Shadowing Practice: Do Berliners Feel Lonely? | Easy German 617 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, guys!

We are in Berlin, a city with almost 4 million people.

That means, you are constantly under people.

And there are still moments where I feel lonely.

Today I want to know when people feel lonely and what helps them against their loneliness.

Let's go!

When do you feel lonely?

When do I feel lonely?

Sure.

I feel like I feel like I feel like I can't feel my feelings.

I feel like I'm not feeling well enough to say what happened in me.

I feel like I don't have any problems and friends or family.

That's an interesting question.

I think that's what I think.

I never really like that.

Even alone is a good luck.

Yes, I think we both are musicians.

And if we're alone, I think you do it like me.

We set ourselves forward to playing instruments.

And I think that's what I think.

I think I feel very alone, if I can't tell myself.

If I have no contact with people, but I have the need to share something, I feel like I'm in a very full room.

I feel like I'm feeling like I'm feeling something intensively

and I have my best friends not there or can I tell the moment I can.

When you feel lonely?

When I have no social contact. And that's very important.

For me, I have luckily my two daughters here and my two daughters here.

So I have contacts.

And they are also very good in my house.

We have a very nice house.

If I have no contact with my friends or family,

I would say that a little bit of a home is just a little and I can connect with my family.

If it's not given, there's a lot of things.

I think I'm the most comfortable in a room with many people.

I'm like, oh, there's no other person.

I don't want to be with anyone.

I feel like everyone is alone.

And I don't feel like everyone is alone.

Actually never.

That's interesting.

You can't remember any situation in which you are...

I'm old and I learned that with myself, having fun and that's why I feel very seldom.

I feel like I'm tired when I'm in the holidays.

When it's summer and I know all the others are with friends, and I'm alone, I'm always the one.

Did you feel a moment in your life, when you felt a bit of a feeling?

Yes, certainly.

About 15 years ago, when I left me a time, I was a while, until I found myself again.

My parents were both lost both were dead and then of course the family is missing.

And then it's like at Christmas, when the family is smaller, then you feel like I'm asleep.

I would say I felt like I was with my friend with my own family.

And when she was for a week away and then I was kind of used to it, that you're still in the middle of the day.

And then you can spend the night with your friends and think

It's kind of like, if you're in the couch or so.

Especially when you're so used to be there.

How would you describe that feeling of anxiety?

I think, to be small in the same way.

So I would say that.

How would you describe it?

Hmm.

Hmm, it's sad, like an old egg.

It could be better, but it doesn't matter.

How does it feel like that feeling of loneliness?

For me, it's like a half of it.

It's like a half of it, and the other half is bleeding and it's bleeding.

Wow, that's so beautiful.

For me it feels like a hole in the stomach, as if there was fehlt, was removed.

For me it's very in the chest and so a lot of things, but it feels like this kind of thing.

It's like a very hard feeling, but I don't know what it's like, because there's nothing.

That's so beautiful.

I think that's very similar.

It's also a very similar feeling in the back and so on.

It's a very difficult feeling.

It's more like at the back and in the stomach.

It makes the breathing a little bit harder.

It's a little bit of a headache.

You can't think so clearly.

A little bit of a help feels like you are doing it.

You don't know if you are doing it right.

I think there is something like a happy feeling.

You have many happy moments or experiences you have your friends, but you are not there.

For example, when I come from Russia and my family still lives, I can't tell so many moments.

And I do it by phone.

But the quality is different.

And then I don't have a lot of time.

I do it with myself instead of calling.

I think it's one of the worst feelings, because it's so difficult to get out of the way.

And I think that's the way that's easy to get in a room.

and if you're really alone, it's hard to get out of this hole.

So, just to say, it's just really bad so.

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Is there a difference between alone and alone?

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Yes, very.

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I'm very happy alone and enjoy it.

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And alone would say that is that un -freighting alone.

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That's what you want to choose in my own way.

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And alone is what you don't have the choice.

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Maybe you would like to be alone, but the person you want to choose is not there or generally, maybe even many people.

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Is there a difference between alone and alone?

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Yes, absolutely.

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There is this alone, what you need to relax, what is also important for many people and really important.

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For me also.

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For example, I'm alone, but not alone, because you choose to choose that.

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That's what you need to be, when you have the feeling that you need someone or you want someone to miss someone.

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And that's what I'm doing.

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That's what I'm doing.

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I'm having a sense of time.

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Is there a difference between a single and a single?

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I think that's not true.

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I think that you can be alone and be happy.

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But I think that when you're very long alone, it's often that you feel alone.

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I think that you can feel alone like a state, which can be seen outside.

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And I think that you can see something like something, what happens inside, what nobody really sees.

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But I think they are connected to each other.

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I think a bit of a bit of a time is what is with the self -awareness

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and how you are satisfied with yourself.

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I think you feel better, if you are alone, if you have to fight with yourself, as if you don't.

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What helps with the self -awareness?

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What helps you to find strategies?

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Yes, you can find strategies, what you can do, a hobby, something that you can do,

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something that you can do a bit of a bit of a beschäftigment.

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or just like feeling unconscious, then it goes a little bit faster.

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So it's also with trauma and all.

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If you feel it and you let it feel it, there are times where bad feelings are there, then it goes faster.

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What helps you, if you feel it?

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Friends visit and offensichtlich to go to Berlin?

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Sonst?

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I think it's definitely a sport.

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Sport is always a key for me.

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If it's going to go, paddle, or fitness, or whatever, it's all about something.

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And then you feel a bit energy -y.

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It increases the good mood.

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To meet friends, to cry, to eat, to eat, that's what we're going to do.

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But at all, music.

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That's what I've been doing.

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I have two cats and they help everyone.

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I teleponise with my mother or speak with her,

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because I know that I have someone who always has to be there.

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And then it's like this feeling of, I don't have anyone just like that.

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For me it's helpful to remember, that it is just this perception.

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That it is often based on Missverständnissen or situative.

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And to remember, that it is a moment -out film, which these feelings are not actually actually.

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I'm not actually actually alone, but I feel myself.

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I think that helps me to differentiate myself.

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What helps you, when you feel a little bit of anxiety?

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TV.

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A lot of things.

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It helps then.

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It's sometimes unerträglich.

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Then I just sleep. Or I sleep.

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I try to sleep.

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First of all, to sit and to be a little bit aware and then consume some kind of things.

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Sometimes I'm looking at films where I'm looking at the film

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and I feel not more alone because of the art that's inspired you.

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Or maybe even just write down the line, why you feel like you are in the moment.

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I have my whole system, because I know that certain films, culture, culture, I don't know.

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Which film for example?

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I watch my favorite режиссers, but I think sometimes I don't watch a positive...

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I don't watch any comedians.

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Oh my God, maybe

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Perfect Days from Wim Wenders last year in the cinema.

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It's so a nice film.

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It's a film against the silence.

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It's a total life -changing film.

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I'm not sure.

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I'm not sure.

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It's wonderful.

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It's just about being with what you have.

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And still, you're still there.

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I find it really nice to hear, that everyone feels so lonely.

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Sometimes it can help to know, that there are other people who think the same thing.

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Now we are all excited.

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When you feel lonely and what helps you with your loneliness?

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Write it down in the comments.

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All the other information you find in the Infobox below.

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See you next time.

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Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Do Berliners Feel Lonely?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: alone, feeling, film, lonely, moment. This video has 191 sentences and 1829 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:28. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% 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:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lonely adjective	/ˈloʊnli/	Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
loneliness noun	/ˈloʊnlinəs/	A feeling of depression resulting from being alone or from having no companions.
anxiety noun	/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/	An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
awareness noun	/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/	The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
stomach noun	/ˈstʌmək/	An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
connect verb	/kəˈnɛkt/	To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
bleed verb	/ˈbliːd/	To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
silence noun	/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/	The absence of any sound.
mood noun	/muːd/	A mental or emotional state, composure.
helpful adjective	/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/	Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
fitness noun	/ˈfɪt.nəs/	The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
asleep adjective	/əˈsliːp/	In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
relax verb	/ɹɪˈlæks/	To make something loose.
breathe verb	/bɹiːð/	To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
instrument noun	/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/	A device used to produce music.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
write down verb	To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

When do you feel lonely?
When do I feel lonely?
How would you describe that feeling of anxiety?
How would you describe it?
What helps you to find strategies?

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was removed · can be seen · are connected
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	state, which can · someone who always · people who think
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	my best · the most comfortable · the worst
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	is missing · is bleeding · are doing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 52 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/, unconscious /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/, differentiate /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/
Long words — get the stress right: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, interactive /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/, comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, differentiate /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/

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 lonely, loneliness, anxiety.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

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How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?