Shadowing Practice: Daily Life | A1 English Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone and welcome to the show.
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I'm Avery.
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And I'm Melody.
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Hi, Avery.
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Hi, Melody.
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How are you today?
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I'm great, thank you.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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We are talking about our daily routines.
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Yes, what we do every day.
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So, Melody, let's start with the morning.
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What is your routine on weekdays?
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For example, on Mondays?
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Okay.
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On Mondays, I usually wake up at 7 o'clock.
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7 o'clock.
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Okay.
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Do you get up at 7 o'clock?
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No, I don't.
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I wake up, but I stay in bed for 10 minutes.
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I get up at 10 past 7.
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Oh, me too.
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I always check my emails in bed.
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What do you do after you get up?
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Well, first I go to the bathroom.
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I always brush my teeth.
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Then I get dressed.
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Right.
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After that, I go to the kitchen and I have breakfast.
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I usually have toast and an apple.
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That sounds healthy.
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And then do you leave the house?
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Yes, I leave the house at 8 o'clock and I go to campus.
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What about you, Avery?
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What is your morning routine?
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My routine is a little different.
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I never wake up at 7 o'clock.
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That is too early for me.
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I usually wake up at 8.30.
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Wow, 8.30.
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Yes, I get up right away.
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Then I get dressed and brush my hair.
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Okay.
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Do you eat breakfast?
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That's a funny question.
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I sometimes eat breakfast.
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If I have time, I eat cereal.
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But I often just have coffee.
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Just coffee?
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Oh, Avery.
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I know.
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Then I leave the house at 9 o'clock.
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That's interesting.
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Our mornings are very different.
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What about your family?
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Let's talk about your brother.
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What time does he get up?
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Oh, my brother?
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He is very different.
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He works at night, so he always wakes up very late.
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He wakes up at 11 o'clock in the morning.
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11 o'clock?
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So he never eats breakfast?
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That's right.
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He never eats breakfast.
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He has lunch when he wakes up.
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He gets stressed, and he usually watches TV in the afternoon.
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That's a very relaxed routine.
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Yes, it is.
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What about your sister, Melody?
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What does she do in the morning?
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My sister is a student, like us.
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She is very busy.
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She always wakes up at 6.30.
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6.30?
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That is early.
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Yes, she gets up and goes for a run.
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After that, she has a big breakfast.
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She always brushes her teeth, and then she goes to campus.
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She leaves the house at 8.30.
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She sounds very organized.
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She is!
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So, after the morning, we go to campus.
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What do you do in the afternoon, Avery?
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On Mondays and Wednesdays, I attend a lecture at 10 o'clock.
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It's a big class.
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After class, I usually go to the library.
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The library?
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Okay.
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Yes, I do my homework there, I check my emails, and I study for an hour.
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Do you take a break?
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Of course, I always take a break.
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At 1 o'clock, I have lunch with my friends.
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That's nice.
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My afternoon is similar.
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I have a class at 9 o'clock, then I often study with friends.
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We do homework together.
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Mm-hmm.
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We sometimes take a long break and drink coffee.
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Then I have another class in the afternoon.
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You are very busy.
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Yes.
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Now let's talk about the evening.
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What time do you get home?
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I usually get home at 6 o'clock.
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The first thing I do is cook dinner.
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I love cooking.
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That's great.
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I don't cook.
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My roommate cooks dinner.
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You are lucky.
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What do you do after dinner?
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In the evening, I often watch TV or I listen to music.
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I find it relaxing.
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I agree.
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I never watch TV, but I always listen to music when I cook.
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It makes me happy.
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Me too.
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And finally, the end of the day.
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What time do you go to bed, Avery?
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I try to go to bed at 11 o'clock at night, but I sometimes read a book so I fall asleep around midnight.
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What about you?
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Because I get up early, I go to bed early.
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I am usually in bed at 10 o'clock.
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I fall asleep very fast.
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That is a good habit.
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So this is our routine on weekdays, but what about on weekends?
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On Saturday, for example, Is your routine different?
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Oh, yes, very different.
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On Saturdays, I sometimes wake up at 10 o'clock.
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I never do homework.
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I often play football with my friends.
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That sounds fun.
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My weekends are relaxed, too.
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I get up late, and I often watch movies in the afternoon.
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It is good to take a break.
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Well, that was a great chat about our daily routines.
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We learned about mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
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Yes, and how our routines are the same and how they are different.
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Thank you everyone for listening.
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We hope you enjoyed it.
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Bye for now.
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Goodbye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: routine, wake, usually, Avery, breakfast. This video has 142 sentences and 799 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:52. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 26 of its 142 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| brush noun | /bɹʌʃ/ | An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including… |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| asleep adjective | /əˈsliːp/ | In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| midnight noun | /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/ | The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| habit noun | /ˈhæb.ɪt/ | An action performed on a regular basis. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| lecture noun | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. |
| organize verb | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | To arrange in working order. |
| toast noun | /toʊst/ | Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning). |
| roommate noun | /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ | A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. |
| cereal noun | /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ | A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What is your routine on weekdays?
- What do you do after you get up?
- What is your morning routine?
- Do you take a break?
- What time do you get home?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 routine, relax, brush.
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.