Shadowing Practice: GS1 Family at the zoo - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Family at the Zoo I like to go to the zoo.
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My family likes to go to the zoo.
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We see the animals play.
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We see the birds sing.
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I see a bear sleeping on the grass.
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My family sees a bear playing with a ball.
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My father sees a gorilla sitting on a rock on a rock.
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My mother sees a baby gorilla.
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My sister sees a panda under a tree.
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The girls like the pandas.
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My brother sees a tiger in the grass.
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The boys like the tigers.
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I see a father lion.
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I see a mother lion.
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Do you see the baby lion?
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See the family of hippos.
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The hippos walk in a circle.
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My family has fun at the zoo.
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The animals have fun at the zoo.
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We say goodbye to the zoo.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 20 sentences and 137 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:57. The speaker talks slowly, about 70 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| panda noun | /ˈpɑndə/ | A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual. |
| gorilla noun | /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/ | An ape of the genus Gorilla; endemic to the forests of Central Africa and typified by superlative physical size and strength in relation to other primates. |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing. |
| bird noun | /ˈbɜːd/ | An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of… |
| circle noun | /ˈsɜɹkəl/ | A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center). |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
| animal noun | /ˈænɪməl/ | A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants… |
| bear verb | /bɪɚ/ | To carry or convey, literally or figuratively. |
| sister noun | /ˈsɪs.tɚ/ | A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling. |
| sit verb | /sɪt/ | To move oneself into such a position. |
| tree noun | /tɹiː/ | A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. |
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 lion, grass, tiger.
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.