Shadowing Practice: Thử thách 100 ngày luyện shadowing cho người mới #71 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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He wants to grow an orange tree.
2
He digs a small hole.
3
He puts the seeds in it.
4
He covers the seeds with soil.
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He waters it for a week.
6
No oranges have grown, He asks his mom what he is doing wrong.
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She says, "You have to be patient." He continues to water the tree for a month.
8
He sees an orange start to grow.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Thử thách 100 ngày luyện shadowing cho người mới”. This video has 8 sentences and 66 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:36.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
seed noun/siːd/Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
soil noun/sɔɪl/A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
dig verb/dɪɡ/To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More…
orange noun/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).
hole noun/hoʊl/A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
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.
patient noun/ˈpeɪ̯ʃənt/A person or animal that receives health care from a doctor, nurse, dentist, allied health practitioner, or other person educated in health care.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave grown
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowis doing
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryhave to be

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like seed, soil, dig.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →