Shadowing Practice: L1 DAY 7 T3P1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So today, I'm going to talk about cooking.
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I do not know how to cook, so I do not know a lot about this topic.
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However, I like eating, so I like talking about food in general.
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I am lucky because my wife cooks very well.
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She has a natural talent for cooking, so she cooks well.
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That means that I eat well.
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Let me tell you about some of the things that my wife cooks.
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Since she is Mexican, she likes cooking Mexican food.
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Sometimes she makes tacos, which are delicious.
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There are many types of tacos, so my wife can cook different tacos each time.
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I also cooked tacos in the past, but I don't cook well, so my tacos weren't very good.
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I cooked tacos de lengua, tongue tacos, but I didn't cook them very well.
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My wife cooks much better.
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The only thing that I cook well is eggs.
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I love eggs, and I eat them almost every morning.
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I think eggs are the best breakfast food.
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I usually eat scrambled eggs, but I also eat other types of eggs too.
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My favorite type is Eggs Benedict.
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Mmm, this is my favorite breakfast.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 19 sentences and 197 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:27. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| taco noun | /ˈtɑkoʊ/ | A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| lengua noun | A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos. | |
| scramble verb | /ˈskɹæmbl̩/ | To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. |
| cook verb | /kʊk/ | To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc. |
| breakfast noun | /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. |
| favourite adjective | /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ | Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.) |
| talent noun | /ˈtæl.ənt/ | A marked natural ability or skill. |
| lucky adjective | /ˈlʌki/ | Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | tacos, which are |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to talk |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, don't, I'm. 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 taco, egg, topic.
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.