Shadowing Practice: Reading Your Assumptions About Me… - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone!
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I was planning on doing this video for a subscriber milestone, like when we hit 1 million subs.
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We seem to have absolutely smashed that, but I'm still gonna do it because you guys seem to have a lot of assumptions about me.
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Let's get into it.
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You've never seen the inside of a police station.
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How is that the first one?
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I'm gonna go with no and not to jinx myself, but I hope I never.
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You like eating cookie batter more than the baked cookie.
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Where did you find that information and why is it so accurate?
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I think you'd drive a beetle car.
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No and surprisingly I drive a really really boring car for a woman that loves cars.
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My dream car is an Alpine A110.
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No idea why but I always thought you were like 25 to 26.
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How dare you?
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Just kidding I'm 22.
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You are not a fan of cooking or baking shows.
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I don't watch cooking shows.
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They stress me out too much and there's only really one baking show
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that I keep up with and that's the Great British Bake Off.
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I don't think there's enough baking shows, there is a fly.
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I personally think there needs to be way more baking shows and if they need a host I'm right here.
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That's never gonna happen.
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You are 160 at most.
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I'm 165 thank you very much.
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5 foot 5.
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That is a very respectable height.
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I'm short, I know.
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But you are a night owl.
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No, I'm the exact opposite.
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I'm a morning
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uh try to come up with a with an animal here
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cockerel no that's horrible you microwave ice cream before you eat it do people do
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that i've never heard of someone doing
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that uh no i like the pain in my teeth
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when i eat ice cream after watching your first time playing
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minecraft i assume you are not a fan of horror films no i watched coralline
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when i had the flu when i was younger
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so i definitely had some weird hallucinations because of that sickness and that just put me off horror films for life.
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I had like nightmares for months after watching Doctor Who so why would I ever look at a horror film?
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And also Minecraft is a horror film.
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Bye guys!
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Here, let me...
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Okay, a rotating blade doesn't hurt me.
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Minecraft.
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Thank goodness.
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La la la la.
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Absolutely terrifying.
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Oh no. No. I didn't die.
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Oh my god.
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I didn't panic.
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Yeah, I'm never getting over that.
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I hate this assumption.
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You don't end up eating most of what you bake slash cook.
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We do.
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My whole family chips in and we eat everything.
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Or I give it away to people.
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Most of what I bake, if not hopefully all of it, doesn't go in the bin.
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Sometimes it does and sometimes it's that big of a fail.
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This fly is driving me nuts.
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Otherwise I do eat it unless it has cream because I don't eat cream.
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I'm not being mean.
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I'm really not.
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Did you or have you been bullied?
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Again, I'm really sorry there's no need to apologize for
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that it's a curious question um i was bullied
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but i would say it was to the threshold of it
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was just almost people picking on me uh try being a
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tick tocker in your final year of school then you'll know
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how much i was bullied you never soften butter the professional way this fly get away from the microwave
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that i absolutely use you guys heard nothing i always soften
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butter the professional way i don't know what you're talking about you're You're genuinely sweet.
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I'd say I'm a bit more salty.
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That you have lots and lots of pets.
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No, I just have one, and her name is Annie, and she is a dog.
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I will find her for you.
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She just woke up.
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She's not very happy with me.
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You're related to Sid the Sloth.
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I'm never going to escape those comments, am I?
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Hmm, that you don't like pickles.
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I love pickles.
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I don't eat them as often as I should, but if they come on a burger, I'd eat them.
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You're neurodivergent.
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Take one look at me and I'll let you guys decide that.
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You're happy living with your family and you have no plans to move out on your own anytime soon.
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I have no plans to move out because I love living here and I think I'd miss my dog too much.
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You always lick the bowl after removing the mixture.
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I actually don't.
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I think I'm so afraid.
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I have emetophobia so I'm terrified of getting like food poisoning so I don't touch anything that's had eggs and or flour.
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Your favorite type of chocolate is white chocolate.
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Maybe.
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Okay three guesses.
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You don't like the cold.
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True.
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You don't like spicy food.
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Also true and you don't like fighting games.
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False.
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I played a lot of Mortal Kombat when I was definitely under the age that you should be.
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You hate cats.
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I love cats.
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I love cats dearly.
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They're actually one of the only animals I'm not allergic to.
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False.
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You are secretly Ainsley Harriet.
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Yeah boy.
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I don't know who that is.
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Let me look it up.
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Yeah.
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No totally.
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You like Pokemon cards.
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I don't know why I just think you would.
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Give me two seconds.
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These Pokemon cards are not for me.
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They're actually my friend Ollie's.
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You guys know him as Orion Sound.
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I have no idea what they are, but I travel to Smith's at 9am to get them for him, so I'm sure they mean something to you.
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You're making very funny noises, Annie.
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Do you want to say something to the microphone?
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Thank you for your wonderful input.
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Your favourite colour is yellow.
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Um, it's a greeny yellow.
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It's chartreuse.
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It's kind of the colour of this label.
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I love that colour.
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Like a green apple.
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so it's green.
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You have great taste in music.
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Metalhead in brackets.
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I think my taste of music would be more leaning on the metal side, my favorite bands.
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And as far as I delve into metal, I bring me The Horizon and Bad Omens.
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So take that if you will, if you're kind of, you know, into metal.
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Some people don't count that as metal, but that's my music taste.
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I once thought you actually had pink hair.
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I've never had pink hair.
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I just wear pink hair nets, and a lot of people think I do.
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This is my hair, right here, and I've never switched it.
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You can't tan and burn easily.
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That is so true.
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I'm so sunburnt right now, and you guys can absolutely tell.
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That tan line is fooling nobody.
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Ace slash arrow.
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I don't necessarily think that's me.
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I don't want to put myself into a box like that so I will never say that I'm ace or aromantic.
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I simply think I'm just happy being single right now and I don't need to put a label to that.
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You're gonna make eclairs with funky flavors very soon.
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Give me a second.
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Ta-da!
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Are they as funky as you wanted?
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When I first watched your videos I thought you were British.
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I'm half British so you're halfway there.
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Becoming a full-time baker wasn't what you thought you'd do in life.
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Not a bad thing.
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It's not a bad thing at all and it wasn't really what I thought I would do in life.
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It's what I wanted to do in life.
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I thought I'd have to go into culinary school.
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I hated it.
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I dropped out.
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I thought I'd go into paramedicine.
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But when I look at the actual wage levels of a paramedic and a baker, they're pretty much equal.
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And then the level of trauma you get from being a paramedic is up here
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and being a baker is way down here.
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So I went into bakery.
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I just didn't expect you to have that piercing from the last post in your story.
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I have an industrial piercing.
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A lot of people don't realize.
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I don't know if you guys can see that properly but that's my industrial.
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Maybe I'm more metal than you guys thought I was.
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Actually I have hemochromatosis so I'm very metal.
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Oh and we're on the last one.
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You are a social person.
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I think I'm an extrovert with a time limit.
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If any event is past like 6pm I'm not going but I would say I'm a social person.
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I like making new friends so yes.
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And that's everything.
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If you guys have any more assumptions about me feel free
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to leave them in the comments although I might cry and might not reply and might sob myself to sleep tonight.
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Why did that rhyme?
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Also I have a book coming out this is not to to promote it
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but i have a book coming out and
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if you guys want to grab it it's available i'll leave some links in the description see you next time goodbye
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What You'll Practice in This Lesson
Explore casual, conversational English through a lively video where the speaker reacts to assumptions about their life. You'll practice understanding natural speech patterns, including humor, self-correction, and quick asides—perfect for improving listening comprehension and speaking fluency. Focus on how the speaker uses tone to convey sarcasm, surprise, and playfulness, then try mirroring those nuances using the shadowing technique.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Jinx myself: To say something that might bring bad luck (e.g., "I hope I never jinx myself by talking about it").
- Night owl: A person who stays up late (opposite: "morning person").
- Put me off: To make someone dislike or avoid something (e.g., "The movie put me off horror films").
- Hallucinations: Sensory experiences that aren't real (e.g., "She had fever hallucinations").
- Respectable height: A height that's considered decent or acceptable (e.g., "5'5 is a respectable height").
Tips for Practicing with Shadowing
This video's conversational speed and casual tone make it ideal for shadow speech practice. Here's how to start:
- Play a 5-second clip, pause, and repeat it immediately—focus on matching the speaker's pitch and rhythm. The shadowing technique works best when you mimic not just words, but the emotion behind them (like the playful "How dare you?" or the dramatic "Absolutely terrifying").
- Notice the speaker's self-corrections ("morning uh try to come up with an animal")—these are common in real speech. Practice saying these smoothly to sound more natural.
- Use a shadowing site to slow down tricky parts (like the rapid "I had nightmares for months after watching Doctor Who"). Repeat until you can keep up with the original speed.
- Focus on short phrases first, like "Where did you find that information?" or "That's never gonna happen." Mastering these will build confidence for longer sentences.
Remember, shadow speak is about imitation—don't worry about perfection. The goal is to train your mouth and ears to keep up with real-world English.
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.