Shadowing Practice: Ramadan: Inge spiser ikke hele dagen! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Good morning, or good night.
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I'm just standing up now, because I'm going to eat morning food, while it's still very dark.
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I'm going to try to celebrate Ramadan, and I'm going to go fast for a whole day.
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And I'm not alone today.
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3 o' morning.
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I'm going to eat a little more than 3.
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I'm going to eat A38 with musk on.
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Oh, I don't want to go.
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I don't want to go.
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I don't want to go.
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I don't want to go.
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Sora and Sara are 14 years old, and now they hold Ramadan, and they are fasting for the first time.
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Ramadan is the muslimscast month, and it's the highest time, if you're a Muslim.
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For a whole month, you don't want to drink anything from the sun, until the sun goes down again.
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Muslims are fasting for the sake of God.
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Ramadan is also used to think about the world's fatigest, and those who have it difficult to help them.
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It's 12pm, and we have a breakfast pause.
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All my colleagues are eating breakfast.
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It feels like it's not so rare to see people eating food for us, but we're looking forward to seeing it.
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I don't like it, but I'm not sulting right now.
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I can just drink a cup of coffee.
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Around 1 ,8 milliarder muslimer in the whole world, will be on Ramadan.
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Not all muslims need to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be
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able to be able to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be
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able to be able to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be
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able to be able to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be
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able to be able to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be
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able to be able to be able to be able to
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be able to be able to be able to be able
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to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able to be able
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Are you doing it?
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Do we have to eat it?
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No. How do you do it?
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It's a bit more and more every day, but I feel like it's a bit better.
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It's fine, but it's a bit better when we're playing football.
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How do you go to school under fasting?
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It's okay because it's a bit more, but I don't have any energy.
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There's a lot of days back and I'm going to fast until 8am.
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Do you have a good idea for me?
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So I can just show again, see the series, and I'll show you in a book.
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The dance calendar is in the year from the 22nd to the 21st of the year.
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And when the month is over, they meet with a lot of friends and family.
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The fest is called Eat.
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There is lots of food, sometimes for children, and there is a lot of food.
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We are in 1958, and we can see that we are getting quite sultene now.
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If you don't want to stay at smile, I don't want to eat it.
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It's time to eat so many, so I'm going to eat it.
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And I've got 20 to eat it.
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I've got some dumplings, I've got half a half of it.
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And I've got some cola.
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I'm going to have it a bit better, because...
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Hold on, I had it good enough here until the end.
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We've got one portion of it.
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We've got to eat some more, because we've been fasting the whole day.
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Now I'm ready with the fasting.
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And I think it was hard.
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I'm not going to do it again, but I have a great respect for Zora, Sarah and all of you guys who are fasting right now.
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And I'm glad to have Ramadan.
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I think it was hard to fast the whole day, most because I didn't drink anything.
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What about you?
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Do you have Ramadan or do you have any of you who have Ramadan?
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Do you want to write down in the comments.
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I feel good because
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Ramadan: Inge spiser ikke hele dagen!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eat, Ramadan, fasting, Muslim, drink. This video has 73 sentences and 774 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:41. The speaker talks fast, about 210 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| sake noun | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | Cause, interest or account. |
| calendar noun | /ˈkæl.ən.də/ | Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years. |
| pause noun | /pɔːz/ | A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation. |
| colleague noun | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate. |
| fest noun | /fɛst/ | A gathering for a specified reason or occasion. |
| colon noun | /ˈkoʊ.lən/ | The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩. |
| dumpling noun | /ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/ | Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle. |
| musk noun | /mʌsk/ | A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes. |
| sora noun | A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America. | |
| breakfast noun | /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ | The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. |
| smile verb | /ˈsmaɪl/ | To have (a smile) on one's face. |
| portion noun | /ˈpoɹʃən/ | An allocated amount. |
| celebrate verb | /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ | To extol or honour in a solemn manner. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I don't want to go.
- Do we have to eat it?
- How do you do it?
- How do you go to school under fasting?
- Do you have a good idea for me?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who have · guys who are |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm just standing · are fasting · are eating |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | I'm going to eat · I'm going to try · I'm going to fast |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will be · I'll show |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 35 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 sake, calendar, pause.
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.