Shadowing Practice: My School Night Routine - Learn English Speaking with Video
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yo what's up guys joe here um
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so the other day on my instagram i posted a poll
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asking what you guys wanted to see in future videos and one
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that came up a lot was my night routine like after
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i come back from school i thought this was a great idea
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and yeah i wanted to share with you guys So let's go on with the night routine All right,
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that's the first thing when I get back every day.
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I just change it to some comfortable clothes To be more comfortable.
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Yeah, all right
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So first meal of the night we have just fish chips peas basically every night mum makes us a meal
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so i always eat that because it's just like three calories basically
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and i don't need to make it myself like food devoured um i'm really full
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and really bloated right now
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so i'm gonna let my food settle down just watch some youtube something like
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that and then i'm gonna go work out
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I am, what up, down I am, what up, down I am,
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what up, down I am, what up, down I am, what up, down I am,
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what up, down I am, what up, down I am,
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what up, down
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Let's go.
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We'll be right back.
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Oh, baby
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I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down,
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oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down,
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oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down, oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down,
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oh -oh, I am thinking what I'm down
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all right
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so i'm currently just finishing off my spaghetti watching a new
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show 13 well it's not a new show i'm really late to this
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but watching a show called 13 reasons why just started it
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and i'm loving it right so i think i think it's the third episode
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which i've just finished
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and i think i should call it a stop now i finished my meal about 15 minutes ago
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and the time right now let me check all right
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so the current time right now is about eight o 'clock
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so what i do around this time is i do an hour to an hour and a half's work
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right work's done i want to tell you guys something as well
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which i don't usually say on this channel i don't say it
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because i thought it was but i thought a lot more people did it than I realised.
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Let me show you what I'm talking about.
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drinking water i never really noticed this but not
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that many people drink as much water as they should be
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with me i'm literally drinking water like i don't drink any other drinks i just drink water all the time
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and i'm going to be honest with you guys i would really recommend it there's
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so many health benefits i think the muscles are made up like 80 water
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so you need to keep them hydrated everything like that honestly
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if you're not doing it already just drink water throughout the day it's
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so good for you so the time was about 9 30 p .m.
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I was ready to have my final meal
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which I eat every single night however like usual I wasn't organized
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and I didn't have it so I had to pop to Lidl and go buy a fresh
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back in and i've prepared it but i've been clumsy
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and i forgot to get it tonight
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so i would usually do this just come to lidl
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and just buy it quickly it's literally like a five minute drive
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so it's nothing it's not a big hassle um this is what i buy chili con carne it's
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so good so easy to eat and the calories in this per pack 612
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so yeah i'd highly recommend it especially
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if you're a hard gainer like myself
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so we're getting to the end of the day this
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is gonna be my final proper meal i might have a
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couple snacks later maybe a protein shake just before i go to bed uh
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but yeah this is this is always the final meal times 10 p .m
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so i'm gonna eat this and then i'm probably just gonna head to bed
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but i feel like there's one thing
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that i want to speak to you guys about
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and it's regarding videos
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and training now for the past three months i talked about
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a tiny bit in my last video i'm gonna go over
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it right now in my for the past three months i haven't been training i haven't been posting videos
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which hasn't been good uh it's a little to do with an injury
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and a little to do with just like i wasn't i
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wasn't motivated now i'm finally back i'm back to training for
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the past two weeks i've been training consistently dieting consistently
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and also a little bit of an announcement to make i'm
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going to be now posting video one one video every single
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week sunday 7 p .m uk time yeah uh i'm getting back into this boys
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and i'm looking forward to it The games are going to come back.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “My School Night Routine”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: thinking, meal, drink, eat, training. This video has 78 sentences and 969 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:39. The speaker talks at a steady 127 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 |
|---|---|---|
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| consistently adverb | /kənˈsɪstəntli/ | In a consistent manner. |
| calorie noun | /ˈkæləɹi/ | A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally… |
| muscle noun | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| poll noun | /poʊl/ | A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| announcement noun | /əˈnaʊns.mənt/ | An act of announcing, or giving notice. |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| realise verb | Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize. | |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| organize verb | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | To arrange in working order. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come back from verb | To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| finish off verb | To finish completely. | |
| get back verb | Return to where one came from. | |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| make up verb | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | To constitute, to compose. |
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 continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | haven't been training · i've been training |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | i've just finished · i've prepared · hasn't been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are made · wasn't organized |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should call · should be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 62 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. 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 meal, routine, consistently.
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.