Shadowing Practice: The Little Squirrel Who Hid Too Many Nuts - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Once upon a time, a little squirrel lived in a big oak tree.
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It was autumn, and the leaves were red and gold.
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The squirrel loved nuts. He loved them so much!
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Every day, he found nuts and hid them in the ground.
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One here, one there. Dig, dig, dig!
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Ten nuts, twenty nuts, a hundred nuts!
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Then winter came. Everything was white with snow.
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The squirrel was hungry. Where were his nuts?
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Oh no! He couldn't remember!
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He looked here. He looked there. Nothing!
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Hmm... the squirrel sat down and thought hard.
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Then he found one nut. Then another! Yum!
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He ate and ate until his tummy was full.
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In spring, something surprising happened.
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Little green trees grew everywhere!
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Wow! They grew from the nuts he forgot!
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So the forgetful squirrel planted a whole new forest.
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What would you hide if you were a squirrel?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Little Squirrel Who Hid Too Many Nuts”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: nut, squirrel, dig. This video has 18 sentences and 146 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:16. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| squirrel noun | /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/ | Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| autumn noun | /ˈɔtəm/ | Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves, and temperatures and daylight hours decrease; typically regarded as… |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| forgetful adjective | /fərˈɡɛtfəl/ | Unable to remember things well; liable to forget. |
| tummy noun | /ˈtʌ.mi/ | The stomach or belly. |
| everywhere adverb | /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ | In or to all locations under discussion. |
| snow noun | /snoʊ̯/ | The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation… |
| twenty noun | /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i] | The numbers twenty (20) to twenty-nine (29). |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| tree noun | /tɹiː/ | A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. |
| spring noun | /ˈspɹɪŋ/ | An act of springing: a leap, a jump. |
| plant noun | /plɑːnt/ | An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a… |
| winter noun | /ˈwɪntə/ | Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months… |
| surprise noun | /sə(ː)ˈpɹaɪ̯z/ | Something unexpected. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
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 squirrel, hungry, autumn.
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.