Shadowing Practice: Slow English Daily Routine ☀️ | Real-Life Comprehensible Input - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello everyone.
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Welcome to a new episode of Beau's Slow English.
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Before I give you an update on my life,
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I wanted to share this delicious dessert that I found at the grocery store.
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it's called a raw black Bottom banana cream pie.
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It's raw.
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So what does that mean?
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It means that it is not cooked and there is no heat used to make this recipe.
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It is a black bottom type cake.
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I'm not sure why it's called black bottom cake because the very bottom as you can see from the side,
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is not black.
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But there is a dark layer close to the bottom, so I guess that is why it's called Black Bottom.
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And then we have the Banana Cream Pie.
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So there is, banana and coconut cream, a little bit of coconut sugar,
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On top is a drizzle of chocolate.
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It's so good.
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Bon appetit!
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I've decided to Move over to my dining room area.
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I felt much more comfortable to sit down and chat with you.
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I just quit my full time job.
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So for the next few months,
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I will be focusing on YouTube until I figure out what I will be doing full time again.
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I would really like to stress the importance of saving money.
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I am going to have a new daily routine for the next few months.
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I am still going to wake up early around 6 :30 to 6 :40 a .m.
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I always take my morning medication and I'm not allowed to eat anything for 30 minutes after taking the medication.
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While I wait for my medication to settle, I make my husband's breakfast.
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He eats a very light breakfast.
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It's two strips of turkey bacon.
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I cook or I fry the turkey bacon in a pan.
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I will cook one side for about four to five minutes, then I will flip it to the other side
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and cook for an additional four to five minutes so that it is nice and crispy.
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My husband also likes to drink green tea or matcha specifically,
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so I make him matcha in the morning as well.
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Then I will take my dog out for her first morning walk.
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She does her business outside.
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When you hear someone say business, what they mean is the dog is going to the bathroom.
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I will walk Nari around the block every time Nari goes outside and comes back in.
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I will wipe her paws.
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Now it is time to make breakfast for Nari and Louie, my cat.
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Now it is time for me to make my breakfast.
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I will make two to three eggs over medium which means that the yolk is a little runny,
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but a little bit hard.
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So it's medium.
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Then I will sprinkle some salt and pepper.
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and cut up the eggs before I eat it.
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I only drink coffee one day per week or one cup per week.
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I never crave coffee.
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I like to do my workouts in the morning.
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Sometimes we have cardio days which means that we are strengthening our cardiovascular system.
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our heart.
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Sometimes we will do strength training.
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If I do not go to the gym, I might go to yoga.
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or I might go to Pilates.
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After I finish lunch, I will do the dishes and put my silverware and plate away.
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Then I will spend about an hour and a half editing a video.
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After my editing session, I will start to Think of what to film.
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Today, I'm going to make meatballs in the air fryer.
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When we cook at home, We keep it very simple.
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It's always rice, broccoli, and some sort of protein.
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The other day we did salmon, And today will be meatballs.
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After I've finished all of my meetings and have eaten dinner and edited,
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it is time to veg out or become a couch potato,
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which basically means you sit on the couch and you don't do anything but watch TV.
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Lately, I have been watching some Korean shows to help me to brush up on my Korean.
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Brush up is a phrasal verb, which means that you are relearning something.
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I love the show.
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Physical Asia, which is a reality competition show all about strength and power.
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I love watching top athletes perform.
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I also really love to watch true crime documentaries.
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I find it to be really fascinating and some people might find it to be scary because of these real life situations,
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but I just absolutely love it.
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Then I will do my nighttime routine,
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which involves taking some supplements such as magnesium to help my body
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and my mind to relax before I go to bed and I will brush my teeth floss my teeth,
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wash my face, and put all of my skincare products on and finally I am in bed.
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So that is my new
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daily routine since I have quit my full time job
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and I'm focusing on YouTube for the next couple of months until I pick up another full -time job.
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I hope you learned some useful and new vocabulary words from this video.
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Let me know in the comment what you've learned and i will see you in the next video Bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 81 sentences and 873 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:06. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 81% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| edit verb | /ˈɛdɪt/ | To change a text, or a document. |
| brush noun | /bɹʌʃ/ | An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including… |
| medication noun | /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ | A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient. |
| banana noun | /bəˈnænə/ | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
| bacon noun | /ˈbeɪ.kən/ | Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig. |
| coconut noun | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed. |
| lately adverb | /ˈleɪt.li/ | Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. |
| layer noun | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | A single thickness of some material covering a surface. |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| strip verb | /ˈstɹɪp/ | To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| brush up verb | To paint, or make clean or bright with a brush. | |
| cut up verb | To cut upward. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
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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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've decided · I've finished · have quit |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | medium which means · days which means · verb, which means |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might go · might find |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will be · will cook · will take |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: brush /bɹʌʃ/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, magnesium /ˌmæɡˈnizi.əm/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like routine, edit, brush.
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.