Shadowing Practice: Learn English Vlog - My Real Evening Routine ✨ - Learn English Speaking with Video

Oh, hello!

Welcome to my evening routine.

I've just finished work for the day

so I am going to show you how I spend my evening and we're going to learn lots of very useful English.

So, I've just had a full day of teaching,

I teach online so I've just finished my last lesson so the first thing really early.

I don't care.

I don't care what you say.

I don't care.

Leave me alone.

I've actually got quite a few things to do this evening so it's going to be a very busy evening routine.

First thing I need to do before I start dinner is I just want to have a bit of a tidy up.

Everything looks a little bit hectic.

There's things everywhere, I've got stuff just everywhere, so I want to have a nice clean space before I cook dinner,

so let's just tidy up a little bit.

Now I definitely need to put the dishes away before I start cooking

because after I start cooking there will be more dishes to wash, so I'm going to put the dishes away.

Dishes can refer to mugs, plates, anything that you wash up, so I'm going to put the dishes away.

We actually do have a dishwasher,

um, but we have When you use a dishwasher,

I think it creates a bit of a...

a bit of a pong, there's a bit of a, I don't know, a funky smell in your dishes.

I can't describe it.

It's not a big problem but we just prefer to um not use the dishwasher.

What about this?

What do we call this collection?

Because I've got forks, knives, spoons, together they are cutlery.

Cutlery.

So I'm putting the cutlery away in the cutlery drawer.

away.

I did some laundry yesterday and they are drying on the drying rack

but I think the clothes are all dry now so let's do that.

My least favorite job.

I don't like folding clothes, it's boring.

pairing socks.

Not me.

Okay, let's get started on dinner.

Tonight I'm making a risotto.

If you're Italian, don't judge my risotto technique.

I don't know what I'm doing.

I've got some leftover chicken thighs in the fridge, so I'm going to do chicken thighs,

maybe some courgette, maybe a couple of peas Uh.

Feels like I'm on a cooking show or something.

I love it.

So yes, I eat early.

Because I'm hungry and I don't want to wait.

And I think I like to have very hearty meals.

So because I'm eating a big hearty meal, That, that sees me through the evening.

Sometimes I'll have a little snack later on in the evening so I might have like a yoghurt bowl or something,

but I really look forward to my dinner so when I finish work, I just want my dinner right there and then, it's what I want.

Okay, I think we are almost ready to dish up.

We are almost ready to dish up.

My husband has finished teaching, So let me just give it a taste test.

Bye.

Two more minutes, I think.

Bez always does this.

I put food on the table and it's ready to go, but he likes to get a head start on the washing up.

Mmm, oh yeah.

Wow.

I love risotto.

This is a chicken and courgette and pea risotto.

Oh, it looks lovely, Laura.

Mmm.

That's good.

Thank you, mate.

Welcome.

Okay, the kitchen is clean, we have washed up.

So, now I need to go to the shop because this weekend we're going to see our friends.

So, we're going for a weekend away, a little getaway.

We're having a little get together with our friends because we're going to see our friends.

It's so hard to see each other because we live so far away and I have promised to make some food.

So tomorrow before I leave I'm going to make the the pasta

and everything but tonight I need to pre -make the cookie dough

because tomorrow morning I'm going to make the cookies

but tonight I'm going to pre -make the cookie dough

so we need to go to the shop to buy all the ingredients.

Okay we're as I need to pre -make the cookie dough for tomorrow.

So I'm going to make some chocolate and Oreo cookies, but just the dough.

Watch out for the pronunciation of that word, by the way.

dough.

It looks weird but it's just pronounced dough.

So I'm going to make the dough and then leave it in the fridge overnight because apparently that makes better cookies.

So let's go.

I am using some elbow grease here.

Goodness me, it's well hard to mix cookie dough.

I'm having to use all of my strength just to mix this up.

I just want everything to be thoroughly mixed, you know?

I don't want any lumps.

Let's put the fun bits in.

So I'm doing Oreo and chocolate.

Yeah!

Woo!

Now can I mix that through?

Well it looks like I've made some kind of meat product but this is the cookie dough all wrapped great cookies.

I will put a picture of the finished cookies here.

this is what they look like.

Isn't that amazing?

Okay, so the cookie dough is chilling in the fridge.

I'm gonna do some yoga, I think.

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I don't usually do yoga.

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I do tend to do exercise throughout the week.

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So I try to go to the gym quite a lot.

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I like to go swimming.

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I like to go for a walk.

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But I haven't really done anything today and I just feel like I need to stretch,

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move my body, I really don't enjoy that.

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I don't feel good.

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I feel like my muscles ache, like I prefer to be moving.

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So I'm going to put a little yoga video on, do a little bit of yoga, nothing too dramatic, nothing too crazy, just some stretching.

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I would normally go for an evening walk, but I went for a big walk at lunchtime.

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So at lunchtime, I went for a big walk.

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So I'm just going to do some yoga.

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Let's go.

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Ah, that's nice.

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I feel a lot more refreshed now.

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I just came into my room and I keep forgetting what's happened in my room.

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So when I walk in, I go, oh no. We've got a, we've got an Ottoman bed.

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opened it and then I tried to close it and it just went and it just completely broke and it's fallen apart.

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There's bits of metal and wood that have fallen off and broken.

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It is beyond repair.

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I cannot fix it.

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So we have to order a new one.

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But in the meantime, this is what my room currently looks like.

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It's just stuck like that.

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So obviously we can't really sleep on it.

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Um, So it's just stuck like that.

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Every time I walk in here, I forget that it's broken and then I go, "Oh yeah, luckily we have a spare room and we have a bed there so we're sleeping there for the minute,

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but oh, I'll figure it out later." Now I'm going to do some Welsh practice

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because I'm trying to learn Welsh this year.

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It's one of the oldest languages in Europe.

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It's my husband Bez, So I'm gonna do a bit of work on that.

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Then I think I will just veg for the rest of the night Maybe.

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I might do something else.

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I don't know.

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Let's learn some Kemrayk.

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So I started the year pretty much a beginner in this language.

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I knew bits and bobs from my husband and I could make a very simple sentence but nothing really.

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So I am working through a grammar book to get the basics, to make sure that I really understand how to make different sentences,

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and then I'm going to worry about really expanding my vocabulary and adjectives and nouns and all that fun stuff.

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For now I just want to get the grammar.

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So I'm about How much have I done of this book?

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Here?

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Sure.

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So I'm about...

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I'm halfway through.

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About halfway through, I'm doing as much as I can, but I really struggle with fitting it in,

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like fitting in the time to sit here and actually do some really good practice.

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I try to do it.

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five times a week if I can, but I'm not perfect at all.

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Okay, that's enough for one night.

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Now it is time for my favourite part of the evening.

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I'm going to get in my pyjamas, I'm going to make a decaf coffee, I'm going to make a little snack,

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sit on the sofa and just watch something.

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I think there's football on, so I think Bears will want to but if the football is on, I will probably just sit on my phone.

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I might do some more Welsh on my phone, on an app, or I might just scroll. as we all do.

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Scroll, scroll, scroll.

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Let's see.

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But first, pyjamas!

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Ta -da!

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I love my dressing gown.

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It makes me feel comforted.

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It makes me feel cosy.

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It makes me feel warm.

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I just love a dressing gown.

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This is my usual uniform for... being in the house.

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Wah wah, fashion baby.

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Hey, hey, uh.

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Right.

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I bought these.

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Look at this.

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I bought these really gorgeous strawberries.

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They're like pink and white strawberries.

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I just couldn't resist them.

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I could not resist them.

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So I'm going to chop these up

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and I'm going to put a little bit of pistachio butter on top and make myself a cute little snack.

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Right, it's not particularly pretty but I'm happy with that.

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I've got these strawberries and I've crushed up an Oreo on it and put some pistachio spread.

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Sometimes a mix of flavours works, sometimes it doesn't but do a little bit of work,

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I often just get my laptop and do something.

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There's always something to do.

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So eat this, have a coffee, do a bit of work and then probably bed.

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I wouldn't say I'm a workaholic, it's not like I work all the time.

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I just feel like because the job I do during the day I really enjoy

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and once I finish for the day I'm kind of done

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and because of YouTube and the English courses we have there's always little me out,

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it doesn't make me feel like I'm working, so I quite like just sitting here while the TV is on, just tinkering really, just kind of,

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oh, I'll reply to that email, I'll do this.

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I don't view it as work.

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If you want to see the English courses that we have, by the way, you can go to smashingenglish .com and we're working on some new courses,

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so stay tuned. to go to bed.

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So first things first, I'm going to get my hair out of my face.

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There we go.

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First step is I use a cleansing thing, it's like a cleansing butter,

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to take any makeup or dirt off my face.

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Okay, then I take a cloth and get some warm water on it and wipe everything away.

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Notice the pronunciation of this is cloth with an unvoiced TH.

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So we don't say "clothe", we say "cloth".

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So if there's an E on the end, it's "cloth -th" with a voiced.

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If there's not an E, we say "cloth".

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with an unvoiced th.

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Okay, then I cleanse again.

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So I take this green tea cleansing water that I bought in Japan.

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So I don't know what I'm going to do when this runs out because

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I bought it on the other side of the world.

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I do have quite sensitive skin which is really annoying because

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I want to just try all of the fun skincare products but I can't.

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I have to use boring ones.

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I've got like a, um, tea tree, moisturizer.

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So that is to stop me getting too many spots, hopefully.

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In the UK, We call them spots and in the US they call them pimples.

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So an American might say, "Oh no, I got a pimple !" But in the UK we would say,

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"Oh no, I got a spot !" Now time to brush my teeth.

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I use an electric toothbrush just because I think it cleans better.

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on a really boring cucumber moisturizer because I need to use simple products otherwise I get spots.

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And final step, this one always makes me feel a little bit luxurious.

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It's a facial toner.

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I don't know what toner does, but I like spraying it on my face.

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Now that's done, it's time to hit the hay.

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Before I go to bed, I need to draw the curtains.

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I'm not drawing them, I'm closing them.

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But we say to draw the curtains, and I don't know why.

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Bed truly is the best place, isn't it?

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So I'm probably going to sit here for about 20 minutes.

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go on my phone, Scroll on TikTok.

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and then go to bed.

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I need to set an alarm because if I don't set an alarm, I'm going I won't wake up, so I need to set an alarm for the morning.

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But yeah, I'm just going to chill now.

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Thank you so much for watching this.

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If you enjoyed it, please give it a like.

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So click the join button to become a member.

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You can also go to smashingenglish .com to see our English courses.

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Thank Bye.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 235 sentences and 2310 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:59. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% 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
cookie noun	/ˈkʊki/	A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
dough noun	/doʊ/	A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
dish noun	/dɪʃ/	A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
cloth noun	/klɒθ/	A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
yoga noun	/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/	Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system…
scroll noun	/skɹoʊl/	A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
alarm noun	/əˈlɑɹm/	A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
bore verb	/boɹ/	To inspire boredom in somebody.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
strawberry noun	/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/	The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
wash verb	/wɑʃ/	To clean with water.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
routine noun	/ɹuˈtin/	A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
stretch verb	/stɹɛt͡ʃ/	To lengthen by pulling.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wash up verb		To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
tidy up verb		To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat.
fall apart verb		To disintegrate, to break into pieces.
fall off verb		To become detached or to drop from.
look forward to verb		To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
run out verb		To use up or consume all
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
work through verb		To get past a difficult or stressful situation by thinking or talking about it.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 103 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thigh /θaɪ/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, clothe /ˈkloʊð/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/

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 cookie, dough, dish.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if the football is on, I will probably
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've just finished · I've just had · has finished
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might have · might do · might say
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	start cooking · finished teaching · keep forgetting

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

Grammar in this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?