Shadowing Practice: Buổi 23. luyện tập IELTS. Part.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Well, we have this school excursion plan, but when exactly is it?
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Is it this Tuesday or Wednesday?
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Well, it can't be Tuesday with the English tests taking place.
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Ah, right.
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Not Tuesday, but Wednesday.
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That's right.
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All day Wednesday.
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Taking a bus outside the city.
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And where are we going?
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Ah, last month we went to Arthur Island, so this time we're going to the Animal Park.
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Arthur Island was okay, but it was too cold.
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Let's hope the weather for this week's excursion is better.
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I don't suppose animals care about bad weather, but I certainly do.
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Have you heard the forecast?
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Yes, and it's not too bad.
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Basically, they're saying Monday will be sunny.
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Good.
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But then the weather will change.
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Not so good.
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Yes.
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Tuesday, we'll have some showers.
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but by Wednesday, the day of our excursion, it will be...
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Well, their words are cold and cloudy.
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Cold and cloudy.
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Well, as long as it isn't wet and rainy, I'm happy enough.
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We won't need umbrellas, just warm clothing.
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And what time will we get there?
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Let's see.
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The bus picks us up at 8.30am, and then it's an hour and a half on the road, so we arrive at 10am.
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Sorry.
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With a 15-minute break, that will actually be 10.15am.
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That's early enough.
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Then all our students can see the animals, have their fun, and do whatever they want to do.
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Well, one fun event planned that day is birds of prey.
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What's that?
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That's when they bring out several birds of prey, eagles, falcons, kites, those sorts of birds, and throw pieces of meat into the air,
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and the birds swoop down and eat them.
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It's quite impressive.
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Sounds great.
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Birds of prey.
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Are there any other activities?
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There's a catered lunch at the park restaurant, We've already paid for that, and in the afternoon there's...
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Well, I had a choice between the reptile display and the koala handling.
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In the reptile display, the students can handle live pythons and various other snakes.
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Surely they'd rather hold koalas.
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I'm sure, but the koalas can't be handled unless the weather's sunny and given the forecast, I thought it better to choose the reptile display.
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Mmm, that's a shame.
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These Asian students would love the koala handling.
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Yes, I know, but we can't control the weather.
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And then we get back?
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What time will that be?
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We leave the park at 4.30 but then we face traffic so we won't get back until well after 6pm.
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It will most likely be 6.30 but that's better than the last trip.
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We didn't get home until 8.30 that time.
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Yes, that was a bit too late, wasn't it?
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Andrew, I understand you've been doing some research regarding the breakdown by nationality of our student body.
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That must have produced some interesting results.
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You're right.
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I got some statistics from head office.
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I would imagine that most of our students are either Japanese or Chinese.
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You imagine right.
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But it's the Chinese who constitute the majority, but only just.
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I had thought Koreans might be second but it's actually the Japanese quite close behind.
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It's somewhat surprising but obviously all those study tours that our university markets in Japan are bringing in students.
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What's the breakdown exactly?
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Japanese are a quarter of the whole which is considerable.
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Last year they were only 16% so that market has grown nicely.
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The only other proportions of some weight are the Indonesians and Koreans, about the same.
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Indonesians at 15% and the Koreans are a little higher, not like last year when they were less than 10%.
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I thought we'd have more Indonesians than Koreans.
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Well, as I said, they're about the same.
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Just like the Saudi and Thai student numbers, almost the same also both just under 10.
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Which one is bigger?
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Uh, Thai students number just a fraction more.
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As for the other nationalities, collectively they're only 3%, so it wasn't worth giving each of them a separate category.
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I just grouped them under other.
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That's Vietnamese, South American, a couple of Russians, and so on.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Buổi 23. luyện tập IELTS. Part.1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: student, birds, koala, Koreans, Wednesday. This video has 77 sentences and 678 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:46. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 77 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| koala noun | /koʊˈɑː.lə/ | A tree-dwelling marsupial, Phascolarctos cinereus, that resembles a small bear with a broad head, large ears and sharp claws, mainly found in eastern Australia. |
| excursion noun | /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/ | A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way. |
| reptile noun | /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/ | A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake… |
| prey noun | /pɹeɪ/ | That which is or may be seized by animals to be devoured. |
| cloudy adjective | /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ | Covered with or characterised by clouds. |
| nationality noun | /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ | Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise. |
| sunny adjective | /ˈsʌni/ | Featuring a lot of sunshine. |
| forecast noun | /ˈfɔːkɑːst/ | An estimation of a future condition. |
| breakdown noun | /ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/ | A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature. |
| kite noun | /ˈkiːtɛ/ | A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. |
| cater verb | /ˈkeɪɾɚ/ | To provide, particularly |
| rainy adjective | /ˈɹeɪni/ | Pouring with rain; wet; showery |
| falcon noun | /ˈfælkən/ | Any bird of the genus Falco, all of which are birds of prey. |
| collectively adverb | In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately. | |
| constitute verb | /ˈkɑnstɪt(j)uːt/ | To set up; to establish; to enact. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. |
| bring out verb | To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Have you heard the forecast?
- Tuesday, we'll have some showers.
- We won't need umbrellas, just warm clothing.
- Yes, I know, but we can't control the weather.
- Yes, that was a bit too late, wasn't it?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, they're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: excursion /ɪkˈskɜː.ʃən/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, fraction /ˈfɹæk.ʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/
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 koala, excursion, reptile.
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.