Shadowing Practice: Beginner/Intermediate English Listening Practice - Easter - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Easter is a Christian festival that is celebrated all over the world.
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Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus when he came back to life.
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In the United Kingdom, Easter has been celebrated for hundreds of years.
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There are many Easter celebrations and customs,
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so today we are going to see how it is celebrated in the United Kingdom.
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In the UK, there is a four -day bank holiday weekend to celebrate Easter.
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The first day of the holiday is Good Friday and the last day is Easter Monday.
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People usually don't have to work so they can spend time with their friends and family or even go on holiday.
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The Easter celebrations start the week before,
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on Palm Sunday, which is a week before Easter Sunday.
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There are special services at churches on Palm Sunday.
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If you go to a church on Palm Sunday, they will give you a palm leaf,
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which people normally keep for a whole year, to the Palm Sunday of the following year.
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Good Friday is another important day.
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It is the day when Jesus died on the cross, when he was crucified.
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On this day, people remember the suffering of Jesus.
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There are some people who do not eat alcohol or meat.
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Deciding not to eat is called fasting in English.
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Another Easter celebration in the UK is the Easter egg,
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which is a symbol of new life and rebirth.
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It is typical to give them as a gift during Easter.
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You can give them to your friends or your family,
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and especially to children, who love this season because of the delicious chocolate eggs and bunnies.
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Some people also decorate and paint on boiled eggs during Easter,
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and make them beautiful to give them as gifts.
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Another important Easter tradition is the Easter Bunny.
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It comes from a German custom called the Oosterhäuser.
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It was a hare, which is very similar to a rabbit, that laid eggs.
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Like Easter eggs, the Easter bunny is a symbol of rebirth,
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as Jesus was reborn.
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Also, it is a symbol of fertility.
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The Easter bunny leaves chocolate eggs for children to find.
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A lot of communities, like clubs, families or schools, have an easter egg hunt.
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In these egg hunts, children have to search for their eggs in a garden,
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a playground or or a park.
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Finally, Easter Sunday is the most important day of the Easter celebrations.
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It is the day when Jesus Christ resurrected, meaning that he came back to life.
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A lot of people go to church services on Easter Sunday?
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On Easter Sunday, families and friends have a meal together.
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The typical dish for Easter Sunday is roast lamb.
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Another typical food that people eat are hot cross buns,
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which are sweet buns that have a cross on the top.
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Now, let's go with the questions.
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Write your answers in the comment box and I will correct your answers.
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The first one is, do you celebrate Easter in your country?
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And how do you celebrate it?
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For example, this is how Easter is celebrated in my country but in reality a lot of people don't really celebrate it.
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They go on holiday or they eat easter eggs but they don't usually go to church,
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especially the younger generation.
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The second question is, have you ever eaten an easter egg or an easter bunny?
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If you come to the UK during the Easter holidays or a few months before,
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you will see that that the supermarkets are full of easter eggs
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and easter bunnies and normally there are easter eggs of each different type of chocolate.
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So for example, if you like Twix or you like Mars, then there is an easter egg for you.
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So, depending on your favourite type of chocolate, you can buy one easter egg or another.
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And normally they cost around £6 or £7 depending depending on how big they are and if they are a brand.
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Then the third question is, what religious celebrations do you celebrate in your country?
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So tell me, are there any religious celebrations that you celebrate that are similar to Easter? or if you celebrate Easter,
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are there any different celebrations that you do in your country?
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Because I know that there are different ways to celebrate it all around the world.
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Thank you very much and I'll see you in the next one.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Beginner/Intermediate English Listening Practice - Easter”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: easter, egg, celebrate, Sunday, celebration. This video has 62 sentences and 747 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:09. The speaker talks slowly, about 92 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| easter noun | /ˈi.stəɹ/ | An easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east); especially, a strong one; a storm of such winds. |
| celebration noun | /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament. |
| bunny noun | /ˈbʌni/ | A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. |
| palm noun | /pɑm/ | The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| symbol noun | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| rebirth noun | /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/ | Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first. |
| bun noun | /bʌn/ | A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| crucify verb | /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/ | To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. |
| decorate verb | /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/ | To furnish with decorations. |
| reborn adjective | Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually. | |
| resurrect verb | /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/ | To raise from the dead; to bring life back to. |
| hare noun | /hɛɚ/ | Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears. |
| resurrection noun | /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/ | The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is celebrated · has been celebrated · was crucified |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Sunday, which is · people who do · hare, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been celebrated · have enjoyed |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will give · will correct · will see |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: rebirth /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, resurrection /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, fertility /fɝˈtɪləti/
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 easter, celebration, bunny.
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.