Shadowing Practice: Eggs | Buddy Oliver - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi everybody!
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Welcome to Science Lab.
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We're going to be doing something that I've always wanted to do.
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It's cooking an ostrich egg, and we've got an ostrich table right here, but we've got to work our way up to that.
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So, we'll start with this teeny weeny egg.
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We're just going to drizzle a little bit of oil, because it's only a small egg, in the pan.
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Now I'm going to get my quail egg.
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I reckon this will take about 30 seconds to cook.
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You ready?
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That's so cute!
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Fun fact here guys, it would take around 15 of these eggs to make one buddy omelette by the way go
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and check out that video okay it's perfect now let me just oh that's
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so cute these actually look like one of those like jelly eggs the second one
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we're going to use a goose egg so this is basically three chicken eggs
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and you can kind of see through them they're kind of like seafood
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i was just going to put a bit of oil in here
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So I've never cooked a goose egg.
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I've probably only ever cooked a chicken egg before so I think all these eggs are kind of a first to me.
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Let's try this.
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Imagine if we get a W from the bunny goose.
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That's ginormous!
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Oh wow!
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now we're gonna get our next plate this one actually smells a lot like a normal egg
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that is a big size comparison
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so the geese egg is a lot more like blooping
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and like slimy kind of
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and the yolk is a bit more dark red than you normally get in a hens egg
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now the fun part the ostrich egg.
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Patal!
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River!
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Do you want to come and see the biggest egg in the world?
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I have a feeling this the egg is going to be very thick.
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That's heavy.
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That is like heavier than my brother.
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Geez.
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An ostrich nest is actually called a dump which sounds strange and they can lay 60 eggs in that one nest.
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So this is the biggest egg
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But it's the smallest egg compared to the bird.
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Let me see if I can crack this I think I might need some help
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Okay, Riddler, shall we try and put it in the pan?
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That's ginormous.
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Oh my god, I will see this in my dreams
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That's going to take about 25 minutes to cook, so we'll see you then.
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So guys, this egg looks ginormous.
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River Pestle, come look at this egg.
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It can't even cook ice, doesn't it?
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Oh no. Be careful, it's quite hot.
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What would you do to it?
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I just cooked it for 25 minutes.
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So River, should we get it on our plate?
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Oh, that's going to be too small.
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Oh, I've got a big plate.
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So, should we get our egg in?
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Can I have it?
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Oh, wow!
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That's amazing!
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Is it a dinosaur egg?
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So, this is River's egg, that's Petal's egg, and that's my egg.
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But, we need some bread to dip into our eggs.
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So, Petal, can you get the baguette?
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Normally, we're going to cut it up, but because it's a giant ostrich egg, We're just going to dip it in whole.
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Let's try this.
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We're all going to dip it in there. Is it last?
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That is amazing.
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It just tastes like a normal egg, but it's giant.
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It's very, very yolk -y.
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In the comments below, don't forget to tell me what we should do next in Science Lab.
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River, go and have some peace egg.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, get that.
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River is excellent.
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No. It's excellent!
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Bye!
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Bye, guys!
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Bye, guys!
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Bye, everyone!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: egg, ostrich, River, ginormous, goose. This video has 77 sentences and 617 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:34. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| goose noun | /ɡus/ | Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and… |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| dump verb | /dʌmp/ | To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. |
| bunny noun | /ˈbʌni/ | A rabbit, especially a juvenile one. |
| dinosaur noun | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. |
| jelly noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛli/ | A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and… |
| reckon verb | /ˈɹɛkən/ | To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate. |
| seafood noun | /ˈsiːfuːd/ | Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. |
| hen noun | /hɛn/ | A female fish (especially a salmon or trout) or crustacean. |
| ostrich noun | /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/ | A large flightless bird of the order Struthioniformes. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| see through verb | To perceive visually through something transparent. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- It can't even cook ice, doesn't it?
- What would you do to it?
- Can I have it?
- We're all going to dip it in there.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've always wanted · I've never cooked · I've probably only ever cooked |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should we get · should do |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the biggest · the smallest |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | We're going to be · We're just going to drizzle · I'm going to get |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I've, we'll. 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 egg, goose, nest.
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.