Shadowing Practice: English for Everyday Activities 07 Making Coffee Making Tea - Easy English Hub - Learn English Speaking with Video

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CHAPTER 7 MAKING COFFEE, MAKING TEA MAKING COFFEE,
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WITH AN ELECTRIC COFFEEMAKER Pam scoops some ground coffee into the filter.
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Then she pours some water into the coffee maker.
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She turns the coffee maker on by pressing the switch.
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The water heats up and drips through the ground coffee and into the coffee pot.
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Making Tea Dan boils water in a tea kettle.
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He pours the hot water into a teapot and adds some tea leaves.
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As the tea leaves soak in the water, the water becomes tea.
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Dan strains the tea.
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Then he adds sugar and milk and stirs his tea.
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Making Coffee with an Electric Coffee Maker Pam scoops some ground coffee into the filter.
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Then she pours some water into the coffee maker.
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She turns the coffee maker on by pressing the switch.
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The water heats up and drips through the ground coffee and into the coffee pot.
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Making tea Dan boils water in a tea kettle.
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He pours the hot water into a teapot and adds some tea leaves.
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As the tea leaves soak in the water, the water becomes tea.
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Dan strains the tea.
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Then he adds sugar and milk and stirs his tea.
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Making Coffee with an Electric Coffee Maker Pam scoops some ground coffee into the filter.
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Then she pours some water into the coffee maker.
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She turns the coffee maker on by pressing the switch.
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The water heats up and drips through the ground coffee and into the coffee pot.
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Making tea John boils water in a tea kettle.
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He pours the hot water into a teapot and adds some tea leaves.
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As the tea leaves soak in the water, The water becomes tea.
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Dan strains the tea.
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Then he adds sugar and milk and stirs his tea.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “English for Everyday Activities 07 Making Coffee Making Tea - Easy English Hub”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tea, coffee, maker, pours, adds. This video has 30 sentences and 299 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:30. The speaker talks slowly, about 66 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 78% 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
maker noun/ˈmeɪk.ɚ/Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.
leaf noun/lif/The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
pour verb/poɹ/To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
filter noun/ˈfɪltɚ/A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from…
strain noun/stɹeɪn/A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
stir verb/stɝ/To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
boil verb/bɔɪ(ə)l/To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
scoop noun/skup/Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material.
soak verb/soʊk/To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
drip verb/ˈdɹɪp/To fall one drop at a time.
kettle noun/ˈkɛ.təl/A vessel for boiling a liquid or cooking food, usually metal and equipped with a lid.
teapot noun/ˈti.pɔt/A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
heat up verbTo heat, to cause to become hotter.

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 maker, leaf, pour.

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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