Shadowing Practice: Travel Experiences | ESL Intermediate English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One year ago, I decided to quit my job and travel the world.
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Day 1:
Arriving at the airport to be surrounded by taxi drivers was a little stressful.
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I was tired from my flight and I wasn’t interested in dealing with this kind of intensity.
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Thankfully, things improved when I arrived at my hotel.
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The staff were friendly, and the hotel was fantastic.
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The food especially, was amazing!
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Day 2:
I walked around the local area in the morning and enjoyed looking in the interesting local stores.
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I ate some of the famous street food that I'd heard about.
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It was so good that I had seconds.
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Day 3:
I spent the evening at a bar that was popular with tourists, but I was disappointed.
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It was too expensive, and the music was awful.
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Later, I went to a club to dance, but the music was terrible.
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Unfortunately, the whole night was a waste of time.
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Day 4:
It was a much better day.
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We went out on a fishing boat with some local people and spent the day enjoying the sun, enjoying some good company, and catching a surprising amount of fish!
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Later, I saw the sun set over the ocean, which was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Travel Experiences”. This video has 16 sentences and 211 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:43. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| awful adjective | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | Very bad. |
| disappointed adjective | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| taxi noun | /ˈtæksi/ | A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare. |
| intensity noun | /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/ | The quality of being intense. |
| stressful adjective | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | Irritating; causing stress. |
| thankfully adverb | In a thankful manner; giving thanks. | |
| surround verb | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| friendly adjective | /ˈfɹɛnd.li/ | Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character. |
| unfortunately adverb | /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ | Happening through bad luck, or because of some unfortunate event. |
| quit verb | /kwɪt/ | To leave (a place). |
| hotel noun | /həʊˈtɛl/ | An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain. |
| fish noun | /ˈfɪʃ/ | A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod. |
| travel verb | /ˈtɹævəl/ | To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another. |
| dance noun | /dæns/ | A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| set over verb | To assign; transfer ownership of something. |
| walk around verb | To walk with no planned destination; to meander. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have ever seen |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be surrounded |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | ocean, which was |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most beautiful |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: fish /ˈfɪʃ/, ocean /ˈoʊ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, intensity /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/, unfortunately /ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
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 awful, disappointed, arrive.
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.