Shadowing Practice: Week 14: The clothes and Fashion - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So today, I'm going to talk about clothes and fashion.
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This is a topic that I don't really like that much, but it's an important one.
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Everybody wears clothes, and everybody has some kind of fashion, or lack of fashion.
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I might be one of those people that lacks fashion, but we'll get into that in a minute.
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First, let's talk about when we first develop our own fashion sense and take it seriously.
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For me, this was around the time when I was in middle school.
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Middle school is when I started paying attention to what kind of clothes I was wearing, what brands, what styles, and what colors.
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One of the first phases that I went through was the one where I wore really baggy clothes.
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Baggy clothes are clothes that are too big for you, and they come down lower than normal clothes.
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My shirts were too long, and my pants weren't pulled up high enough.
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It wasn't a good phase for me.
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I'm sure many of you can remember going through something like this when you were young.
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If we look back at our middle school pictures, some of us would be horrified.
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So, once I got into high school, my style changed because I started playing more basketball.
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Thus, I started buying all kinds of Air Jordans, Nikes, and other brands of basketball shoes.
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I used to match the color of my shoes with the color of my shirts.
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I was super color coordinated.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 17 sentences and 249 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:28. The speaker talks at a natural 171 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| coordinate verb | /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ | To place in the same order or rank. |
| baggy adjective | /ˈbæɡi/ | Of clothing, very loose-fitting, so as to hang away from the body. |
| horrify verb | /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/ | To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror. |
| phase noun | /feɪz/ | A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. |
| shirt noun | /ʃɜɹt/ | An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, often with sleeves that cover some or all of the arms. |
| basketball noun | /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ | A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. |
| fashion noun | /ˈfæʃən/ | A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons. |
| color noun | /ˈkʌl.ə/ | The spectral composition of visible light. |
| wear verb | /wɛ(ə)ɹ/ | To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc. |
| lack noun | /læk/ | A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth. |
| everybody | /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/ | All people. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. | |
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, wasn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, thus /ˈðʌs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, shirt /ʃɜɹt/, fashion /ˈfæʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, everybody /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/, seriously /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like cloth, shoe, topic.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to match |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | weren't pulled · would be horrified |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | started paying · started playing · started buying |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was wearing |
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.