Shadowing Practice: SPEND A DAY IN LONDON WITH ELI - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good morning everyone and welcome to our new video and this video is spent a day with me in London.

Today I have such a fun plan and also guys

if my eyes look watery I wasn't crying I was just putting my contact lenses in.

But anyway I'm just about to get ready for the gym it's about 9 20.

I'm gonna go to the gym real quick I'm gonna do just something simple

because I always walk

or walk a lot around London I always do at least a thousand steps um

so I don't want to really do legs

or anything like very elaborative I'll just do quick abs workout maybe a little bit of back

but I don't know if I want to do that

because I want to go out so I just want to do something quick

and then i will be heading to well first probably lunch i want a bagel i'm craving a bagel

and then we're going to notting hill it's sunday

so there is a market i really want to go to

the portobello market they have such cool watches there um

and yeah i just want to look around it looks super

super cute i've never been to notting hill i always want to go there

when i come to London but I always skip it

so yeah this is the perfect day to do it and I cannot wait so

let me get ready for Jen and I'll show you my outfit

but it's basically my blue aloe set

that was on my most recent Instagram picture

but I might post a dump today

so it's like whatever you know like my alo pose the most recent alo pose

so this is the outfit check um cute little jumper

that wasn't on the picture actually

so now you get to see the jumper as well i love it it's

so comfortable and these shorts guys

if you buy anything from alo i love these shorts

but since it's getting cold i get that maybe you wouldn't go for shorts especially if you're like from europe

and then i have these socks super cute

and i'm going in these shoes because i will be taking them off

when i get to the gym

so i'm just walking over in these shoes i'm not going working out in little like slippers i'm back

and my hair looks absolutely ridiculous but it's okay it's it means

that it's growing it's like baby hairs you know uh but basically

uh i came from the gym i was there for just

a little bit it's 10 14 now um it was like an easy session i just did abs

and now i'm gonna go shower wash my hair

because it's in in need of a wash it's very oily

at the moment even though it might rain today i'm gonna wash it

and because i don't want to put it in like a slick bag

or like a very slick ponytail or ponytail at all

because it rips my hair out and I my hair is very thin naturally

so I need all of it and I need as much of it as possible

so yeah literally okay that's just one hair out whatever uh

so yeah I'm gonna go wash my hair now

and i'll after like after i wash it i'm gonna show

you what i do with my hair after this like after i wash it

because i use like three products that i think are great

and um because some of you were asking me about hair care

so i thought i'd show you guys here i hope you guys can see me well

but here we are oh shoot

so for my hair i do um always part it

like this going with this it's like anti-hairful serum something like that and i usually do three or four drops.

I need to get a new one up until that black line.

Yeah, just like that.

First one, I usually apply like this.

Go all the way to the back.

And I do a bit here in the front

and just like kind of apply it all over you get

it using the right hair tools is also super super important i know it's overpriced

but i used to dice in like you know the air wrap thing with the uh with the multiple gadgets thingy

and i love it

so much like i think it's kind of worth it like i know it's a lot of money

but i just really really love it

but i think the cheaper option from dyson's uh like you know like the normal uh hair dryer

because it also has some gadgets my mom has it and i think it's cheaper

um and it's great as well like any dyson products for uh hair for me are absolutely amazing

because sometimes when i'm at home i use mom's hair dryer and to be fair it also works absolutely amazing

next i'm gonna go in with this product which i'm not sure what it is

live in like live in conditioner something like

that i just got it recommended by my hairstylist i just kind of sprayed

that in not too much though and then this blow dry cream

because it's also heat protecting so i just go in with

that i do like three pumps i don't know how much i should

and I kind of go in

and I go from the root to the end

and yeah that's basically it and then I blow dry so I'm gonna come back

once I'm ready to head out bye for now

so I hope you can see me well But this is the outfit for today I have this blue top, blue bag It's not the exact same shade But that's okay

It's okay Then I have this little jacket It has a little hood Because it might rain And I don't want

To get my hair wet Since I just literally washed it

And yeah I'm gonna zip up my jacket

And I also don't wanna take an umbrella lab

because i don't want to carry

so many things around i'll already be carrying this camera around

or like in my pocket so yeah i hope i'm not cold

because to be fair this jacket is

so warm even though it has like short sleeves it is really really warm okay now let's head out

i needed to put my hood on because it's super windy

but anyway now I'm walking to St. James's Park it's about a 30 minute walk

because I wanted to do a little nice walk in the morning well it's not really it's like lunchtime

and then I'm gonna go to this bagel place I'm gonna take an uber there

and from there i'm gonna walk to the market

guys i realized i just walked past king's college i applied there as well and i didn't even notice so oopsies

this is very much giving London through my eyes

and I kind of love it let me know if you do

but I just love this city like look how gorgeous

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that is that is just unbelievably beautiful love it here so much We have reached the spot,

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it's absolutely gorgeous here it looks like I don't know, it just gives me massive fall vibes But now I'm gonna order my uber

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and go to its bagel in Notting Hill

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And yeah I'm gonna get lunch

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I'll show you what I get when i get there

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but i mean just look at one minute i'm getting so hungry

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so guys i'm sorry i didn't film at lunch i had

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a bagel i am pretty sure i took a video

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so i'll put it in it was so good but there were

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so many people so it was like impossible to film

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and i have my tea yeah

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so anyway I am walking over to the Portobello market

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and I'll show you when I get there

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and I'll show you what I'm buying

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and then I have one more stop where I really really want to go there are

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so many people but it's really cute I'll show you some of the shop

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but it's insane and I want to go to to this bakery that was here

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so sorry i'm not filming much here but it's

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so many people around and i'm getting a little anxious but anyway i wanted to show you

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this look there's electric cinema i really want to go one

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day uh also i'm literally filming this on my phone

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because i don't want to blow up my camera

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and yeah i'll just take some videos

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and then everything i buy like i will do a little haul later okay bye now

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so i'm on my way to the next location

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which is a little charm bracelet shop i'm gonna create my own charm brace bracelet and And yeah,

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it's getting really cold.

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So I'm just gonna go there.

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And then I'm not gonna go to the Portobello Market.

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Because it's just so, so crowded.

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And I just got like to the very like edge of it kind of thing.

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And it was already super crowded.

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And then when I looked further, it was even more people.

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So after I make the turn bracelet, I'm just gonna go to like a bakery or something

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because i saw that like on tiktok that they have really good bakeries here

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and i'm gonna get a cappuccino because it's getting super cold

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and after that i'm gonna go back

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or maybe go for another walk i'm not sure probably gonna go back

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because it's getting really really cold and windy but there is more of the colorful houses and they're absolutely absolutely gorgeous

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I literally searched for it like crazy and I thought I didn't find it

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but now I thought it just wasn't here But I found it right here, this cute pink store

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my bracelet is finished i'll show you a closer up

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when i get back to the hotel

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but now i'm quickly gonna go to the bakery here

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because first of all i'm cold second of all i'm tired

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and i want a coffee so

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when i get there i'll show you what i got hopefully

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oh sorry hopefully i can sit down there fingers freaking crossed

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i just walked to a bakery there is libby's here

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and it's meant to be sugar-free and gluten-free so i might go there

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and then there is also melt i don't really know what

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that is but i think that might only be chocolate

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so i'm gonna go to libby's but anyway i was gonna say

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that i ended up doing a little tiny bit more damage

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than i planned on like i bought a i'll show you i'll do a haul

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but it's okay it was on sale and we will recover

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so i will go to the bakery and it's gonna be little taste

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because it's sugar-free and gluten-free so hopefully it's good and i need a coffee

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Libby's was closing So I just ended up getting This little caramel That I'm gonna eat now

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And a cappuccino And I'm gonna go for a little walk now And then I'm gonna go Well, I'm just gonna Yeah, take a walk

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order an uber and go back to the hotel because i'm tired it's starting to rain

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hi everyone and i'm back in my room

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so it's time for a little haul

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so um going to nothing hill i knew i wanted to

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get like a little funky watch at those little you know those stands

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and i found this one and i love it so

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so much if you like it's just so cute i hope you can see it well

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i just find it super super cute

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and i feel like the funky watches are like what nothing hill is also kind of known for

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or like everyone just knows it's there

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so i really wanted to get it every video i literally

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watch from nothing hill shows these watches then there was this uh i found also on tick tock lena london

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but i already showed you i am so confused today

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but anyway just to show you the bracelet i created so we have a little airplane um like that

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then there is this honey jar

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then we have a dice and there's like a london postcard i guess then there's this flower

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right oh i don't know if you can see like this flower

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then i have big ben because obviously it's from london and a little eaten apple it's just apple

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and i love it so so oh so much like it's gonna look

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so cute on that so i love that

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and now let's go on to the really fun part well no i actually love everything that i got

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um so then i got this black dress

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and it's like cinched at the waist

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and then it there's the little skirt it looks really short

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but it's because of the way i'm holding it right now it's still gonna be a bit short

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but like nothing too horrible you know it's gonna be like a normal

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mini dress and then i got a vintage fur coat

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because it was on sale and it was and i love it

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so much guys let me know what you think

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but i love this fur coat it's

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so cute okay that's it for now well no actually that's

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it for the video um i will be filming one more video today

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but that's um also gonna be coming out this week i

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don't know what's gonna come out first whether this one

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or the other one but your hint for the next video

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if it hasn't come out yet i'm not sure is that it's sunday today of the mexico gp race week so

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you can guess what you think the video is i think i just gave it away

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but anyway thank you

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so much for watching i enjoyed this day i had the

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best time i walked i saw uh such a beautiful part

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of london i must say it was way like more crowded

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than i expected it to be like i know it's nothing hill like no shit

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but i thought it was like uh i don't know i

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just didn't think it would be like the center of london you know like

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that type of crowded and it was

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but uh i get it it's like really really beautiful part of london

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so yeah that just threw me off a bit

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but anyway i still enjoyed it so so much um

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and yeah it was i really loved this day it was

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like perfect fall day it was gloomy it was raining

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which i don't usually love but today i didn't mind at all

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so yeah thank you for spending the day with me

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and i hope you also enjoyed it maybe

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if you're uh coming to london anytime soon maybe you can get inspired by this video

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or something like that visit the places that i visited because everything was absolutely amazing and thank you for watching bye

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 214 sentences and 2576 words to shadow. The speech runs for 18:50. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bakery noun	/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/	A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
bracelet noun	/ˈbɹeɪslət/	A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.
gorgeous adjective	/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/	Sumptuously dressed.
jacket noun	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
outfit noun	/ˈaʊtfɪt/	A set of clothing (with accessories).
uber adjective	/ˈuːbəɹ/	Super; high-level; high-ranking.
haul verb	/hɔl/	To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
flower noun	/ˈfloʊɚ/	A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens…
coat noun	/ˈkoʊ̯t/	An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
charm noun	/t͡ʃɑɹm/	An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
pose verb	/poʊz/	To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
slick adjective	/slɪk/	Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
jumper noun	/ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/	A woollen sweater or pullover.
gluten noun	/ˈɡluːtən/	The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go in with verb		To commit to something with; to partner with.
head out verb		To leave, depart; to go on ahead.
blow up verb		To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
come back verb		To return to a place.
get back to verb		Return to (an activity)

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	i've never been · have reached · hasn't come
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might post · might rain · might go
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	wasn't crying · were asking · was closing
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	my most recent · the most recent

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 130 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thin /ˈθɪn/, thingy /ˈθɪŋi/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, wash /wɑʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/
Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, cappuccino /ˌkæpəˈt͡ʃinoʊ/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/

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 bakery, bracelet, gorgeous.

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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