Shadowing Practice: Learn English in New York 🗽 | Shopping & Taking the Train - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone!
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Welcome to a new episode of...
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Just making sure my mic is on.
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Welcome to a new episode of Bo's Slow English.
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I am still in New York City in Manhattan and we are going shopping.
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Before we get started, please click like, subscribe and share with your friends.
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And if you want to continue learning English with me, check out my ebooks and video courses.
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The link is below.
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We're heading into this
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Studio Us Tokyo store.
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Wow, it's a really long store.
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Or maybe that's a mirror down there.
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And it's creating the illusion that it's a really long store.
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in New York you will see a lot of graffiti and a lot of street art.
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I've never actually seen a tow truck in the city.
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I'm not sure why these cars are getting towed.
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Perhaps they parked illegally or maybe they are new cars actually because there's a new car sticker on the windshield.
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These guys are street vendors.
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Hello New York!
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Now we are going to Palace which is a London -based skate streetwear brand.
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These are skateboards.
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There's no recording.
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Oh!
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When I went in the store to film, they told me there was no filming allowed, so I had to cut that video short.
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This is one of my favorite brunch spots.
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They have French food, specifically crepe.
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Or as the French would say, crepe. Where are we going? That way. That way.
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Okay.
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It's starting to sprinkle again, which means very, very light rain.
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And I need to be careful that my camera doesn't get wet.
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So I might need to get under the umbrella again.
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We are walking around Soho.
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I explained in the last episode that Soho is short for South of Houston.
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Houston is a long street that divides
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North of Houston and South of Houston.
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We stepped into this inkless tattoo removal shop.
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My husband has tattoos all over his arms.
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I have no idea what Inglis tattoo removal is but we're about to find out.
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So they use a device called Pico.
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Pico is actually, it's like a laser but it's not a laser.
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It's a device that I use at work.
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Look at this beautiful green chair.
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The material looks like it is made of velvet.
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It looks luxurious.
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The pigeons are flocking to something.
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They must have eaten some bread.
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Yes, it does look like they ate some bread.
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And look at them all in a row.
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So interesting how they are perfectly aligned almost.
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It's like they have equal distance in between each other.
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My husband is in heaven right now going to all these new stores.
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Salomon is a footwear brand that has become really popular in streetwear.
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I have a question for you.
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What is Salomon known for?
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Outdoor shoes.
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Is there something specific about this brand that stands out?
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I just think a lot of people who are into fashion started wearing them as their daily shoe and it got popular.
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And now they blew up.
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This beige shoe is interesting.
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I think this color in general has become really trendy.
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Also with cars.
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Do you like neon colors?
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This green is neon, which means that it really stands out and is super bright.
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My husband works in the footwear industry and he likes to go to stores and take photos of shoes.
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He will then show the photos to his boss for inspiration.
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This group back there is playing pickleball.
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Pickleball has become a very popular sports.
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This little boy is learning to dribble the basketball.
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I think this is his coach and those are his parents.
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How cute!
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And this looks like a group that is part of a tour.
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That is a tour guide who is probably explaining the history of this particular park or maybe just this area.
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There are several parents here who are maybe having a conference while their children are playing on the swing set.
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We have some
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New Yorkers enjoying their weekend eating lunch and we will continue along this path until we find a store that intrigues us.
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Do you know the word intrigue?
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It means something that is that brings excitement or curiosity or interest.
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This is a floral shop.
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Look at how beautifully it's decorated and the colors that they've chosen are very fall or autumn -like.
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There are many restaurants that have outdoor dining available.
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If you dine outdoors it is called al fresco.
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Alfresco.
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Which I think comes from an Italian word.
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So my Italian friends let me know in the comments if I'm correct.
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We are going straight crossing over the crosswalk.
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There's always a lot of honking, a lot of beeping in New York.
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Now we're turning right and crossing this crosswalk.
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Watch out!
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Sorry!
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Gotta be careful!
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There's a lot of people on bikes and it's important to look left and right as a pedestrian.
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The next shop we are heading to is called Rafa.
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Rafa is a cycling shop.
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My husband likes to cycle on the weekends.
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What is this piece of clothing called?
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A bib.
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Bib shorts.
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And why does someone need a bib when they are cycling?
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For aerodynamics and then also there's a pad built in to the bum for long distance riding to keep you comfortable.
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In cycling outfits, they usually have reflective details so that when a headlight shines on the biker,
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they can easily be spotted.
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I think this is an example of a reflector.
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If you shine a light on this, it will look really bright.
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So it is there as a precaution for drivers.
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But it's also a cool detail on the back of this vest
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this is a best we just got to the train station in fact they rebuilt
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or renovated this area so it's really new
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and I can't wait to show you it's quiet on this side of the train station
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it is a huge train station from penn station you can go up
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and down the east coast today we are going down the east coast about two to two
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and a half hours south to maryland here is the timetable
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We are taking train 2253 Acela,
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destination towards Washington, D .C and there is a slight delay about 13 minutes.
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It does not have the track number yet until closer to the departure time.
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While we're waiting, I think we should head towards the train hall.
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Goodbye, New York.
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I'm glad I got some footage while I was here because I know a lot of you wanted to see Manhattan.
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Below is the food court.
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It looks like there's a bar and there are a lot of passengers waiting to board their train.
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We're heading down the escalator with our suitcases and backpacks to the train hall.
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This is a drugstore and actually it looks like it's two drugstores in one.
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Duane Reade is the name of one drugstore and Walgreens is the name of another.
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At the drugstore you can buy snacks and toiletries as well as medicine.
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This is a French cafe called Petite Maman and we don't need anything.
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I might get some hot tea because I try to drink hot water wherever I go.
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I purchased a snack earlier, so we will eat that either now or on the train.
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We arrived early, so we will continue exploring this renovated train station.
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Mmm, who likes bagels?
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I love bagels, but I don't eat a lot of carbs or carbohydrates,
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so I haven't eaten a bagel in a long time.
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They really did a great job with the renovations here.
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This is a popular matcha spot called Cha Cha Matcha.
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It's not my favorite, though.
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I prefer this store called Matcha Full.
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This is a newsstand converted to a convenience type store.
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So I guess it used to only sell newspaper.
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That's why it's called Gotham News.
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But now they have snacks.
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And we have to wait and watch the timetable to see
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when our train boards and also to see what the track number is.
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We finally made it to Baltimore.
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There was a delay in our train and it kept getting delayed and then the timetable stopped showing our train.
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So somehow we missed our train even though they did not announce what time it would arrive.
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So we got on the next train which was about two hours later and finally we made it to Baltimore.
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I am now getting picked up by my friend and I will close up this video.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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If you want to continue learning English with me,
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please check out the link below in the description for my ebooks and video course.
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Thank you again.
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See you next time.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English in New York 🗽”. This video has 151 sentences and 1465 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% 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 |
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| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| delay noun | /dɪˈleɪ̯/ | A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. |
| outdoor adjective | /aʊtˈdɔː/ | Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| removal noun | /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/ | The process of removing or the fact of being removed. |
| laser noun | /ˈleɪzɚ/ | A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. |
| shine verb | /ʃaɪn/ | To emit or reflect light so as to glow. |
| neon noun | /ˈniˌɑn/ | The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. |
| clothing noun | /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ | Any of a wide variety of articles, usually made of fabrics, animal hair, animal skin, or some combination thereof, used to cover the human body for warmth, to… |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| inspiration noun | /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing. |
| passenger noun | /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew. |
| swing verb | /ˈswɪŋ/ | To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| stand out verb | To jut out, protrude (from a surface etc.). | |
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| close up verb | /kləʊzˈʌp/ | To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| cross over verb | To pass from one side or area, physical or abstract, to another. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm not sure why these cars are getting towed.
- Where are we going?
- It's a device that I use at work.
- Do you like neon colors?
- Do you know the word intrigue?
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 actually seen · has become · they've chosen |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Palace which is · again, which means · people who are |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is made · is called · be spotted |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might need · might get |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, shine /ʃaɪn/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, illusion /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/
- Long words — get the stress right: inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/, illegally /ɪˈliːɡəli/
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 shoe, delay, outdoor.
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.