Shadowing Practice: One story a day level 2 _book 1_Where does milk come from - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One story a day for early readers.
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Book one.
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Story one.
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Where does milk come from?
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Billy is six years old.
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He visits his uncle and aunt every summer.
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They live on a farm.
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They have cows, chickens, sheep, and a big horse on the farm.
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Billy loves all the animals.
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This summer, he is going to learn how to milk a cow.
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Wow!
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His friends cannot believe it.
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We get our milk from the store, they say, but our friend is going to get it from a cow.
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Billy laughs.
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Milk does not come from the store, he says.
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Milk comes from a cow.
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His friends do not believe him, but his teacher says, Yes, milk comes from cows.
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Cows eat grass.
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They change the grass into milk.
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The farmer sells the milk, and we buy it in the stores.
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The teacher tells them one more thing.
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Did you know that cows have four stomachs?
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The kids are surprised, but it's true.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “One story a day level 2 _book 1_Where does milk come from”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: milk, cow, billy, store. This video has 23 sentences and 163 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:29. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| cow noun | /kaʊ/ | An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved. |
| billy noun | /ˈbɪli/ | A highwayman's club, billy club. |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| uncle noun | /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ | The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |
| stomach noun | /ˈstʌmək/ | An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. |
| reader noun | /ˈɹi.dɚ/ | A person who reads. |
| sheep noun | /ˈʃiːp/ | A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. |
| aunt noun | /ɑːnt/ | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| farmer noun | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm. |
| milk verb | /mɪlk/ | To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). |
| laugh verb | /læf/ | To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and… |
| teacher noun | /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ | A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor. |
| farm noun | /ˈfɑɹm/ | A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock. |
| sell verb | /sɛl/ | To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money. |
| animal noun | /ˈænɪməl/ | A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants… |
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 cow, billy, grass.
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.