Shadowing Practice: What an interesting family! - Interchange 5th Edition Book 1 Unit 5 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 5.
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What an interesting family.
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Page 31.
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Exercise 2.
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Listening.
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Famous relatives.
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Listen to four conversations about famous people.
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How is the second person related to the first person?
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1. Who's that guy?
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That's Quincy Jones.
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He's famous for his work in the music business, and he's a great musician himself.
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That's strange.
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I don't think I've seen him before.
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Well, I know you've seen his daughter.
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Is her last name Jones, too?
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Yes, it is.
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Her name's Rashida Jones.
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Rashida Jones?
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Oh, I love her.
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She was in my favorite TV show.
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2. What are you reading, Brianna?
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An article about Ashton Kutcher.
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He's in a new TV show.
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That's good news.
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I really liked his last show.
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Do you know who he married in 2015?
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Hmm.
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Demi Moore?
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No. Mila Kunis.
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I didn't know that.
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What a cool couple.
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Three.
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What are you watching, Samantha?
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Oh, hi, Mom.
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I'm watching a new movie with Emma Roberts.
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Oh, yes, Emma Roberts.
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I thought her aunt was great in Notting Hill.
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Who's her aunt?
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Julia Roberts.
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She's such a great actress.
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I've never heard of her.
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What's Notting Hill?
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It's a movie from the 90s.
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You should watch it.
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It's great.
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The 90s?
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That's kind of old.
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But I'll watch it, if I can find it.
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4. What website is that?
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It's called Star Watcher.
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It has all kinds of news about famous people.
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Look at this picture.
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Oh, cool.
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That's Cameron Diaz.
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I love her.
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But who's that with her?
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That's Nicole Richie, the fashion designer.
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Oh, yeah, I know her, but I didn't know they were friends Actually,
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they're more than just friends Cameron married the musician Benji Madden, and Nicole married Joel Madden,
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Benji's brother So they're sisters -in -law,
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I didn't know that I need to follow celebrity news more often Page 31.
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Exercise 3.
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Conversation.
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He's traveling in Thailand.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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Do you have brothers and sisters, Tina?
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Yes, I have a brother and a sister.
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Oh, what does your sister do?
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She's a surgeon.
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She works for a medical aid organization.
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Wow.
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And what about your brother?
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He's a writer.
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He travels and writes about his experiences for a magazine.
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What an interesting family.
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Can I meet them?
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Sure, but my sister's not here right now.
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She's treating patients in Cameroon.
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And your brother?
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He's traveling in Thailand, and then he wants to visit my sister.
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I miss them.
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Page 31, Exercise 3, Part B Listen to the rest of the conversation.
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Where do Max's parents live?
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What do his parents do?
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So what about your parents, Max?
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Where do they live?
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They live in California.
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Oh, where in California? In Sausalito.
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It's a small city, but it's very nice.
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Are they still working?
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Oh, yes.
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My mother is teaching at a university in San Francisco, and my father has a bookstore.
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Page 31, Exercise 4, Pronunciation, Intonation in Statements, Part A.
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Listen and Practice.
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Notice that statements usually have falling intonation.
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She's working in Cameroon.
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He's traveling in Thailand.
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Page 32, Exercise 5, Grammar Focus,
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Present Continuous Are you living at home now?
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Yes, I am.
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No, I'm not.
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Is your sister working in another city?
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yes she is no she's not no she isn't are your parents studying English this year
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yes they are no they're not no they aren't Where are you working now?
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I'm not working.
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I need a job.
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What is your brother doing?
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He's traveling in Thailand.
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What are your friends doing these days?
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They're studying for their exams.
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Page 33, Exercise 9, Conversation.
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I didn't know that, Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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What a great picture.
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Are those your parents?
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Thanks.
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Yes, it's my favorite picture of us.
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It's really nice.
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So, do you have any brothers or sisters?
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No, I'm an only child.
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Actually, a lot of families in China have only one child.
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Oh, really?
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I didn't know that.
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What about you, Luis?
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I come from a big family.
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I have two brothers and four sisters.
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Wow.
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Is that typical in Peru?
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I'm not sure.
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Many families are smaller these days, but big families are great because you get a lot of birthday presents.
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Page 33, Exercise 9, Part B.
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Listen to the rest of the conversation.
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What does Vicki like about being an only child?
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So do you like being an only child? Of course.
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I get all my parents' attention.
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Yeah, I share my parents' attention with six other people.
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Well, you probably never feel lonely.
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Do you ever feel lonely?
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Sure, but it's okay.
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I have a lot of friends.
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Page 34.
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Exercise 10.
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Grammar Focus.
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Quantifiers.
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All families have only one child.
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Nearly all families have only one child.
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Most families have only one child.
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Many families are smaller these days.
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A lot of families are smaller these days.
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Some families are smaller these days.
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Not many couples have more than one child.
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Few couples have more than one child.
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No one gets married before the age of 18.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “What an interesting family! - Interchange 5th Edition Book 1 Unit 5”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: families, Exercise, sister, brother, Page. This video has 154 sentences and 820 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 94 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 37 of its 154 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| lonely adjective | /ˈloʊnli/ | Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. |
| aunt noun | /ɑːnt/ | The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. |
| musician noun | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession. |
| relative noun | /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ | Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family. |
| actress noun | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | A female who performs on the stage or in films. |
| designer noun | /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/ | A person who designs something, or who designs things as a profession. |
| celebrity noun | /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ | Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about. |
| exam verb | /ɪɡˈzæm/ | Shortened form of examine |
| surgeon noun | /ˈsɝd͡ʒən/ | One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals. |
| intonation noun | /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ | The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. |
| bookstore noun | /ˈbʊkstɔː/ | A store where books are bought and sold. |
| demi noun | A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid, half the volume of a standard bottle; a split. | |
| quantifier noun | /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/ | A word, such as all or many, that expresses the quantity of a related noun. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I don't think I've seen him before.
- Is your sister working in another city?
- What is your brother doing?
- What are your friends doing these days?
- Do you ever feel lonely?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've seen · you've seen · I've never heard |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are you reading · are you watching · I'm watching |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as didn't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/, quantifier /ˈkwɑn.tɪ.faɪ.ɚ/
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 lonely, aunt, musician.
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.