Shadowing Practice: Cùng Bố Trải Nghiệm Một Ngày Ở Nông Trại - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Are we helping at the farm today, Dad?
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We have crops to harvest.
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Look at all these heavy farming tools!
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Welcome to the main tool shed.
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Are those clippers sharp?
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They can slice right through the thickest branches.
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Can I hold this little hand trowel?
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Just make sure you put back the trowel.
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I will put back the tools on the wall.
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We should head outside.
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It feels really warm inside this tunnel.
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The plastic roof traps the heat.
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Come check out these tall green tomato vines.
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Oh, they grew so fast.
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A few of the loaded vines are falling down.
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We need to tie up the vines.
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I can help you tie up this long stem.
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Thanks, that is much better.
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What is sitting inside that big wooden box?
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That's our compost bin.
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Why do we throw the dead plant leaves in here?
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We let them rot.
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Do we just leave the pile alone like that?
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We have to turn over the pile.
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It is really hard to turn over the dirt.
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You should try the pitchfork.
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Wow!
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There are so many big yellow mangoes They are perfectly ripe That huge mango up there seems ready to eat
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It's way too high for me Are you able to reach the mango?
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I cannot reach it with my hands Let us use the wooden picking stick
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Now we can reach the branches The strawberry beds are looking very green.
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Peek under the leaves.
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We can pick some of the ripe ones to eat.
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I see a red one.
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Should I just pull it right off the plant?
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You need to pick it gently.
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I will pick this giant red strawberry.
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Drop it right into the basket.
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working on the farm was so much fun today we had a great harvest

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 39 sentences and 300 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:29. The speaker talks at a steady 121 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
vine noun/ˈvaɪ̯n/Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining.
mango noun/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
wooden adjective/ˈwʊdn̩/Made of wood.
leaf noun/lif/The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
pile noun/paɪl/A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
harvest noun/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
strawberry noun/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
ripe adjective/ɹaɪp/Of a fruit, vegetable, seed, etc., ready for reaping or gathering; having attained perfection; mature.
sharp adjective/ʃɑɹp/Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
thick adjective/θɪk/Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
trap noun/tɹæp/A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
stem noun/stɛm/The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
dirt noun/dɝt/Soil or earth.
tunnel noun/ˈtʌn(ə)l/An underground or underwater passage.
crop noun/kɹɑp/A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
put back verbTo return something to its original place.
tie up verbTo secure with rope, string, etc.
turn over verbTo flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
check out verbTo record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
fall down verb/fɔl ˈdaʊn/To fall to the ground. To collapse.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good ideashould head · should try · Should I just pull
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowAre we helping · are falling · is sitting
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryneed to tie · have to turn · need to pick
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill put · will pick

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like vine, mango, wooden.

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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