Shadowing Practice: Learn English While I’m Sick | Slow English for Beginners - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm sick.
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I made this tea because I'm sick.
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I have a sore throat, a little bit of a cough, a lot of boogers.
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I'm very congested.
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And this tea is definitely helping me feel better.
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Guess what it has?
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My tea has turmeric, ginger, lime, and honey. And water.
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And this is really helping me feel better.
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It's really soothing my throat.
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It's not really helping my boogers,
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but I'll just have to blow my nose with some toilet paper.
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That's the only way.
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The turmeric The turmeric is helping boost my immune system.
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The lime and honey is helping me soothe my throat.
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And the ginger is also helping boost my immune system.
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This is my home remedy for having a cold.
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I went to the doctor this morning, and she checked my heartbeat.
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She took my pressure.
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She checked my throat.
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I had to say, ah.
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And she said that I don't have an infection.
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I just have a cold.
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And I just have to wait it out.
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I can't take any antibiotics.
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Just things like painkillers, like ibuprofen.
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But it's so annoying to be sick because I'm the type of person that needs to move.
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I need to move a little bit.
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go to the gym or for a run or just do something.
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I can't stay still.
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I can't take time to recuperate.
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And that's why I always take so long to recuperate fully because I don't give myself a break.
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I don't pause and let my body rest, chill.
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And it's very bad, but I think today I'm going to the gym anyway.
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I don't care.
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I know I need it.
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I need to go for just a little run, just do a little exercise.
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I woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat, But as the day went on,
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my throat got progressively worse.
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And I started to have a cough.
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So I walked to the corner of my street and I bought a juice.
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It's like antigripal that's what it's called in Spanish
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but it's basically just pineapple with orange juice with ginger
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and I think lime maybe
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and they mix it all together to make an anti -flu juice
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and it's so good it really helped my throat feel better
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and then I made some chicken soup and I had some of
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that for lunch and then I made a coffee
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but coffee is not good for you
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when you have a sore throat coffee I think irritates your throat
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when it's already sore so it hurt for a little bit there
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and I decided to make a little tea to feel better.
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It's sad because outside, it's so sunny out today.
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The day is beautiful, but I just can't go outside.
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If I walk around in the sun,
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It will just make my throat feel worse and my cough get worse.
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And I'll probably just feel uncomfortable walking around with a stuffy nose,
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a sore throat, and a cough.
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So today I decided to avoid going outside and just stay inside and work on the things I need to get done.
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Like the opening of my English community where we speak together like this every day.
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But you can speak back to us.
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We learn with an international community of students that are just like you, who are afraid of making mistakes,
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of sounding stupid, of being judged, or students who just froze when they wanted to say something.
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You have the knowledge.
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You can understand when I speak to you.
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And I'm sure you can speak back to me.
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You just need to start.
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Even if it's just a few words at a time.
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That's so much better than not doing anything at all.
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And in the community, there's no pressure to speak.
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There's no pressure to join.
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There's no pressure to be perfect.
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Nobody is.
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And we just encourage others and lift each other up instead of bringing each other down.
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And that support is what keeps so many students, more than 300 students in my community, motivated.
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Motivated and disciplined to showing up to the conversation clubs every day to speak.
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We have three conversation clubs every day, Monday to Friday.
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So if you're interested, then check out the link in my description to join the wait list.
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I open four times a year and I'm opening soon in October, I think.
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So join the wait list so that you're notified
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when I do open the community and so that you're the first to join.
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I love just chatting with you guys like this.
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It feels much more real, like we're actually having a conversation.
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And you guys know I love reading your comments, so be sure to comment your home remedies because I need to think of some new ones.
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I'm running out of ideas.
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And I really loved this lesson specifically because it reminds me of the conversations we have in the community.
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These little casual chats that are very real but also very comprehensible, right?
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So tell me one new word that you learned in this video.
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And like this video if you want more videos like this of us just casually chatting.
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And if you liked this video, I'm sure you'd like my Learning English chat playlist.
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So go check that out.
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The link will be in the description and in the comments.
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Remember guys, never stop learning.
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I'll see you next week.
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Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 94 sentences and 913 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:32. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| throat noun | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | The front part of the neck. |
| sore adjective | /soɹ/ | Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive. |
| cough verb | /kɔf/ | Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound)… |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| ginger noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. |
| lime noun | /laɪm/ | Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. |
| boost verb | /buːst/ | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| immune adjective | /ɪˈmjuːn/ | Exempt; not subject to. |
| remedy noun | /ˈɹɛmədi/ | Something that corrects or counteracts. |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| encourage verb | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| remind verb | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person). |
| infection noun | /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ | The act or process of infecting. |
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.). | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, soothe /suːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/
- Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, recuperate /ɹɪˈk(j)uːpəˌɹeɪt/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, ibuprofen /ˌaɪ.bju.ˈpɹoʊ.fən/
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 throat, sore, cough.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | love reading · stop learning |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is definitely helping · is really helping · is helping |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to blow · had to say · have to wait |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll just have · will just make · I'll probably just feel |
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.