Shadowing Practice: Sleep, Exercise, Nutrition: The One You Can't Get Wrong #Shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
1
If you were to rank out of the three, sleep, exercise, nutrition, which one is the one you have to really make sure you don't stuff it up?
2
Sleep. By far. By far.
3
There's still so much research to be done on why we actually need to sleep.
4
There's lots of research that's done that shows what happens during sleep
5
and how it is important for total body reparation and metabolic control
6
and body comp and cognition and reducing inflammation and all of the things that promote our public burden diseases.
7
I always kind of step back
8
because I used to be one of these people I would compromise sleep so I could get in a training session, especially when I was racing high level.
9
I was like working, I have to work late, but then I have to get up to get my training in.
10
And I was always a little bit sleep deprived.
11
My training wasn't going where I wanted.
12
The races weren't going where I wanted.
13
I was suffering in work.
14
And I was like, oh, wait a second, it's sleep.
15
So then I started prioritizing sleep and putting parameters around how I'm sleeping, when I'm sleeping, and really getting good sleep hygiene in.
16
And then everything else improved because we can't show up for other people
17
if we're chronically sleep-deprived and inflamed and just not cognitively there from poor sleep.
📺 Same Channel
C1Why Women's Strength Training Differs From Men's After 40 #Shorts
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C13
This Exercise Changes How Women Store Belly Fat
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C15
Dr. Stacy Sims: The Exercise Your Brain Needs Before Perimenopause
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
C14
Why is Bone Health Important in Women? | The Diary Of A CEO
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1Why You're Not Seeing Results (Even Eating Right) #Shorts
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1Are Women Undereating Carbs? Why Low Carb Backfires for Muscle, Hormones and Energy
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1Dr. Stacy Sims: How Much Lifting A Week? What One Study Found
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B2Dr. Stacy Sims: The Weekly Workout Plan Women Need After 35
Business EnglishWorking Adults
C1Dr. Stacy Sims: Women don't respond to Zone 2 training the same way men do
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1Dr. Stacy Sims: How To Do HIIT Without Spiking Your Cortisol
Business EnglishUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
C1Dr. Stacy Sims: Why She Can't Lose Weight Eating Like Her Husband
Business EnglishWorking Adults
✨ Recommend Video
B21
12 sentences
How Much Sleep Do You Actually Need?
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B2136 sentences
Are you making yourself miserable?
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
116 sentences
Why Sleep Is So Important - and What We’re Getting Wrong
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B24
438 sentences
Psychiatrist Explains Why You Feel Tired All The Time (No Matter What You Do...)
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B26
155 sentences
Your Insomnia Is Not What You Think
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
215 sentences
8 Simple Hacks to Improve Your Health
British AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
![[B2] The Importance of Sleep | English Listening & Speaking Practice](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XFkbrlg4glw/mqdefault.jpg)
B243
52 sentences
[B2] The Importance of Sleep | English Listening & Speaking Practice
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
44 sentences
🧠-health mini: train your brain during war
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
C13
212 sentences
Why Do Humans Have to Pretend to Sleep to Fall Asleep?
Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B21
105 sentences
3am Dopamine based Morning Routine as a Doctor in Rural UK
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B2160 sentences
How to Get Your Focus Back (Trust me, You’re Not Cooked).
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Sleep, Exercise, Nutrition: The One You Can't Get Wrong”. This video has 17 sentences and 235 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks fast, about 232 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| deprive verb | /dɪˈpɹaɪv/ | Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something. |
| chronically adverb | In a chronic manner, or to a chronic degree. | |
| cognition noun | /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/ | The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses. |
| cognitively adverb | /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/ | Relating to thinking (cognition). |
| inflame verb | /ɪnˈfleɪm/ | To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle. |
| prioritize verb | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things. |
| reparation noun | /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/ | A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). |
| parameter noun | /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/ | A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc. |
| metabolic adjective | /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/ | Of or pertaining to metabolism. |
| inflammation noun | /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/ | The state of being inflamed. |
| comparative adjective | /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/ | Of or relating to comparison. |
| hygiene noun | /ˈhaɪˌd͡ʒiːn/ | The science of health, its promotion and preservation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get up to verb | To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper. | |
| step back verb | /stɛp ˈbæk/ | To stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: cognition /kɑɡˈnɪʃ.ən/, reparation /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/, inflammation /ɪnfləˈmeɪ̯ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: cognitively /ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv.li/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, reparation /ˌɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/, parameter /pəˈɹæm.ə.tɚ/, metabolic /mɛtəˈbɒlɪk/
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 deprive, chronically, cognition.
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.