Shadowing Practice: L2 009 Meet the Animals 9 Octopus - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Meet the Animals, Episode 9, Octopus Wow! Who are you?
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I'm an octopus.
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Octopuses are mollusks.
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Mollocks have soft bodies and no bones. Where do you live?
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Octopuses live in the ocean.
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We like to crawl along the ocean floor.
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You have a lot of arms.
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Yes, we have eight arms.
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Sometimes we lose an arm.
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But we can grow a new one.
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What's on your arms?
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These are suckers.
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Our suckers can grab things.
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We can even taste with them.
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What do you eat?
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We really like clams and crabs.
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Some big octopuses eat sharks.
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Seals and big fish often eat us.
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How do you protect yourself?
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We can change color and shape. That helps us hide.
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We can also shoot ink.
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How do you swim?
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We use the water to move backward.
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First, we suck in water.
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Then we shoot the water out and zoom!
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Good -bye.
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Good -bye, Octopus.
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Hi there. Who are you?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 28 sentences and 156 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:51. 83% 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
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| seal noun | /siːl/ | A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| zoom verb | /zuːm/ | To move fast with a humming noise. |
| crawl verb | /kɹɔːl/ | To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby. |
| crab noun | /kɹæb/ | Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| backward adjective | /ˈbækwɚd/ | Situated toward or at the rear of something. |
| octopus noun | /ˈɑktəpʊs/ | Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective shell or bone (unlike the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish) and… |
| clam noun | /klæm/ | A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams… |
| soft adjective | /sɔft/ | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| grab verb | /ˈɡɹæb/ | To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. |
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 bone, suck, seal.
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.