Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Wild Goose Chase - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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This is a goose.
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Wild goose chase.
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Oh boy.
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Why are Anna and Jonathan chasing waterfowl?
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Hey, how was your weekend?
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Well, I spent it with my friends, who are trying to find the perfect spot for their wedding. That sounds fun.
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Or maybe not.
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It was a wild goose chase.
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He wants a big place.
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She wants a small place place.
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He wants city, she wants country.
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So did they find a place?
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No. In fact, they decided to wait.
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A wild goose chase is a search for the impossible.
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The expression comes from Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet.
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Back then, it described a kind of horse race, but these days it just means a hopeless and frustrating search.
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And 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: Wild Goose Chase”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: goose, wants, chase, wild. This video has 18 sentences and 133 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 3 of its 18 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| goose noun | /ɡus/ | Any of various grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which have feathers and webbed feet and are capable of flying, swimming, and walking on land, and… |
| hopeless adjective | /ˈhoʊplɪs/ | Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. |
| frustrate verb | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. |
| waterfowl noun | Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae. | |
| describe verb | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | To represent in words. |
| expression noun | /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. |
| wild adjective | /ˈwaɪ̯ld/ | Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal… |
| search verb | /sɝt͡ʃ/ | To look in (a place) for something. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| weekend noun | /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ | The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. |
| spot noun | /spɑt/ | A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape. |
| wedding noun | /ˈwɛdɪŋ/ | A marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage. |
| impossible adjective | /ɪmˈpɒs.ɪ.bəl/ | Not possible; not able to be done or happen. |
| horse noun | /hoɹs/ | A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are trying |
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 chase, goose, hopeless.
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.