Shadowing Practice: MINDSET FOR IELTS 1 TRACK 53 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Track 53.
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Good morning.
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I'd like to thank the Council for agreeing to this meeting
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and for welcoming us here today to explain to you our plans for Pinewood Centre.
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Our aim is to make Pinewoods a place where people of all ages can come and enjoy their free time.
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The centre will feature our Tree Tops Challenge, only for the brave and fearless, For the less brave and for families with children,
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there will be adventure playgrounds, indoor and outdoor, and a feeding area for farm animals, and we will also offer cycle trails through the woods.
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I'll give you an overview of Pinewoods first, and then tell you more about each area in more detail.
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This first slide shows the overall layout of the centre, and where all the activities will be situated.
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As you can see from the map, the entrance to this attraction will be on the south side.
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As visitors enter from the car park, they will walk along this path, leading them to the cafe and gift shop.
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The gift shop will be where tickets are on sale and therefore needs to be near the entrance.
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So this building here on the right will be the cafe and the building on the left will be the gift shop.
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There will also be a picnic field behind the cafe for the warmer months.
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It's the area just to the right of the cafe as you look at the map.
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And in the bottom right -hand corner of the picnic field,
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we're planning to have a barbecue area where people can hire a barbecue and bring their own food to cook.
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It'll be great for parties.
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In summer, we plan to have bands performing here in the evenings.
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To the west of the gift shop is where the Tree Tops Challenge will take place.
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There's a path here winding through the forest, and up in the trees there will be all sorts of high -level adventure apparatus.
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Rope swings, awesome rope bridges and tunnels, and zip wires where you can fly way above the forest floor.
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This adventure experience will only be open to those aged 15 and over.
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Beyond the treetops challenge there will be an adventure playground.
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To get to it, you go along this path from the entrance until you reach the crossroads, then you turn left.
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The young children's playground will have a fence around it, making it safer and keeping them away from the lake.
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The indoor play area, only for the very young, will be on the east side of the farm,
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near the cafe and just inside the picnic area.
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And finally, let's turn our attention back to this area here, where the paths meet and form a crossroads.
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This path, leading to the east end of the farm, will take our visitors to the area which houses the farm animals.
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Children will be able to watch the animals being fed and cared for, and in some instances they will be able to feed the animals themselves.
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The sheep will be in this first area on the right here, directly opposite the pigs, and the goats will go at the very end there.
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We haven't quite decided on the other areas yet.
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So those are our plans.
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We hope they will be approved
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and we look forward to welcoming you back in the not too distant future to see the final result.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “MINDSET FOR IELTS 1 TRACK 53”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cafe, path, adventure, farm, gift. This video has 36 sentences and 571 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:31. The speaker talks at a natural 162 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| adventure noun | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | A feeling of desire for new and exciting things. |
| entrance noun | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | The action of entering, or going in. |
| picnic noun | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink. |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| brave adjective | /bɹeɪv/ | Strong in the face of fear; courageous. |
| indoor adjective | /ˈɪndoɹ/ | Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building. |
| rope noun | /ɹoʊp/ | Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. |
| visitor noun | /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. |
| trail noun | /tɹeɪl/ | The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the… |
| wire noun | /ˈwaɪɚ/ | Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die. |
| hire verb | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. |
| swing verb | /ˈswɪŋ/ | To rotate about an off-centre fixed point. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| tunnel noun | /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ | An underground or underwater passage. |
| outdoor adjective | /aʊtˈdɔː/ | Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| go along verb | To participate, cooperate, or conform. |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as haven't, I'd, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheep /ˈʃiːp/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/
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 adventure, entrance, picnic.
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.