Shadowing Practice: DICTATION2 UNIT11 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Art and Culture Unit 11.
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The Mona Lisa What are you looking at, Billy?
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This is a copy of my favorite painting.
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It's The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Why is that your favorite painting?
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Well, there are a few things that make the Mona Lisa great.
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First, she has no eyebrows.
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Second, she has a really beautiful smile.
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Most of all, I like the soft colors of the painting.
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Have you seen the Mona Lisa before?
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It is a very famous painting. Of course.
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I've seen the painting a few times before.
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But I never noticed that her eyebrows are missing.
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I wonder why she has no eyebrows.
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Do you know why?
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At the time da Vinci painted it, It was fashionable for young Italian girls to shave off their eyebrows.
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Every girl wanted to be fashionable.
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Wow, that's really interesting.
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In what year was the Mona Lisa painted?
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I think it was painted sometime between 1503 and 1505.
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I wonder what a modern Mona Lisa would look like.
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She might have purple hair.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 22 sentences and 173 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:19. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
fashionable adjective/ˈfæʃənəbl̩/Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
purple noun/ˈpɝ.pl̩/A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
sometime adverb/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future.
shave verb/ˈʃeɪ̯v/To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin.
eyebrow noun/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
paint verb/peɪnt/To apply paint to.
favourite adjective/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
soft adjective/sɔft/Easily giving way under pressure.
smile verb/ˈsmaɪl/To have (a smile) on one's face.
wonder noun/ˈwʌndɚ/A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise…
color noun/ˈkʌl.ə/The spectral composition of visible light.
notice verb/ˈnoʊ.tɪs/To become aware of; to observe.
famous adjective/ˈfeɪ.məs/Well known.
copy noun/ˈkɑpi/The result of copying; an identical or nearly identical duplicate of an original.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/

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 fashionable, purple, sometime.

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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