Shadowing Practice: Leisure time - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Leisure time long conversation.
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Hey, Anna.
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What do you usually do in your leisure time?
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Personally, I really enjoy doing sports and activities because they are exciting, healthy, and help me relax after studying.
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I agree.
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In my free time, I often go camping near the seashore, play volleyball or basketball, and sometimes go rollerblading with my friends.
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I also enjoy bowling, ice skating, and gymnastics, although some of these activities can be quite exhausting.
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Tom, that sounds great.
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I prefer more adventurous activities such as hiking, climbing, kayaking, surfing, bodyboarding, mountain biking, and snowboarding.
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I would also like to try absealing, hang gliding, and bungee jumping one day, but my parents think they are too dangerous.
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Anna, I can understand their concern.
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I don't really like bungee jumping either because it looks frightening.
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However, I would love to try karting, parkour, and BMXing, because they look exciting and require you to coordinate your movements carefully.
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Tom, when I don't feel like doing sports, I usually stay at home and play board games or cards, listen to a musical instrument,
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watch videos on social media, or text my friends.
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I sometimes bake cakes too, although baking can be quite time -consuming.
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Anna, I have a similar routine, but I also enjoy joining school clubs.
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I'm in the drama club and the martial arts club, while my brother prefers ballroom dancing, ballet and horse riding.
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Tao, what about weights?
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Do you ever do weight training?
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Yes, but only occasionally.
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I prefer activities that are fun rather than boring.
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For example, I think ice hockey is exciting, while some exercises with weights can become repetitive.
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What about places for sports?
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At school, we have a football pitch and a tennis court, and there's a sports center near a tower block where people can play different sports.
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Yes, and I think field games are particularly interesting because there is a lot of variation.
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Some games are easy, while others are difficult, addictive, or even exhausting.
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They can also involve an adventure or finding treasure.
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After playing sports, I usually like eating out with my family.
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We can choose different dishes, such as curry, pie, pudding, risotto, stew, stir -fry, lasagne mousse, paella, miso, and taco.
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Some foods contain wheat, so we have to check the ingredients carefully.
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Anna, that sounds delicious!
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Personally, I prefer paella and lasagne, but I don't really like stew.
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Anyway, I think leisure time is important because we can choose activities according to our preferences, give reasons for our choices,
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raise objections, and finally come to an agreement with our friends.
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Tom, exactly.
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Whether we are playing sports, joining clubs, going on an adventure, eating out, or simply talking to friends,
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leisure time helps us enjoy life and stay healthy.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Leisure time”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: sports, activities, leisure, Anna, prefer. This video has 39 sentences and 462 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:54. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 74% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| leisure noun | /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/ | Freedom provided by the cessation of activities. |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| bake verb | /beɪk/ | To cook (something) in an oven (for someone). |
| exhaust verb | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. |
| pitch noun | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. |
| hockey noun | /ˈhɑ.ki/ | Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. |
| occasionally adverb | /əˈkeɪʒənəli/ | On occasion: at relatively infrequent intervals, from time to time, sometimes. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| tennis noun | /ˈtɛnɪs/ | A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| involve verb | /ɪnˈvɑlv/ | To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include. |
| instrument noun | /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/ | A device used to produce music. |
| climb verb | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: leisure /ˈlɛʒə(ɹ)/, occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, dish /dɪʃ/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Long words — get the stress right: occasionally /əˈkeɪʒənəli/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/, adventurous /ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like leisure, adventure, carefully.
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.