Shadowing Practice: Learn English via Listening Beginner Level | Lesson 22 | Meals - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Music.
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Meals.
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Breakfast is very rushed at our house.
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My brothers and sisters and I have toast or cereal.
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We also have orange juice.
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On weekends, my mother makes bacon and eggs for us.
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My father just has a cup of coffee for breakfast.
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My mother packs a lunch for all of us.
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We usually have a sandwich, a piece of fruit, and a drink of juice or milk.
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My favorite sandwiches are egg salad, tuna, roast beef, and ham.
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My brother always wants peanut butter and jam sandwiches.
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My mother sometimes packs a treat for us.
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Today we had cookies with our lunch.
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At supper time, the family sits around the table and talks about what they did all day.
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My mother makes good suppers.
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We sometimes have spaghetti.
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My mother makes a roast of beef with potatoes and vegetables quite often.
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She makes many different dishes out of chicken.
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She makes soups or stews.
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She also makes casseroles.
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My brothers and sisters and I have milk with our dinner.
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My parents sometimes have wine with their dinner.
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Sometimes we have salad before our dinner.
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I set the table for my mother.
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I put out the forks, the knives, and spoons.
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I also put out glasses and filled them full of milk or water.
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For dessert, We sometimes have ice cream, cake, or pie.
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My mother says that it is better to have fruit because it is better for you.
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Tonight, I ate a peach for dessert.
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My favorite fruits are apples, peaches plums, and bananas.
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After supper, my mother always has a cup of tea with sugar and cream in it.
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After dinner, I help my mother with the dishes.
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Usually she washes the dishes and I will dry them.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn English via Listening Beginner Level”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: mother, dinner, supper, dishes, fruit. This video has 34 sentences and 294 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 75% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| sandwich noun | /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ | A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. |
| supper noun | /ˈsʌpɚ/ | An optional light meal consumed shortly before going to bed. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| beef noun | /bif/ | The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults. |
| 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… |
| roast verb | /ɹoʊst/ | To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. |
| dessert noun | /dɪˈzɝt/ | The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc. |
| peach noun | /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/ | Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| wash verb | /wɑʃ/ | To clean with water. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| put out verb | To blind (eyes). |
| sit around verb | To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/
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 dish, sandwich, supper.
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.