Shadowing Practice: La comida. Nivel A1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, let's see what we have in the kitchen.
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Ven, ven.
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Ven, ven.
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En la cocina hay fruta, verdura y carne.
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También hay pescado.
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Aquí tenemos fruta.
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Our favorite fruit are the marzanas and the orange.
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Here we have the lechuga for the salad.
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Here we have the fish.
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Thank you.
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In the fridge there is yogurt, queso, Huevos y leche.
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Aquí hay jamón, carne de ternera y de pollo.
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Vamos a ver qué más cosas tenemos en la cocina.
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At home we drink water and water.
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My parents also drink wine and beer.
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We drink coffee and tea.
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At home we eat pan,
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cereals, arroz, pasta, legumes, and potatoes.
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We also eat a little chocolate.
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Here are the sugar, the salt and olive oil.
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Every day we eat bread, fruit and vegetables.
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We also eat fish.
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Fruta.
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Verdura.
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Carne.
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Pescado.
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Manzanas y naranjas.
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lechuga, yogur, queso,
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huevos, leche, jamón,
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Carne de ternera Carne de pollo Agua Zumo
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Vino Cerveza
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café, té, pan,
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cereales, arroz, pasta, legumbres, legumes,
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patatas, chocolate, azúcar,
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sal, Aceite de oliva.
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¿Quieres venir a comer con nosotros?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “La comida. Nivel A1”. This video has 36 sentences and 186 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:49. 50% 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
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| potato noun | /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ | The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum. |
| olive noun | /ˈɑ.lɪv/ | A tree of species Olea europaea cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| cereal noun | /ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ | A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. |
| yogurt noun | /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ | A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring. |
| arroz noun | /əˈɹoʊs/ | Any Spanish rice-based dish. |
| huevos noun | Huevos rancheros, a Mexican breakfast dish | |
| lechwe noun | /ˈlɛt͡ʃweɪ/ | Kobus leche, an African antelope that inhabits marshy regions. |
| legume noun | /ˈlɛɡ.juːm/ | The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food. |
| comer noun | /ˈkʌmɚ/ | One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning. |
| manzana noun | A unit of area used in Argentina and many Central American countries, originally defined as 10,000 square varas. | |
| oliva noun | olivary body |
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 pasta, salad, potato.
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.