Shadowing Practice: LPTD1 Unit 15 Monet’s Garden - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 15.
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Monet's Garden Claude Monet was a great artist.
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He was the first of a group of artists called the Impressionists.
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This group of artists thought about how things in the world made them feel.
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They tried to show this in their work.
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This way of painting shows how light can change shapes and colors.
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Monet did a lot of his work outdoors.
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He wanted to show how daylight made things look.
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Many of his paintings are of gardens.
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He liked to paint flowers and trees.
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He loved to paint in his own garden.
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His garden was in a village.
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He lived there for many years.
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Today, many visitors come each year to this garden.
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They come from all over the world.
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Most of them are art lovers or artists.
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They come to see the place that Monet loved so much.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 17 sentences and 141 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:08. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

14 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

  • flower /ˈfloʊɚ/ (noun) — A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual…
  • lover /ˈlʌvɚ/ (noun) — One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse.
  • outdoor /aʊtˈdɔː/ (adjective) — Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
  • visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ (noun) — Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
  • daylight /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ (noun) — The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
  • paint /peɪnt/ (verb) — To apply paint to.
  • painting /ˈpeɪ.nɪŋ/ (noun) — An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
  • garden /ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/ (noun) — An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.
  • artist /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/ (noun) — A person who creates art.
  • unit /ˈjuː.nɪt/ (noun) — Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
  • color /ˈkʌl.ə/ (noun) — The spectral composition of visible light.
  • tree /tɹiː/ (noun) — A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
  • village /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
  • shape /ˈʃeɪ̯p/ (noun) — The status or condition of something

Phrasal verbs you will hear

  • come from (verb) — To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verb) — To ponder.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like flower, lover, outdoor.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →