Shadowing Practice: Millie Bobby Brown talks parenting | UNICEF - Learn English Speaking with Video
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she loves food and I love food.
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So our love language together is food.
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Hi, I'm Millie Bobby Brown and I'm here to talk about parenting.
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What's one thing about motherhood that no one really prepared you for?
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The love.
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People say they love their children.
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I couldn't, I don't understand how that much happens in my heart.
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I don't know how the feeling is so overwhelming.
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It's just incomprehensible.
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Can you tell us about a moment with your child where you felt totally unsure?
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Yeah, like naturally just when you see something, like they're doing something, you're like, is that normal?
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Did they do that?
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And, you know, I call my mom.
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She's just like my 911.
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I'm just like, Mom, did I do this?
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Did, you know, my siblings do this?
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And she's like, oh, yeah, that's completely normal.
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They do that all the time. So great.
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Like, I'm so honoured to have support.
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And if I can't call her, I call my mother-in-law.
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And she's just like the same way.
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You know, it's just like so nice to hear reassurance.
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What's your favorite thing to do with your child?
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She loves food, and I love food.
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So our love language together is food.
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Like we just love to sit there and eat
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and she always wants to try what I'm having and I'm always eating what she's having.
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How has your life changed since becoming a mum?
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My life has changed in a lot of ways.
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Raising a daughter is a real responsibility
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and I just try to learn as much as I can
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and feed it into her life so that she knows nothing other than girls supporting girls,
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women succeeding, achieving their dreams and living in a world and building a world for her.
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That isn't unrealistic but it sets a standard for her to know that she shouldn't settle for anything less.
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To describe parenting in a phrase I would say take it one day at a time.
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Like my husband and I always say, we're just like, today was today and tomorrow's gonna be tomorrow.
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Let's just sleep.
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You just take it day by day.
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Trước hôn nhân, hãy có với nhau những cuộc trò chuyện thật nghiêm túc và sâu sắc #shadowing #english
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 38 sentences and 363 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:13. The speaker talks at a natural 163 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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
12 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ (adverb) — In a natural manner.
- settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verb) — To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ (noun) — A short written or spoken expression.
- succeed /səkˈsiːd/ (verb) — To follow something in sequence or time.
- unsure (adjective) — uncertain, ambivalent.
- honoured /ˈɑnɚd/ (adjective) — Respected, having received honour.
- sibling /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/ (noun) — A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
- unrealistic (adjective) — Not realistic.
- incomprehensible /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ (adjective) — Impossible or very difficult to understand.
- motherhood /ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/ (noun) — The state of being a mother.
- overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ (verb) — To engulf, surge over and submerge.
- reassurance (noun) — The feeling of being reassured, of having confidence restored, of having apprehensions dispelled.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- do with (verb) — Only used in to do with
- live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- settle for (verb) — To accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, incomprehensible /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/
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 naturally, settle, phrase.
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.