Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: To Fall Down the Rabbit Hole - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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A rabbit is a small woodland creature.
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Down the rabbit hole.
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Are Anna and Jonathan chasing rabbits into their little rabbit homes?
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Hey, where were you last week?
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I was working in Los Angeles.
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How was that?
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It was like falling down the rabbit hole.
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Nothing was normal.
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Yeah, LA is a pretty strange place.
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The idea of falling down the rabbit hole became popular with the book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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When Alice falls down the rabbit hole, she enters a different world where nothing seems normal.
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To fall down the rabbit hole is used to describe an unusual, unfamiliar place.
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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: To Fall Down the Rabbit Hole”. This video has 15 sentences and 115 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 3 of its 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| rabbit noun | /ˈɹæbɪt/ | A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares) |
| unusual adjective | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | Not usual, out of the ordinary. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| woodland noun | /ˈwʊd.lənd/ | Land covered with woody vegetation. |
| unfamiliar adjective | /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/ | Strange, not familiar. |
| hole noun | /hoʊl/ | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure. |
| strange adjective | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. |
| describe verb | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | To represent in words. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| enter verb | /ˈɛntɚ/ | To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fall down verb | /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ | To fall to the ground. To collapse. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was working |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/
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 rabbit, unusual, chase.
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.