Shadowing Practice: IELTS Listening Map with Answers and Script - Willford Living Museum - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Okay, so if you take out your maps, I'll just point out a few places you might like to visit.
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So right now, we're standing in the ticket office at the bottom of your maps.
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So, one place I recommend is the Old Bakery.
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This is a typical bakery from this area from about 100 years ago.
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To get there from the ticket office, walk up Stafford Street and then turn into Rigby Road.
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Walk down Rigby Road, there are a few interesting places along the way
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and the old bakery is right next to the canal
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Another interesting place is the Doctor's Surgery This was moved here brick by brick and rebuilt on the museum site
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Walk up Stafford Street until you reach the dock You see the cafe
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Walk past that and the Doctor's Surgery is just there Cooper's Cottage is also fascinating.
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A workers cottage from the 19th century.
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Walk up Stafford Street and take the first turning on the left.
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The road curves round to the west then south as it climbs Jack's Hill.
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You'll pass a few little houses on the way up and Cooper's Cottage is right on the summit of Jack's Hill.
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The stables are also great.
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This is where they kept all the horses.
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Again, walk up Stafford Street to the dock and turn right.
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Walk round the dock till you get to the canal, then cross the bridge over the canal to reach the stables.
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Also be sure to visit the old school.
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So walk northeast up through the museum and it's not too far.
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The old school is right on the corner of Stafford Street and Rigby Road.
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Now one other thing that I need to mention.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS Listening Map with Answers and Script - Willford Living Museum”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: walk, Stafford, road, Rigby, bakery. This video has 23 sentences and 288 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:02. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| canal noun | /kəˈnæl/ | An artificial waterway or artificially improved river used for travel, shipping, or irrigation. |
| cottage noun | /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/ | A small house. |
| dock noun | /dɑk/ | A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading. |
| bakery noun | /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ | A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. |
| stable noun | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. |
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| worker noun | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor. |
| summit noun | /ˈsʌmɪt/ | The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
| curve noun | /kɚv/ | A bend, such as in a road. |
| northeast noun | /noːˈθɪjst/ | The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°. |
| rebuild verb | /ɹiːˈbɪld/ | To build again or anew. |
| café noun | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the… |
| fascinate verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| point out verb | To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body. |
| take out verb | To remove. |
| walk down verb | To continually advance (on an opponent) and punch (the opponent) in order to control the fight and dominate the opponent, while shrugging off the opponent's… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we're, you'll. 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.
- 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 canal, cottage, dock.
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.