Shadowing Practice: Everybody Up 6 - Unit 1 - Getting Around - Lesson 4 - Sightseeing - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Page 10.
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Lesson 4.
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Sightseeing.
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B. Listen, point, and say.
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1. Capital 2.
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Busy 3.
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Similar 4.
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Giant Panda 5.
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Honor 6.
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Observe Page 10.
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See, listen, and read.
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Sightseeing in Tokyo.
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With over 13 million people living there, Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world.
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It is also the capital of Japan.
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Tokyo is a busy and exciting city with many places to see.
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Tokyo Tower is very similar to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, but is 9 meters taller.
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Tokyo Tower is not next to a train station, but you can catch a taxi or walk instead.
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Ueno Zoo is Tokyo's most famous zoo.
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It has over 2 ,500 animals, including the popular giant panda.
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To get to Ueno Zoo, take the train to Ueno Station and walk for five minutes through Ueno Park.
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Meiji Shrine honors
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Japan's Emperor Meiji.
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You can find it inside a forest near Yoyogi Park.
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To get to Meiji Shrine, take the train to Harajuku Station and walk to the shrine entrance.
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Shinagawa Aquarium opened in 1991.
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You can observe penguins, sharks, and seals there.
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To get to Shinagawa Aquarium, you can ride a free bus from Oemachi Station.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Everybody Up 6 - Unit 1 - Getting Around - Lesson 4 - Sightseeing”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Tokyo, Ueno, station, Meiji, shrine. This video has 27 sentences and 185 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:16. The speaker talks slowly, about 81 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
shrine noun/ʃɹaɪ̯n/A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or…
observe verb/əbˈzɜːv/To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
panda noun/ˈpɑndə/A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
lesson noun/ˈlɛs.ən/A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
entrance noun/ˈɛn.tɹəns/The action of entering, or going in.
seal noun/siːl/A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
taxi noun/ˈtæksi/A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
meter noun/ˈmitəɹ/A device that measures things.
penguin noun/ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/Any of several flightless sea birds, of the family Spheniscidae within the order Sphenisciformes, found in the Southern Hemisphere, marked by their usual…
sightseeing nounThe activity of going out looking at things; tourism.
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
giant noun/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/A mythical human or humanoid of very great size.
tall adjective/tɔl/Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shrine, observe, panda.

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.

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