Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: The Sky's the Limit - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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The sky is very far away.
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So what could this idiom mean?
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Sky's the limit.
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That baseball game yesterday was amazing.
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But I just can't believe the Nationals came back for the win.
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I know, right?
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That was shocking.
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With the new players this year, I feel the sky's the limit for this team.
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Yeah, I wouldn't put my hope that high.
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If the sky is the limit, there is a lot of hope and opportunity for someone or something.
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So if someone says the sky is the limit for you, they believe that with your talent and skill you can accomplish anything.
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In our example, Jonathan believes the sky is the limit for his favorite baseball team this year.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: The Sky's the Limit”. This video has 14 sentences and 132 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 11 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| accomplish verb | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ | To finish successfully. |
| idiom noun | /ˈɪdiəm/ | A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people. |
| baseball noun | /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run… |
| talent noun | /ˈtæl.ənt/ | A marked natural ability or skill. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| limit noun | /ˈlɪm.ɪt/ | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| opportunity noun | /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/ | A chance for advancement, progress or profit. |
| yesterday noun | /ˈjɛstɹdeɪ/ | The day immediately before today; one day ago. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/
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 shock, skill, accomplish.
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.