Shadowing Practice: 📍EP 156: Lễ Vu Lan Báo Hiếu - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Today, I would like to talk about the meaning of Vũ LÀN, the festival of filial piety in Vietnam.
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This day is not only a Buddhist ceremony
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but also a reminder for everyone to think of the love and sacrifices of their parents.
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When people offer flowers, light incense, and pray, they are expressing gratitude to those who gave them life and raised them with care.
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Vũ LÀN is even more touching for those who have lost their father, mother, or even both.
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The prayers they make are filled with longing and respect, because they wish to send love to the world beyond.
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Many families gather at pagodas or at home to pray for parents to live in peace
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or to rest in serenity if they have passed away.
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The festival teaches that love for parents is the root of every virtue, and that memory keeps them alive in our hearts forever.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “📍EP 156: Lễ Vu Lan Báo Hiếu”. This video has 9 sentences and 154 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:58. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pray verb | /pɹeɪ/ | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| ceremony noun | /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/ | A ritual, with religious or cultural significance. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| prayer noun | /pɹɛɚ/ | A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. |
| sacrifice noun | /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ | Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity. |
| gather verb | /ˈɡæðɚ/ | To collect normally separate things. |
| reminder noun | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | Someone or something that reminds. |
| virtue noun | /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/ | The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known… |
| gratitude noun | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | The state of being grateful. |
| filial adjective | /ˈfɪl.i.əl/ | Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. |
| incense noun | /ˈɪnsɛns/ | Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons. |
| pagoda noun | /pəˈɡoʊ.də/ | A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point. |
| piety noun | /ˈpaɪ̯ɪti/ | Reverence and devotion to God. |
| serenity noun | /səˈɹɛnɪti/ | The state of being serene; calmness; peacefulness. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pass away verb | To die. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have lost · have passed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who gave · those who have |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are filled |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are expressing |
Pronunciation to watch
- Long words — get the stress right: ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, serenity /səˈɹɛnɪti/
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 pray, ceremony, 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.