Shadowing Practice: Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 4 pt. 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Here's Marina, our receptionist at Learning Curve in the UK.
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She's on holiday in Russia with her family.
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Thank you.
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Hi, Marina.
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What's the temperature in St Petersburg at the moment?
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Hi Penny, my thermometer says 18 degrees in Fahrenheit and minus seven in Celsius.
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I love it.
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Winter is here.
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Wow!
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So what do you usually do in winter?
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I sleep early and wake up early because it's dark here in winter.
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I walk in the snow after breakfast every day and cook for my family in the afternoon.
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In the evening, we have dinner at my sister's house.
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Well, I wear this hat every day.
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It's very warm.
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Lovely.
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Thanks.
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See you after my holiday.
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Now we have someone on video chat from the other side of the world.
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What's the weather like in Egypt, Sam?
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We don't usually talk about weather in Egypt.
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Thank you.
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Right, it's always hot and sunny in Cairo.
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Usually, But not always.
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Once in 100 years, there's snow.
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Wow, and what about this year?
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Just hot.
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So what's your advice for tourists in Egypt in the spring or summer?
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wear a hat, and drink lots of water.
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Don't worry about snow boots for another hundred years.
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Thanks, Sam.
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This is exciting.
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Now we have Jenny on video chat from a very foggy place.
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Jenny?
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Hello there. Where are you?
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I'm in Argentia, Newfoundland in Canada.
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But I can't see you.
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This is my view.
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Ah, there you are.
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There's a lot of fog.
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It's like this 200 days a year, even in the spring and summer.
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Wow.
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The weather report says Saturday, Sunday and Monday fog.
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On Tuesday, a great day.
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Fog in the morning and a little sun in the afternoon.
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It's always like this.
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Do you like living there?
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Sure.
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I get about 100 days of sun a year, so I'm okay.
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And it's warm and sunny over in the next town today, so I can have dinner there.
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Thanks Jenny and enjoy Tuesday.
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Bye.
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Well, Ethan, I think people enjoy all kinds of weather.
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Ethan?
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- Yes, I think so.
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That's all we have time for today on Learning Curve.
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I'm ready to go for a walk outside.
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What's the weather like where you live?
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Let us know.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 4 pt. 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: weather, Jenny, fog, Egypt, snow. This video has 59 sentences and 374 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:51. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 10 of its 59 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
sunny adjective/ˈsʌni/Featuring a lot of sunshine.
boot noun/but/A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
minus/ˈmaɪ.nəs/Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
foggy adjective/ˈfɒɡi/Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
receptionist noun/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/An employee (such as a secretary) who works in reception (receiving visitors and/or calls) for a person or business, especially an office.
thermometer noun/θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/An apparatus used to measure temperature.
snow noun/snoʊ̯/The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation…
holiday noun/ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
chat verb/ˈt͡ʃæt/To be engaged in informal conversation.
cook verb/kʊk/To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
temperature noun/ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
breakfast noun/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Do you like living there?
  • I'm ready to go for a walk outside.
  • What's the weather like where you live?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/, thermometer /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/, temperature /ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sunny, boot, minus.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →