Shadowing Practice: Get Ready with Me for a Date | Slow British English - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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This is a video in slow English to help you practice your listening comprehension.
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Tonight I have a date.
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It is a date with my boyfriend,
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um, so it's not a first date or anything but I thought that we could get ready together.
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I'm starting with my skincare.
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So I have just washed my face and now I need to moisturise my skin.
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My skin right now like sucks honestly because I have been travelling.
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I've been travelling so my skin is kind of bad.
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I'm gonna put on this moisturiser.
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It's this one.
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It's the Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturiser.
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Me and my boyfriend, we have been together for two years and today is the anniversary.
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We have a long distance relationship right now.
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It has not always been long distance but right now we are doing long distance.
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So we're celebrating our anniversary on FaceTime.
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Maybe that's sad but he's coming to visit me next week.
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I also have a drink.
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I'm gonna start with my foundation.
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Honestly, I prefer to keep my relationship quite separate from everything I do here.
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We have been together for two years and we live in different countries.
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We actually, we have lived together before,
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so we live together in Sweden
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when I used to live in Stockholm I lived with my boyfriend we lived together
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and it was so great um I really loved living with him
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so yeah I definitely I definitely miss
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that in many ways what am I doing I'm now gonna do my eyeshadow so I honestly like
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I can't find my eyeshadow palette so I'm using this teeny little Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow.
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It's got like four four colors um and honestly they're not really my they're not really my color.
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When I do makeup I love doing like super dark like super dark eye makeup
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but this is like really light it's like a little pastel
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little pastel palette but it's cute today I have been working
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so I work as an English teacher I know some people are asking me about opening classes
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but at the moment I I do want to do
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that in the future
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so in the future I would love to open kind of classes on here
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but I'm still trying to work out how this can work in terms of like my calendar
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and my schedule and international payments and things like this.
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In the UK, we do study languages at school,
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but oh, I'm sharpening my eyeliner.
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This is my eyeliner sharpener.
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Yeah, so in the UK,
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we do study languages at school,
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but we do a really bad,
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a really bad job at it, honestly.
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So So we.. we start studying languages in secondary school.
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Secondary school is when you are 12,
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you start studying at 12,
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but you do one year of French.
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I then did one year of Spanish.
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And then if you want to keep studying languages,
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then you can, or you can do something else.
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So I did not study any languages.
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I did it for two years,
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a year of French and a year of Spanish.
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and I know, I knew nothing.
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Like, now I speak a little bit of Spanish.
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I can survive in Spanish if I need to but,
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you know, my French...
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Bonjour.
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There's nothing else.
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Like, my French does not exist.
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I also realised I did not explain what I'm doing with my makeup so
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I'm now using the L'Oreal Paris brown eyeliner whatever um I I started using brown eyeliner recently
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because I used to wear
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so much eyeliner like I was not an emo I was not like an emo kid
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but I was not an emo kid but I wanted to be
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but I still really like wearing a lot of eye makeup um
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and it's funny because I don't know what I'm doing I just put it on
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and I and I smudge it I just smudge it like this
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and that's this is what I do I recently have been thinking about investing
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isn't that scary but I feel like now I'm like a grown-up now
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so I'm starting to think about okay financial stability going into
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the future you know how am I going to save money things like this
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and I don't know what I'm doing so if you have a book on finances that you recommend or maybe
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maybe a content creator let me know I don't have a blush at the minute um a blush is something
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that I really like I want to invest in um the other day I was in Sweden
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and I went to Sephora which is where I bought this foundation
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so I'm using the Charlotte Tilbury I don't know what this
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is glow stick whatever um i yeah i bought this from charlotte tilbury
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and i also wanted to buy one of the blushes from road
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but they didn't have a road in sephora so i'm using a lipstick.
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Is that bad?
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But I use this lipstick.
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I just do that.
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And I get my fingers.
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I get my fingers and I smudge.
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I smudge the blush.
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Something I haven't done yet is my mascara.
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for some reason I always put off doing my mascara I put it off until the end
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so I avoid doing it I don't know why I think it's
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because my I like to put mascara on my lower lashes
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so the eyelashes on the bottom and sometimes that makes a mess like my eyelashes on the bottom are quite long
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so I can't finish my base,
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my skin, until I have done my mascara.
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I just curl my eyelashes up with my finger.
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My microphone died so I've changed it.
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What was I saying?
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I was saying about my mascara, I think.
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I always use the Clinique High Impact mascara.
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It's the best mascara ever.
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I actually, I've been using it for like eight, maybe 10 years, honestly.
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I just, I love it.
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Me and my boyfriend, we met in the US.
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I used to live in California.
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I spent one year living in San Diego,
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which is a city in the south of California.
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I lived in San Diego for one year as part of an exchange.
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I was there for study abroad and I went to UC San Diego and it was the best.
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I think there's a joke,
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at least in the UK,
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there's a joke that people who go on study abroad never shut up.
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Like they always talk about their study abroad and that is me.
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I'm going to add a little bit of bronzer to my nose
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as well i need to finish my makeup with my lipstick
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so i i always always always wear this clinique black honey it's super sheer
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so it's not super dark
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and i i love it honestly i have three i have three in every every handbag every single handbag
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that i have has one of these
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this is everything I'm gonna do for my makeup I'm now going to do my hair
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so I have my straighteners here I need to turn them
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on I also need to plug them in hang on I am here with Wilson by the way
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I don't think you've seen him,
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but can you see he's here?
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I'm gonna curl my hair.
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I work a desk job.
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So my job is I sit at my desk and I talk to people and I love it.
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Like honestly guys, I love my job,
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but I don't move
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And I think naturally as a person I'm quite lazy
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I don't love exercise like some people some people just love running some people love running
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and I am not one of those people like I hate running I hate running I I will hike
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but I won't camp for example like I'm just I'm just
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lazy I don't want to carry a bag I'm now going to curl my fringe.
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In the UK this hair at the front here we call this a fringe.
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Americans call these bangs.
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I think it's originally American English but honestly the Brits we call this bang we call these bangs now as well.
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And here is the finished hair.
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I now need to choose my outfit it
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so obviously our date is going to be online
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so I'm gonna try and find like a cute a cute top
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but honestly I'm gonna just wear these these jeans um I'm gonna just wear these jeans
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because like they're quite comfy honestly these are comfy comfy jeans um and I just like cannot be bothered
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to change them no one's gonna see one thing of mine
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that I love is this I have this super cute like green what is this like a little green top
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and it's kind of can you see the texture it's like embroidered let me let me try this on
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okay I think this is the this is the final the final look um we're gonna have dinner together
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and then yeah enjoy enjoy the evening this video was um it was a little bit a little bit different
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from the usual videos that I film um but hopefully hopefully you enjoyed
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and hopefully you could understand me um I know this was a very chatty a very chatty video
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so but other than that thank you so so much for watching
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and I will see you in the next video bye thank you
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice your English listening comprehension and speaking skills by following along with a slow British English video titled "Get Ready with Me for a Date." The video takes you through a casual preparation routine before a date, providing a great context for learning everyday vocabulary and phrases. By focusing on the speaker's narration, you can enhance your understanding of conversational English, particularly in personal and relationship contexts, while also improving your pronunciation.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Skincare - The process of caring for the skin, often involving washing and moisturizing.
- Moisturiser - A cream or lotion used to keep skin hydrated.
- Long distance relationship - A romantic relationship where partners live far apart from each other.
- Anniversary - The date on which an event took place in a previous year, often celebrated in romantic contexts.
- Eyeshadow - A cosmetic applied to the eyelids to add color.
- English teacher - A person who teaches the English language, often focusing on speaking and writing skills.
- Secondary school - An educational institution for students typically between the ages of 12 to 16.
Practice Tips
To make the most of this lesson and effectively improve your English pronunciation, consider using a shadowing app or shadowing site while watching the video. Shadowing involves listening to the speaker and trying to mimic their speech as closely as possible. Here are specific tips for this video:
- Listen Carefully: Start by listening to the video without repeating anything. Focus on how the speaker articulates words and phrases.
- Slow it Down: If necessary, slow down the playback speed of the video to better catch the nuances of the pronunciation.
- Repeat and Imitate: Pause after each sentence or phrase and repeat it out loud. Pay attention to rhythm, intonation, and stress to enhance your English speaking practice.
- Use Visual Cues: As you practice, observe the speaker’s facial expressions and gestures. This will help you connect the language with emotions and meanings.
- Record Yourself: Use your smartphone or computer to record your practice sessions. Listening to your pronunciation can help you notice areas for improvement.
By regularly using this method, you can significantly enhance your fluency and confidence in speaking English, making everyday conversations feel more natural.
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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