Shadowing Practice: Cristiano Ronaldo Biography in English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Cristiano Ronaldo He is a Portuguese football player He was born on February 5,
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1985, in Santo Antonio.
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His father's name is Jose de Nisivero, and mother's name is Maria Dolores dos Santos Severo.
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His father was a gardener with the municipality, and mother worked as a cook.
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Ronaldo was expelled from the school after assaulted his teacher by throwing a chair at him.
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He had always been a keen footballer,
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and by the time he was 14 years old he decided to concentrate on becoming a professional footballer In 1995,
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Cristiano Ronaldo joined the club Nacional located in his hometown of Madeira Later he joined one of the biggest clubs in Portugal,
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namely, Sporting CP, after clearing a trial In the middle During his time at the Sporting CP,
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Cristiano Ronaldo played for all the levels He played in a UEFA Champions League against Manchester United in 2003
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The manager of the English club Sir Alex Ferguson was impressed by his performance
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and brought him to the club in the same year In his first season at Manchester United, Ronaldo scored three goals in the league
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He scored 84 goals for the club in 196 league games and became one of the best players in the world
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At the 2006 World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo was an integral part of the Portuguese national team as they reached the semi-final of the tournament
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The following year he was named the captain of the national team In 2009,
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he became the most expensive player in the world, after Spanish giant Real Madrid paid Manchester United £80m to bring him to Madrid
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He scored 33 goals in his very first season In the following season he ended the Spanish league season with 40 goals,
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which became a record in the league's history
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He led Portugal at the Football World Cup in South Africa in 2010 In 2012,
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he helped Real Madrid win the Spanish league title and it proved to be his first league title with the club
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He scored 60 goals in all competitions in the season In 2013 seasons,
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he scored a staggering 51 goals in the season In the Champions League,
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Ronaldo scored 17 goals that made him the highest scorer ever in a single season of the tournament
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He scored a total of 89 goals in the tournament overall
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In the 2014 World Cup Portugal were knocked out in the first round with him scoring only one goal
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He has scored 50 goals for Portugal in his career and that is the highest for any Portuguese player
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In the seasons that started that year, Ronaldo was in sublime form as he notched up 61 goals in total
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He also became the fastest player to reach the 200-goal milestone in the Spanish league
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which he reached it in 178 games Cristiano Ronaldo has been in relationships with celebrities like Gemma Atkinson and Alice Goodwin,
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both models in England He has two sons, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. and Mateo Ronaldo
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Ronaldo was in a romantic relationship with Russian supermodel Irina Shayk for five years from 2010 to 2015
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Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Ballon d'Or five times in 2008,
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2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 In 2013,
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he won the FIFA World Player of the Year award and won it again the following year
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He has a record 34 La Liga of hat-tricks,
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including a record-tying eight hat-tricks in the 2014-15 season A Portuguese international,
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Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of all time by the Portuguese Football Federation in 2015
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He is Portugal's most capped player of all time with over 140 caps and has participated in seven major tournaments
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He lead Portugal to their first-ever triumph in a major tournament by winning Euro 2016
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and received the silver boot as the second-highest goalscorer of the tournament
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He was the world's highest-paid athlete by Forbes in 2016 and 2017,
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as well as the world's most famous athlete by ESPN in 2016 and 2017 Your love makes me strong.
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Your hate makes me unstoppable." said Cristiano Ronaldo
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Cristiano Ronaldo Biography in English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Ronaldo, goal, Cristiano, scored, league. This video has 43 sentences and 643 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:50. The speaker talks at a steady 110 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| footballer noun | /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ | One who plays association football. |
| athlete noun | /ˈæθ.liːt/ | A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. |
| goalscorer noun | A person who scores a goal, or scores goals. | |
| stagger verb | /ˈstæɡɚ/ | In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter. |
| sublime adjective | /səˈblaɪm/ | Of an aspect of art or nature: causing awe or deep respect due to its beauty or magnificence; awe-inspiring, impressive. |
| supermodel noun | A highly paid, famous fashion model. | |
| unstoppable adjective | /ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/ | Unable to be stopped. |
| scorer noun | One who scores. | |
| municipality noun | /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/ | A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village. |
| milestone noun | /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/ | A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of… |
| notch noun | /nɑtʃ/ | A V-shaped cut. |
| hometown noun | /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ | An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence. |
| impress verb | /ɪmˈpɹɛs/ | To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably. |
| locate verb | /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/ | To place; to set in a particular spot or position. |
| triumph noun | /ˈtɹaɪ̯əmf/ | A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was born · was expelled · was impressed |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has scored · has been · has participated |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the biggest · the best · the most expensive |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: unstoppable /ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/, municipality /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/
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 footballer, athlete, goalscorer.
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.