Shadowing Practice: Spring - English Vocabulary - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Spring Spring is the season that comes after winter.
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Snow and ice melt.
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The ground thaws.
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In April you will see more rain showers.
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They help the plants grow.
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You can hear the birds singing sweet songs.
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The weather is getting warmer.
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The days are getting longer.
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The nights are getting shorter.
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You can see rainbows in the sky.
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Bears and frogs wake up from hibernation.
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You can see bunnies hopping around and scampering away.
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Trees bloom in the spring.
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Tiny buds appear on trees.
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Buds open into blossoms and leaves.
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The grass starts to grow.
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Plants begin to sprout.
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Flowers bloom.
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Many birds migrate back from their warm winter homes.
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They build nests.
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You can see beautiful butterflies flying around.
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and cute ladybugs, tulips and daffodils bloom,
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bees fly from flower to flower.
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You can see limbs in the fields, chicks hatch from the eggs.
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You can hear ducklings quacking.
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people start working in the garden they dip the soil and plant seeds in the ground
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then they water the seeds which will grow into vegetables and flowers spring is a great time to plant trees
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families enjoy a picnic in the spring sunshine
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children have fun playing a kite in spring you can often get hot in a rain shower
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 30 sentences and 225 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 68 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 77% 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 |
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| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| bloom noun | /blum/ | A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| bud noun | /bʌd/ | A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. |
| 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… |
| soil noun | /sɔɪl/ | A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. |
| hop noun | /hɒp/ | A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing. |
| grass noun | /ɡɹɑːs/ | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as… |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| sunshine noun | /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ | The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun. |
| bee noun | /ˈbiː/ | A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for… |
| chick noun | /t͡ʃɪk/ | A young bird. |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
| melt verb | /mɛlt/ | To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is getting · are getting |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will see · will grow |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, hibernation /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/
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 flower, bloom, seed.
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.