Shadowing Practice: تعلم اللغة الانجليزية من الصفر #english #explore #الانجليزية - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You wanna know what the saddest thing is?
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We live in a world full of hypocrites where people secretly wish for your failure
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but smile in front of you as if they love you.
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If I had to live my life over again, I wouldn't change a thing, except I'd open my eyes a little more.
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Sometimes, my excessive kindness causes me problems because I've been too kind, too naive, and too trusting.
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But I've learned it's not my job to fix what I didn't break.
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I used to fear losing people, but now I fear losing my time.
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It's so precious, so fleeting and wasted on the wrong people.
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If I live according to others' opinions, I will never become the person I was meant to be.
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Life is too short, so I cherish each day, laugh whenever I can, and never,
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ever let anyone bring me down.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 11 sentences and 149 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fleet noun | /ˈfliːt/ | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
| excessive adjective | /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ | Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate. |
| secretly adverb | /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/ | In secret, covertly. |
| kindness noun | /ˈkaɪnd.nəs/ | The state of being kind. |
| naive adjective | /naɪˈiv/ | Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated. |
| cherish verb | /ˈt͡ʃɛɹɪʃ/ | To treat with affection, care, and tenderness; to nurture or protect with care. |
| hypocrite noun | /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/ | Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. |
| laugh verb | /læf/ | To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and… |
| smile verb | /ˈsmaɪl/ | To have (a smile) on one's face. |
| whenever | /wəˈnɛvɚ/ | At any time that. |
| fear verb | /fɪə/ | To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm. |
| opinion noun | /əˈpɪn.jən/ | A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing. |
| sad adjective | /ˈsæd/ | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| failure noun | /ˈfeɪ.ljə/ | State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. |
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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| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to fear |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've been · I've learned |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was meant |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, didn't, I'd. 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.
- 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 fleet, excessive, secretly.
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.