Shadowing Practice: Summer Fruit Smoothies & Ice Lollies | Jools Oliver - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi I'm Jules and we're going to make a really cool super smoothie today.
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This is my son buddy and he always helps me in the kitchen doing this because it's really easy.
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This is brilliant for me because I've got four children and it's kind of mayhem in the morning and it's absolutely crazy.
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It's so quick and simple to make and also it's really really healthy
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and sometimes I just don't even know it which is really nice.
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Right I'm going to start with frozen berries so it gets a really lovely ice fresh feel.
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So we're going to do one cup of the frozen fruit which
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Bud's is going to help me with.
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It's about 200 grams but as I don't, I can't bother with grams, I'm just gonna do it with a cup.
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You pour it in.
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Nice, thank you.
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The next I'm gonna pour in some almond milk.
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Obviously having the nuts is a really good thing for the kids as well.
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It gives it a really nice flavour.
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You're gonna pour this in for me?
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Mm -hmm.
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Okay.
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Nice.
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Next up, natural yogurt.
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Six tablespoons.
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Buzz, do you want to count for me? one,
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two, three, four, five, six, seven.
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Perfect that's all we need six
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so that's just normal natural yogurt I use I don't use flavored yogurt
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because again it really is sweet enough and it's obviously much more healthier.
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The next one do a banana you only need one
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it just adds a real nice consistency any fruits looking a bit rough you can shove in they'd never know.
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A handful of porridge oats
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and you can use any fine meal whatever you prefer I've just got the kind of chunky oats here.
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It does give a nice consistency and it does keep them fuller for longer
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which is really good so you feel like you're doing a really good job when you put those in.
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My secret ingredient is my sunflower seeds
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which actually some of the children don't like but when I put them in they didn't know.
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I like them.
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You do actually you're the one of the children
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that does like to put
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and then obviously they're really healthy you can actually add anything
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you like any balance works you don't need to have it in grams
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or measures you can see i really can't do
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that sort of thing that's not my way of cooking
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so uh it's going to be dead simple i'm going to turn it on now
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done all right we're gonna have a quick check before
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we pour it out just to check it's got the right consistency
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because that's quite important i know some people are quite fussy i know my kids are
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so if it is a bit too thick yummy yeah you're gonna try it for me
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if it's too thick you can add a bit more of the almond milk
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or you can have a bit of water just for quickness or if it's not thick enough another half a banana.
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Buzz is going to be our taste tester.
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Actually looks really pretty so my girls will be really happy with that.
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All right let me know what you think it's a big moment.
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Nice?
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I've got a bit left over now so I'm just going to have that one for myself.
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You could just pour it into little lolly moulds, which is absolutely brilliant.
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Buds loves them and that kind of is like a big treat for him.
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And actually it's just the milkshake they had for breakfast, put in a lolly.
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You can add your lolly sticks in, find them in the freezer.
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I don't know, four or five hours and they're done.
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Buddy, do you want to get the things out of the freezer?
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It's like Dave's shrunk, Jamie.
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How weird.
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Can you see them?
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No, it's the frozen fruit.
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Let me help you.
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These are mango and mint and banana.
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actually the same sort of thing we've got porridge oats all set
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we've got some sunflower seeds just essentially it's just the mango to get the yellow color yeah ready buds?
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I want some hot water that should be enough
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can you see if it'll come out for me
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because I hate doing this because I get scared it's not going to work yeah
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so the main taste tester what do you think buds? it's very important
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so it is a thumbs up from buddy which is which is massive
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well I really hope you enjoyed that let me know
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if you enjoyed it or if you want me to do anything else
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or try anything else except for me cool thank you
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if you like this recipe more please press the link in the description box and yeah Enjoy. Have a little taste.
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Mmm. That is so good.
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Better than Dad's?
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Say it out loud.
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Yeah!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Summer Fruit Smoothies & Ice Lollies”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pour, add, lolly, oats, yogurt. This video has 79 sentences and 822 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:18. The speaker talks fast, about 191 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pour verb | /poɹ/ | To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it. |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| bud noun | /bʌd/ | A newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded. |
| banana noun | /bəˈnænə/ | An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. |
| consistency noun | /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/ | Local coherence. |
| gram noun | /ˈɡɹæm/ | A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g. |
| yogurt noun | /ˈjɒɡ.ət/ | A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| buzz noun | /bʌz/ | A continuous humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones. |
| freezer noun | /ˈfɹizɚ/ | An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). |
| mango noun | /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ | Any of species Mangifera indica of tropical Asian fruit trees. |
| almond noun | /ˈɑ(l).mənd/ | The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Bud's is going to help me with.
- The next I'm gonna pour in some almond milk.
- You're gonna pour this in for me?
- Buzz, do you want to count for me?
- Buddy, do you want to get the things out of the freezer?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | moulds, which is · buddy which is |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | we're going to make · I'm going to start · we're going to do |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will be · it'll come |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 36 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, smoothie /ˈsmuːði/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, milkshake /ˈmɪlk.ʃeɪk/
- Long words — get the stress right: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pour, thick, buddy.
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.