Shadowing Practice: Learn REAL English: Sports & Exercise (Comprehensible Input) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So welcome back today we're going to be learning English with sport and we're going to start in the swimming pool.

So here this is a swimming pool.

And we're going to learn English together like always.

And remember, this 15 minute YouTube video is the same thing as a one hour English class.

And how is that?

Through comprehensible input. So...

All right, so the second word of the day is going to be a big splash.

And what is a big splash?

Give me one second, I'll show you.

Now my husband is swimming.

Let's go baby!

Yeah, he's swimming backwards.

Let's go.

Come on, man.

Yeah, you're tired.

No, you're not good.

You're not good.

Alright, so another great English word if you guys look over here.

Look over here right here here this side is the deep end that's where it's deep

if something is deep that means you can't touch the bottom And over there, is the shallow end of the pool.

So, over there you can stand.

So there's always a deep end of a pool and a shallow end of a pool great English word.

I've been swimming for maybe 10 minutes I'm a little bit tired, but we're not finished.

We're going to head to the beach and play some badminton.

Another great English word, badminton.

So I will see you guys at the beach.

Okay, so we finished going swimming and now we're heading to the beach.

Another great English word, the beach, to play some badminton.

But before that, I want to tell you guys, when you're playing any sports like badminton,

soccer, tennis, any sport, volleyball, you need to say you're playing the sport.

So you're playing basketball, you're playing volleyball, you're playing soccer.

to describe what you're playing.

So we're about to head to the beach and play some badminton.

I will see you guys in a little bit.

This is our badminton racket.

And now we're going to play something.

And hold on one second.

This here is called a net.

These paws hold up the net.

Two paws at the end hold up the net.

And that's how you can play much badminton.

And remember it's 3.

3 -1.

We'll play to 5.

Alright?

You're in the middle of the middle.

- Yeah.

- Okay, so...

We're on the beach and there was a fight on the beach.

I didn't bring out the camera because I didn't bring it out.

But I wanted to talk to you guys.

I got some comments and people asking where do I come from.

So I'm going to answer you guys.

I come from Canada.

And my mom and my dad are both Jamaican So my origins,

very good English word, I was born in Canada so my nationality is Canadian but my origins is Jamaican.

And I wanted to show you guys some other sport vocabulary.

So I'm gonna get up and Show you guys here's what I wanted to show you guys.

I wanted to show you guys these canoes Very good English word canoes or kayaks.

I'm not sure which one they are.

I but they are just right here, you guys can see them.

the canoes - Thank you.

those there are those canoes or kayaks They're like new or kayak?

How?

The boats, they are known as the kayak, right?

It's the kayak.

You can get it.

- No, you have to ask there.

Ah, okay.

Alright, so yeah, they're canoes or kayaks. And...

Oh, this here, that there is a wetsuit?

Another good English word, wetsuit.

And yeah, so there are canoes and kayaks.

I'm going to go see if you're allowed to rent them.

I'm about to ask them if you're allowed to rent.

So it got different big boats in here.

You can see.

and that's a water sport.

There's also...

There's also the...

Sailboats.

Sailboats also, you can race the sailboats.

We'll go over here and see what it looks like.

Thank you.

Oh, they're actually really big.

And you see on the sailboats, There are sails on the sailboats and that's how the wind pushes them through the water.

called sailboats.

Yeah, I think all these sailboats are for sport.

Real nice.

Oh, we got some more canoes over here, I think.

Bye.

Thank you. And...

Yeah, that's what I wanted to show you guys the canoes and the kayaks.

Thank you.

So I will see you guys in a little bit.

Later now we're going to go.. to the volleyball courts to show you guys some more

volleyball terms so i will see you guys at the volleyball court Thank you.

There are some lifeguards over there.

They're lifeguards.

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Lifeguards help you if you're drowning in the water, another good English word.

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If you can't swim, You will drown in the water so the lifeguard can save you from drowning Great English word.

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Lifeguard and drowning.

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Okay, so we're about to head to the volleyball court, but before we go to the volleyball court, this here is a bicycle or a bike and the bike has two.

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wheels.

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This here Oops, it's a bike pedal.

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and We're going to Ride the bike.

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I will see you guys at the volleyball court.

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Now, okay, so now I'm riding the bike and we're riding the bike on the seashore.

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This is a bike path.

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I know you guys can see and I'm going to ride very fast.

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I'll see you guys over there.

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view on the left side you guys see that see and you see this bike path.

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It's along the shore.

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So when something is along something, that means it runs all across here.

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So the bike path, it runs all across the shore.

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And if you see on this side, it's a Sunday today.

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I'm filming on Sunday, so it's not that busy on the road.

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You guys see there's not a lot of cars driving.

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I think the stadium where we're going to go play some volleyball, it is about, I don't know, five.

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10 minutes from here. So...

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I think we'll be there in a little bit of time.

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and I'll see you guys in a little bit.

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Oh!

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But before we go, take a look at this vocabulary word here.

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See, oh, I almost fell.

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I'm joking, I didn't almost fall.

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But these big rocks over here, these are called boulders.

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So if the rock is really big, you can call it a boulder.

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And yeah, I think I'll see you guys in a little bit.

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While I was riding, you see these two lines here in the bike lane?

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I'm in the right lane right now and to my left there is the left lane.

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So and even you see the car on the road here.

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Those are different lanes.

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One way one lane goes one way and the other lane goes another way.

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So these are all called lanes. And...

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Whoa!

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Oh, I'm getting a bit tired.

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So we're almost at the stadium.

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I want to show you those great vocabulary words there.

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Mike Lane.

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But, I guess I will see you guys in I don't know, a little bit if I see any more interesting English words.

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Don't worry.

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I'll let you guys know.

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I see another English word here.

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You see this nice tree?

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This here is called a palm tree.

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You see that?

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It's a palm tree.

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Very good English word.

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In the south of France where I live, there is a lot of palm trees.

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Oh, there goes another one.

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And you see these big trees on the top up here?

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Yeah, those big trees.

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They provide a lot of shade.

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And what shade is, is it's a place that's blocked from the sun.

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So these big trees, the one you see in front of you, those provide a lot of shade.

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And you see, you see now I'm going to get into the shade.

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Opsie We're in the shade because the tree provides shade.

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Oh, I think we are at the stadium.

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So I'll see you guys in a little bit.

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So now we're at the volleyball court.

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We're gonna go inside. And...

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This is a beach volleyball court.

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So you can see there's sand, another great English word this here.

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- Sand.

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And you can play volleyball on the sand.

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So this is a beach volleyball court.

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And over there or this here, What I'm about to do now is called a serve.

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I used to play volleyball in high school, so I haven't served in maybe 15 years.

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but we'll try now.

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All right.

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Voila.

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Another serve here.

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Let's see if I can get a good one.

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It's horrible.

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Now I'm gonna try another serve.

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Let's see if I can get one good serve today.

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Well, just one time.

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Oh yeah, oh yes, I got one good serve today.

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So when you're playing any sport, so Right now I'm gonna hit the ball.

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you hit the ball if you're playing volleyball or soccer anything like that you hit the ball

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So even if you're playing golf, if you're playing golf, you swing, You hit the ball.

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baseball, anything like that is a hit and I'm gonna show you guys One more thing about volleyball, this here is a bump.

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Thank you.

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volleyball bump and then hold on oh This here is a Bali.

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Thank you.

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Those are the different volleyball terms.

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or maybe we'll go see if we could go watch them play a little bit.

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And then I'll see you guys on the basketball court and then after the skate park.

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to finish off the video.

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He's about to do a serve.

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We're gonna watch in this little volleyball game here.

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Oh, a little bump.

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Oh.

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and the oak See the ball is off.

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That's one point for this side.

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You see one point for this team.

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He's gonna do another serve over here.

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- You got a selfie?

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- It's quite fast.

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Oh, oh.

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Thank you.

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Oh, one point for them now.

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It's a point for them.

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Oh, before we start this here is a volleyball pole.

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And there's two poles that hold up the volleyball net.

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Great English words - Please.

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Ooh.

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Thank you.

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Oh!

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- - - What?

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Oh, this is a good rally.

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Oh, another great English word there.

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Rally.

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You see when the ball goes back and forth.

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back and forth.

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That's a rally.

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Alright, another I'm gonna do another serve here.

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Oh, that was a foul.

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- - Oh, oh.

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- That was good.

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- Shh.

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All right, yeah, he's gonna do another serve here.

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Let's see his serve.

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Guys.

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That's not working.

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And, ooh, it was a good serve.

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- It's a bit of a mess.

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Thank you.

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We won!

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We won!

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We won!

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Wait, we won!

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I did it.

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Ah, the denier.

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Okay, last one, last one.

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David?

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- Yeah, I can't say.

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Ooh, that's a good circle.

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Oh!

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All right.

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Merci, eh?

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Merci beaucoup.

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Thank you.

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Oh.

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Yeah, so that was a little volleyball game.

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Now we're going to go back over to the basketball court.

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I'll show you guys some basketball terms.

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And we'll go to the skate park.

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And we'll do some more English over there.

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So I'll see you guys in a little bit.

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Now we were just at the volleyball court.

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Had to watch a little...

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good volleyball game.

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Hope you guys learned some English.

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But now we're at the basketball court.

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As you guys can see behind me, that's a basketball net.

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And let's see if we can find any other English words.

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I guess we're here.

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You see this long line from the basketball net?

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That's called the three -point line.

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So you can shoot from here.

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and that is called a three pointer.

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And there's two people playing over there.

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They're playing one -on -one basketball.

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pretty good.

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But this is what I wanted to show you guys.

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I wanted to show you this skate park.

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This is called escape work, very useful English word.

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Alright so this here is called for the skate park this is called Abhim And anything like this is called a beam.

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What I wanted to show you guys was over here If we look all the way over here, that there is a skate ramp.

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and We're gonna go on this.. what?

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Oh, we're going to go on the skate ramp.

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Do you love it?

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You're there, baby.

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What I wanted to show you guys was over here, this is the skate park.

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This is the skate ramp, sorry

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so what i'm gonna do is i'm gonna run up the skate ramp you see wait one second Oh!

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and This is the end of the video.

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So last word of the day is skate ramp.

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I hope you guys learned a lot of English today.

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please subscribe to the channel and if you like the video

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like the video and i'll see you guys in the next video maybe tomorrow Peace.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Learn REAL English: Sports & Exercise”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: volleyball, English, word, serve, skate. This video has 282 sentences and 2166 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:22. The speaker talks at a steady 141 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
volleyball noun	/ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/	A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
skate noun	/skeɪt/	A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
kayak noun	/ˈkaɪˌæk/	A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in…
canoe noun	/kəˈnuː/	A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction…
badminton noun	/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/	A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over…
sailboat noun	/ˈseɪlˌboʊt/	A boat propelled by a sail.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
shade noun	/ʃeɪd/	Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
lifeguard noun	/ˈlaɪfˌɡɑɹd/	A lifesaver: a rescuer, usually an expert swimmer, employed to save swimmers in trouble or near drowning at a body of water.
drown verb	/dɹaʊn/	To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
vocabulary noun	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
bump noun	/bʌmp/	A light blow or jolting collision.
palm noun	/pɑm/	The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
merci	/mɛːˈsiː/	Thank you.
paw noun	/pɔ/	The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
hold up verb	To wait or delay.
look over verb	To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
bring out verb	To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
finish off verb	To finish completely.
get up verb	To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go back verb	To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go over verb	To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Give me one second, I'll show you.
You're in the middle of the middle.
I'm not sure which one they are.
You see this nice tree?
You see this long line from the basketball net?

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	is called · was born · are known
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	is swimming · we're heading · you're playing
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	we're going to be · we're going to learn · is going to be
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction	I'll show · will see · We'll play

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 107 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shade /ʃeɪd/, splash /splæʃ/, shallow /ˈʃæloʊ/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, seashore /ˈsiːʃoɹ/
Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, nationality /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/

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 volleyball, skate, kayak.

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

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?