Shadowing Practice: MINDSET FOR IELTS 3 TRACK 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Track 2 Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Museum of London Life.
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My name's Peter and I'll be your guide, taking you through your exciting visit,
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which lasts for approximately 90 minutes and traces the history of this vast and ever -changing city.
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But before we eventually arrive back here in the present, we begin our walk in ancient London,
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where we're going to take a look at life from the point of view of prehistoric men,
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women and children, looking at how they lived thousands of years ago, when all this around us was fields.
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At this point, London was little more than a few settlements, dotted about here and there, certainly nothing like the metropolis you see surrounding you today.
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So, from there, the walk allows you to see the city grow as you progress through the exhibits,
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and take in the fascinating pieces of history that have been found and donated to the museum over the years,
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including maps, photos, images and thousands of other objects here.
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And finally, when we leave the part of the exhibition called Contemporary London,
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we'll move away from our present here in the 21st century and head off into the 22nd.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “MINDSET FOR IELTS 3 TRACK 2”. This video has 12 sentences and 198 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:19. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| vast adjective | /væst/ | Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| exhibition noun | /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ | An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| exhibit verb | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ | To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest. |
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| donate verb | /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/ | To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another. |
| surround verb | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| metropolis noun | /məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/ | The mother (founding) polis (city state) of a colony. |
| dotted adjective | /ˈdɑtɪd/ | Made up of a series of dots. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| fascinate verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. |
| prehistoric adjective | /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/ | Of or relating to the epoch before written record. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been found |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been found |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we'll, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, metropolis /məˈtɹɑp.ə.lɪs/, prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/
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 vast, arrive, exhibition.
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.