Shadowing Practice: G7 U5 Mindmap - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Food and Drink Hello, everyone.
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Today, I would like to talk about food and drink.
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Food and drink are very important in our daily life.
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They give us energy and help us stay healthy.
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There are many kinds of food and drink, such as rice, noodles, soup,
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chicken, pork, tofu, vegetables, fruit,
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milk, juice, lemonade, and mineral water.
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My favorite food is spring rolls.
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They are popular in Vietnam.
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They are made with meat, vegetables, and rice paper.
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I like spring rolls because they are delicious and easy to eat.
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I often eat them with my family at weekends or on special days.
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I also like rice with pork and vegetable soup.
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I think Vietnamese food is very tasty and healthy.
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My favorite drink is orange juice because it is sweet and fresh.
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I also drink a lot of water every day because water is good for my health.
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To have a healthy diet, we should eat more fruit and vegetables.
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We should drink enough water and milk.
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We shouldn't eat too much fast food or drink too many soft drinks because they are not good for our health.
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Sometimes my family eats out at a restaurant.
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I like eating at a restaurant because I can try different dishes.
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However, I think eating at home is better because it is cheaper and healthier.
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That is all about food and drink.
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Thank you for listening.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “G7 U5 Mindmap”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: drink, eat, vegetable, rice, healthy. This video has 24 sentences and 234 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:17. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| soup noun | /sup/ | Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food… |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| mineral noun | /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/ | Any naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic… |
| tasty adjective | /ˈteɪsti/ | Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor. |
| noodle noun | /ˈnu.dəl/ | A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and… |
| tofu noun | /ˈtoʊfu/ | A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk. |
| restaurant noun | /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ | An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter. |
| milk verb | /mɪlk/ | To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| fruit noun | /fɹut/ | A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically |
| soft adjective | /sɔft/ | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| meat noun | /mit/ | The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, dish /dɪʃ/
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 vegetable, juice, soup.
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.