Shadowing Practice: travelling 30+ hours for the coolest week ever - Learn English Speaking with Video
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guys welcome to another more angelic video as the title says also i look really bland
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because i have no makeup on
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but i'm about to embark on a 30 plus hour trip
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to australia currently i'm not in my usual setup um i think that's actually them texting me i'm in bulgaria
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so random i'm in bulgaria because I'm meeting up with Edda and Luke
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and the three of us will be traveling all the way
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to Australia Sydney together it's really hot in um Bulgaria actually
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so maybe not the wisest but also I always get freezing cold on planes
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and I have another little hoodie too anyways
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oh my gosh how am I gonna carry all this my bags are definitely way too heavy
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here with luke and edda at the airport
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and it's such a lovely mountain range here by the track it's
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so cute yeah we just went through security and um checked in our bags and now we're just like
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drinking some beverages and waiting for our flight our first flight is to Dubai
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and it's like five and a half hours
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and we have a 30 hour plus journey to Sydney I'm
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saying I'm I think I'm gonna be bored like one hour
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in what about you I think we're gonna have a lot of conversation
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and then hopefully some sleep yeah hopefully and then we'll see
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this is our airport fit check
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nice I love a formal no no we're both wearing sweatpants mine's yellow
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mine's not that one either but it's cute it's real comfy
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yeah and i have a hoodie we're gonna be really nice
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and cozy and now we're gonna do a fit check for luke my fit check everyone
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What do we have?
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I think we have like a roll with butter and then some sort of salad.
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I'm not really sure what this is.
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Chickpeas?
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Some chicken and then Luke and Edda got some beef.
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Should we do the grand reveals?
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Yeah they got beef.
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Oh that looks pretty good.
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That's nice!
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Here's my chicken and rice.
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I think I'm going to start with the roll.
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That's fantastic. so
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hi guys we are now at dubai airport and we are at our layover waiting for the second flight
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which is 14 hours yeah i was gonna say edda is editing
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and i went editor Time flies so fast at the airport, it's crazy It does, Luke is somewhere playing a game i think i'm not really
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sure it was my first time at pret oh yeah
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so nice i had a match of profit yeah
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because edda was how do i do this edda was telling me there's no pret in bulgaria
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and she said she really loved costa
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but she thought she thought costa was like a like an independent coffee shop
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and i was like no it's a chain
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and then i asked about pret so there's a pret here and we tried it and good i'm glad
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guys we have like a we're trying to unpack unpack yeah so it's more comfortable
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there's such a cute matching set with her
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and she brought even a steamer
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oh my gosh they're cooling I was trying to say
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that we had like a surprise security check
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and I don't have anything don't worry but I wasn't prepared
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and then they opened my bag and I have like obviously like loads of like ASMR props
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one of them is my skeleton hands
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and people like the TSA agents keep pulling them out
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and they're so confused by them
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and this TSA agent she was like really inspecting them
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and I was like oh my gosh she's gonna confiscate my skeleton hands.
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Then she tried them on
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and she's like no I had to show I was like it's jewelry
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and then she let me keep them and she was like oh technology.
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Hello.
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Okay guys, we're on our flight now.
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Our second part of our flight, our 14 hour flight to Sydney.
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Finally.
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Finally, yeah.
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And we got gifted these cute little pouches from Emirates.
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Here we have toothpaste and socks.
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Your socks are better.
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It's even blue. So cute.
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This is our day out But it's just so spooky Basically The person sitting in front of Luke
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Realized he was tall And they were like I'm gonna get an upgrade
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And then you sit in my seat and you can have more space
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So now Edda and I get his like Pro to share Also
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so random I'm in the bathroom But like this is the biggest This might be so weird This is the biggest um,
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bathroom in an athlete I've ever been in and it's pretty like, this is a sink that actually like look, it's like a good size.
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I'm dead.
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I'm happy.
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Me too.
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Hey!
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We landed guys.
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We landed.
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14 hours later or something.
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13?
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I have no idea.
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Like halfway through.
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Bro, I was checked out.
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Let me see.
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I could not do it.
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I was so tired.
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I couldn't fall asleep.
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I thought you slept well.
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I slept well.
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I slept like the whole, almost 6 hours straight.
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Yeah, and Luke wants to like move around and sleep elsewhere.
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But we're here now. So happy.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 95 sentences and 879 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:46. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% 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:
- luke /l(j)uːk/ (adjective) — lukewarm
- gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
- beef /bif/ (noun) — The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- costa /ˈkɑ.stə/ (noun) — Synonym of rib.
- skeleton /ˈskɛlətən/ (noun) — The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.
- sock /sɑk/ (noun) — A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
- confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ (adjective) — unable to think clearly or understand
- elsewhere /ˈɛlsˌʍɛɹ/ (adverb) — Synonym of somewhere else: in, at, or to some other place.
- formal /ˈfɔɹməl/ (adjective) — In accordance with established forms.
- reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (verb) — To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
- butter /ˈbʌtɚ/ (noun) — A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
- asleep /əˈsliːp/ (adjective) — In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
- edit /ˈɛdɪt/ (verb) — To change a text, or a document.
- upgrade /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ (verb) — To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.
- sink /ˈsɪŋk/ (verb) — To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- sit in (verb) — To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
- wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.
- check in (verb) — To announce or record one's own arrival at a hotel, airport etc.
- check out (verb) — To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
- move around (verb) — To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long.
- roll with (verb) — To handle and accept (something, especially an inconvenience or setback).
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
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 luke, gosh, beef.
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 | wasn't prepared · was checked |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was telling · was trying |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the wisest · the biggest |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna carry · gonna be · gonna have |
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.