Shadowing Practice: Learn English Outside: A Day in the Garden - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello you beautiful people!
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Today I woke up and I decided that I want to do something brand new.
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I want to have a new experience.
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So today you, me and Chang are gonna learn lots of English using the world around us and exploring a garden.
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So we are on an organic farm being shown around by the lovely
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Chang teaching us all about the fresh produce, the fresh herbs and plants that are growing here on the farm.
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so these are the butterfly pea flowers a beautiful blue flower
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that is used to color dishes it can make dishes blue if you want a blue pancake or some blue oats
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maybe a blue face mask it can look like a smurfs
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this is a black turmeric never had black turmeric before apparently it's very bitter
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nice in the basket so this is stevia
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which is like a natural low calorie sweetener they're using lots of products
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but this is the fresh version this is cheng trying the stevia and it is so sweet. So sweet, right?
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This is the Thai basil, different to the basil you find in Italy.
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And it's really fragrant, I would use the smell.
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Very bright.
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If you're someone who struggles to speak English, you can understand a lot, but speaking feels hard.
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I've created an English app that's going to help you prepare for real life conversations,
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speak daily whenever you want and learn from AI feedback so that you can actively improve your English day by day.
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The app is called Sprout and
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if you join Sprout Infinity we have a weekly group class where you can talk with me
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and other learners from around the world.
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If you miss the group class you get private access afterwards and you can turn that into an English lesson.
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You can also turn any YouTube video on any of your
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favorite topics into your own complete English lesson with flashcards and AI conversation with an AI version of me.
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He's called J .I and he's going to listen to you,
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ask you questions and give you feedback on your English speaking so that you can become a more confident English speaker.
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I am biased but Sprout really works.
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If you want to find out more you can go to sproutlanguage .com or click the first link in the description box.
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See you there.
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We've never done anything like this before.
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This is a new experience and it's lighting my brain up.
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I'm learning loads about different herbs, different plants, the effect they have on our body,
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what happens when we eat the food that is grown in the earth around us.
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And it's a new experience and it's making me feel happy.
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I'm spending time outside in the sun.
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The idea of today is to learn lots of new English
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and also to hopefully inspire you guys to try some new things wherever it is you live.
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It's easy to take where we live for granted
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which means to not appreciate the place that we live in
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but there's always something new that we can do if we just look a little more deeply.
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Wow, it's so delicate.
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It's called a cat whisker because a cat has whiskers.
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Whiskers are the little hairs on the side of the cat's mouth which help it sense the world around it.
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And apparently this is good for kidney stones.
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So I don't have those yet but maybe this will be good in the future. In the basket.
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This is a kumquat which is part of the citrus family like oranges, limes, lemons and...
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These kumquats are organic, so that means that they're grown fresh here on the farm.
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They don't add anything extra to them.
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In New Year, she just told me that it's very popular for people to have kumquat trees to
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decorate their homes and have them look beautiful, but they add extra things in which are not good to eat the kumquats,
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to make the kumquats more beautiful, but not for eating.
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These are organic.
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They are very good for your health.
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So pretty, look at this rose.
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Wow.
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So this is a rose and the pink parts are called petals,
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great word, and this green part here could be called the stem or the stalk.
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The stem or the stalk.
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And they dry this out to mix with maybe peppermint to put in a tea
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or you can use it just to look at and calm you down because it's very pretty.
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I know that one.
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Yeah this is rosemary.
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Do we use it at home?
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Yes we use dried rosemary in cooking mainly. So apparently
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if you put rosemary on your skin it's good to reflect the UV rays of the Sun to protect your skin.
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And apparently it's for your memory
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so for those of you wanting to learn more english words
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get some rosemary in your dinner tonight magenta magenta yeah wow like the color yes
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that's right yeah i know the color
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and it doesn't this is green the magenta leaf makes things purple
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or magenta which is i i didn't know that
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but the color magenta i guess comes from boiling down this leaf and making things look magenta colored gorgeous So moving onwards, yeah,
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down this path and above me is a pergola and a pergola is like a structure where the plants attach and
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they grow creating some shelter from the Sun and Yeah, some structure for the plants.
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This is called a pergola and I've taught this video before in the video
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while I was in the English countryside in my dad's garden
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and here I'm walking through a blue gate down the path walking down the path
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Jang has bees on her hand these tiny bees
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because she rubbed the holly basil on her skin do those bees sting? ouch? no no no no okay
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they don't sting either
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They're cute bees.
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Bees are good for us all.
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What do bees do?
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They pollinate flowers.
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Quick pronunciation though guys.
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Americans would say basil, A, basil.
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And where I'm from, the UK, we would say basil.
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Ah, it's a short ah sound.
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Basil for me, for British people.
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Basil for American people.
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Yes.
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In the basket.
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Oh, who do we have here?
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A beautiful girl in a beautiful pink dress.
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So, outfit check.
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Shang is wearing a non -la on her head.
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Give me a twirl.
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A twirl as a spin.
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She has a, wow, what's that?
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A big camera attached with a strap.
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And yeah, we have a little bag on right hand shoulder
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and yeah this flowy pink dress made of silk gorgeous
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and a curtsy she just did a curtsy which is what you do to the queen
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now we are taking a little rest under some shelter i'm gonna take off my non -law reveal my
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sweaty hair
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but this is lovely we're just taking a little rest we have our baskets full of various flowers
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and plants and herbs
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and after this we're going to go back to the house to try some herbal tea
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and a spot of lunch i believe so i'll see you guys very soon
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Okay, so Chang, what are you holding?
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Wheelbarrow.
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It's fine.
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We can't hear her but she's holding a wheelbarrow.
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Put the basket in the wheelbarrow and let's come down the path.
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Who says princesses don't work?
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So now on the table we have the herbs and spices and we are about to make a pot of tea.
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Cheers.
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Cheers guys.
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So now we are sitting down
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and drinking a beautiful cup of tea with a rose inside and we pour the tea from the teapot.
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The teapot has the handle which you hold and the spout.
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This is the spout which you pour the liquid out from.
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I'm pouring the tea from the teapot into the glass mug.
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Well, here we have various spices.
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So this is a big fat cinnamon stick.
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Cylon cinnamon.
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It's so sweet.
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So guys, the lovely host, Heng, has prepared us a delicious lunch.
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And we've already nearly finished a lot of it.
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But I want to show you guys how we would prepare the banh sèo.
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Banh sèo is a Vietnamese pancake.
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So let's take a closer look.
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So this is the rice paper.
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And you dip it in the water to moisten it,
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to make it pliable, malleable.
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you take the pancake, the bento, put it inside, open it up.
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Inside we have shrimp, bean sprouts, chives, mushrooms.
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And now this big plate of veggies, I'm going to take some grated mango,
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some grated cucumber, some purple leaves.
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I don't know what these are.
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It's hard to do with one hand, some lettuce.
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Then you're supposed to roll it up like a big cigar.
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And then you dip it in a sweet and sour sauce with chilli, garlic, vinegar, sugar.
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Tastes amazing.
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The rice paper is chewy, the pancake is crispy, you have the freshness from all the herbs,
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the garlic and chili to give a bit of a kick, the acidity and the sweetness of the sauce.
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So many flavors, so many textures, that's what makes food amazing and I'm very happy.
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So guys we just finished eating, we had a beautiful healthy lunch and we got lots of goodies from the lovely Hang.
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Got lots of healthy stuff here so I'm excited to try this at home.
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And before we go I want to reveal, phone's ringing, grab driver, the final word of the day which is novelty.
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Novelty is something new or different that feels interesting because you've never done it before.
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So how can you make your English learning more novel?
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How can you make it new
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and exciting I challenge you to let me know in the comments thank you
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so much for watching have a very beautiful healthy peaceful day and I'll see you next
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English Outside: A Day in the Garden”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: english, beautiful, basil. This video has 156 sentences and 1669 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:42. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| basil noun | /ˈbæz.əl/ | A plant (Ocimum basilicum). |
| bee noun | /ˈbiː/ | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for… |
| basket noun | /ˈbæskɪt/ | A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| herb noun | /hɜːb/ | A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| rosemary noun | /ˈɹoʊzˌmɛəɹi/ | A shrub, Salvia rosmarinus (formerly Rosmarinus officinalis), that originates from Europe and Asia Minor and produces a fragrant herb used in cooking and… |
| organic adjective | /ɔːˈɡænɪk/ | Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. |
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| reveal verb | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| gorgeous adjective | /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/ | Sumptuously dressed. |
| feedback noun | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results. |
| purple noun | /ˈpɝ.pl̩/ | A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta. |
| stem noun | /stɛm/ | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| shelter noun | /ˈʃɛltə/ | A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| boil down verb | To reduce in volume by boiling. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| show around verb | To accustom (someone) to a physical place, especially a building, site for an event, etc. | |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. | |
| take off verb | To remove. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We've never done anything like this before.
- I'm spending time outside in the sun.
- Do we use it at home?
- She has a, wow, what's that?
- We can't hear her but she's holding a wheelbarrow.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being shown · is called · is grown |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've created · We've never done · I've taught |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | someone who struggles · kumquat which is · magenta which is |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are growing · they're using · I'm learning |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 33 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, dish /dɪʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
- Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, acidity /əˈsɪd.ɪ.ti/, malleable /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/
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 basil, bee, basket.
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.