Shadowing Practice: Jonny bear makes new friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Johnny Bear makes new friends.
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Johnny Bear goes out to play.
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Johnny, you not play in the races, Mother Bear, and come home when it's time for dinner.
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Yes, mother, I go to look everywhere.
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And so he walk up the hill.
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Charlie go far away from home.
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Charlie barely sees so many bugs.
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Oh, wow.
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Hello, Miss Caterpillar.
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Hello, Johnny.
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Johnny sees a bee and a beehive.
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Oh, Johnny puts his hand into the hive.
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The bees fly around Johnny's hand.
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They are not happy.
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Charlie, look up the tree.
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They see a crow and an owl.
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Johnny see a spider sitting on her web
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Then Johnny go to the farm Johnny see the farmer standing near a farm
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Hello little pet, welcome to my farm
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What do you have on the farm?
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Said Johnny I have so many animals
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Please look around Johnny sees some mouse in the sea
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Johnny sees a cow and a sheep Johnny sees a pig Quark quark quark quark quark quark
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He he he Shani sees so many animals.
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Then Shani pulls some carrots.
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The carrots are dirty. But Shani cleans them.
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Charlie gives the carrot to a goat, the old donkey, and the horse, and the little pony.
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The cat is cleaning her tail.
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The dog is sitting in the sun.
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The dog is sad.
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The dog wants to play.
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You hide and I come and find you.
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There you are.
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I will fail you.
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They have a bird in the farm too.
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Johnny see a duck, quack quack, and a little chick.
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Johnny see the long osher.
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Quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.
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Help me!
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I cannot eat my egg shiny one has missed chicken they open the door shiny look around
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There is on the ground.
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Yeah!
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So animals look like Chinese.
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The Chinese is a nice pair to the farm today.
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I have many new friends and me have a new friend too, says all the animals.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Jonny bear makes new friends”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Johnny, quack, quark, farm, charlie. This video has 45 sentences and 329 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:27. The speaker talks slowly, about 60 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| carrot noun | /ˈkæɹət/ | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus. |
| tail noun | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| duck noun | /dʌk/ | 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… |
| bug noun | /bʌɡ/ | An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”). |
| sheep noun | /ˈʃiːp/ | A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. |
| farmer noun | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm. |
| bee noun | /ˈbiː/ | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for… |
| chick noun | /t͡ʃɪk/ | A young bird. |
| goat noun | /ɡoʊt/ | Any ruminant of the genus Capra. |
| pony noun | /ˈpoʊni/ | A small horse; specifically, any of several small breeds of horse under 14.2 hands at the withers. |
| crow noun | /kɹoʊ/ | A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. |
| donkey noun | /ˈdɑŋ.ki/ | A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse. |
| hive noun | /haɪv/ | A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| look around verb | To inspect a building or area. | |
| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
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 carrot, tail, mouse.
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.