Shadowing Practice: [Audio] Basic IELTS Listening - 36 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Exercise 3.
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Living in London.
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Listen to the talk and write down the prices in the boxes provided.
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London has been called the most expensive city in the world, though like all other cities, if you know your way around,
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you can always find lower prices that people normally pay.
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Transport is expensive compared with other places.
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The minimum bus fare is 40 pence.
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This is only for about a kilometer's ride.
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If you want to go further, you have to pay more.
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The fares on the Underground are the same.
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The minimum fare is 50 pence, and if you want to go more than two or three stations, it costs more.
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The minimum taxi fare is two pounds.
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If you want to go out of London, you can take a coach.
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It is the easiest and most economical way to travel around London by coach.
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A coach fare is about £1.20.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “[Audio] Basic IELTS Listening - 36”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fare, London, minimum, coach. This video has 15 sentences and 148 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:00. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
fare noun/ˈfɛə/Money paid for a transport ticket.
penny noun/ˈpɛni/In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
compare verb/kəmˈpɛɚ/To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
pound noun/ˈpaʊ̯nd/A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
taxi noun/ˈtæksi/A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
economical adjective/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.
minimum noun/ˈmɪnəməm/The lowest limit.
exercise noun/ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
transport noun/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/An act of transporting; conveyance.
normally adverb/ˈnɔː.mə.li/Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
coach noun/koʊt͡ʃ/A wheeled vehicle, generally pulled by a horse.
expensive adjective/ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/Having a high price or cost.
station noun/ˈsteɪʃən/A regular stopping place for ground transportation.
travel verb/ˈtɹævəl/To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
ride verb/ɹaɪd/To transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, later also a bicycle etc.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
write down verbTo produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhas been called
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does ithas been called
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a groupthe most expensive · the easiest
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryhave to pay

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fare, penny, compare.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →