Shadowing Practice: FUN FOR FLYERS 4TH - UNIT 10A - PAGE 24 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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10a.
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Clothes, animals and school.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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Grandpa, look at this picture on my phone.
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I took it on our school trip.
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Wow, it's lovely.
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Where did you go?
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To a butterfly farm.
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It was brilliant there.
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Everything was so interesting.
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Good.
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Can you see the answer?
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Now you listen and write.
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Which day did you go to the butterfly farm? On Monday.
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We took some pictures while we were there and had to make a poster about it later in the week.
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I see.
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Was the butterfly farm far away?
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Did you have to go by train?
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Not this time.
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The driver took us there in the school bus.
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It didn't take very long to get there.
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And were you there all day?
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No, we left school at nine o 'clock.
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Sorry, it was half past nine.
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Quite early, then.
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Tell me more.
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What did you see there?
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Hundreds of really beautiful insects.
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I loved visiting the part where they had all the butterflies, but they had a few unusual birds and other animals there, too.
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There was a black swan.
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That was the most unusual thing I saw there, I think.
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And did you give it something to eat?
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No. They have to eat special food, Grandpa.
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But there was a surprise for us when my friends and I got hungry.
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What do you mean?
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Our teachers gave us a picnic.
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Great.
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Did you eat your picnic outside?
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Yes, next to a waterfall.
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It was really pretty, but you can't swim there.
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Come and look at my homework.
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I described everything I saw.
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My teacher said it was very good.
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In a minute, OK.
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I want to make a cup of tea first.
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All right.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “FUN FOR FLYERS 4TH - UNIT 10A - PAGE 24”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: butterfly, farm, eat. This video has 47 sentences and 292 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:29. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 47 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| butterfly noun | /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/ | A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |
| unusual adjective | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | Not usual, out of the ordinary. |
| picnic noun | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| poster noun | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| swan noun | /swɑn/ | Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage. |
| insect noun | /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ | An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. |
| waterfall noun | /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ | A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you see the answer?
- Which day did you go to the butterfly farm?
- Did you have to go by train?
- What did you see there?
- Did you eat your picnic outside?
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 butterfly, unusual, picnic.
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.