Shadowing Practice: CAE TEST6 PART1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Now open your question paper and look at Part 1.
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You'll hear three different extracts.
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For questions 1 to 6, choose the answer, A, B or C, which fits best according to what you hear.
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There are two questions for each extract.
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Extract 1.
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You overhear part of a conversation between the secretary of a golf club and a visitor to the club.
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Now look at questions one and two.
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Sorry to be late.
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This club's a bit off the beaten track, isn't it?
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Thought I'd never find it.
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You don't have an in -car satellite navigation system, then?
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A sat -nav?
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No, I don't though I suppose I should invest in one.
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I often have this sort of trouble.
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Getting to a town's a piece of cake, but after that, well, it's not so much the cost.
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My friends all have them and tell me the price is going down all the time.
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But electronic gadgets aren't my favourite things.
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Fine when they work, nightmare when they don't.
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A little black box could hardly have been less useful than my map today, though.
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I wouldn't be without mine now.
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I won't try and blind you with science, but I do know quite a bit about satellites.
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The technology is amazing.
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Position can be pinpointed to within a metre.
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Of course, accuracy is down to the mapping companies who do the updating work, but new models come out all the time.
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It's entirely up to you, of course, but imagine never having to ask for directions again.
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That'll be good.
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I'll certainly give it some thought.
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Now you'll hear the recording again.
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Sorry to be late.
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This club's a bit off the beaten track, isn't it?
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Thought I'd never find it.
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You don't have an in -car satellite navigation system, then?
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A sat -nav?
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No, I don't.
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Though I suppose I should invest in one.
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I often have this sort of trouble.
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Getting to a town's a piece of cake, but after that...
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Well, it's not so much the cost.
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My friends all have them and tell me the price is going down all the time.
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But electronic gadgets aren't my favourite things.
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Fine when they work.
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Nightmare when they don't.
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A little black box could hardly have been less useful than my map today, though.
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I wouldn't be without mine now.
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I won't try and blind you with science, but I do know quite a bit about satellites.
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The technology's amazing.
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Position can be pinpointed to within a metre.
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Of course, accuracy's down to the mapping companies who do the updating work, but new models come out all the time.
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It's entirely up to you, of course, but imagine never having to ask for directions again.
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That'll be good.
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I'll certainly give it some thought.
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Extract 2 You hear part of a discussion in
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which the anthropologist Paula Drew and the comedian Mike Morton are talking about their lives.
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Now look at questions 3 and 4.
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We both grew up in a fairly rough part of the city, Mike, so I'm assuming you used comedy to keep yourself safe and popular in the long run.
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Well, in school, as you know, if you could run fast or make people laugh, you had a very good chance of surviving and emerging unscathed.
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I wasn't a fast runner, so I exploited comedy to avoid unwelcome attention.
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It seemed to come easy and it worked.
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Your type of comedy is less spontaneous than reflective.
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You see things from your own point of view, don't you, and create a world for other people to see, whereas I explore the world that's already there, which most people don't see.
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Don't you think that the key to achieving what you want in life is the realisation
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that it's going to be tough and the sheer persistence that gets you there in the end?
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What you have to have is massive self -confidence.
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With that, you can do anything.
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And being specific about what it is you want to do.
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Oh well, that goes without saying.
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Now you'll hear the recording again.
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We both grew up in a fairly rough part of the city, Mike, so I'm assuming you use comedy to keep yourself safe and popular in the long run.
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Well, in school, as you know, if you could run fast or make people laugh, you had a very good chance of surviving and emerging unscathed.
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I wasn't a fast runner, so I exploited comedy to avoid unwelcome attention.
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It seemed to come easy and it worked.
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Your type of comedy is less spontaneous than reflective.
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You see things from your own point of view, don't you, and create a world for other people to see, whereas I explore the world that's already there, which most people don't see.
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Don't you think that the key to achieving what you want in life is the realisation
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that it's going to be tough and the sheer persistence that gets you there in the end?
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What you have to have is massive self -confidence.
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With that, you can do anything.
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And being specific about what it is you want to do.
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Oh, well, that goes without saying.
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Extract 3 You hear part of a radio discussion about holiday reading.
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Now look at questions 5 and 6.
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If you're English, a nice, sad 19th century romance is very useful if you're on holiday and you get attacked by homesickness,
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because it conjures up dripping English autumn days perfectly.
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I always take something by this chap who's written a number of books about the criminal underworld of Boston,
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Massachusetts, which is hardly culturally or geographically a place that I know, but I find it fascinating.
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There's no doubt about it.
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If you compile, as I do, dictionaries of slang for a living, one is drawn inevitably not, alas, to the great classics,
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who are on the whole rather light on slang, but to someone like this fellow, who has this amazing ability,
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far beyond quoting, of writing 20 or 40 pages of dialogue in almost incomprehensible slang,
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which I have the most wonderful time going through.
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I find it very alluring.
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Now you'll hear the recording again.
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If you're English, a nice, sad 19th century romance is very useful if you're on holiday and you get attacked by homesickness,
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because it conjures up dripping English autumn days perfectly.
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I always take something by this chap who's written a number of books about the criminal underworld of Boston,
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Massachusetts which is hardly culturally or geographically a place that I know
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but I find it fascinating There's no doubt about it If you compile,
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as I do, dictionaries of slang for a living one is drawn inevitably,
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not alas, to the great classics who are on the whole rather light on slang But to someone like this fellow, who has this amazing ability,
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far beyond quoting, of writing 20 or 40 pages of dialogue in almost incomprehensible slang,
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which I have the most wonderful time going through, I find it very alluring.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “CAE TEST6 PART1”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hear, slang, comedy, extract. This video has 101 sentences and 1166 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:18. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| extract noun | /ˈɛkstɹækt/ | Something that is extracted or drawn out. |
| satellite noun | /ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/ | A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although. |
| invest verb | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. |
| romance noun | /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ | An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair. |
| explore verb | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | To examine or investigate something systematically. |
| dialogue noun | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. |
| autumn noun | /ˈɔtəm/ | Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as… |
| nightmare noun | /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ | A very unpleasant or frightening dream. |
| runner noun | /ˈɹʌnɚ/ | A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete. |
| navigation noun | /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/ | The theory, practice and technology of charting a course for a road vehicle, ship, aircraft, or spaceship. |
| dictionary noun | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings or senses, oftentimes also… |
| sheer adjective | /ʃɪɚ/ | Very thin or transparent. |
| inevitably adverb | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ | In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent. |
| emerge verb | /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/ | To come into view. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You'll hear three different extracts.
- Thought I'd never find it.
- You don't have an in -car satellite navigation system, then?
- I wouldn't be without mine now.
- I'll certainly give it some thought.
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 | can be pinpointed · is drawn |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Massachusetts, which is · Massachusetts which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 38 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you'll, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: unscathed /ʌnˈskeɪðd/, anthropologist /ˌæn.θɹoʊˈpɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: navigation /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: navigation /nævɪˈɡeɪʃən/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
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 extract, satellite, whereas.
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.