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42D.
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An exciting week for Alex.
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Listen and draw circles around Charlie's answers.
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Charlie, it's your school trip to the zoo today.
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Would you like to take something to eat?
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Yes, please, Dad.
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Well, there is a milkshake and some chicken and salad sandwiches.
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Cool.
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How about taking some orange juice too?
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Good idea.
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What about some of Grandma's coffee cake?
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It's really nice.
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All right.
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And would you like to buy an ice cream at the zoo?
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No thanks.
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And have you got your ticket, Charlie?
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Yes, don't worry.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 17 sentences and 90 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:59. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
juice noun/d͡ʒuːs/A liquid made from plant, especially 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…
sandwich noun/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
milkshake noun/ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/A thick beverage consisting of milk and ice cream mixed together, often with fruit, chocolate, or other flavoring.
cream noun/kɹiːm/The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
orange noun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
ticket noun/ˈtɪk.ɪt/A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
circle noun/ˈsɜɹkəl/A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
cake noun/keɪk/A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
trip noun/tɹɪp/A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
coffee noun/ˈkɑfi/A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
worry verb/ˈwʌ.ɹi/To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
draw verb/dɹɑ/To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.

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 juice, salad, sandwich.

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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