Shadowing Practice: English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 20 - Working Outside - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Working outside.
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Today I was working outside.
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It was a sunny day and I was very hot.
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I wore a hat on my head.
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I watered all the plants.
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I weeded the flower beds.
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I cut back all of the plants that were growing too big.
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I gave some of the plants plant food.
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I cut the lawn.
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I raked the lawn.
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I filled up the birdbaths with water.
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I swept the sidewalks and the pass.
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I took out the garbage.
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I filled the car up with gas.
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I washed the car.
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I hung out the clothes on the clothesline.
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I washed down the lawn furniture.
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I washed all of the windows on the house from the outside.
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I was so tired, so I had a glass of lemonade.
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I talked to my neighbor, and I helped her trim a tree.
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I planted some bulbs, and then I went into the house.
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I was exhausted.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 20 - Working Outside”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: plant, lawn, washed, outside. This video has 22 sentences and 155 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:00. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 65% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wash verb | /wɑʃ/ | To clean with water. |
| lawn noun | /lɔːn/ | Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| furniture noun | /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ | Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. |
| weed noun | /wiːd/ | Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing. |
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| sunny adjective | /ˈsʌni/ | Featuring a lot of sunshine. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| sweep verb | /swiːp/ | To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| trim verb | /ˈtɹɪm/ | To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess. |
| exhaust verb | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. |
| neighbour noun | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or… |
| sidewalk noun | /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ | A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians. |
| bulb noun | /ˈbʌlb/ | The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant… |
| birdbath noun | A shallow basin, sometimes ornamental, filled with water for wild birds to drink from or in which to bathe. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cut back verb | To reduce the amount of (something). |
| fill up verb | To make (something) completely full. |
| take out verb | To remove. |
| wash down verb | To help to swallow (something, especially food or a pill) by drinking a liquid. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, clothesline /ˈkloʊðzlaɪn/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wash, lawn, flower.
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.