,
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or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee, manager, parent, or partner.
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It's a small, precious time when you step away, close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are,
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away from everyone's demands.
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The main message is that people need a personal space or time where they are not working,
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helping, or performing for others.
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It's a time to relax, think, and remember themselves.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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I know that was hard.
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That was not an easy text to work with.
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If you did it, you are advanced.
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Keep it up.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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And I'll see you in the next practice session.
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We'll make it a little bit easier in the next one, okay?
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See you there.
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Master English Speaking with Shadowing: A Practical Guide
Learning English with videos is a powerful way to boost fluency, and the shadowing technique—also called shadowspeak—is a proven method to improve pronunciation, rhythm, and confidence. This video focuses on real-life scenarios, using relatable dialogues about creating personal retreats to help you practice speaking naturally. By mimicking the speaker’s tone and pace, you’ll learn to use advanced vocabulary in context, making your speech sound more native.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "Tucked behind": Use this to describe something hidden or placed at the back (e.g., "My favorite café is tucked behind the library").
- "Stressing over": Perfect for talking about worries (e.g., "I’ve been stressing over my upcoming presentation").
- "Stay grounded": Means staying calm and connected to yourself (e.g., "Yoga helps me stay grounded during busy weeks").
- "Tie our worth to": Describe linking self-value to actions (e.g., "Don’t tie your worth to how much you earn").
- "Carve out": Use to talk about making time or space (e.g., "I need to carve out 30 minutes daily for reading").
Step-by-Step Shadowing Guide for This Video
Shadow speech effectively with these steps: First, listen to a 5-10 second clip of the video and focus on the speaker’s intonation and pauses. Next, repeat the clip immediately, mimicking every sound—don’t worry about mistakes. Then, slow down the audio (most platforms allow this) to practice tricky phrases like "managing inventory" or "drop the roles of employee." Finally, record yourself and compare it to the original to refine your pronunciation. This method trains your brain to think in English and improves muscle memory for natural speech.
By combining vocabulary learning with shadowing, you’ll not only expand your lexicon but also learn to use words in real contexts. Start with short sections, and gradually build up to longer dialogues—consistency is key. With practice, you’ll notice your fluency and confidence soar, making shadowing an essential tool in your English learning journey.
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 | haven't noticed · we've never created |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is hidden · are helped · are advanced |
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.