Shadowing Practice: This Simple Forex Setup Printed 3.3RR Profit - Learn English Speaking with Video
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “This Simple Forex Setup Printed 3.3RR Profit”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: trade, price, bearish, external, confirmation. This video has 191 sentences and 2808 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:52. The speaker talks at a natural 177 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 87% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bearish adjective | Resembling or likened to a bear, typically in being rough, surly, or clumsy. | |
| confirmation noun | /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | An official indicator that things will happen as planned. |
| candle noun | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. |
| mitigate verb | /ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ | To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear. |
| liquidity noun | /lɪkˈwɪdəti/ | The state or property of being liquid. |
| bullish adjective | /ˈbʊlɪʃ/ | Having a muscular physique, built ‘like a bull’. |
| execute verb | /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/ | To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime. |
| sweep verb | /swiːp/ | To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| confluence noun | /ˈkɑnˌflu.əns/ | The act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet. |
| downside noun | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous. |
| oppose verb | /əˈpoʊz/ | To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. |
| forecast noun | /ˈfɔːkɑːst/ | An estimation of a future condition. |
| retracement noun | A reversal in the trend of the price of a stock or commodity. | |
| reversal noun | /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)səl/ | The state of being reversed. |
| locate verb | /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/ | To place; to set in a particular spot or position. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| play out verb | To play (a game etc.) to its conclusion. |
| break down verb | To stop functioning. |
| drop down verb | To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea. |
| lead up to verb | To set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events. |
| sweep out verb | to remove by sweeping or brushing. |
| take out verb | To remove. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was shared · was executed · was actually shared |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | point which means · model, which is · here, which was |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, wasn't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, bullish /ˈbʊlɪʃ/, mitigation /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/, differentiate /dɪf.əˈɹɛn.ʃi.eɪt/, continuation /kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Long words — get the stress right: confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, liquidity /lɪkˈwɪdəti/, capitalize /ˈkæpətəˌlaɪz/, criterion /kɹaɪˈtɪɹ.i.ən/, mitigation /mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/
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 bearish, confirmation, candle.
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.



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