Shadowing Practice: Drink THIS For Amazing Skin | Mel Robbins #shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I want you to talk to me about this smoothie and the benefits of putting specific ingredients, Dr. Wiles, in your smoothie.
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This is something really special that I shared with my grandmother.
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I think there's a lot of wisdom that we can learn from our mothers and grandmothers.
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And I grew up in South India in Chennai, and we called her Thathi.
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So Thathi would say, okay, don't forget your ABCs.
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And what she meant was your apples, beets, and carrots.
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Oh, ABC.
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Apple, beet, carrot.
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When I had kids, this is what I turned to.
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I said, I don't know what to feed them, so let me take these and stick them in an Instapot.
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You're going to chuck in carrots, apples, and beets?
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Carrots, apples, and beets.
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And do you leave the skin on?
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I do.
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The reason why you keep the apple peel on is because it's got quercetin in it.
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And quercetin lives on apple skin, which is a type of flavonoid, which is a type of antisenolytic.
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So when we think about, you know, these senescent or zombie cells, well, how do we target them?
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How do you get rid of them?
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There are natural products and fruits and vegetables that exist that can target and reduce those presence of those cells.
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With flaxseed and chia seed, you're getting alpha -linolenic acid and you're also getting fiber.
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Did you know that chia seeds also have calcium in it?
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They do?
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They do.
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So two tablespoons of chia seeds has 180 milligrams of calcium.
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That's about half a cup of milk.
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So we're throwing this in the crock pot.
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How much of the flaxseed and the chia seed do you put in?
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I usually do like one or two tablespoons of each.
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Okay.
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I throw a little bit of turmeric in there, and then I use a coconut water as the base.
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So coconut water has a lot of electrolytes.
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So it's going to power you through that day.
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Am I only cooking down the ABCs so they're mushy?
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Exactly.
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And then I take a scoop of the mush, some turmeric, some flaxseed, some chia seed, and then I pour in my coconut water.
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If I want a little protein, throw that in there and zap it.
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That's right.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Drink THIS For Amazing Skin”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: apple, chia, seed, beet, carrot. This video has 38 sentences and 385 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:51. The speaker talks fast, about 207 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 8 of its 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| carrot noun | /ˈkæɹət/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| coconut noun | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| grandmother noun | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | A mother of someone's parent. |
| calcium noun | /ˈkælsi.əm/ | The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as… |
| acid noun | /ˈæsɪd/ | A sour substance. |
| wisdom noun | /ˈwɪzdəm/ | An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise. |
| alpha noun | /ˈæl.fə/ | The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. |
| chuck verb | /t͡ʃʌk/ | To playfully give a light touch, stroke, tap, etc., to someone, especially under the chin. |
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| fiber noun | /ˈfaɪ.bɚ/ | A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| zombie noun | /ˈzɑmbi/ | A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own, typically being slow, obedient, and harmless… |
| peel verb | /piːl/ | To remove the skin or outer covering of. |
| ingredient noun | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You're going to chuck in carrots, apples, and beets?
- How do you get rid of them?
- Did you know that chia seeds also have calcium in it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're getting · we're throwing · Am I only cooking |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | You're going to chuck · it's going to power |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mush /mʌʃ/, mushy /ˈmʌ.ʃi/
- Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, electrolyte /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəˌlaɪt/, linolenic /ˌlɪn.əˈliː.nɪk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like carrot, coconut, seed.
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.