Shadowing Practice: Listening Practice Through Dictation 2 - 02 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 2.
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A Hiking Trip Hi, Anne.
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Did you sign up for the trip on Saturday?
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What trip is that?
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I didn't know there was a trip on Saturday.
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The hiking club is going to Bear Mountain.
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The bus drops us off at the bottom, and we're going to hike until we get to a cabin halfway up the mountain.
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That sounds really great.
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Where can I sign up?
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Go and see Jennifer.
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She'll help you sign up.
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What activity will we do when we get to the cabin on the mountain?
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Well, it takes seven hours to hike to the cabin, so it will be late by the time we arrive.
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After we unpack, we'll start a campfire.
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Then we can sing, eat, and tell stories around the fire.
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The following day, we'll leave at dawn and hike to the top of the mountain.
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After we take pictures, we'll hike back down.
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If we have time, we might go swimming in the lake on the mountain.
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Those sound like really fun activities, and I can't wait to go.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 19 sentences and 178 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:00. The speaker talks at a natural 177 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| hike noun | /haɪk/ | A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. |
| cabin noun | /ˈkæbɪn/ | A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those… |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| dawn noun | /dɔːn/ | The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| halfway adverb | /ˌhæfˈweɪ/ | Half of the way between two points. |
| campfire noun | /ˈkæmpˌfaɪ̯ɚ/ | A fire at a campground or on a camping trip, often used for cooking, to provide light and heat, to drive away bugs, and as a focal point for sitting around in… |
| unpack verb | /ʌnˈpæk/ | To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. |
| sing verb | /ˈsɪŋ/ | To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. |
| mountain noun | /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/ | An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of… |
| trip noun | /tɹɪp/ | A journey; an excursion or jaunt. |
| activity noun | /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ | The state or quality of being active; activeness. |
| drop noun | /dɹɑp/ | A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| bottom noun | /ˈbɑ.təm/ | The lowest part of anything. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| sign up verb | To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. |
| back down verb | To take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously had, or has planned to have. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might go |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | She'll help · will we · will be |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | we're going to hike |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as we'll, can't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 hike, cabin, arrive.
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.