Shadowing Practice: Bài 6 - Đổi Chế Độ Ăn Uống - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So John, I heard you've been trying out a new diet.
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Can you tell me about it?
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Yes, I've been trying the paleo diet.
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Hmm, what's that?
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Well, this diet is supposed to make you feel better and eat healthier.
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And the idea is that a lot of the problems we have with health,
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A lot of modern human health problems come from the foods we eat.
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So, the idea is that maybe we should eat a diet which is closer to what early humans ate before.
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Early humans ate?
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Like, what did they eat?
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Well, they mostly ate fruits and berries and nuts and meat.
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They didn't eat grains because grains come from agriculture, from growing plants on purpose.
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And they didn't eat bread and cake and cookies and crackers.
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Oh, it sounds like a hard diet to keep.
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It's a little difficult at first.
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What you have to realize is that these foods are refined foods.
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Refined foods are not really natural foods because humans have to do a lot of cooking processes to make these foods.
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When you want to eat natural, you should eat food just the way it comes,
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like raw vegetables and fresh fruit and meat that isn't processed.
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So you can't eat hot dogs and sausage, but you can have steak and fish.
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It sounds like an expensive diet.
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Well, actually, it turns out that when you eat fresh vegetables and fresh fruits, it can be cheaper.
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Processed food, refined food, comes in lots of packaging from the store,
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and sometimes it can be more expensive for convenience.
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Modern humans eat these processed foods for convenience.
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You don't have to wash it.
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You don't have to do the chopping and preparation when you eat refined foods.
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But when you go on paleo diet, you buy the fruit and you eat it.
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You buy the vegetables.
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You have to wash it and chop it and then you eat it
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so it's not processed and it's much healthier for you.
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Ah.
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How do you feel since you started this diet?
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I feel much better, actually.
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When we eat carbohydrates, we can feel tired.
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Carbohydrates are in processed foods, like anything that comes from grains.
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Like I said, bread, cookies, cake, crackers, they have lots of carbohydrates.
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And when we eat them, our body has to use lots of energy to digest carbohydrates.
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It takes away energy which could be used for doing activities.
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That's why if you eat lots and lots of bread and cake, maybe you feel tired.
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Oh, I see.
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If you just eat fresh vegetables and fruit, you can feel like you have lots of free energy.
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Mm-hmm.
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Are there any foods that you miss?
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Hmm.
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I think the food I miss the most is pizza.
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Mm-hmm.
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Pizza was my favorite food before.
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I used to eat pizza three times every week.
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Now I rarely eat pizza.
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Pizza has a crust.
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The crust is bread, so the crust has lots of carbohydrates.
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Also, pizza has a lot of processed meats, including pepperoni and sausage.
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Those meats are not very healthy for you.
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Also, pizza has lots of cheese on it.
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Cheese is another processed food.
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So, if we cut out pizza from our diet, we can eat healthier and feel like we have more energy.
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That's great.
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Thanks for telling me about Paleo.
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You're welcome.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 60 sentences and 565 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:57. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| grain noun | /ɡɹeɪn/ | The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice. |
| crust noun | /kɹʌst/ | A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary. |
| cookie noun | /ˈkʊki/ | A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. |
| convenience noun | /kənˈvinjəns/ | The quality of being convenient. |
| sausage noun | /ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/ | A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic… |
| chop verb | /t͡ʃɑp/ | To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. |
| package noun | /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ | Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope. |
| rarely adverb | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. |
| agriculture noun | /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/ | The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the growing and harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock. |
| preparation noun | /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ | The act of preparing or getting ready. |
| berry noun | /ˈbɛɹi/ | A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. |
| steak noun | /steɪk/ | Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling. |
| digest verb | /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/ | To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cut out verb | To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something). | |
| take away verb | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | To remove something and put it in a different place. |
| try out verb | To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable. | |
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: agriculture /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, carbohydrate /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, pepperoni /pɛpəˈɹoʊni/
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 pizza, vegetable, grain.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been trying · I've been trying |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are refined · isn't processed |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should eat |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to realize · have to do · have to wash |
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.