Shadowing Practice: 121 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Look both ways before crossing the street.
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Look both ways before crossing the street.
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Put on your socks.
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Put on your socks.
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Come help me water the plants.
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Come help me water the plants.
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Finish your milk.
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Finish your milk.
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Thank you.
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Bye.
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Give the cat some food.
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Put your phone away.
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Put your phone away.
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Help me wash the vegetables.
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Run some errands for me.
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Run some errands for me.
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Thank you.
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Clean up your room.
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Thank you.
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you Thank you.
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Clean up your room.
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Thank you.
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you Wash your hands before dinner.
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Wash your hands before dinner.
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Brush your teeth.
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Okay.
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Brush your teeth.
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Okay.
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Eat your vegetables.
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Eat your vegetables.
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Turn off the TV and go to bed.
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Thank you.
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turn off the TV, and go to bed.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Do your homework.
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Okay. Do your homework.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Be nice to your sister.
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Be nice to your sister.
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Stay close to me in the store.
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Thank you.
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Hold my hand when we cross the street.
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Don't run in the parking lot.
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" Don't run in the parking lot.
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Don't talk to strangers.
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Don't talk to strangers.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Be careful on the playground.
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Thank you.
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Be careful on the playground.
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Thank you.
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Don't touch that.
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It's hot.
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Hmm.
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Don't touch that.
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It's hot.
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Hmm.
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Don't run with food in your mouth.
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Don't run with food in your mouth.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Don't jump on the bed.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Yeah.
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Don't jump on the bed.
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Bye.
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Don't eat too much candy.
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Thank you.
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Don't eat too much candy.
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Thank you.
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Help me set the table.
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Okay.
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Help me set the table.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bed, eat, vegetables, wash. This video has 80 sentences and 299 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:05. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| candy noun | /ˈkæn.di/ | Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. |
| stranger noun | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance. |
| homework noun | /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ | Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class. |
| playground noun | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides). |
| sock noun | /sɑk/ | A knitted or woven covering for the foot. |
| sigh verb | /saɪ/ | To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary… |
| errand noun | /ˈɛɹənd/ | A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.) |
| jump verb | /d͡ʒʌmp/ | To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne. |
| milk verb | /mɪlk/ | To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow). |
| careful adjective | /ˈkɛɹfəl/ | Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious. |
| laugh verb | /læf/ | To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clean up verb | To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy. |
| turn off verb | To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 vegetable, candy, stranger.
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.