Shadowing Practice: Describe Your Appearance in English - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Describe your appearance in English.
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You are all beautiful.
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You're great.
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You're awesome.
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You're gorgeous.
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You're marvelous.
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When you talk about women, the synonyms for the word beautiful are attractive, good-looking and pretty.
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And when you talk about men, you can also say attractive or good-looking.
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But we don't usually say beautiful about men.
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We say handsome.
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So what's the opposite of the word beautiful?
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You can say unattractive, horrible, awful, ugly.
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How tall are you?
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I am 175 centimeters tall, so I am of average or medium height.
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The man on the left is tall and the man on the right is short.
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So what is your body type?
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I'm neither thick nor thin, so I'm of average build.
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The man on the left is quite thin.
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And the man on the right has a little bit of extra weight, so he's a bit overweight.
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People can also be well-built, slender or slim, especially when we speak about women.
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He's athletic or muscular.
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Please remember, it's rude to say that someone is fat or skinny, especially if you don't know these people very well.
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What is your face shape?
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Have you got a round face, a square face, an oval face or a triangular face?
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What color are your eyes?
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Have you got brown or Hazel eyes?
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Are your eyes blue or green?
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What's your eye shape?
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The eyes of Asian type are often called monolith eyes.
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If your eyes are quite large and you can see the white under or above the iris, you've got round eyes.
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And the eyes which look like almond are called almond eyes.
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If the eye distance is small, you've got close-set eyes.
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And if the eye distance is quite large, you've got wide set eyes.
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If the corners of your eyes go upwards, you've got upturned eyes.
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And if they go downwards, you've got downturned eyes.
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How long is your hair?
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Have you got long hair, short hair, shoulder length hair?
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And people who don't have any hair are bold.
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What color is your hair?
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Is it fair or blunt?
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Dark or black?
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Brown or chestnut?
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Red?
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Or maybe you've got grey hair?
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What is your hair type?
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Is it straight, curly, wavy and people who are losing their hair have got receding hair?
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What is your nose type?
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Have you got a straight nose, an upturned nose, a snub nose or maybe an aquiline or hooked nose?
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What shape are your lips?
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Are they full, puffy or sensitive?
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Or maybe they're just small and thin?
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Sometimes people have special features.
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For example, a mustache, a beard.
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A lot of people have moles.
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And those with light hair very often have freckles on their faces.
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After injuries, some people have scars.
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We're all very different.
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Black, white, Asian.
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But you must remember that you are beautiful.
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About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Describe Your Appearance in English" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →