Shadowing Practice: story 5 Do fish breathe water - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Story 5 Do fish breathe water?
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Joey has a pet.
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Her name is Goldie.
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She lives in a bowl.
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Goldie is a fish, a shiny goldfish.
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Once a week, Joey takes Goldie out of her bowl.
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He cleans her bowl so she can grow strong and healthy.
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When Joey's parents gave him Goldie, they said, you will have to learn to take care of her.
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So Joey started learning a lot about fish.
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Joey used to think fish did not breathe.
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How can they breathe in the water, he thought.
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When I swim, I cannot breathe if I put my head under the water.
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But fish get air in a different way.
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They have gills on the sides of their heads.
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Joey learned that water has oxygen in it.
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The water passes through the gills.
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The fish get their oxygen from the water.
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When Joey cleans the fishbowl, he puts Goldie in a small glass of water.
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That way, she can breathe while he cleans her home.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “story 5 Do fish breathe water”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Joey, fish, Goldie, breathe, cleans. This video has 19 sentences and 166 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:22. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
11 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| oxygen noun | /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ | The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental… |
| gill noun | /ɡɪl/ | A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| goldfish noun | /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/ | A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored. |
| bowl noun | /boʊl/ | As much as is held by a bowl. |
| fish noun | /ˈfɪʃ/ | A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod. |
| clean adjective | /kliːn/ | Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| glass noun | /ɡlɑːs/ | An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and… |
| healthy adjective | /ˈhɛl.θi/ | Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pass through verb | To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another. |
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 think |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | started learning |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will have |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | have to learn |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, healthy /ˈhɛl.θi/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: goldfish /ˈɡoʊldfɪʃ/, fish /ˈfɪʃ/
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 breathe, oxygen, gill.
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.