Shadowing Practice: Come With Me on Vacation & Learn English Naturally (Comprehensible input) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Yo Leon, do you want to go on a vacation?

Okay, let's go.

I really hope I don't burn my face this time.

My face, my nose is a little bit burnt.

A sunburn okay guys so we're at the beach right now we are just enjoying the beach and the sunset

the sun already set on the horizon this is the horizon but the sun already set so it's

it means the sun went down but yeah this is the beach at sunset pretty nice

look at the horses on the beach the horses on the beach but yeah right now the sun pretty much set

the sun pretty much set and we're just walking around on the beach

oh this is a hairless dog you can see it has no hair

but yeah these are all like restaurants at night

and they're all playing music i think later at night it's going to be like a party here

fiesta or something

but yeah these tables have candles on them candle candle candle candle yeah these are plastic tables a plastic chair plastic table

so this is our dinner for tonight it was mine was 18 soles it's like five like five

or six dollars 18 soles i think this is what i got

and now he's he's he's squirting the ketchup out of bottles squirting the ketchup out of the bottle okay

we just went to the grocery store and we got

what do we get chips we got we literally got we got a pail of ice cream

we also got some oreos and some gummies we got gummies too that's all the stuff we got from the

from the supermarket so it's just some snacks kind of like dessert we got the ice cream

because it's so hot so it's nice to just have some cold ice cream to eat isn't

that right so yeah we're gonna have

that ice cream he's mostly gonna eat all of that i'll just have a little bit

we are in some back alleys of mancora we're trying to find this park this is where we are right now

people's houses all along here

so this is like a plaza i guess where they have maybe concerts

or festivals this this all along here is called a ditch it's where water flows

so when it rains a lot the water comes in here and it flows down to the ocean.

So it's called the ditch and it's where the water flows out so it doesn't stay on the road.

This is what you call a smoothie.

So I have a smoothie now.

It's strawberry banana.

Hey guys, good morning.

We're driving to a place where we swim with turtles.

I'm not sure if we're going to go swimming with turtles.

We'll see, but this is where you swim with turtles.

You can see it's so dry.

Dry and arid.

And I guess this place is where you can see the turtles from.

And here you have restaurants.

Restaurants and stuff all along here.

All the tuk -tuks are parked.

yeah this is where they leave to go see the turtles

and this right here this is a turtle

so let's go let's go see if we can see the turtles

because i think you swim around here i don't know if you have to go on a boat or not

and this right here is a flag

so it's a flag that's waving in the wind a flag that's waving in the wind

and this is the beach this is a nice beach honestly this beach reminds me of

Did you do that hop on hop off bus in Cape Town, South Africa and one of the stops was a beach?

Yeah.

That's kind of exactly what that beach looks like.

So we just got our entrance ticket.

This is an entrance ticket and we just bought it.

So hopefully we could see the turtles from up here

If not, we might have to go swim with them, but we are sunburned

So I don't know if swimming is the best

Yeah, you should after

All this you call it the shore or the shoreline all this

This is all the shore the shoreline, but yeah, oh the wind feels so good

it cools you down a lot the wind and this water is

so nice the water is turquoise beautiful oh this is some nice water

this is some nice water oh you see it there's a turtle right there i don't know

if you could see the turtle wow and

if you want you could you could swim with turtles

you see they're swimming with the turtles oh yeah

this is like a baby turtle it's smaller a baby turtle more turtles here wow

so yeah right now this area we're in this is a dock

this whole area all of this is a dock and i'm standing on the dock and this guy's sleeping

oh oh look at that turtle right there

these boats are tied up tied up to right here

so the boats are tied all these boats are tied so

that they don't float away all right another turtle

and all these boats here are fishing boats these are all fishing boats

so all these boats here are anchored

but these boats are docked these boats are docked because they're attached here to a dock and those boats are anchored

but yeah it's very it's very it's very beautiful here like the the breeze the wind the cool breeze makes

it feel very nice because the Sun is very hot

but the cool breeze cools me down so it's nice

and you can see everyone here is wearing life jackets

so they have life jackets on so you put on a life jacket

so you don't drown a life jacket life jacket me

and my boy my boy is tired he's sleeping he's worked hard today

so he's just taking a rest nothing wrong with

that we all need a rest

so yeah you can see this is a life jacket so the orange and yellow things are called life jackets

life jackets right now we are standing on the cliff on the cliff or on the edge

of the cliff we're standing on the edge of the cliff or we are standing on the cliff

okay so we made it down

and here is the cave i guess these are all little tiny crabs here you see them little tiny crabs

but this is the this is the cave

yeah oh yeah look at that i don't even think those people could get here

I think they just see it from far

But look at this cave

Wow Look at this shell

Look at this shell

It's pretty cool

This is another shell

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But this is a cave

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Wow Wow, very nice.

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Yo, what do you think made these holes?

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Look at that.

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Look at this one.

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Water did not make...

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Volca.

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Wow.

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Okay guys, this is a fish processing plant.

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So all these boats bring the fish here, they process the fish, and then these are the trucks.

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These trucks ship the fish.

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Okay guys, so we got my soup.

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This is what I'm having for lunch.

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It's a soup.

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It's a beef soup.

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This is a metal cup a metal cup these are my utensils

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so you call these utensils so if you're at a restaurant

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and you want to ask for utensils you can just ask them can i have utensils please and here's a lime

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and you have napkins here and these are two sauce bottles

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but this is a glass jar and the napkins are inside

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and he's still waiting for his food so this is the second course this is like beef beans rice and a salad.

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What do you get?

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Deep fried chicken.

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So you got deep fried chicken.

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So it's the first day we're going out again.

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So this boy is coming out and so am I.

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And this right here is a bridge.

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This is a bridge and right now we are walking, we are going to be walking underneath the bridge.

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Underneath the bridge.

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These plants here on the side, these are called cactuses.

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So this is a cactus, this is cactus and these are cactuses.

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cactus cactus and this is a big wall

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and what he's wearing those are flip -flops flip -flops

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and these these are sandals these are sandals so flip -flops

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and sandals now we're back at the beach very beautiful these are blockades

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but as you guys can see today i'm wearing a long sleeve shirt

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long sleeve shirt long sleeve swim shirt so that I don't burn

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and I'm wearing a hat too so the Sun doesn't burn me

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and I have sunscreen on and now we're at the beach

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I think

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so I think this area is pretty rocky

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I think over there it's a little better it's really rocky all along here

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so i sent my brother to go check how rocky it is

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because he said he said it oh it's not rocky

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and i said it is rocky so we'll see who's right

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and if it's rocky we're going to go down over there because

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if it's rocky you might cut your feet with the rocks oh yeah

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now he's going into the water he will go into the water he's going into the water

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and he went he went into the water and today is hot out

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and sunny but it's also windy so it's it's kind of nice nice balance

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so this this is sunscreen you see right here sunscreen

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and it's used for your body and your face and I put it on my legs.

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My brother's over there swimming.

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So I got the sunscreen on my finger.

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So I'm applying the sunscreen.

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I'm applying the sunscreen.

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My place is white where I applied the sunscreen.

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I would rather look weird than burn my face.

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Oh yeah, now we got the sunscreen on.

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So I applied the sunscreen, past tense, present, I'm applying the sunscreen.

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In the future, I will apply the sunscreen.

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I'm going to apply the sunscreen.

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So you can say he's swimming right now, past tense, he swam, future tense, he will swim.

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He's going to swim.

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He wants to swim.

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And this thing right here is a jet ski.

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It's called a jet ski.

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A jet ski.

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That is called a jet ski and you use it in the water.

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A jet ski.

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It's very fun.

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It's very fun.

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In Canada I use it but in on lakes.

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Not in the ocean but on lakes.

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He's done swimming.

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How is the water?

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Salty water.

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Salty water he says.

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Water was salty but now it's my turn to swim so.

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My face, my nose is a little bit burnt.

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A sunburn set on the horizon this is the horizon

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but the sun already set

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so it's it means the sun went down he's squirting the ketchup out of the bottle a ditch

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it's where water flows so when it rains a lot

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so it's a flag that's waving in the wind this is an entrance ticket for the shoreline

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all this this whole area all of this is a dock

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so all these boats here are anchored these boats are docked

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because they're attached here to a dock the cool breeze a life jacket these are my utensils

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so you call these utensils a glass jar and the napkins are inside

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and this right here is a bridge these are called cactuses

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so i'm i'm applying the sunscreen i'm applying the sunscreen Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Come With Me on Vacation & Learn English Naturally”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: turtle, sunscreen, boat, beach, swim. This video has 190 sentences and 1965 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:17. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% 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
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
turtle noun	/ˈtɝtl̩/	Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
jacket noun	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
dock noun	/dɑk/	A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
rocky adjective	/ˈɹɑki/	Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
cliff noun	/klɪf/	A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
candle noun	/ˈkæn.dəl/	A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
cave noun	/keɪv/	A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
horizon noun	/həˈɹaɪ.zən/	The visible horizontal line (in all directions) where the sky appears to meet the earth in the distance.
breeze noun	/bɹiːz/	A light, gentle wind.
entrance noun	/ˈɛn.tɹəns/	The action of entering, or going in.
shell noun	/ʃɛl/	The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
flip verb	/flɪp/	To throw so as to turn over.
soup noun	/sup/	Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food…
anchor noun	/ˈæŋ.kəː/	A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go down verb		To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
think over verb		To ponder or reflect on a subject.
tie up verb		To secure with rope, string, etc.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

You can see it's so dry.
Yo, what do you think made these holes?
This is what I'm having for lunch.
What do you get?
My brother's over there swimming.

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 called · are parked · are sunburned
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might have · might cut
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	are just enjoying · we're just walking · we're trying
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	it's going to be · gonna have · gonna eat

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shell /ʃɛl/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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 swim, turtle, jacket.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?