Shadowing Practice: Living Things Reproduce - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Living things have different ways to make more of their kind, which we call reproduction.
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For example, plants often make seeds which can grow into new plants.
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An apple tree makes apples and inside each apple are seeds.
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If a seed lands in soil and has enough water and sunlight, it can grow into a new apple tree.
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Animals also reproduce, but they do in different ways.
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Some animals like dogs and cats give birth to live young.
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A baby cat, or kitten, grows inside its mother until it is ready to be born.
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Many animals like birds and frogs lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
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A bird will lay eggs in a nest, and after some time, baby birds will hatch from the eggs.
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Smaller animals like spiders and insects reproduce by laying eggs too.
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There are also animals that do a bit of both.
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For example, a platypus, which is a mammal like a dog or a cat, actually lays eggs.
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Living things have many different ways to reproduce, but all of them are doing the same thing, making more of their kind to continue the life cycle.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Living Things Reproduce”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eggs, animals, apple, reproduce, seed. This video has 14 sentences and 197 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:23. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| reproduce verb | /ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/ | To produce an image or copy of. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| soil noun | /sɔɪl/ | A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| sunlight noun | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. |
| hatch verb | /hæt͡ʃ/ | To emerge from an egg. |
| reproduction noun | /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/ | The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. |
| insect noun | /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ | An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. |
| kitten noun | /ˈkɪtən̩/ | A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc. |
| mammal noun | /ˈmæməl/ | A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young. |
| platypus noun | /ˈplætɪˌpʊs/ | A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a… |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | seeds which can · platypus, which is |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be born |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are doing |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will lay |
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 egg, reproduce, seed.
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.