Shadowing Practice: Hop on Pop - Animated Read Aloud Book - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Pop on Pop by Dr. Seuss Up Pop Pop is up
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Wee!
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Cup, pup, pup and cup.
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Pup, cup, cup on pup.
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Mouse, house, mouse on house.
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How's mouse?
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How's on mouse?
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He he he!
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All tall, we all are tall.
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All small, we all are small.
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All ball, we all play ball.
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Ball wall, up on a wall.
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Day play, we play all day.
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Night fight, we fight all night.
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Ah!
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Oof!
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All fall, fall off the wall.
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Ah!
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Oof!
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Ouch!
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Ah!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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He, me.
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He is after me.
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Him, Jim.
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Jim is after him.
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C, B.
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We see a bee.
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C, B, CB3 Now we see three.
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Three, three, three fish in a tree.
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Fish in a tree?
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How can that be?
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Red, red, they called me red.
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Red Bed, I am in bed.
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Red Ned, Ted and Ed in bed.
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Pat, Pat, they call him Pat.
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Pat sat, Pat sat on hat.
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Pat cat, Pat sat on cat, Pat bat, Pat sat on bat.
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No Pat, no!
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Don't sit on that!
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Sad Dad Bad Head Dad is sad, very, very sad.
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He had a bad day.
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What a day Dad had!
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Thing, thing, what is that thing?
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Thing sing, that thing can sing.
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Song long, a long, long song.
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Good bye thing.
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You sing too long.
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Walk walk, we like to walk.
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Walk talk, we like to duck.
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Hop, pop, we like to hop, we like to hop on top of pop.
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Stop!
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You must not hop on pop.
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Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, Mr. Brown upside down.
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Pop up, brown down.
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Pop is down, where is brown?
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Up! Where is brown?
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There is brown!
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Mr. Brown is out of town!
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Oooh!
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Back black, brown came back.
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Brown came back with Mr. Black.
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Snack, snack, eat a snack.
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Eat a snack with brown and black.
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Mmm, yum yum!
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Jump, bump, he jumped, he bumped.
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Oof!
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Fast, passed, he went past, fast.
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Ah!
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Went, tent, sent, he went into the tent.
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I sent him out of the tent.
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Ah!
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Whirr!
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Whirr!
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Whirr!
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Whirr!
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Wet get!
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Two dogs get wet.
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Help yelp!
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They yelp for help.
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Help!
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Hill Will, Will went uphill Will,
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he'll still, will is uphill still Father,
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mother, sister, brother That one is my other brother That one is my other brother
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My brothers read a little bit.
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Little words like if and it.
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My father can read big words too like Constantinople and Timbuktu.
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Wow!
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Say, say, what does this say?
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Si, he, me, we, pat, pop, pop, he, three, three, be, top, hop, stop.
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Ask me tomorrow, but not today.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 101 sentences and 445 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:14. The speaker talks slowly, about 54 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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

14 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

  • mouse /maʊs/ (noun) — Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
  • snack /snæk/ (noun) — A light meal.
  • tent /tɛnt/ (noun) — A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  • bump /bʌmp/ (noun) — A light blow or jolting collision.
  • duck /dʌk/ (noun) — Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and…
  • upside /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/ (noun) — The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
  • ouch /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/ — An expression of one's own physical pain.
  • whirr /wɝ/ (verb) — To move or vibrate (something) with a buzzing sound.
  • uphill /ʌpˈhɪl/ (adverb) — Up a slope, towards higher ground.
  • yelp /jɛlp/ (verb) — To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
  • oooh — Elongated form of ooh.
  • sing /ˈsɪŋ/ (verb) — To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
  • jump /d͡ʒʌmp/ (verb) — To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
  • tall /tɔl/ (adjective) — Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

  • sit on (verb) — To block, suppress, restrain (something).
  • come back (verb) — To return to a place.
  • fall off (verb) — To become detached or to drop from.
  • go into (verb) — To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
  • go past (verb) — To elapse. (said of time)
  • pop on (verb) — To turn on.
  • pop up (verb) — To come up with a "pop" sound.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like mouse, snack, tent.

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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