Shadowing Practice: Solution Elementary 2nd_SB_1.51 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Lesson 3C Exercise 2 Eton College.
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Eton College is a very famous private school near London.
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It is over 570 years old.
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There are about 1 ,300 students in the school, and they all live in the school during the term.
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There aren't any girls in the school.
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Only boys.
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They take a special entrance exam and they start at Eton when they are 13 years old.
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Eton is a private school.
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and it is very expensive.
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It costs about £30 ,000 a year to study there.
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Most Eton students come from very rich families, For example, Prince William and Prince Harry.
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There are about a hundred classrooms in the school, lots of science labs, ICT rooms and music rooms,
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a concert hall, two theatres, a gym, 2 swimming pools,
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20 tennis courts, an athletics track and a golf course.
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The college has got 160 teachers.
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That's one teacher for eight students.
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Sport is very important at Eton College.
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Students can do over 40 different sports,
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including rugby, cricket, rowing, fencing, and water polo.
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All the students do sport every day.
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Many of the sports teachers are professional sports people.
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Most students stay at the school until they are 18 years old.
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After that, 99 % of them go to university.
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Many students from Eton get important jobs.
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Famous students from Eton include 19 British Prime Ministers.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 25 sentences and 212 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
lesson noun/ˈlɛs.ən/A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
lab noun/læːb/A Labrador retriever.
rugby noun/ˈɹʌɡbi/A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the…
cricket noun/ˈkɹɪkɪt/An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
entrance noun/ˈɛn.tɹəns/The action of entering, or going in.
tennis noun/ˈtɛnɪs/A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
examination noun/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/The act of examining.
fence noun/fɛns/A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
swim verb/swɪm/To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
classroom noun/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
athletic adjective/æθˈlɛt.ɪk/Having to do with athletes.
polo noun/ˈpoʊloʊ/A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
do over verb/ˈduˌoʊvɚ/To cover with; to smear or spread on to.

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 lesson, lab, rugby.

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.

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