Shadowing Practice: summer day in copenhagen - Learn English Speaking with Video

good morning i'm vlogging on my phone and i don't know

if i should look at myself or look in the camera

but I just wanted to change things up a little bit

and also just not put so much pressure on myself

when it comes to vlogging I kind of want to be more candid

and raw I feel like I've put a certain like standard

with my youtube videos with my other camera I just want the video to look a certain way

and have a certain flow and just be aesthetically pleasing and stuff like that but

sometimes it can take the fun out of it even though I love

when I have a beautiful video ready to post

but I just also want to have a more raw type of video

so I thought it could be just fun to vlog on my iphone i actually had a really interesting morning

so i went on a walk and helge went out for a run

but we did a little walking together to begin with

and we stumbled upon this bookshelf in somebody's garden so it's basically where you can exchange books it is so cute.

I've walked past it a couple of times actually, but I didn't really pay a lot of attention to it

because I noticed there was mostly only like old Danish books and I wasn't too excited about that.

But this time I spotted this book called The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt and Matilda is scratching the sofa,

sorry for the noise.

And I've been wanting to read that book for a while

and my friend Mina is reading it and she told me more about it and it just sounded really exciting.

I've heard that it is a lot different from The Secret History, the book that I read by the same author.

That book was a little bit, I don't know, difficult to get through but I've heard that this book is completely different.

A lot of people consider it as like a masterpiece and

that it's going to become one of the classics and I think it's about like 800 pages so it's really thick

but yeah that book was in the bookshelf and I got quite excited

but I didn't have a book with me

so I could like exchange it

so I feel like I have to go there again today okay enough of that but

then Helge went out for his run and I went back home

and my key I have like a key thing to get into the building

and it didn't work it was so strange I thought it was just my key

but then I met my neighbor I actually have never seen

this woman before that's one thing I feel like I experience here in Denmark.

I feel like I never run into my neighbors, but this time I did, and she had the same problem.

She wasn't able to get into the building, but she had a dog, and her dog was so cute.

I've never seen like this type of breed before,

and we started chatting, and I asked her about her dog and she said it's a mutt

and it's a rescue puppy from Romania.

And she's had him for two months.

He was just so cute, so cute, oh my goodness.

And of course I had to tell her that if she needs help with like dog walking,

dog sitting, then I would be so happy to help out.

I feel like it would be really great for Matilda to be with dogs more

because Helge and I want to get a dog one day.

she has met a couple of dogs before

and we've always introduced them slowly and it's always been really great

and Matilda you know she's quite sassy she's not scared

but I feel like yeah it would be really good for

her to have like a dog here once in a

while anyways and then on top of that I got a big delivery

and it was perfect because I didn't have my phone

and the delivery man was apparently trying to call me

but yeah I just got a new poster and a frame

and it's quite big I'm so excited to unbox this poster

because we've been wanting something to put on the walls and I love big artworks.

I don't know if we're gonna put it above the sofa or above the cabinet.

This is the delivery I was talking about.

This is the frame.

It's so big and here's the poster and I'm so excited to unbox it.

I'm gonna make breakfast now.

I'm gonna heat some bone broth first.

This is honestly so fun.

I actually need to make a video showing you guys how to make bone broth.

This time I actually didn't add any onion or garlic

or anything for that matter because

when you do the bone broth you discard quite a bit of bones

and it has some meat on it and stuff and Helgi

and I thought to ourselves like we could give it to Matilda

so we intentionally didn't add any onion or garlic or anything

because that's like toxic toxic to cats and i put everything in a blender

and i was gonna make like a very delicious pate for

her turns out she did not want to eat it she didn't even want to lick it i was

so frustrated because the bone broth does not taste as good now

I added coconut oil and salt.

I saw somewhere that that's really good.

I feel like I get a lot of information online maybe too much sometimes

and then you don't know what's right

and i don't know it's confusing it's hot hot hot hot

but good i just told them about the pate

that we made for matilda yeah the failed project we were really trying to spoil her

but i think it was maybe the consistency yeah the pate

or something yeah maybe she just didn't really like it i

don't know i think she's sleeping in the bedroom i'm gonna

show you hola are you sleeping are you sleeping now michelle hi oh my cute pie

I need to finish editing a video

that was actually supposed to go live yesterday

but we had our friends over for dinner

and I kind of last minute wanted to do a little intro

and I just knew

that I wouldn't be able to do it within the time before our friends arrived

so I just decided to post it today

so i just need to create a little intro

and then i'm pretty much

ready to post it i

am currently exporting the video and i need to hurry up a little bit because i have booked

a pilates class with my friend at three

and i actually also have to get ready for an event

that helge and i are attending tonight it's a movie premiere devil wears prada number two i'm

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so excited yeah i'm not gonna be coming home in the meantime

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so i kind of have to get ready for the movie premiere

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and the pilates class

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so i need to figure out what i want to wear

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i have no clue what the vibe is i mean the

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weather is really nice today i think it's supposed to be like 18 degrees

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so i think we can dress up a little bit summery

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i think it's under the bed we just got a new bed

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and it has storage underneath it which is really convenient we save up

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so much space but sometimes it's a little bit annoying you have to like take everything off the bed almost

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maybe i think this could be a vibe a white t-shirt underneath this one could be cute it's the

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white boat neck jeans jeans jeans maybe just my Levi's jeans

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I just had to wash them a little bit yesterday just like a stain spot

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because I wear them every single day

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so I feel like I'm always spilling something

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but they're clean now and this leather jacket i think it's cute

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and casual just how i like it i'm gonna wear my

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ballerinas i think it would have been the perfect weather for flip-flops

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but my toes are not cute i need to go and get a pedicure i have like

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leftover gel it's looking really bad

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so i'm not gonna be using my flip-flops

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before i get a pedicure i am ready

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but guys funny thing the pilates class i was talking about just got canceled

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very last minute instead we're just gonna meet at a park

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and hang out together i have to say i'm a little bit relieved

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that the class got canceled because i've been lifting some weights in the gym

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and i did some deadlifts yesterday

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and i think i might have lifted a bit too heavy

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so i'm hurting a little bit in my back

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and i kind of just wanted to take a chill day today also because the weather is so nice.

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So I'm gonna walk now over to the bookshelf, pick up the book and then I'm heading into the city to meet with my friend.

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Okay guys we're going to the bookshelf.

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We have three books that we're gonna exchange.

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So I'm gonna return the two books by Dolly Alterton and Helge is gonna exchange some book by Adam K.

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I haven't actually read it because I wasn't getting into it

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that much so you didn't really like it so maybe somebody else will.

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No. Okay let's go.

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Look how thick it is!

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It's a bit scary to be honest but I'm excited.

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And I was also a little bit excited about this one.

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It's called The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

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I think I could like this book so I think I'm gonna exchange it as well.

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Honestly this is such a fun concept.

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I love it. so Good?

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Yeah, it's really good.

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Yeah, I love it.

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Approved.

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We got the coconut water,

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what it's called coconut no it was foam matcha coconut water no yeah foam foam matcha coconut water

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they had like a big menu so it was hard to pick but we wanted something refreshing because it's so sunny

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Oh my goodness guys, the weather is so perfect.

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It's already 6 30 but I can just feel how strong the sun is.

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This is honestly like the first day of summer and I'm so happy.

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I just said goodbye to Johanka and now Helgi

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and I are gonna go to the movies and I'm not sure

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if there's gonna be food there they said something about matchas from Joe and the Jews but I'm kind of hungry

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and I'm contemplating if I should grab a burger at gasoline grill

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which is like my favorite burger place in Copenhagen but Helgi thinks there's gonna be food there but I don't know.

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Okay never mind the line is crazy.

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We are waiting for pizzas because I think they're serving the matchas so we wanted

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some dinner before and there's this Italian pizza place close by.

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We're gonna have some pizza and so pretty here.

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It's movie time!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 162 sentences and 1893 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:44. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% 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
bone noun	/boʊn/	A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
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.
jeans noun	/d͡ʒiːnz/	A pair of trousers made from denim cotton.
pizza noun	/ˈpi.tsə/	A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
poster noun	/ˈpoʊstɚ/	A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
foam noun	/ˈfɔʊ̯m/	A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
thick adjective	/θɪk/	Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
toxic adjective	/ˈtɒk.sɪk/	Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
flip verb	/flɪp/	To throw so as to turn over.
cancel verb	/ˈkæn.sl̩/	To cross out something with lines etc.
premiere noun	/pɹəˈmɪɚ/	The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
goodness noun	/ˈɡʊdnəs/	The state or characteristic of being good.
underneath adverb	/ˌʌndɚˈniθ/	Below; in a place beneath.
burger noun	/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/	A hamburger.
vibe noun	/vaɪb/	An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
dress up verb		To put on special or fancy clothes.
figure out verb		To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
get through verb	/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/	To overcome; to endure.
go back verb		To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
help out verb		To provide assistance.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
save up verb		To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.
turn out verb		To end up; to result.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	I've been wanting · we've been wanting · i've been lifting
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've put · I've walked · I've heard
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was talking · were really trying · wasn't getting
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should look · should grab

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 78 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, broth /bɹɔθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/
Long words — get the stress right: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, intentionally /ɪnˈtɛn(t)ʃənəli/

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 bone, coconut, jeans.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

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Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?