Shadowing Practice: Grilled OCTOPUS & Avocado Salad | Bart van Olphen - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome everyone today we're going to make a really stunning dish
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here at Bart's Fishtails we're going to make a salad of grilled octopus
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and grilled avocado so here we have octopus which is already cooked and
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if you want to know how to cook octopus click here
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the first step what we're going to do is grill some avocado So I scoop the avocado meat loose from the skin,
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so now I cut them in slices of around half a centimeter, maybe a bit wider.
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This is actually for two persons, I would use like half an avocado per person.
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Drizzle some olive oil in a bowl, and I add these avocado parts with a bit of salt.
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A bit of pepper, and a tiny bit of lime juice, give this a toss.
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So I heat my grill pan on high heat, so I add these pieces of avocado on the grill.
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And I leave them there for two minutes, it will give it like a really nice roasted taste.
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So I turn them around, oh, beautiful.
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So meanwhile, I'm going to make the dressing, add like one teaspoon of Dijon mustard in a small jar,
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two and a half tablespoon of really good olive oil,
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the juice of one lime. So beautifully grilled.
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Now I'm going to add some chopped parsley, and chop it really fine.
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So I add this into my jar, and a bit of salt, okay, and now shake it,
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perfect,
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so the avocado is grilled we have the dressing ready
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and now it's time for the hero the pre -cooked octopus
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i'm going to drizzle it with a bit of extra virgin olive oil a bit of salt and some pepper
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i bring the grill again to high heat i've cleaned the pan meanwhile
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and i give this a toss so what is now important
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because the octopus is already cooked
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so you want to give it like a a nice color from the outside
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so you really heat it you grill it really short
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so the outside is nicely caramelized and the inside will stay juicy and tender lovely sound
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so turn them around oh wow really really nice
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beautiful look at this this is amazing guys perfectly grilled
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so i let it cool down just a bit
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so i cut the bigger ones in half beautiful this is fantastic fantastico
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so now i take a few cherry tomatoes
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and i cut them in half again i chop some parsley for the decoration
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okay so now we're going to finish off the dish i'm going to add the beautifully grilled pulpo
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and i add a bit of vinaigrette a bit of the dressing tomatoes
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and i'm going to add the dressing and a tiny bit of smoked paprika powder stunning colors a real summer dish
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this is roasted taste the smoothness of the avocado the silkiness of the avocado
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and caramelized pulpo octopus from the outside and it's really soft
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and tender from the inside juicy
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if you any questions any comments please feel free to leave them down in the box below
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don't forget to subscribe and hope to see you soon back on a fishy friday bye bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Grilled OCTOPUS & Avocado Salad”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: avocado, add, octopus, grilled, grill. This video has 41 sentences and 537 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:44. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 71% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grill noun | /ɡɹɪl/ | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and… |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| chop verb | /t͡ʃɑp/ | To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| pepper noun | /ˈpɛp.ə/ | A plant of the family Piperaceae. |
| tender adjective | /ˈtɛn.dɚ/ | Sensitive or painful to the touch. |
| beautifully adverb | /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/ | In a beautiful manner. |
| toss verb | /tɔs/ | To throw with an initial upward direction. |
| roast verb | /ɹoʊst/ | To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. |
| lime noun | /laɪm/ | Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. |
| tomato noun | /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ | A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit. |
| juicy adjective | /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/ | Having lots of juice. |
| virgin noun | /ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/ | Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cool down verb | /kuːl ˈdaʊn/ | To become cooler; to be reduced in temperature. |
| finish off verb | To finish completely. |
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 | is already cooked · is grilled · is roasted |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | we're going to make · we're going to do · I'm going to make |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will give · will stay |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, caramelize /ˈkaɹ(ə)məlʌɪz/
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 grill, dish, olive.
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.