Shadowing Practice: FCE1 TEST1 PART4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Now turn to part four.
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You'll hear an interview with Trina Travos, a pop singer who is only 15.
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For questions 24 to 30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
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You now have one minute in which to look at part four.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Marina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
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It was wonderful.
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I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
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What did your classmates at school think?
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I just told close friends what I was doing in the States and I thought, well, if the records were successful then I'd tell everyone.
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And they were successful.
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Right.
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And my friends were very good about it, not envious or anything.
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Did you like being in the USA?
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Oh, yes.
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Most of the time it was great.
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The people are so friendly.
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Did you manage to write any songs there?
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Well, yeah, I did.
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Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
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You know, Mum, Dad, my sister.
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They weren't with me in the States.
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And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
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Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
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No, no. We did play in London once.
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We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
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There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
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I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
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Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
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No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
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Yeah?
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He was recording an album in the same studio and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him.
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And he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
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But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
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No, there was Lance Lakatov.
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But you had heard of him?
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Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
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And you were in his TV series?
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Yes.
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And what was that like?
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It was a really good experience.
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I hadn't done anything like that before.
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And they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
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Oh, so I thought, but they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame, because I had to go back to the USA.
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Oh!
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I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc., and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
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Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
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Why is that?
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Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
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The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice, in a way.
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Why do you say that?
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Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
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But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
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No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
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But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here.
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So maybe they will release the record.
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So, where do you see your career going?
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Will you go back to the States?
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Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
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I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
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Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
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I can still write, after all.
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In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
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Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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Now you'll hear part four again.
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Trina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
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It was wonderful.
74
I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
75
What did your classmates at school think?
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I just told close friends what I was doing in the States.
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and I thought, well, if the records were successful, then I'd tell everyone.
78
And they were successful.
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Right.
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And my friends were very good about it.
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Not envious or anything.
82
Did you like being in the USA?
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Oh, yes.
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Most of the time it was great.
85
The people are so friendly.
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Did you manage to write any songs there?
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Well, yeah, I did.
88
Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
89
You know, mum, dad, my sister.
90
They weren't with me in the States.
91
And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
92
Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
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No, no. We did play in London once.
97
We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
98
There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
99
I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
100
Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
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No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
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Yeah?
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He was recording an album in the same studio, and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him, with him and he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
104
But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
105
No, there was Lance Lakatov.
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But you had heard of him?
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Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
108
And you were in his TV series?
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Yes.
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And what was that like?
111
It was a really good experience.
112
I hadn't done anything like that before and they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
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Or so I thought.
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But they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame because I had to go back to the USA.
115
Oh!
116
I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc. and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
117
Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
118
Why is that?
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Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
120
The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice in a way.
121
Why do you say that?
122
Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
123
But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
124
No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
125
But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here, so maybe they will release the record.
126
So, where do you see your career going?
127
Will you go back to the States?
128
Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
129
I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
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Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full-time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
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I can still write, after all.
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In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
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Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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That's the end of Part 4.
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There'll now be a pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet.
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Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions.
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I'll remind you when there is one minute left so that you're sure to finish in time.
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That's the end of the test.
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Please stop now.
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Your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and answer sheets.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “FCE1 TEST1 PART4”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: record, England, Usa, song. This video has 140 sentences and 1645 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:13. The speaker talks at a natural 178 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 32 of its 140 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| chart noun | /t͡ʃɑɹt/ | A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon. |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| arrangement noun | /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/ | The act of arranging. |
| pleasant adjective | /ˈplɛz.ənt/ | Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner. |
| purely adverb | /ˈpjʊɹli/ | Wholly; really, completely. |
| delight noun | /dəˈlaɪt/ | Joy; pleasure. |
| persuade verb | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. |
| surround verb | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| remind verb | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| come back from verb | To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What did your classmates at school think?
- Did you manage to write any songs there?
- I hadn't done anything like that before.
- Why do you say that?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | you've been making · has been trying |
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if the records were successful then I'd tell · if the records were successful, then I'd tell |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being surrounded · were actually approached · be discovered |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've just come · have been · you've never been |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 43 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you've, hadn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 chart, sheet, discover.
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.