Shadowing Practice: GET READY WITH ELI FOR HER BIRTHDAY TRIP - Learn English Speaking with Video

hi everyone and welcome to the new video so today it's just me and this video will be about

basically me getting ready for my birthday trip so it's like just the usual stuff like some

i'm gonna get my nails done lashes and stuff like this also i'm on a diet now which is like

no sugar diet i've done it before and i love it so much it does the best for my skin

i feel like deep bloated as well like i it makes me feel way less bloated

so i love it

so that's what i'm doing i also try to do uh

pilates at least every other day um the best is

if i do it the best day it doesn't have to be anything tough

um but um i like to do something

and then also go for walks because walks are great um

so today i didn't film because my camera was dead

so sorry for that but basically i just got my lashes done

and for all of you wondering what i get done it's a caddy um 1d which is like

like a lash on lash basically it's not like two lashes on one lash

which i used to get done before that was 2d this one is 1d

and it's i think it's 11 to 13 millimeters or 12 to 14 so that's my

lash combo

and uh i also what i did today i walked around

a little bit in the center i uh bought a little just black headband

because i wanted for one of my outfits

and then i um oh yeah in the morning i worked out i did pilates by izzy i find her workout

super super great i did 40 minutes no equipment workout at home uh

and i love them so much like they burn so bad

but i feel great after them so that's it for today today is wednesday

so tomorrow i have quite a lot things to do like organizing

and getting stuff done for my birthday so tomorrow will definitely be more entertaining

and i'll take you guys with me good morning everyone it's thursday morning

and uh i'm just about to do my workout

so i'll show you what type of workout i do like i will not video myself working out because

but um i'll show you on the laptop uh so yeah

and then today is my um busiest day

because i have to get my nails removed as in like with the things

that i'm getting done it's not like i'm super super busy doing something important but just getting ready for my birthday

so I have to get my manicure removed pedicure done

and I need to pick up my shoes because I got them fixed

because my Louboutins were just ruined like absolutely freaking ruined

because those shoes are just not compatible with Prague like let me tell you they are not like

there are these little tiny blocks of brick

that are like super close to one another

and they basically make up most of the pavements

or like sidewalks here and

if you walk there with the Louboutins the heel gets in between those little bricks

but then when you want to pull it out it scratches the

and scrapes the heel so my heels were really like about to give up So yeah,

I got them fixed and they're ready so I'm so happy they got it done before my birthday.

But other than

that my day is not gonna be super super busy i'll just i'd like to go to the post office

and but anyway that's not a thing for this video that's just the boring stuff

that i have to do but um yeah i'll show you the fun stuff

so let's get on with the day

so today i made a little bit of a change

and i am gonna do killer abs uh just 20 minutes

because i did a full body workout that was a bit longer yesterday

so today i'm just doing a quick one uh and it's called it's by train

with gains by brains i guess um and normally i would do this one

but i did that like a couple days ago it's pilates by izzy

and like i don't love to repeat my workouts

so i just decided to do this one guys i'm just good i'm just getting ready to go

and get my manicure removed but um these are acrylic nails yeah

and i don't know um

if i love them like i really like what they look like

but i just think it's super super bad for my nail

but always when i get the gel nails you know like the gel

that um they basically mold on your finger with

that little i hope you know what i mean um then

my um they always just fall off like they always break

or something maybe i'm not careful enough with them

but like it just doesn't work for me

so i don't really know what to do i'm getting these removed

because i'm getting uh gel ones done tomorrow

because i want to switch up

because it's really bad for my nails i can feel it like i can just feel them going really soft

and like wavy and it's not good

and also i feel like you can't see it now

but the skin around the nail um it doesn't look the

best whenever i get these then it'll always look really dry

so i want to switch salon also because of that um

so i don't really know what to do

if you have any like advices or tips how to um make them last longer

or something like the gel ones

because i'm for sure switching to the gel ones now because these really really destroy my nails

so if you have any tips for how to keep the gel ones from snapping

and breaking and everything like that please let me know i'm back home

and i just got my manicure taken off i will try not to show you my nails guys

because they're absolutely disgusting like i hate my nails um

so i will try not to show you

and um i am getting them done tomorrow again

so hopefully um they work out great

but i'm just about to go for my pedicure appointment

and i'm just so excited um i am not sure

if i'll show you the color maybe but i don't know

if it's a good idea showing my feet online like i don't know there are some freaks out there

so maybe i'll just show you my manicure tomorrow

because i'll be getting matching manicure and pedicure

and now i'm just uh gonna well no not now now i'm gonna go

but after that i'm gonna go pick up my shoe

so i'm gonna show you once they're fixed

and then I'll just come home make coffee sit out in the balcony

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because it's super super nice it's a really nice day it's sunny it's 27 degrees like fall is starting

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and I'm kind of ready for it

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but the weather is not like doesn't have the same vibe you know

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but i'm kind of feeling fall already

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so i'd like all of us to get on the same vibe on the same frequency

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and just be ready for for fall

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but anyway i'm gonna read in the balcony

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and then i'm gonna clean up here a little bit maybe

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when i'm picking up my shoes i'll go for a little walk in the center

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and yeah that'll be it for today i think

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but i'll obviously take you along with me for everything

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so let's go i am just fresh

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out of my um pedicure appointment and i am so so happy with the nails

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um but i just wanted to tell you guys

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that i will get the same color for my manicure as

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i did for pedicure i think i already told you

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but it is the time for you now to guess what color i'm getting in the comments

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so go and comment it now because i will be revealing it basically tomorrow

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but for you it will be soon um

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so yeah make your guesses down below

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and now i'm off to pick up my shoes

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so i'll show you what they look like because i also got um like the soles kind of fixed

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fixed so yeah i'll show you

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i have my fixed shoes here

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so um basically what they needed to do the heel was

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totally like you cannot imagine like this was totally off this wasn't there it was kicked off

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because bragg and these shoes actually any heels not just these

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but um what also happens with the loupoutons is

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that um basically the sole scrapes off

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and you need to get this after oh my god i'm

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showing you guys my nails please don't um hate on me

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for my nails i'm insecure about them already freaking enough uh

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but anyway also um the tip of the heel

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or like this was just a bit broken on these uh

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so they fixed it all and they look as

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if they were new obviously then there is this now

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but i mean um if you're getting them fixed that's always gonna be there

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because they need to put like a new soul there

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so yeah but they look great and they are ready for my birthday outfit

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but guys actually talking about this you know how i always like to be extra

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and all that and i'm doing all this oh preparation for um my trip

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and everything so basically my wait till you see my birthday outfit it's actually i think it's quite underwhelming

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but it's about the energy it gives of like this for

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me like bad bitch like like uh i don't know i

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just love the outfit even though it's a bit simple

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and i never really go for simple um

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so yeah just wait for the picture

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and then let me know what you think but i honestly love it

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and i think i'm gonna be super comfortable in it

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and i think i'm gonna feel super confident in it as well so yeah i can't wait to show you so

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I just finished my manicure appointment and as you can see the color is red

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and I love it so

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so much like I love how the manicure turned out um yeah I'm just super happy with it um

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but anyway oh

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if there is a different quality now than in the previous videos I'm sorry I forgot my camera

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so I'm taking this video on my phone uh

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but yeah this is it for today actually we just have two days until we go i'm

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so excited and this week it's the monza race week

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so um that's also super exciting since it's gimme's home race

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i'm gonna be like super super excited to watch it i really hope it goes well

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um and yeah i think that's it for now tomorrow i'm going to do a little bit of shopping

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so i'll also take you guys along with me

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and yeah that's the plan for now hi guys

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so it's what is it saturday and i just finished shopping

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but i didn't buy any clothes that's why i didn't show you

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it's the very last day of me getting ready for my trip basically

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because tomorrow it's just gonna be packing and like ironing

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and all the boring stuff

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so i'll actually just show you what i got um in this it's like oh it's something like sephora

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but more like skincare hair care and that type of stuff um

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so first i got um this hair serum for hair fall

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because i don't know why but my hair just falls constantly

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and i hate it so i got this

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and i also have the shampoo for hair loss from this

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brand uh in case you wonder what shampoo i use

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but i don't know i don't think my hair is

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that great that anyone would want any like inspiration from my hair routine

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or something like that and then i have um this blow dry cream

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which is basically for um what is it called heat protection

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when you blow dry your hair because i don't use it heat protection and it's

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really bad uh for my hair

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and then i this was a present from them um

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because they just gave it to me with the just with

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everything else i bought oh my god my eyes sorry guys for the sun this is insane oh

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and now you can't even see me okay i'll just finish like this

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so i got this and that's um i think a fragrance for the apartment

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which is actually great and then i got this brush

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and that's basically it i wanted to buy some clothes

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but they didn't really have anything nice in zara

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or anywhere else where I went so I didn't get anything with

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that I think this is everything for the video I hope

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you enjoyed um watching me get ready for my birthday trip

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and I know that like it's a bit extreme

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that I have to have like everything kind of in place

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and everything ready and like feel

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or like get my nails done get my pedicure done get my lashes done

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and everything like around that

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but um first of all it's my birthday that's why I mostly did

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that and also um like if I'm already going somewhere

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and um I know we're gonna be just going out to places

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and we're just gonna be having good time I also want to feel my best

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so that's why I did all of this

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and it's not like I do it before every every single trip

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so yeah thank you guys for watching and

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if you have any trips coming up or anything like

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that please let me know in the comments I'd love to read what you are up to

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and bye see you in the next video

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 206 sentences and 2393 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:07. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

nail /neɪl/ (noun) — The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
shoe /ˈʃu/ (noun) — A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ (noun) — An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
heel /hil/ (noun) — The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
outfit /ˈaʊtfɪt/ (noun) — A set of clothing (with accessories).
ruin /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ (noun) — The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
sole /səʊl/ (noun) — The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
brick /ˈbɹɪk/ (noun) — A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
vibe /vaɪb/ (noun) — An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.
bore /boɹ/ (verb) — To inspire boredom in somebody.
balcony /ˈbælkəni/ (noun) — An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.
shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/ (noun) — A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (noun) — A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
killer /ˈkɪlɚ/ (noun) — One who or that which kills.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

go for (verb) — To try for, to attempt to reach.
pick up (verb) — To lift; to grasp and raise.
work out /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To calculate.
get in (verb) — To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
clean up (verb) — To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
come up (verb) — To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
do for (verb) — To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
done for (adjective) — Doomed; without hope of recovery.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 109 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, compatible /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/

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 nail, shoe, workout.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	were just ruined · was kicked
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the best
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	i'm doing · i'm getting · i'm just doing
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	gonna get · gonna be · gonna do

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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