Shadowing Practice: MINDSET FOR IELTS 1 TRACK 41 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Track 41.
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Recording 1.
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And now for the local news.
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A new branch of Sportsworld, the Danish sporting goods company, is opening on Saturday.
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Most of you will be familiar with the branch in the south of Grinstead
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that opened two years ago and which has enjoyed a lot of success.
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There was talk of them opening a new store in the Meadows shopping centre in the north of the town,
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but they have finally decided to open in the east, near the football stadium.
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As a special treat for fans, Grinstead Town's Danish striker Jesper Nielsen will be opening the store ahead of their home match at the weekend.
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That's the end of our tour of the city, so you now have a couple of hours to spend exploring the city centre.
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If you want to buy souvenirs, you might find them cheaper near the hotel.
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However, if you're feeling a bit tired, there are plenty of tea shops nearby, and they also sell boxes of tea that make really good presents.
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A word of warning, you'll find a lot of cheap electronic stores offering cameras at really low prices.
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They might seem good quality,
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but we've had a lot of complaints from tourists who have bought them only to find they break after about a week.
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Recording 3 Thank you for calling the Eastgate Shopping Centre.
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The centre is currently closed.
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Our opening days and times are as follows.
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Monday to Saturday we are open from 9 o 'clock until 6 o 'clock
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and on Sunday our doors open at 11 o 'clock and we close at 5 o 'clock.
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Recording 4 When I first opened the shop three years ago, we mainly sold shirts and jackets that I had designed,
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and these proved very popular.
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However, we added more products as the business started to grow.
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We also started selling online.
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The jackets and shirts are still really popular, especially online, but in the shop itself we sell trousers more than any other item.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “MINDSET FOR IELTS 1 TRACK 41”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: clock, opening, centre, recording, shop. This video has 25 sentences and 329 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:14. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| complaint noun | /kəmˈpleɪnt/ | The act of complaining. |
| explore verb | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | To examine or investigate something systematically. |
| striker noun | /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/ | A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest. |
| trousers noun | /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/ | An article of clothing that covers the part of the body between the waist and the ankles or knees, and is divided into a separate part for each leg. |
| souvenir noun | /ˈsu.vəˌnɪɹ/ | An item of sentimental value, that is given or kept to remember an event or location. |
| shirt noun | /ʃɜɹt/ | An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms. |
| branch noun | /bɹænt͡ʃ/ | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. |
| stadium noun | /ˈsteɪ.di.əm/ | A venue where sporting events are held. |
| familiar adjective | /fəˈmɪl.jəɹ/ | Known to one, or generally known; commonplace. |
| mainly adverb | /ˈmeɪnli/ | Of a person or thing being the driving force influencing the outcome of an event; chiefly; certainly for the most part. |
| warning noun | /ˈwoɹnɪŋ/ | An instance of warning someone. |
| item noun | /ˈaɪ.təm/ | A distinct physical object. |
| electronic adjective | /ˌɛl.ɛkˈtɹɒn.ɪk/ | Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, you'll, you're. 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.
- 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 clock, jacket, complaint.
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.