Shadowing Practice: That Non-stop Thinking Radio in Our Head | Thich Nhat Hanh | #shorts #mindfulness - Learn English Speaking with Video
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And we know how to stop the non-stop thinking radio,
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NST, in order to do so.
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If you allow the radio inside to continue, then you cannot do anything.
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Because there is always that mental discourse going on, day and night, in your head.
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You think of the past, you invoke the past, you are afraid of the future, and the thinking goes on.
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And it takes away all space in you.
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You have no time to live your life.
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It is very important to stop the radio inside, the non-stop NST, non-stop thinking.
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Because that is the practice of lumination.
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We eat and we chew again and again our suffering, our worries.
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And that is not good for your health.
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So we should be able to help them not to continue to eat their own consciousness.
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That is about the fourth nutriment, consciousness as food.
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In our consciousness there are suffering,
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regret, sorrow, and we have the habit of bringing them up again from the depth of our consciousness,
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and chew and eat them again and again and again.
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That is not a healthy kind of food.
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So stopping the mental discourse is very important in the practice.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 18 sentences and 202 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:21. The speaker talks slowly, about 86 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/ (noun) — The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
- suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verb) — To undergo hardship.
- discourse /ˈdɪs.kɔːɹs/ (noun) — Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- chew /tʃuː/ (verb) — To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
- regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ (verb) — To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
- habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/ (noun) — An action performed on a regular basis.
- sorrow /ˈsɑɹoʊ/ (noun) — unhappiness, woe
- invoke /ɪnˈvoʊk/ (verb) — To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
- nutriment /ˈnjuː.tɹɪ.mənt/ (noun) — A source of nourishment; food.
- depth /dɛpθ/ (noun) — the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep
- worry /ˈwʌ.ɹi/ (verb) — To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.
- fourth /fɔɹθ/ (adjective) — The ordinal form of the number four.
- healthy /ˈhɛl.θi/ (adjective) — Enjoying good health; free from disease or disorder.
- afraid /əˈfɹeɪd/ (adjective) — Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- take away /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ (verb) — To remove something and put it in a different place.
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: depth /dɛpθ/, fourth /fɔɹθ/, healthy /ˈhɛl.θi/
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 consciousness, suffer, discourse.
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.