Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Right as Rain - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I have to admit, Anna and Jonathan are sometimes right about things.
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Right as rain.
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How can a weather event be correct about something?
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Are you feeling better today?
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You sounded sort of ill the other day.
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Oh yeah, I'm right as rain.
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I think I had a little too much cake and a few too many donuts at my birthday party.
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Well, if you want to stay right as rain, you might want to try eating some vegetables sometimes.
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Being right as rain means to be perfectly fine or in good health.
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Since the 1500s, many English expressions have started with right as,
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like right as a line and right as a bank.
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It probably became popular because of the matching R sounds.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Right as Rain”. This video has 13 sentences and 130 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 2 of its 13 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 10 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |
| perfectly adverb | /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/ | With perfection. |
| admit verb | /ədˈmɪt/ | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration. |
| expression noun | /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
| cake noun | /keɪk/ | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. |
| rain noun | /ˈɹeɪn/ | Condensed water falling from a cloud. |
| sort noun | /soɹt/ | A general type. |
| weather noun | /ˈwɛðɚ/ | The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc. |
| correct adjective | /kəˈɹɛkt/ | Free from error; true; accurate. |
| birthday noun | /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/ | The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have started |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: weather /ˈwɛðɚ/, birthday /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
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 vegetable, perfectly, admit.
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.