Shadowing Practice: (Oxford RnD - Level 1) Eyes - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oxford Read and Discover Level 1.
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Eyes.
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By Rob Sved.
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Read by Christopher Ragland.
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Published and copyrighted, Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Introduction People and animals see with their eyes.
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You have two eyes.
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Some animals have many eyes.
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Eyes can be little or big, and they can be many colors.
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What animals have these eyes?
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What color are your eyes?
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Discover!
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Now, read and discover more about eyes.
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Chapter 1 Animal Eyes What do animals do with their eyes?
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They look for food.
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The duck looks for food in water.
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The gecko has big eyes.
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It can see well at night.
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It looks for insects to eat.
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Eyes help to protect animals from other animals.
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The crab has two eyes on top of its body.
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It can see big animals and then it can run away.
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Chapter 2 Parts of an Eye Let's look at an eye.
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It has many parts.
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This is an elephant's eye.
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The eyelid and the eyelashes protect the eyeball.
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There are tears in the eye, too.
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The eyelid opens and closes, and the tears clean the eye.
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The pupil lets light into the eye.
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This helps people and animals to see.
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When there's lots of light, the pupil is little.
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When there's no light, the pupil is big.
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Discover!
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People have tears to clean their eyes.
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People cry tears when they are sad, too.
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Chapter 3 Eyes at the Front People and many animals have two eyes at the front of their head.
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This helps them to see things far away.
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The hawk can fly fast, and it can see very well, too.
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This helps it to hunt little animals to eat.
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The monkey has eyes at the front of its head.
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It can jump from tree to tree, and it doesn't fall.
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Discover!
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Owls have eyes at the front of their head.
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Some owls can move their head around and see behind.
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Chapter 4.
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Eyes at the Sides Many animals have eyes at the sides of their head.
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They can see in front and behind.
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The frog has eyes at the sides of its head.
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It can look for insects to eat.
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The hammerhead shark has a long, flat head.
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It has eyes at the sides of its head.
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When it swims, it can see all around.
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The stalk-eyed fly can see all around, too.
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It has eyes on two long stalks.
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Discover!
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The chameleon sees all around very well.
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One eye moves up and the other eye moves down.
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Chapter 5.
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In Water The seal lives on land and in water.
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It has big, round eyes.
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It can see very well in water.
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It hunts fish to eat.
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The flatfish has two eyes on one side of its body.
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It can lie at the bottom of the ocean and look up.
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Discover!
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Fish live in water, and they don't have eyelids.
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They don't close their eyes.
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Chapter 6 in the dark.
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At night, some animals sleep.
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Many other animals look for food.
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The lemur looks for fruit and little animals to eat.
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It has big eyes with big pupils.
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It can see very well in the dark.
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It's very dark at the bottom of the ocean.
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The flashlight fish has lights under its eyes.
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This helps it to look for little fish to eat.
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In the dark, cats and dogs have bright eyes.
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They can see very well.
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Look at this cat.
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What color are its eyes?
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Chapter 7.
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Many Eyes Some animals have many eyes.
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Many spiders have six or eight eyes.
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The scallop can have more than fifty little eyes.
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How many of the eyes can you see here?
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Some insects have very many eyes.
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Look at this dragonfly.
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Each eye is thousands of little eyes together.
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Chapter 8.
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Protect Your Eyes It's important for animals to protect their eyes.
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In the desert, there's a lot of sand.
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The camel has long eyelashes, so the sand doesn't go in its eyes.
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The meerkat lives in the desert, too.
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It's sunny and windy there.
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Its eyelids clean the sand from its eyes.
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The meerkat has black fur around its eyes.
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This protects its eyes when it's sunny.
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People wear sunglasses when it's very sunny.
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This protects their eyes.
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Eyes are important.
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Remember to protect them.
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you Thank
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you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “(Oxford RnD - Level 1) Eyes”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eye, Animal, chapter, discover, protect. This video has 104 sentences and 709 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:53. The speaker talks slowly, about 72 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| discover verb | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | To find or learn something for the first time. |
| 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. |
| pupil noun | /ˈpjuːpəl/ | A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher. |
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| sunny adjective | /ˈsʌni/ | Featuring a lot of sunshine. |
| insect noun | /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ | An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. |
| desert noun | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. |
| owl noun | /aʊ(ə)l/ | Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular… |
| seal noun | /siːl/ | A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. |
| fifty noun | /ˈfɪfti/ | A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| copyright noun | /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ | The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship. |
| duck noun | /dʌk/ | Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and… |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| 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… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
| move down verb | To demote | |
| move up verb | To promote, put onto a higher level. | |
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, flatfish /ˈflætfɪʃ/
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 discover, tear, pupil.
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.