Shadowing Practice: GRWM for my FIRST musical festival! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Get ready with me for Bonnaroo.
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Day three.
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No, day four.
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This is day four, their final day.
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This is the only day me and Pey are going to.
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And it's going to be lit.
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Headliners, Kesha, Noah Khan, and Role Model.
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My sister has been listening to Kesha nonstop for the past 48 hours.
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So I'm excited to finally hear all of these songs live.
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We got a match.
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Kesha, I'm coming for you.
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Role Model is an hour before Kesha.
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So Role Model ends at what?
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7.30?
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And then Kesha comes on at 8.30.
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And I would like to see Role Model, but I will take a front row seat to catch up before role model.
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I can't believe we're gonna have a full beat on for 12 plus hours I know she's cheesing.
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She's cheesing so hard.
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We were trying to make a tiktok last night It was the night before christmas
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and she kept laughing and cheesing so hard because she was
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so excited about today We had to refilm it like 10 times.
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Also, I never wear silver but there's silver detailing in my dress
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So I feel like I had to whip out the silver hoops.
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These road pocket blushes last forever I got them over a year ago and wait, let's see how much is left and I use them like every day Okay, yeah, there's so much formula in there.
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I don't even feel like twisting it all the way up.
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I taped this entire dress down because if not, I was gonna be losing some of my goods.
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I use this like fearless tape that I got on Amazon.
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I have it linked on my Amazon storefront actually.
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We have to get glitter.
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We totally dropped the ball and didn't get body glitter in time.
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So we're gonna go to Walmart.
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We're renting a car today because the festival isn't actually in Nashville.
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It's in Manchester, which is an hour away from Nashville.
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So once we're done getting ready, we are going to go to the airport, pick up our rental car, drive to Walmart, pick up some last-minute supplies.
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I think we're going to need body wipes because it's going to be a mud fest.
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It has been raining there on and off for the past three days, and this is the fourth.
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So the festival is probably going to be in the worst condition out of the weekend today.
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And we've got to get her some rain boots because right now she only has Air Force Ones, and that's not going to cut it.
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I have this glitter bomb from Fenty Beauty.
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It is such a pretty fine glitter.
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And today we're also gonna try Seven Brew.
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No we're not.
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Oh we're trying Swig.
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I'm also nervous about driving out of there.
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I feel like it's gonna be a zoo and Paye
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and I have our flights out tomorrow morning at seven in the morning.
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We're probably gonna be pulling an all-nighter and we've just come to terms with that.
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I'm also vlogging this entire experience for YouTube as well so.
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You should subscribe if you want to watch hey was having hello fomo last night
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because kesha was at space jam and she was singing a bunch of covers
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and she did purple rain she's still recovering from
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that one i gotta walk in
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and do my lashes i'll be back that's what the eyes are looking like the drinks from swig looks
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so good i'm excited to try it for the first time
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and i'm gonna get an energy from walmart
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and then spike my swig with it it's gonna be so good hailey never misses with these lip peptide treatments
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makeup is done tune in for our fit checks to see where everything's from
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and we will keep you posted on the festival bye guys
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “GRWM for my FIRST musical festival!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: kesha, model, role, glitter, hour. This video has 57 sentences and 646 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:41. The speaker talks fast, about 241 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| glitter verb | /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/ | To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. |
| swig noun | /swɪɡ/ | A long draught from a drink. |
| headliner noun | /ˈhɛdˌlaɪnɚ/ | The interior fabric covering the ceiling-like area inside of a vehicle. |
| nighter noun | Someone or something who does something for a certain number of nights | |
| nonstop adverb | /ˌnɑnˈstɑp/ | Without stopping; without interruption or break |
| peptide noun | /ˈpɛptaɪd/ | Any of a class of organic compounds consisting of various numbers of amino acids in which the amine of one is reacted with the carboxylic acid of the next to… |
| refilm verb | To film again. | |
| storefront noun | The side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street and usually contains display windows. | |
| fearless adjective | /ˈfɪɹləs/ | Without fear. |
| blush noun | /ˈblʌʃ/ | An act of blushing; a pink or red glow on the face caused by embarrassment, shame, shyness, love, etc. |
| fest noun | /fɛst/ | A gathering for a specified reason or occasion. |
| spike noun | /spaɪk/ | A sort of very large nail. |
| wipe verb | /waɪp/ | To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) |
| whip noun | /ˈwɪp/ | A lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a rod (commonly of cane or rattan) or a plaited or braided rope or thong (commonly of leather) used to create a… |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| catch up verb | To pick up suddenly. |
| dress down verb | To scold. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | has been listening · has been raining |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be lit · is left · is done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, gonna, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like glitter, swig, headliner.
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.