Shadowing Practice: The Jungle Painting at the Museum - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Look at this big painting, sweetheart!
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Wow! It's so big! It's a jungle!
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Yes. Let's look at it together.
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What can you see at the top?
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I can see tall green trees.
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And there's a blue river at the bottom.
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Good! What's in the river?
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Oh! A crocodile! He looks hungry!
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Don't worry. He's only in the painting.
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Look, Grandma! Monkeys in the trees!
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How many monkeys can you count?
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One, two, three... four monkeys!
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Well done! What are they doing?
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They're eating bananas and playing.
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There's a parrot on that branch.
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What colour is it?
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It's red, blue and yellow. So pretty!
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Now, look carefully. Something is hiding.
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Hiding? Where? I can't see it.
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Look behind the big green leaves.
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Oh! It's a tiger! I found it!
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It's time to go home now.
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Oh... but I love this painting.
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We can come back next Saturday.
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Promise, Grandma?
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I promise!
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Can I paint a jungle at home?
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What a lovely idea! With a tiger?
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Yes! And a monkey with a banana!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 29 sentences and 171 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:40. The speaker talks slowly, about 103 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| tiger noun | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia. |
| jungle noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. |
| 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. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| sweetheart noun | /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/ | A person who is always very kind. |
| crocodile noun | /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/ | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the… |
| parrot noun | /ˈpæɹət/ | A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. |
| paint verb | /peɪnt/ | To apply paint to. |
| yellow adjective | /ˈjɛloʊ/ | Of a yellow hue. |
| branch noun | /bɹænt͡ʃ/ | The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. |
| tall adjective | /tɔl/ | Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of… |
| colour noun | Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of color. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 monkey, tiger, jungle.
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.