Shadowing Practice: LEARN ENGLISH naturally with this VLOG #5 (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Okay, so we were driving but we got rerouted.

So now we're on a side road.

This is not the main road but a side road.

We were rerouted to go around because there was an accident.

There was a car accident so we had to go in a different path than normal.

So these are the wind turbines that I was talking about.

The one, they spin in a circle because the wind hits them.

Okay, so we stop now.

And you can see it's very windy up here.

Like my hair, it's very windy because we're at the top of the mountain.

Put the wind turbines up high on the mountain where it's windy to make power, to make electricity.

And that's why they're here.

You can see down here is the city.

It's the city.

and this is all a valley.

You could call this all a valley.

The city is in the valley.

You have mountains in the background, the sky, and clouds.

And here it's a sharp drop.

It's a sharp cliff.

You can see this is a two-lane road.

One lane here and one lane that we were in.

This thing in the middle is called a median.

This is a bus and this is a dump truck and this is a roundabout.

because you go all the way around a roundabout

so you can say you enter the roundabout you go around it

and then you exit it these are street lights with solar panels to power it

and this is someone walking on the shoulder of the road the shoulder these are nozzles

that you fill up with Syria This is a gas station pump and we just filled up.

We just filled up at the gas station.

It's 1 15 p.m and we've been driving the whole day and we haven't eaten anything yet.

So we're going to go have lunch.

Okay, so we are in the city now.

We just parked the vehicle.

So this is just this is a parking lot.

So now we're going to go eat lunch.

We've been driving since since 8 a.m.

That's like we're driving six hours.

So we're pretty hungry.

So we're gonna get some food now

So this where he's walking is the sidewalk

So you could say he's walking happening right now in the past he walked and in the future he will walk

But yeah, this is this is the road.

This is the sidewalk you call it This is where people walk and it's today is really sunny, but this is where we're eating kung fu walk

this is rice noodles

so I'm gonna be getting combo number two number two the combo it comes with two sides

so this where you pay is called the cash register

so this this is you call it soda pop soft drink I just call it pop

and you have a cup so now I'm opening it I opened it

and I want to pour a cup of pop so I will pour future I poured past and I'm pouring present

it's fire okay this is noodles Mongolian beef and orange chicken the orange chicken.

Hi.

So we just ate.

It was pretty good.

I think I ate too much.

Now I'm like really, really full.

Expensive? $9 for a pad thai for you guys. $12? $9 for a normal?

That's a little bit expensive.

I've been to Thailand in a pad thai.

No, two, three US dollars.

Now we have to go buy, uh i need to buy a bus ticket

because i want to take a bus to a different city

so i need to buy a bus ticket

but now we're at the car again so this is the car door right now it's locked you see

now it's unlocked pretty good meal it cost 12 for both of us

but that was with a big drink

and it was it was a lot of food like are you ready yeah okay

so now we are at the bus station you see all these buses here this is the bus station

and here's all like food courts you could buy food here

so you just buy food here when you're waiting for the bus

and stuff like that but i don't need food i just need to buy my ticket

okay so i just bought my bus ticket it's just like a piece of paper like a receipt

that says you bought a ticket and i'm going tomorrow seven

and a half hour bus ride so it's probably going to be like eight eight

and a half to nine hours on the bus

because on in a car it's seven and a half hours

but the bus will take longer because the bus is slow and it stops a lot

so yeah but now we're going to the airbnb so let's see if we just got to the apartment

the airbnb we're staying at i'm going to take off my backpack

my slick bag i'm gonna take it off

and now let me show you the view this is where

we're staying tonight you can see there that's the cathedral

so we're gonna go visit

that right now this is a bed this beside here is

called a night stand this is a desk you have the television on the wall sofas okay

so we just had our break we just rested for a little bit

but now we're ready to go to the huge cathedral

so now i'm walking out of the doorway this is door

handle this is a dead bolt lock this is a lock too

but this is a dead bolt because it comes out right here okay

so this right now i'm in a hallway that's the parking lot that's a school bus hallway these are all rooms

and this is the elevator.

Press the elevator, it opens up.

We're in the elevator.

This is where you select the level you wanna go on, level one, two, three.

Opens it, this closes it.

We're just walking on the sidewalk right now you have cars parked all along the side

and it's really hot like the sun is very bright

so it's a hot day today it's like a little store

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ice cream oh yeah this is this is where you do laundry a laundromat those are washing machines

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and drying machines these cars are turning these cars are going straight right now we cannot walk

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because the cars are passing us pigeons

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and it's a pretty pretty dirty animal like you don't want to pet

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or touch pigeons because they're dirty

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so this is juice guanabana guanabana is like this fruit what do you think try it it's thick

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drink it is it good okay let me try some super thick it's like it's like the juice

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it's good mabana is a good fruit but right now we're in a plaza you call this a plaza

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because there's lots of people and it's just open open area okay so this is the market

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and this is like dried fish you have eggs you could like eat you could eat all around here

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market with fresh fruits this is like desserts those are all like desserts you could buy for

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it's like religious desserts so this is the main like plaza and that's the church

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so let's go there cross okay this is the main park

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the main square in cuenca this is where like everyone comes to like sit down

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and relax this is a fountain then everyone just like sits down on the side

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and relaxes this guy sells ice cream here you can see

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like some flowers in the shape of ecuador's flag flowers

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and this is a statue i don't know who the statue is of but it's a statue

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And these trees are really tall.

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Oh yeah, this is the cathedral.

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It's like very famous, very popular, like a huge, huge cathedral.

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Oh, Spider-Man.

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This is the cathedral from the side.

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It's the biggest cathedral in this city.

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It's huge.

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It has two towers, one, two.

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okay so we just saw the cathedral

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and now we're gonna go somewhere else this whole area we're in is the historic center

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and it's just really popular

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and it's pretty safe safe area this city is very safe

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see this is graffiti it's called graffiti all this too is graffiti

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but these buildings are very very old and nice these are like older buildings

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so they're from like one or 200 years ago

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and they have graffiti on the side of them

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which is not really nice but they still look good

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so This when a wall like this is painted it is called a mural.

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So this is a mural.

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But here, this is the river.

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The river that goes through Cuenca.

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There's three rivers and this is one of them.

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We'll walk down there to get a closer view but you can see it.

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So right now we're just standing here enjoying the sun.

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It has been raining a lot lately.

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So the sun, it's nice to have sun.

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so we're just outside getting some fresh air

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and walking this this is a bridge

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but many many years ago there was a big flood

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that came through because there was a lot of rain from the mountains

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and it came down and it washed the bridge away

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so it washed the bridge away completely so there used to be the bridge

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that goes all the way across but now you'll see here it's cut off short

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because that other half got taken out so yeah you can see here the bridge ends right here

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and it used to go across but the river took it away

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but that's the river okay this is the river

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but you cannot swim in here the river is too shallow

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too shallow there's not enough water to be able to swim in there okay

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so these are dogs oh buddy dogs so

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that lady there she is walking dogs

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when you have dogs with you it's called walking dogs

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and she was walking three dogs okay this is the river

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and the river is flowing and this is under the bridge this is a bridge

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and this is under the bridge this is like an arch the shape is an arch stairs people climbing up

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so this is the river right now i'm standing on the bridge you can see

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and the water is flowing underneath me you have the river

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bank on the side trees on the side as well but you have people

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sitting beside the tree they're sitting at the trunk of the

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tree i honestly i'm not even sure what this is it's like sprinkles dough

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and icing like a donut but it's hard it looks hard

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it kind of just tastes like what it looks like this is very very sweet

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crunchy bread but it's not bad you want to try it take a bite Okay,

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so I got the Dorilocos.

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That's what they call it.

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Now let's just find somewhere to sit down to eat it.

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Okay, let's try it.

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There's like Doritos in here, meat, cheese, tomatoes.

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It's like pretty spicy.

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I put a lot of chili in it.

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And oh yeah, this is called a spork.

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It's a half fork, half spoon.

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So you call it a squawk, but it's not too bad.

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The chips are kind of soggy.

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I left it too long.

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Make sure you guys like, comment, and subscribe.

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This is where you guys were from last video.

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If you want to see where you're from in this video, make sure to leave a comment what country you're from.

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And also, if you guys want, you can follow my personal Instagram.

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But thank you guys for watching.

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And if you made it this far, let me know in the comments.

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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.

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