Shadowing Practice: Intermediate Level Lesson 6 Practical English Drama - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
1
Practicing English.
2
Hey Monica, have you ever lived or worked on a farm before?
3
In fact, I have.
4
Why do you ask?
5
Well, in my class today, one of my students asked me if I ever milked a cow, fed chickens, or raised farm animals before.
6
Why did your student ask you those questions?
7
We were talking about growing up, and I told him I'd always lived in a small city.
8
You know, I've never lived on the farm or in the country.
9
So, Monica, can you tell me about some of your farm experiences?
10
Sure.
11
What do you want to know?
12
Well, whose farm was it?
13
Was it fun or boring?
14
And did you have to do chores?
15
Well, I could tell you a lot about farm life because I spent seven summers at my Uncle Henry's farm in Vermont.
16
Okay, Monica, I really want to know, what was a typical day like on your uncle's farm?
17
Well, on a farm, there's jobs to do for everyone.
18
For example, the day begins early.
19
Every morning my Aunt Joyce would say, Now Monica, you ought to be careful around those cows before they're milked.
20
They can kick.
21
Oh, that's nice.
22
Getting kicked by a bull while you're trying to milk her.
23
Mmm, Carrie, you don't milk bulls, they're male.
24
Only female cows give milk.
25
Uh, yeah, I should have known that.
26
But I told you, I've never been on a farm before.
27
So, go on, sorry, tell me more.
28
Well, after milking the cows, we had a lot of other animals to feed.
29
We had a lot of chickens to feed.
30
Did you get to grade one of those, you know, what do you call them, plow things?
31
Do you mean a tractor, Carrie?
32
Yeah, that's it.
33
Did you get to ride a tractor?
34
Yes, I've driven a tractor before.
35
Monica, I have to ask you.
36
My class is all people who are born in the city.
37
They have never been on a farm before.
38
Will you come and tell some farm stories to my class?
39
Farm stories?
40
Yeah, can you tell them about milking bulls, cows, feeding chickens, stuff like that?
41
Should I dress in overalls and carry a pitchfork that day?
42
Do you have one?
43
A pitchfork, I mean.
44
Carrie, are you joking?
45
Okay, how about overalls then?
46
Are you for real?
47
Yes, Monica, please.
48
My class would love to hear your stories.
49
Okay, what day do you want me to come?
50
How about tomorrow?
51
I will tell them this afternoon that we'll have a guest speaker, and then you can come and tell them about your farm days and picking wild fowls,
52
skipping through meadows, and other farm-like things.
53
You really can't believe I was farm girl once, can you?
54
I do believe you, but you've never told us about this part of your life before.
55
I think it's interesting.
56
Well, hopefully your students will find my stories interesting too.
57
Oh, don't worry.
58
I will be there that day in case they're quiet.
59
And I have a lot more questions myself.
60
You do?
61
Like what?
62
Well, what's it like seeing baby animals being born?
63
I saw our dog having puppies once and it was disgusting.
64
Well, on a farm you see animals being born all the time.
65
I've seen calves and lambs being born.
66
You really ought to see that.
67
It's amazing.
68
No, thank you.
69
Everything comes out looking all wet and slimy.
70
That's really gross.
71
Carrie, you'd make a terrible farm girl.
72
I know.
73
I'm more of a shopping and mall girl.
74
Okay, so I'll come to your class and talk to them about my farm days when I was a girl.
75
What will you be doing when I'm talking to them?
76
Don't don't worry.
77
I'll be listening to their questions and as I said, I might add a few of my own.
78
Please, Carrie, I'll do this for you, but please don't ask any embarrassing questions in front of the class.
79
I wouldn't do anything like that.
80
Trust me, I'm an English teacher.
81
Thank you.
82
Thank you.
📺 Same Channel
A21
Beginner Levels - Lesson 17 - Practical English Drama
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A21
Beginner Levels - Lesson 7: These are my relatives
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A21
Beginner Levels - Lesson 10: What time is it?
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A22
Beginner Levels - Lesson 6: My Family
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A17
Beginner Levels - Lesson 2: How Are You?
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A12
Beginner Levels - Lesson 1 - Practical English Drama
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
B122
Intermediate Level Lesson 1 Practical English Drama
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
A23
Beginner Levels - Lesson 8: What do you do?
KidsInterview EnglishTeens
A22
Listening Practice | Let's Start English 147 Elementary Lesson 6
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
✨ Recommend Video
B11
356 sentences
Learning English at a Dairy Farm!
Travel EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B11
287 sentences
Learn English with a Real Story | Past Tense English Conversation & Shadowing Practice
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B14
56 sentences
Interchange 1 Unit 2 Video
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B11
117 sentences
Slow English: Agriculture Vocabulary - English Listening Practice
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B137
14 sentences
SP LESSON 11 HỘI THOẠI
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B11
51 sentences
B1 English Conversation Practice | 50 Must-Know Dialogues for Real Life
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B170 sentences
Learn English with My Real Routine
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B1398 sentences
Real-Life English Conversations | B1 English Listening Practice | EP54 #luyennghetienganh
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B155
26 sentences
English - Countryside (with subtitles)
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
B12
418 sentences
Video
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B112
617 sentences
Pre-Intermediate level - Learn English through Oxford English video
Daily ConversationHigh School StudentsUniversity Students
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Intermediate Level Lesson 6 Practical English Drama”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: farm, Monica, Carrie, cow, animals. This video has 82 sentences and 683 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:41. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 27 of its 82 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cow noun | /kaʊ/ | An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. |
| tractor noun | /ˈtɹæktɚ/ | A vehicle used in farms e.g. for pulling farm equipment and preparing the fields. |
| overalls noun | /ˈoʊvəɹɔːlz/ | A loose-fitting garment worn over regular clothes to protect them. |
| pitchfork noun | /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ | An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a… |
| embarrass verb | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely. |
| plough noun | /plaʊ/ | A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting. |
| meadow noun | /ˈmɛd.əʊ̯/ | A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to… |
| calf noun | /kɑːf/ | A young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo. |
| bore verb | /boɹ/ | To inspire boredom in somebody. |
| puppy noun | /ˈpʌpi/ | A young rat. |
| lamb noun | /ˈlæm/ | A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months. |
| joking verb | /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ | Kidding, trying to fool. |
| skip verb | /skɪp/ | To move by hopping on alternate feet. |
| disgusting adjective | /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ | Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful. |
| mall noun | /mɔːl/ | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why did your student ask you those questions?
- What do you want to know?
- Did you get to ride a tractor?
- You really can't believe I was farm girl once, can you?
- What will you be doing when I'm talking to them?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never lived · I've never been · I've driven |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are born · being born |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | ought to be · should have · Should I dress |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | were talking · was disgusting |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, I'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 cow, tractor, overalls.
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.