Shadowing Practice: English Shadowing with Jack Ma 💡 | 1 Hour a Day Can Change Your Life | Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One hour, 60 minutes, 3 ,600 seconds.
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One hour, 60 minutes, 3 ,600 seconds.
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That's all.
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You waste more than that on TikTok every single day.
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That's all.
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You waste more than that on TikTok every single day.
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But if you protect just one focused hour,
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every day, starting tomorrow… But if you protect just one focused hour,
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every day, starting tomorrow… Your bank account,
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your body, your future self will not recognize you in 5 years.
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Your bank account, your body, your future self will not recognize you in 5 years.
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Tonight, I prove it, and I make you promise to start.
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Ready?
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Let's go.
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Tonight, I prove it, and I make you promise to start.
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Ready?
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Let's go.
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When I was young and broke, I had exactly the same 24 hours you have right now.
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When I was young and broke, I had exactly the same 24 hours you have right now.
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But every single day, I stole one hour.
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But every single day, I stole one hour.
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Only one.
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One, to learn English, to study business, to dream bigger.
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Only one, to learn English, to study business, to dream bigger.
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That one hour turned a failed teacher into the guy who started Adibaba.
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That one hour turned a failed teacher into the guy who started Adibaba.
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Let me give you the math that will shock you.
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Let me give you the math that will shock you.
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One focused hour a day equals 365 hours a year equals 15 full days straight of pure work.
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1 focused hour a day equals 365 hours a year equals 15 full days straight of pure work.
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In five years, equals 75 full days,
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equals more than two straight months of extra life.
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In 5 years equals 75 full days equals more than 2 straight months of extra life.
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Two extra months nobody else has while they're scrolling.
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That's your unfair advantage.
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Two extra months nobody else has while they're scrolling.
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That's your unfair advantage.
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There is a famous saying that gather enough sand and you build a tower.
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There is a famous saying that gather enough sand and you build a tower.
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Collect enough tiny things and you get a fur coat.
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Collect enough tiny things and you get a fur coat.
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Big success is never one giant leap.
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Big success is never one giant leap.
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It's one tiny hour repeated like a madman.
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It's one tiny hour repeated like a madman.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “English Shadowing with Jack Ma 💡”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: hour, equals, tiny, focused, extra. This video has 45 sentences and 392 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:47. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| coat noun | /ˈkoʊ̯t/ | An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| unfair adjective | /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ | Not just. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| leap verb | /ˈliːp/ | To jump. |
| scroll noun | /skɹoʊl/ | A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll. |
| madman noun | /ˈmædˌmæn/ | A man who is insane or mentally disturbed. |
| equal adjective | /ˈiːkwəl/ | The same in one or more respects. |
| tiny adjective | /ˈtaɪni/ | Very small. |
| pure adjective | /pjʊɹ/ | Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied. |
| giant noun | /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/ | A mythical human or humanoid of very great size. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | guy who started |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will not recognize · will shock |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | they're scrolling |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
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, sand, steal.
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.