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Hi guys it's me buddy

and today I'm going to show you how to make a delicious omelet

so first thing you have to do is get two eggs and crack it into a bowl first egg

second egg and now I'm going to give them a whisk

so I've finished whisking my eggs now I'm going to add a pinch of pepper into them

and just stir for a little bit more

so the pepper goes in before I start cooking the omelette I'm going to choose some toppings

and what I've picked is some cheese and some mushrooms

and some ham so I'm gonna use mushrooms we've got some chopped mushrooms here

but I don't I don't really have a knife right now

so what I can do is just tear them up

and it's a lot easier than cutting them

so I'm just gonna put a little bit of oil in the pan there we go

so I'm gonna put my mushrooms in before I start cooking my omelette just so I can get them nice brown.

I'm going to use my spatula just so they can all get in the oil and golden brown.

You might want an adult to do this because it's spitting very violently.

So we're going to put our egg on now and

when you've done that you can kind of just spread it around like this

and wait for about 20 to 30 seconds until it's all kind of settled.

I think it's perfect time to put some cheese on it

so i think that's enough and now i'm gonna let

that melt a bit i'm gonna get my ham ready i'm gonna start tearing it into little pieces

just like this and now i'm just gonna put the ham in spread it out everywhere

so i think it's ready to flip now um be very confident

when you do this it looks amazing i'm gonna get my plate here

we're also going to have some salad with it

so I've got some got some spinach here we're gonna get a bit of tomatoes we can mix

that up I'm gonna put a bit of oil on top

so that my friends is a perfect omelette it's a perfect lunch and breakfast

and dinner I think

we're ready for a taste test let's try some of this that's my friend delicious good

you can make it a lot more interesting when you put some ham

and some mushrooms so I want you guys to do it

and tell me in the comments below what you put in your omelette bye guys

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: mushrooms, egg, omelette, ham, oil. This video has 34 sentences and 438 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:35. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% 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
mushroom noun	/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/	Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
egg noun	/ɛɡ/	An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
tear verb	/tɛɹ/	To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
delicious adjective	/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/	Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
pepper noun	/ˈpɛp.ə/	A plant of the family Piperaceae.
crack noun	/kɹæk/	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
knife noun	/ˈnaɪ̯f/	A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
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).
flip verb	/flɪp/	To throw so as to turn over.
salad noun	/ˈsæl.əd/	A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
melt verb	/mɛlt/	To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
stir verb	/stɝ/	To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
spit verb	/spɪt/	To evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.
tomato noun	/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/	A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've finished · I've picked · you've done
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	finished whisking · start cooking · start tearing
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	I'm going to show · I'm going to give · I'm going to add

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 35 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/

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 mushroom, egg, tear.

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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