Shadowing Practice: October 12, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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maintain the mechanic is maintaining the car suffer the woman suffers from depression
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educate the girls were educated in college roll the boy is playing the role of doctor
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fight the girls are fighting with pillows concrete they are making a concrete sidewalk
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plane there is a big tree in the middle of the plane pit that pit is huge entertainment
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The musicians are a great source of entertainment.
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Humid.
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It must be humid there in the sun.
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Condition.
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That house is in poor condition.
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Living with animals.
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People have kept animals for thousands of years.
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They have many different roles.
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Dogs and cats make great pets.
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Cows and horses do work for us.
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Chickens are used for food.
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Lions and monkeys aren't as useful.
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We use these kinds of animals for entertainment.
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Kings and queens often collected strange animals from faraway lands.
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Romans made animals fight each other.
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Imagine 5 ,000 bears and lions fighting to the death!
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This was fun for the audience, but the animals suffered greatly.
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These days, there are many laws that protect animals.
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But this doesn't mean that animals are always treated well.
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Many animals are born in zoos.
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There isn't always enough space or food for them, so the zoos sell the extra animals.
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Edith is a chimpanzee who was found in California.
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She was sold right after her third birthday.
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For the next 37 years, she moved between different zoos.
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When police found her, she was living in a concrete pit on the side of the road.
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Animals make their homes in many different environments.
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Penguins often live in cold, icy areas.
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Tigers live in warm, humid jungles.
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Lions live in wide open plains.
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A zoo is in only one environment.
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It must build special environments for its animals.
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These environments are expensive to make and to maintain.
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They are not always perfect.
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Animals that are kept in poor conditions, like Edith, often go crazy.
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Modern zoos try to educate as well as to entertain.
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Animals' homes are destroyed by humans every day.
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If people understand how important animals are to the world, then we will try harder to protect them.
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Zoos aren't perfect, but maybe they can teach us how to live better together.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “October 12, 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: animals, zoo, environment, humid, lions. This video has 42 sentences and 370 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:26. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| zoo noun | /zuː/ | A park where live animals are exhibited. |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| concrete adjective | /ˌkɑnˈkɹit/ | Real, actual, tangible. |
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| educate verb | /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ | To instruct or train. |
| humid adjective | /ˈhjuːmɪd/ | Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery. |
| pet noun | /pɛt/ | An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. |
| plain noun | /pleɪn/ | An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| greatly adverb | /ˈɡɹeɪ̯t.li/ | To a great extent or degree. |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| cow noun | /kaʊ/ | An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. |
| jungle noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| musician noun | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are always treated · are born · was found |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is maintaining · is playing · are fighting |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as aren't, doesn't, isn'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.
- 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 zoo, suffer, concrete.
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.