Shadowing Practice: Get ready for starters - Unit 4.1 - từ vựng - Learn English Speaking with Video

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16 sentences
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An orange, lemons, a pineapple,
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a mango, grapes, kiwis, limes,
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pears.
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A watermelon What are these?
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They're limes What's this?
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It's a banana
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Bread Coconut Beans Peas Rice
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Potato Carrot Onion Tomato
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Pie Would you like some beans?
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Yes, please No, thank you
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What do you eat for breakfast?
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That's a big breakfast.
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Eggs, sausages, tomatoes and beans.
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Bread and fruit.
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What do you eat for lunch Sam?
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I eat fish, rice and pineapple pull.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Get ready for starters - Unit 4.1 - từ vựng”. This video has 16 sentences and 75 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:44. 5 of its 16 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
bean noun/ˈbi(ː)n/Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
lime noun/laɪm/Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
pineapple noun/ˈpaɪnəpəl/A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
potato noun/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
lemon noun/ˈlɛmən/A yellowish citrus fruit.
banana noun/bəˈnænə/An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
tomato noun/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
sausage noun/ˈsɔsɪd͡ʒ/A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic…
grape noun/ɡɹeɪp/A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the…
mango noun/ˈmæŋɡəʊ/Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees.
kiwi noun/ˈkiːwi/A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
pear noun/pɛɹ/An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.

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 bean, lime, pineapple.

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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