Shadowing Practice: Packing & Road Trip 🌲| Easy English Vlog - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Let's get started.
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Today we are going on a trip.
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We are gonna be on a trip for the entire weekend in a city called Big Bear, which is kind of near us,
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and it's up in the mountains.
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So I'm really excited because we're gonna be surrounded by nature and it's going to be very, very beautiful.
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But before we can go on the trip, we need to pack all of our stuff to go on the trip.
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Packing basically just means taking all of the clothes
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and all of the items that you need to bring with you
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and putting them into a suitcase or a bag or anything else to be able to bring it all with you.
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So we are going to pack all of my clothes for the trip.
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All right, first I'm going to unzip my suitcase real quick and open it up.
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And this is where I'll be putting all of my clothing.
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I already packed my clothes.
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What clothes are you going to bring?
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Yeah, I have all of my clothes over here.
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I know it's going to be a little bit cold in Big Bear.
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So I wanted to pack some clothes that are good for cold weather.
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So for example, I wanted to pack this sweater right here.
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This is a sweater and this is really good for cold temperatures and it will keep me very, very warm.
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So I'm going to take my sweater off of this hanger right here
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and I'm going to put the hanger to the side.
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And then before I can put my sweater into the suitcase, I need to fold my sweater.
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Right, so that you can have more space in your suitcase, right?
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Yeah, because if you don't fold your sweater and you just kind of throw it in there
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You're not gonna have a lot of space, but also it can get wrinkly
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Yeah, that's true.
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If you don't fold your clothes, they will get wrinkly as well
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So I'm gonna try to fold this but I'm not the best at folding clothes
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So you can let me know how well I do but I'm gonna fold the arms like this and
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Then I'm gonna kind of fold it over itself
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Like this that looks good.
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This looks good.
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Yes.
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Okay So I just folded my sweater now that my sweater is folded.
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I can put it in my suitcase I also brought some pants right here
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and I wanted to bring some of these sweatpants
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Because sweatpants are really good when it is cold outside because they keep you warm.
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Yeah, they're very thick material
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So it's best to bring that.
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Yeah, you could see the material is very thick
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So they're really really warm
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and sweatpants are basically like pants that are kind of casual
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and they're sometimes people work out in sweatpants as well right yeah you'll see
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that a lot at the gym yeah a lot of people work out in these sweatpants
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and they're very comfortable so I think they're perfect to bring on a trip
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so I'm gonna fold these sweatpants as well
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and put them in my suitcase all right
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I am going to keep putting all of my clothes into this suitcase
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and then we are gonna head over to Big Bear
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and I am really excited to show you guys the place that we booked in Big Bear.
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The drive to Big Bear is about two hours from our house
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and it takes you up this beautiful mountain with very very windy roads.
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We are driving up the mountain right now
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and we decided to pull off to the side of the road for a second
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because the view at this specific spot just looked really nice.
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Check out the view of the mountains completely covered in these beautiful green trees.
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It's just really, really beautiful up here.
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Wouldn't you agree?
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Yes, it's so fresh.
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It feels so good.
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Yeah, the air outside just feels really fresh.
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It just feels like something you can't experience in a city or something like that.
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But something kind of crazy actually did happen while we were driving up here.
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If you guys see over there, you can probably see that there's a line of cars forming right now.
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And you might even be able to see some police lights because they're blocking the road right now.
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Because somebody actually crashed.
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There was a car accident.
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So hoping that everybody is okay.
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These roads can be a little bit dangerous because they're very windy.
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They kind of go back and forth like that.
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They're so narrow too.
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Yeah, they're very narrow and they're very windy.
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So it can be a little bit dangerous.
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So we're going to make sure we drive safe.
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All right, we are going to get back in the car now.
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And we're going to continue down this road right here.
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And in about 30 minutes, we will arrive at our destination,
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which is the Airbnb that we are renting and we will show you guys around the place.
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All right, let's get back to the episode.
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All right, we just arrived at the Airbnb that we're gonna be staying at.
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This is our place right here.
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It's this one with the blue door right here.
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So let's open it up and see how it looks inside.
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This is the first thing that I noticed
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when I came into this Airbnb be they got like this
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huge mural on the wall of some kind of animal although i'm not totally sure what kind of animal
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this is what kind of animal do you think this is maybe a fox or some kind of dog
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yeah it kind of does look like a fox
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or maybe like a coyote or something like that
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but he's got his tongue out right here
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so this is pretty cool although it might be a little bit scary
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while we're in this airbnb because he'll be staring at us all the time
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but over here we got a nice little couch it's not the nicest couch in the world
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but it'll do and then over here we have our windows
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and there's a pretty nice view out the windows wouldn't
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you say yeah you can see all the trees the mountains yeah
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it's not a bad view i mean it's not the best view in the world
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but it's pretty good
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if we walk out this door right here
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it will lead to the balcony this is the balcony right here
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we are on the second story of this building we had to climb up some stairs to get to our room
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so we have this nice balcony and it feels very very nice
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and very very fresh out here the air is just perfect over here oh look
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there's another one of those murals oh yeah it looks kind of like the one that's in our room.
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Which one do you prefer, that one or the one that we have?
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Probably this one.
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His tongue isn't sticking out and he's not like staring into our soul.
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If we walk a little bit further over here, we can see the bedroom, which is pretty nice.
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I think it has a pretty nice design to it.
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Allison right now is hanging out on the bed, getting used to the place.
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There's a mirror right here.
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And then we have another pretty nice view out this window right here.
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Check out the mountains and the trees in the distance.
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Very cool.
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And then here is the kitchen.
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It's a pretty nice and spacious kitchen.
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There's a good amount of room in here.
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We have a refrigerator that will put all of our food in right now
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if we open the door you guys can see
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that it is empty because they basically throw away all of the food from the previous guest
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and they keep these empty when you arrive we also have a little microwave right here
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which will definitely come in handy later on we're definitely going to use this microwave
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some plates and some cups and some bowls and then we have a little toaster oven right here
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we have our regular oven right here
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and then the sink we also have a dishwasher right here
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but i don't really know
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if we're going to use this dishwasher very much we're probably going gonna purchase some like paper plates
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and bowls because it's just more convenient that way
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so we can just throw them away instead of having to wash them all right everybody
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that is where we are gonna wrap up today's video it's getting a little bit late
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so we're probably gonna go out to eat
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and then we will pick things up tomorrow
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and I will show you guys a day here in Big Bear so stay tuned for that next video.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Packing & Road Trip 🌲”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: clothes, sweater, suitcase, fold. This video has 146 sentences and 1667 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:17. The speaker talks at a natural 162 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% 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 |
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| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
| 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… |
| sweater noun | /ˈswɛtɚ/ | A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. |
| suitcase noun | /ˈsutkeɪs/ | A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| balcony noun | /ˈbælkəni/ | An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window. |
| windy adjective | /ˈwɪn.di/ | Accompanied by wind. |
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
| input noun | /ˈɪnpʊt/ | The act or process of putting in; infusion. |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
| microwave noun | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | An electromagnetic wave with wavelength between that of infrared light and radio waves. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| drive up verb | To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| read along verb | To read together with another person, or with another presentation (TV etc) |
| see over verb | To inspect something fully. |
| stick out verb | To protrude. |
| throw away verb | To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. |
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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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be surrounded · is folded |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | Bear, which is · bedroom, which is |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the nicest |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might even be · might be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 53 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thick /θɪk/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, dishwasher /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/, spacious /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/
- Long words — get the stress right: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/
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 fold, cloth, sweater.
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.