Shadowing Practice: Money today Money Tomorrow - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 10.
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Money Today, Money Tomorrow.
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Track 19.
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Reading.
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Money Today, Money Tomorrow One day, Daniel and his Uncle Bob went to the store together.
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Uncle Bob gave Daniel a $1 bill and told him he could buy whatever he wanted with that money.
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Daniel picked out two chocolate candy bars, which cost 50 cents each.
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As they were leaving, his uncle said that when he was a child, he was able to buy five candy bars with $1.
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This was because back then, they only cost 20 cents each.
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Daniel became curious.
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You see, Daniel, the price of all things usually rises as time goes by.
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That's why one dollar earned today is more valuable than one dollar earned one year later.
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This is called the time value of money.
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Do you understand?
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Not really, replied Daniel.
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Look at the candy bars.
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When I was a kid, I could buy five of them with one dollar.
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But now, I can only buy two, because the price has risen to fifty cents.
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In other words, the value of one dollar has dropped over the years.
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Daniel nodded his head.
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Now he was a little sure what his uncle meant.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Money today Money Tomorrow”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Daniel, uncle, dollar, candy, cents. This video has 21 sentences and 193 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:50. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| candy noun | /ˈkæn.di/ | Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| fifty noun | /ˈfɪfti/ | A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. |
| nod verb | /nɑd/ | To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement. |
| dollar noun | /ˈdɑ.lɚ/ | Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere… |
| valuable adjective | /ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/ | Having a great value. |
| reply noun | /ɹɪˈplaɪ/ | A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. |
| chocolate noun | /ˈtʃɔk.(ə.)lɪt/ | A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans. |
| bar noun | /bɑɹ/ | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length. |
| cent noun | /sɛnt/ | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. |
| rise verb | /ɹaɪz/ | To move upwards. |
| drop noun | /dɹɑp/ | A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| pick out verb | To remove by picking. |
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 uncle, candy, earn.
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.