Shadowing Practice: MARATONA EM INGLÊS l O Show da Luna! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “MARATONA EM INGLÊS l O Show da Luna!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: space, straw, station, ring, bee. This video has 941 sentences and 5461 words to shadow. The speech runs for 55:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 98 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 202 of its 941 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| straw noun | /stɹɔ/ | A dried stalk of a cereal plant. |
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| bee noun | /ˈbiː/ | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for… |
| elevator noun | /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/ | Anything that raises or uplifts. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| oxygen noun | /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ | The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental… |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| hive noun | /haɪv/ | A structure, whether artificial or natural, for housing a swarm of honeybees. |
| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| delay noun | /dɪˈleɪ̯/ | A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. |
| experiment noun | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of… |
| convert verb | /kənˈvɝt/ | To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product. |
| sensation noun | /sɛnˈseɪʃən/ | A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. |
| gigantic adjective | /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/ | Very large. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go up verb | To move upwards. | |
| come together verb | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | To assemble; to congregate; to combine. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| dry off verb | To make dry. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How can I help you today?
- Antares, can I have a normal straw?
- Hey, what could've happened to my apple?
- We're going to the future?
- Do you think they're sleeping right now?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've ever seen · We've needed · I've already seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are not allowed · aren't recycled · are recycled |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the greatest · the best · the biggest |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was just thinking · was thinking · was wondering |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 149 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thin /ˈθɪn/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/, thingy /ˈθɪŋi/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sensation /sɛnˈseɪʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, trash /tɹæʃ/, transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, affirmative /əˈfɝməɾɪv/
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 straw, flower, bee.
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.












