Shadowing Practice: Go from Basic to Fluent Speaking English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Go from basic English to fluent English speaking?
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How are we going to do that?
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We're going to do that with some practical, useful English speaking practice.
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Let's take a look at this.
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Here's the basic phrase.
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Don't give up.
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Don't give up.
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We've all heard that.
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But let's try this.
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Let's level up and say, keep going.
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You've got this.
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Keep going.
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Let's take that G at the end of going and take the G off and say, keep going.
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Keep going.
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You've got this.
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Yeah, keep going.
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You've got this.
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How about this basic phrase?
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If you work hard, you can do anything.
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Let's level it up and say it like this.
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If you put in the effort, there's nothing you can't achieve.
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Say it again.
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If you put in the effort, there's nothing you can't achieve.
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All right.
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In that nothing, you can also say nothing, nothing, cut off the G.
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Nothing you can't achieve.
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All right.
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Let's keep it up.
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Oh, we got some extra.
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Keep believing in yourself and stay motivated.
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You've got this.
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All right, just a little extra add -on.
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Basic, I woke up early.
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Level up.
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I managed to wake up surprisingly early this morning.
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I managed to wake up surprisingly early this morning.
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Try it.
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I managed to wake up surprisingly early this morning.
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I usually don't wake up early, but this morning, I somehow managed.
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All right, here's a little extra.
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It gave me some extra time to prepare for the day.
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That's a good thing.
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It gave me some extra time to prepare for the day.
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For, for, for, for.
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That for becomes for.
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To prepare for the day.
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To prepare for the day.
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Time to prepare for the day.
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Speaking practice, baby.
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Let's keep it going.
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Here's a basic one.
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I ate breakfast.
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Let's level it up.
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I enjoyed a nice breakfast this morning.
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I enjoyed a nice breakfast this morning.
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I enjoyed a quick but delicious breakfast before heading out.
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It really set a positive tone for my morning.
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Say it with me together.
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Let's shadow this.
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Ready?
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I enjoyed a quick but delicious breakfast before heading out.
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It really set a positive tone for my morning.
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Try it again.
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I enjoyed a quick but delicious breakfast before heading out.
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It really set a positive tone for my morning.
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I went to work.
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I made my way to work.
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Oh, there's a good one.
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I made my way.
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If you make your way to something, you go.
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I went.
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I made my way.
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I commuted.
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There's another way to say it.
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I commuted to work this morning, feeling energized and ready to tackle the day's challenges.
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Tackle.
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Take on.
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I commuted, commuted to work, commuted to work this morning, feeling energized and ready to tackle the day's challenges.
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I commuted to work this morning, feeling energized and ready to tackle the day's challenges.
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Why don't you go ahead and say it by yourself?
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okay you got it how was your morning someone asks you how was your morning
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and you answer it was good no level it up and say my morning was quite productive my morning was quite productive
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It was good.
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I actually managed to finish a few important tasks
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and even had time to enjoy a peaceful cup of tea before starting work.
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Shadow me.
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I actually managed to finish a few important tasks
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and I even had time to enjoy a peaceful cup of tea before starting work.
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One more time.
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I actually managed to finish a few important tasks, and I even had time to enjoy a peaceful cup of tea before starting work.
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I'm tired.
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I'm tired too.
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Or, I'm feeling a bit drained today.
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That's a good way to say I'm tired.
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I'm drained.
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If your energy has left your body, you are drained.
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I'm feeling a bit drained today because I didn't get enough sleep last night, but I'm trying to stay focused.
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I'm feeling a bit drained today because I didn't get enough sleep last night, But I'm trying to stay focused.
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Did you notice I cut the G off trying?
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Trying, trying, trying to, trying to, trying to stay focused.
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I'm trying to stay focused.
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Are you trying to stay focused?
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Okay, stay focused.
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What are you doing later?
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What are you doing?
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There's that G getting cut off again.
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What are you doing later?
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And this T is a D sound.
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Later.
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Later.
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See you later, alligator.
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What are you doing later?
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I will meet my friend.
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That's robotic.
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How about later this afternoon, I'm planning to meet up with a close friend of mine.
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That's good.
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Later.
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Later this afternoon, I'm planning to...
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Planning.
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Planning.
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Planning to...
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I'm planning to meet up with a close friend of mine.
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Later this afternoon, I'm planning to meet up with a close friend of mine.
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Say it.
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We haven't seen each other in a while, so I'm really looking forward to catching up over coffee.
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We haven't seen each other in a while, so I'm really looking forward to catching up over coffee.
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yeah catching up over coffee so talking to each other about what you've been doing
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while drinking coffee do you have any plans for the weekend yes i will rest
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straight forward and to the point i will rest how about this this weekend i'm hoping to get
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Some much needed rest.
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Ooh, some much needed rest.
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Not just any rest, some much needed rest.
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This weekend, I'm hoping to get some much needed rest.
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Try it.
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Yes, sirree, I am hoping to get some much needed rest
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but I'm also planning to spend time with family and maybe even explore a new restaurant in the city.
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Ooh, ambitious.
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He is ambitious, but I'm also planning to spend time with family and maybe even explore a new restaurant in the city.
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All right, let's move on.
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I will go shopping.
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will you now?
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How about this?
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I'm planning to go shopping tomorrow afternoon to pick up a few essentials.
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To pick up a few essentials.
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Things that I need.
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I'm going to buy things I need.
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Pick up a few essentials.
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And I might also browse around for some new clothes.
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browse around.
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Browse around means, you know, go to different stores, look at different stores and check out some clothing.
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All right, so let's shadow this one.
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Say it with me.
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I'm planning to go shopping tomorrow afternoon to pick up a few essentials, and I might also browse around for some new clothes.
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Clothes Clothes Say it again.
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I'm planning to go shopping tomorrow afternoon to pick up a few essentials
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and I might also browse around for some new clothes.
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Or, what else could you say?
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You could say this.
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Ready?
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I need to go shopping later today, mostly for groceries, But I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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I need to go shopping later today, later today, mostly for groceries, groceries, groceries.
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But I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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But I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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Did you get that rhythm?
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But I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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Bye.
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but I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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I need to go shopping later today, mostly for groceries, but I also want to check out the bookstore nearby.
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Go ahead and say it.
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Good.
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I'm happy.
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Or, level up.
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I'm absolutely delighted because I received some wonderful news today.
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I'm absolutely delighted because I received some wonderful news today.
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I wonder what the wonderful news was.
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I'm sad.
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Oh, I'm feeling a bit down.
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That's a better way to say sad.
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Feeling a bit down.
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If you're feeling a bit down, you're sad.
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I'm feeling a bit down today because the gloomy weather is affecting my mood.
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I'm feeling a bit down today because the gloomy weather is affecting my mood.
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You say it.
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That's too bad.
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Sorry to hear that.
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I'm angry.
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I'm quite frustrated because I spent so much time working on that project and it didn't turn out the way I expected.
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This is a good one to shadow with.
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Let's go ahead and shadow this from I'm, not I'm angry.
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I'm quite frustrated because I spent so much time working on that project and it didn't turn out the way I expected.
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I'm quite frustrated because I spent so much time working on that project and it didn't turn out the way I expected.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Now imagine someone asks you, how do you feel about your job these days?
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How are you feeling about your job these days?
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You feeling good?
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Eh, it's fine.
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So that's a simple answer.
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It's fine.
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My job's fine.
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Or let's level up.
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Lately, I've been feeling quite motivated at work because I've been given more responsibility and I'm enjoying the challenge.
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Wow, what a positive mindset.
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Let's practice that.
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Lately, I've been feeling quite motivated at work because I've been given more responsibility and I'm enjoying the challenge.
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Let's speed it up a little.
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Lately, I've been feeling quite motivated at work because I've been given more responsibility and I'm enjoying the challenge.
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Are you enjoying the challenge of shadowing me and repeating after me?
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Now imagine the opposite.
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You want to express dissatisfaction.
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I don't like my job.
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Or you could say, recently I've been feeling a bit unfulfilled at work
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because the tasks have become repetitive and I don't feel like I'm learning anything new.
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All right.
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So, recently I've been feeling a bit unfulfilled.
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Not fulfilled, unfulfilled.
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Unfulfilled at work.
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Because the tasks, tasks, tasks, that's a weird sound, huh?
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Tasks, tasks.
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I say it too many times and then I can't say it correctly.
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Because the tasks have become repetitive, doing the same thing over and over.
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And I don't feel like I'm learning anything new.
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All right, say it with me.
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Recently, I've been feeling a bit unfulfilled at work because the tasks have become repetitive,
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and I don't feel like I'm learning anything new.
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Okay, this is the last slide.
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This is the last one.
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I want you to say it with confidence and power.
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Say it together with me.
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Here we go.
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Recently, I've been feeling a bit unfulfilled at work because the tasks have become repetitive,
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and I don't feel like I'm learning anything new. And that's it.
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Oh, I thought that was the end, but it's not.
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We still got more practice.
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Did you enjoy the movie?
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Yes, it was good.
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Yes, I genuinely enjoyed the movie.
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It was such a fun experience being able to watch it.
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Yes, I genuinely enjoyed the movie.
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It was such a fun experience being able to watch it.
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It's a little cheesy, if you ask me.
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No one says that.
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They say things like, oh, it was awesome.
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I totally loved it.
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That's better.
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Okay, the storyline was engaging, and the acting was so convincing that I felt completely absorbed.
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If you're absorbed into something, you're totally into it.
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You're absorbed.
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The storyline, the story of the movie, the line, the story, it was engaging.
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It got me involved.
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If something is engaging, it gets you feeling something, it gets you active and involved with it and the acting was so convincing.
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It convinced me that it was real and I felt completely absorbed.
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I was into it.
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I didn't like it.
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Honestly, I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I expected.
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Honestly, I didn't enjoy the movie as much as I expected.
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Say that.
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the pacing felt a bit slow and I couldn't connect with the main character
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the pacing how fast the movie is moving is the pacing the pacing felt a bit slow
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and I couldn't connect with the main character
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alright this lesson is getting a little bit longer I should have made it shorter.
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Anyways, let's keep going.
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We're 17 minutes in.
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This is a good practice, exercising those English -speaking muscles.
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So someone asks, how was the food?
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And you say, the food was nice.
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Or you could say, the food was really impressive, especially the way the flavors blended together.
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The food was really impressive, especially the way the flavors blended together.
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I was pleasantly surprised by how fresh everything tasted.
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I was pleasantly surprised by how fresh everything tasted.
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Or maybe the food was quite disappointing.
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To be honest, the food looked great, but the flavors didn't match my expectations.
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To be honest, the food looked great, but the flavors didn't match my expectations.
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All right, I sped it up there at the end because it was getting a little bit too long for my lessons.
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I like to try and keep the lesson at about 10 to 12 minutes, somewhere in there.
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We're already at 18 minutes, so I apologize for the long lesson.
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But hopefully you had a really good exercise and a good workout.
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Keep moving forward, one step at a time.
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I'll see you in the next step.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Go from Basic to Fluent Speaking English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: feeling, tasks, planning. This video has 80 sentences and 2225 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:29. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 25 of its 80 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shadow noun | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. |
| commute verb | /kəˈmjuːt/ | To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash… |
| drain noun | /dɹiːn/ | A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK) |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| groceries noun | /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ | Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies; the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store. |
| browse verb | /bɹaʊz/ | To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand. |
| pace noun | /peɪs/ | A step taken with the foot. |
| tackle verb | /ˈtækəl/ | To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them. |
| flavor noun | /ˈfleɪvə/ | The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect. |
| absorb verb | /æbˈsɔɹb/ | To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in… |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
| repetitive adjective | /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/ | Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. |
| tone noun | /ˈtəʊn/ | A specific pitch. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| engage verb | /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ | To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| head out verb | To leave, depart; to go on ahead. | |
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. | |
| cut off verb | /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] | To remove by cutting. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How are we going to do that?
- Why don't you go ahead and say it by yourself?
- What are you doing later?
- What are you doing now?
- Do you have any plans for the weekend?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has left · haven't seen · I've been given |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are drained · I've been given |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 98 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/, dissatisfaction /dɪsˌsætɪsˈfækʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
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 shadow, commute, drain.
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.