Shadowing Practice: Tiếng Anh giao tiếp: Lesson 4 - Housework - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Do the laundry.
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Wash the dishes.
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Vacuum the floor.
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Cook.
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Iron the clothes.
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Take out the trash.
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Sweep the floor.
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Mop the floor.
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Tidy up the room.
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Hang the laundry.
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Fold the clothes.
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Put away the clothes.
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Cook dinner.
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Prepare meals Set the table
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Clear the table
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Clean the table
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Dry the dishes
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Scrub the sink
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Make the bed
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Change the sheets
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Change the pillowcases
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Clean the bathroom
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Scrub the bathroom
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Scrub the toilet
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Wipe the mirror
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Hey Jamie, the house is getting a bit messy.
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Do you want to split the housework today?
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Sure.
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Let's get it done quickly.
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What do you want to do?
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I can sweep and mop the floor, and take out the trash.
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Sounds good.
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I'll do the dishes, then the laundry.
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Great.
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After the laundry finishes, I'll hang out the clothes on the balcony.
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Awesome.
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Once we're done, let's order some lunch and relax.
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Hey, Mom.
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What are you doing?
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I am cooking dinner.
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Can you give me a hand?
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Sure, Mom.
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What do you need?
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Can you help me dry the dishes?
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All right.
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I'll do it now.
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And after that, please set the table as well.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Tiếng Anh giao tiếp: Lesson 4 - Housework”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: laundry, dishes, clothes, floor, table. This video has 47 sentences and 194 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:43. The speaker talks at a steady 113 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| laundry noun | /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ | A laundering; a washing. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| scrub verb | /skɹʌb/ | To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening |
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| sweep verb | /swiːp/ | To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| sink verb | /ˈsɪŋk/ | To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. |
| vacuum noun | /ˈvæ.kjuːm/ | A region of space that contains no matter. |
| fold verb | /ˈfəʊld/ | To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself. |
| wipe verb | /waɪp/ | To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| take out verb | To remove. |
| put away verb | To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up. |
| tidy up verb | To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Do you want to split the housework today?
- Let's get it done quickly.
- What do you want to do?
- Can you give me a hand?
- Can you help me dry the dishes?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is getting · are you doing · am cooking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll do · I'll hang |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: dish /dɪʃ/, trash /tɹæʃ/, sheet /ʃit/
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 dish, laundry, cloth.
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.