Shadowing Practice: Everything Miranda Kerr Eats in a Day | Food Diaries | Harper's BAZAAR - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Everything Miranda Kerr Eats in a Day”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: lemon, favorite, enjoy, cook, add. This video has 58 sentences and 543 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:27. The speaker talks at a natural 158 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lemon noun | /ˈlɛmən/ | A yellowish citrus fruit. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| cucumber noun | /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/ | A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus. |
| spinach noun | /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/ | A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves. |
| turmeric noun | /ˈtɝ.mɚ.ɪk/ | An Indian plant (Curcuma longa), with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). |
| almond noun | /ˈɑ(l).mənd/ | The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. |
| coconut noun | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| garlic noun | /ˈɡɑɹlɪk/ | A plant, Allium sativum, related to the onion, having a pungent bulb much used in cooking. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| yoga noun | /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ | Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system… |
| arugula noun | /əˈɹuɡələ/ | Eruca spp., especially Eruca sativa (syn. Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa) |
| avocado noun | /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/ | The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree. |
| blender noun | /ˈblɛn.dɚ/ | A machine with sharp rotating blades in a bowl, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients. |
| blueberry noun | /ˈbluˌbɛ.ɹi/ | An edible round berry, belonging to the cowberry group (Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus), with flared crowns at the end, that turns blue on ripening. |
| cauliflower noun | /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/ | Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, an annual variety of cabbage, of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm just going to let · I'm going to have |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll then make · I'll add |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: nutritious /nuːˈtɹɪʃəs/, mash /mæʃ/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: arugula /əˈɹuɡələ/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, cauliflower /ˈkɔl.ɪˌflaʊ.ɚ/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
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 lemon, salad, cucumber.
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.























