Shadowing Practice: 🌪️ The Wolf Who Wouldn’t Stop Blowing! 🐺💨 | Three Little Pigs - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Once upon a time, mommy pig and her 3 little pigs lived in a blue house.
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But it was too small, so the pigs went out to find new homes.
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The first little pig built a house from straw.
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He was very happy with his straw house.
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The second little pig built a house from sticks.
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He was very happy with his wooden house.
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The third little pig wanted to build a house that was stronger than the other two.
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He built his house from bricks.
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A big bad wolf was roaming in the woods.
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He went to the first little pig's house.
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He looked inside the window and saw the first little pig.
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The big bad wolf huffed and puffed.
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He blew the house made from a straw away.
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The first little pig ran to the second little pig's house.
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The big bad wolf ran to the second little pig's steakhouse.
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He looked inside and saw the two little pigs.
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The big bad wolf huffed and puffed.
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He blew the house made from steaks away.
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The two little pigs ran to the third little pig's house.
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The big bad wolf ran to the third little pig's house.
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He looked inside the window.
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He saw the three little pigs in the house together.
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The bed bed wolf huffed and puffed but he could not throw away the house made from bricks.
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The bed house was too strong for the wolf.
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The bed bed wolf came up with a plan.
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He climbed up the roof to chop down the chimney.
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The wolf landed in a pot of boiling water.
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The three little pigs had put the pot on the fire underneath the chimney.
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The big bad wolf ran out of the house.
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The three little pigs were very happy.
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They lived happily ever after.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 31 sentences and 302 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:37. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- wolf /wʊlf/ (noun) — Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- pig /ˈpɪɡ/ (noun) — Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus…
- straw /stɹɔ/ (noun) — A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- puff /pʌf/ (noun) — A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
- brick /ˈbɹɪk/ (noun) — A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
- chimney /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ (noun) — A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon-…
- wooden /ˈwʊdn̩/ (adjective) — Made of wood.
- climb /ˈklaɪ̯m/ (verb) — To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
- happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/ (adverb) — In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness.
- underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/ (adverb) — Below; in a place beneath.
- steak /steɪk/ (noun) — Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
- boil /bɔɪ(ə)l/ (verb) — To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
- chop /t͡ʃɑp/ (verb) — To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- huff /hʌf/ (verb) — To breathe heavily.
- roam /ɹoʊm/ (verb) — To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- come up with (verb) — To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
- live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- throw away (verb) — To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
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 wolf, pig, straw.
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.