Shadowing Practice: my favorite things this autumn - Learn English Speaking with Video

Hello guys!

I'm making sure I'm not going to spill my matcha.

mmm yummy today I'm gonna film an October favorites I have never made one of these videos before

because I feel like I don't test a lot of new products

and I feel like you know I've thought about this

but I'm like I don't have a lot of new things to try out

and recommend but I thought I could still make one of these videos

and just talk about some things that I've been loving recently.

It's officially winter because it is the last Sunday of October so the clock actually changed today.

It's one hour behind

and it kind of stresses me out a little bit the good thing about it is

that we get sun earlier in the mornings but it also means

that the day gets shorter and it stresses me out because

when you are a content creator it's really tricky to get in all of the content

that you want to film for the day

because you want obviously some natural light coming into your apartment

but now it's gonna get darker and darker at like 3 p .m

which i'm not very excited about but

that means a lot of coziness at home wearing my slippers making some matcha

and just snuggling in a blanket

but i think we can get started with the favorites i

have no idea how i'm gonna structure this video i just want to have it cozy

and casual just talking about some things

that i've been loving this month some of them are more recent some of them are old

but i've been loving this month and i just wanted to share with you

so for the month of october i've been wearing a lot of v -necks

and i'm just so obsessed because they are so classy

and timeless especially if you try and buy wool

or cashmere it's going to last you such a long time and it's gonna keep you warm during the colder months.

This one is from Uniqlo and it's 100 % cashmere and it's in this beautiful navy blue color.

I love to layer it with like a t -shirt

or tank top underneath but I think it would be even better

if you have like a wool long sleeve because then you're gonna be even warmer.

But I also have a white one.

This one is a little bit more oversized

and I absolutely love it this one is from Lily Silk

and it's just so so classy

and here's another one it's from a French brand called Tricot

and this one is a little bit thicker material

but yeah I've been styling these a bunch

and I feel like you know having these three you can style in

so many different ways with like jeans or suit trousers

or even like a skirt if you wear you know wool tights underneath and some boots.

It's so cute.

For the next fashion item I have this gorgeous bag from a Norwegian brand called Kala Jade.

It's made from hand woven leather and the quality is just

so so beautiful and especially the color is just very eye -catching

and I feel like it's the perfect bag for fall and winter.

It's this nutmeg brown color and I feel like the shape is just so perfect and convenient.

It just fits everything that you need.

I actually don't know if it will fit a laptop

because my laptop is so big and heavy

so I wouldn't really want to ruin it because it's like hand woven

and I don't want to kind of stretch it out.

So I've just been keeping you know my necessities and my book and everything and it's the perfect on -the -go bag.

For my favorite pair of shoes this month I have to go with these hiking sneakers from Keen.

They are just so comfortable and convenient when i'm going out for walks

when i'm going hiking i really want to do more hiking i'm actually going to iceland very soon

and we're gonna do a bit of hiking there so i'm definitely going to be bringing these along

But yeah I just think they're so stylish and they are surprisingly comfortable.

I've been using these quite a bit

and I haven't gotten any blisters on my feet

and I feel like now I am done with wearing uncomfortable shoes

and I really just want to protect my feet and wear something comfy.

So definitely gonna give these a little shout out.

I have a new pair of gloves

that I wanted to show you guys they are 100 cashmere

and they're from uniqlo and i've just been loving them i've been biking with them

and i just think they're so warm

and cozy i am wearing a size medium

and it's perfect for my long fingers

if you are living in a colder country then i highly

recommend these okay i just realized we have kind of moved into accessories

but i guess it's still fashion items

but next up we have these super cute iphone covers from wildflower cases

and these are these polka dot phone covers

and i just think they are so adorable

and i feel like it's just fun to have a pop

of color on your phone case okay guys i had to light up a few lamps

because it's already so dark outside oh i'm

so sad anyways i'm gonna be talking about sunglasses

because i got a new pair recently

but it's like it's not sunny in copenhagen but these are definitely just for you know completing an outfit.

I'm not really using them for the sun

because there's barely any sun in Copenhagen these days but these are from a brand called Delsol.

It's an Australian brand I believe and they make such cool glasses

and I picked these in a color khaki

and I just feel like they're so flattering

and they've been perfect to complete my outfits I feel like

it gives a very much like don't bother me type of energy like

if you don't want to talk to anyone you just like put on these sunglasses

and you're good to go I'm kidding

but I love these moving on to beauty okay for the

first product in this category I have a hairbrush from this brand called the smooth company

and it's kind of cool because you can see

that it's quite bouncy

so it really like fits to your scalp I don't know

it gets into every nook of your scalp it's just very soothing

and I feel like it does such a good job to comb my hair.

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I've been carrying this around in my bag

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because it's very lightweight as you can see and I've just realized

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that I need to have a brush with me at all times

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because my hair is so fine and it gets tangled very easily and I just don't like that look.

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I feel like it's a lot more elegant when I have brushed it through.

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While we are talking about hair.

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I felt like I should mention this product called K18.

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I just bought this over a week ago

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but I have used this product before and I genuinely think it saved my hair.

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So a few years ago I decided to color my hair brown.

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So I was a brunette for a couple of months

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and then I ended up bleaching it to blonde again and that totally ruined my hair.

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It was in such bad shape, it was very damaged and I could not for the life of me like comb my hair after the shower.

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Then I saw this on the internet and I tried it out and it did wonders.

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It brought my hair back to life and I don't really know what magic they have put in this.

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I decided to buy it again

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because I've been struggling a little bit with my hair

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but it's mostly because I have dermatitis in my scalp

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and I think it's thinning my hair because obviously

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when your scalp is not 100 % healthy your hair is

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not going to be you know in its best condition

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so I just wanted to try this out and see if it would do any wonders to my hair.

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For skincare I have two products I have these sun drops from this danish brand called woods copenhagen

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and i've actually been using these for over two years

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but i just started using them this time around since my tan has faded

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and there is no sun in copenhagen

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so i love to use these right before i go to

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bed i mix it in with my moisturizer you need like two drops of this with your moisturizer and

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then you wake up with a little bit of tan on your face, and I absolutely love it.

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For the next product, I have been loving this SOS Repairing Balm from Talo Cosmetics.

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I've been using this mainly on my lips.

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I mean, it is a nourishing balm providing immediate relief from dry and damaged skin.

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So you can use it on your dry patches or if you want to heal your wounds,

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but I've mostly just been using it on my lips and it is the best thing ever.

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I just love the consistency.

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The scent is just so beautiful.

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It's naturally derived from essential oils.

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I think it is chamomile and calendula.

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I can be so picky with what I put on my lips.

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I hate having like flavored things on my mouth, you know those lip glosses or lipsticks or lip balms.

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When you get that chemical taste in your mouth.

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It's awful.

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But this is truly amazing.

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I've been bringing it everywhere with me

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and at one point in Italy I thought I had lost it

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and I got so sad and I just realized how much I love it.

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I think it's time to move on to food.

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I don't have a lot to talk about but I have something

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that I discovered this month and it is truly the best thing that I have found in a jar.

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And it is this coconut and almond butter.

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It's from this brand called Rapunzel.

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I bought this at our local health store a few weeks ago

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but I was actually meaning to buy cashew butter to put in our yogurt bowl

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but they didn't have any cashew butter

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and I had walked all the way to the store

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and it was freezing cold outside so I was so frustrated

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and I just had to buy something so I ended up buying this coconut

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and almond butter but when i got home

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and tried it out i was absolutely blown away guys this is the best thing ever

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and the jar is almost empty now

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and i've just been eating it with a spoon so it's 40 coconut 40 almonds and 20 dates

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I am feeling very rejuvenated after today's yoga class and I'm feeling very excited to finish my favorites.

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Okay, where were we?

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We were talking about food.

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So the next product is a little bit random.

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It's Brazil nuts and I bought these from Amazon

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and I specifically tried to find organic and they taste

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so amazing I feel like

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when I've bought Brazil nuts in the past at like the

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supermarket there's always a little bit like a bitter taste to them like a little bit moldy

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or something I don't know but these are super fresh and

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so tasty I only eat two or three of these per day

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and I usually snack on them in the mornings

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when I'm taking my vitamins because Brazil nuts are very high in selenium

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which is a trace mineral which strengthens your immunity and thyroid function.

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So you don't want to eat a bunch of these

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but two or three per day is just perfect and I always look forward to eating them every day.

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On the topic of minerals I kind of want to include this

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because i think that this product has drastically changed my sleep i'm not 100 sure

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but recently or like the past two

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or three weeks i have been sleeping like a rock

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so once i fall asleep i sleep through the whole night

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and i can barely remember anything like i'm not gonna wake

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up during the night it's just like i don't know i feel

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so like rock solid during my sleep and helge has like noticed it

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because matilda sometimes wakes us up during the night

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when she has her sumis and she's like running around

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and you know doing things that she's not supposed to

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but i don't wake up i'm just like sleeping

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but maybe there are a few things that play a role in this

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because i've been meditating in the mornings i've been trying to regulate my nervous system

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so i'm not feeling as stressed maybe

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that also plays a part i feel like it dissolves really well in the water

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and i usually take this after i've had my dinner and yeah it's been working wonders Cheers.

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okay on the topic of food i feel like this category

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would not be complete without giving you guys my favorite recipe of the month

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and to be honest the most fall cozy comfort recipe

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has to be swedish meatballs we made it recently oh my goodness it is truly such a comfort food

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and Helge is such a genius at making it and the combination just hits different.

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Helge is actually gonna show how he makes it in his next YouTube video

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which is coming next Sunday so I'll link his channel down below if you want to see how he makes it.

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So yeah this is your sign to try out this recipe.

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I know it sounds a bit complicated or looks quite complicated,

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but it is truly worth it and once you try it, it gets easier.

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You will get the hang of it, says me who has never cooked this dinner before.

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Helge always makes it, so kudos to him.

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Moving on to home products.

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I love this mindful affirmations from this brand called Intelligent Change.

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So it's a box that comes with a deck of cards and also this wooden thing.

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I'm going to show you how to use it.

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So Helge and I have this little tradition.

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I mean we did it once a day

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but I think it's actually supposed to be once a week

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but I've been quite excited to draw a card each morning

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but I think it's better to do once a week

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because then you can have the card displaying in your apartment

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so I'm gonna draw a card now I don't know how you say in Icelandic we say I'm gonna stalka stalka

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it sounds a bit Swedish oh I'm gonna shuffle the cards it just popped into my brain now

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I'm always in the right place at the right time

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and that's a really good reminder so I'm just gonna put it here

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and I'm gonna put it

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so you guys can see isn't it cute it's something to look forward to each day

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and it just gives you a little positive affirmation going into the week

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and then you can look at it to remind yourself i have to include this pair of pajamas

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because i am totally obsessed these are so soft

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and i feel like these are pajamas you would get at your grandma's cottage.

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They're just so cozy and cute.

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I think I sized up like three times because I wanted to have them oversized and they are literally perfect.

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So when I come home after a long day,

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I usually just take off my clothes and put these on because they're just so soft and comfortable.

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I really love these.

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Okay, for the last category, I wanted to recommend a show that I have been watching this month.

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I have finished it already.

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It's like a miniseries.

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It's called Task and it's on HBO Max.

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It's about this FBI agent who is played by Mark Ruffalo

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and he is so so amazing and he is investigating a series of robberies

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that have been going on in this town

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and the fbi forms a group called task

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and mark ruffalo is like leading that group and they are basically investigating

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and trying to find who are behind this crime

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but it isn't only about like investigating this crime it's also

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about a little bit more emotional about like mark ruffalo's family

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and his struggles yeah i don't really want to spoil too much for you guys

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but i would definitely give it a try if you like

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that type of genre i at least enjoyed it a lot

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they were a bit slow in the beginning just to keep

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that in mind you have to give it a few episodes to fully enjoy them.

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I actually have no idea how long this video is gonna be, but we'll see.

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I had a lot of fun filming this video.

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It was a little bit different from my usual content, but I hope you enjoyed nonetheless, and please let me know

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if you'd like to see more of these favorites type of videos

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so yeah thank you so much for watching and i will see you next week

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 252 sentences and 2927 words to shadow. The speech runs for 20:03. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
hike noun	/haɪk/	A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise.
investigate verb	/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/	To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
recipe noun	/ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/	Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
lip noun	/lɪp/	Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
wool noun	/wʊl/	The hair of the sheep, llama and some other ruminants.
coconut noun	/ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/	A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.
almond noun	/ˈɑ(l).mənd/	The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
complicated adjective	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	Difficult or convoluted.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
ruin noun	/ˈɹuː.ɪn/	The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
brush noun	/bɹʌʃ/	An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.
outfit noun	/ˈaʊtfɪt/	A set of clothing (with accessories).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
look forward to verb		To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to.
try out verb		To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable.
blow away verb		To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
light up verb		To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
run around verb		To be very busy doing many different things.
take off verb		To remove.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been loving · i've been wearing · I've been styling
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have never made · I've thought · haven't gotten
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the best · the most fall
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was freezing · were talking

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 101 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/, smooth /smuːð/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, shout /ʃaʊt/, danish /ˈdeɪ.nɪʃ/
Long words — get the stress right: investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/

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 butter, hike, investigate.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?