Shadowing Practice: what i do at home (i’m always home) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next video so
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Good morning.
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Good morning!
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Hi everyone!
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Welcome to my channel or welcome back to my channel.
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Today I'm just gonna film like a very regular, shmegular day in my life.
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Except my life is not so regular because I like to romanticize every aspect of it.
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So we're gonna have a beautiful day together.
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I just made my matchas for my husband and I and I'm about to watch some YouTube.
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I pretty much do the same thing every single morning.
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I would usually make a breakfast as well but I ate so much last night.
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I had a double chicken chipotle bowl, also a chicken quesadilla.
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Also, I made my own tortilla chips and guacamole.
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So I am feeling extremely full.
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I'm going to put a little bit of a knife in the middle.
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I'm going to put a knife in the middle.
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I'm going to put a knife in the middle.
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Wow stunning
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I'm sorry.
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I'm going to go to the next episode.
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My dashboard says 116 degrees.
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This is actually not real.
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God, this is literally hell.
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Oh my god, and all the poor birds.
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I literally hate summer for the reason of how much animals suffer.
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Literally, I get sick to my stomach when I see these birds look like they're on the verge of death, and their mouths are wide open like these poor babies.
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What?
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Oh my god.
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I swear every day I put myself through distress
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because I think of like animals
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that are like suffering in heat I don't know why I'm like
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that because there's suffering everywhere it's inevitable
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so like why do I torture myself thinking like this I don't know
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but I've always been like this I hate
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when it gets freezing I hate when it gets extremely hot
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because I just think of all the people and animals
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that have to suffer through
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that oh my god the amount of stray cats there are dogs oh my god
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and people just leave their dogs in the freaking backyard like there's
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so many people
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that literally just chained up their dogs in the backyard there's
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not even shade oh my god these people literally need like
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these are the people of hell fire i swear like to
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make a voiceless being suffer like you're actually the most sadistic
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piece of shit on this earth i'm stressed out guys i just did my workout i did an hour
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and 10 minutes of cardio and I did a six
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and a half no sorry I did a six incline at a three
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and a half speed so I burned 544 calories
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and I feel really great I literally love doing cardio
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so much the key to being thin guys is literally moving your body
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and not just a little bit like for me I have
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to literally work up a sweat I have to go to Kroger right now
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and pick up some fat free milk and cheese
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because i'm making beef enchiladas for dinner tonight yeah wow also
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my freaking gym is closing it's in la fitness it's literally shutting down like what it's just very weird
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that like my routine for the past four years is just
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suddenly changing i don't know like how i feel about
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that honestly it makes me severely uncomfortable guys it's really hot
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it's literally it says 116 degrees on my dashboard today the high i think is 108.
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i just did the body shower
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and freshened up a bit i wanted to do some light makeup just
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because i I am filming and it makes me feel better to just put myself together.
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I am going to make some sourdough cottage cheese toast I
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think I'm going to put some tomatoes on it as well I would love to have heirloom tomatoes, but I don't I have roma tomatoes Yeah,
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that's oh i'm also going to drink my fat-free Protein milk with it guys.
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The key to getting in protein Is milk today's honestly just another regular day at my house
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this is literally what i do every day i do things
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at different times of the day sometimes i go to the
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gym really early sometimes i go in the afternoon sometimes i don't go at all
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but for the for the majority of my week i do go to the gym
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and this is literally the exact routine i do
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so yeah i don't know this is just like a regular day in my life i think i said
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that earlier though
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guys i love the lighting in my house at this time it's literally so stunning
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daily kimchi so
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guys
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if you want a protein max in your meals drink fat-free protein milk it's like one of the biggest things
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that girls do not prioritize
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when it comes to their nutrition i feel like a lot of times I notice
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that they have a really low protein intake.
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Also I am finally getting my cabinets done this Thursday.
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I'm so freaking excited.
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We decided on Radiant Dawn.
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It is this like very gorgeous cream yellow undertone.
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I am so excited to finally have a brighter kitchen.
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My gray kitchen and my black handles literally caused me to crash out I think three times a day.
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Like I look at them and I'm disgusted.
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So I'm so freaking excited.
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And my hardware is actually going to come in tonight.
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It says it's going to deliver between like 7 to 10 p.m.
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I will show you guys it whenever I get it.
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But I'm so freaking excited.
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Now that I've ate, I'm going to go ahead and create the YouTube thumbnail for this video.
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Okay, update.
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I've been laying in my bed for I think an hour now.
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I edited my thumbnail for this YouTube video.
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and then I just felt so much exhaustion I think
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because I did so much cardio and it is so hot outside
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that I don't know I just became really really freaking exhausted
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and I kind of just went mute like my mom called me
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and she could sense
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that I wasn't like really in a talkative mood I don't know sometimes I just go non-verbal
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when I get tired and I need to literally not speak to anyone
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but my amazon package came my little kitties right here with me i got my package
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if you don't own a home this is probably very uninteresting but guys
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are we doing my kitchen like that is
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so freaking insane it is literally been the one thing i've wanted to do literally since I've moved in here.
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Oh my god, I'm so freaking excited, guys.
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Oh, stunning.
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Okay, so I got 10 of these because I want to put two on each like horizontal long drawer.
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Like I said, this is the color I'm getting and wow, that is literally perfect.
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I'm so happy that I went with a champagne bronze color.
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I just feel like it is so elegant and I feel like sometimes of bright gold can be a bit clashy.
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Oh my god, that's- you guys don't understand how excited I am to have a freaking bright kitchen
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and not a disgusting gray kitchen with black handles.
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Oh my god, like obviously I'm grateful for my home no matter what,
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duh, okay, but obviously this makes me very happy and excited to get the kitchen that I love.
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Oh my god.
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Please see the knobs.
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Yes.
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You see the vision.
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I'm gonna have the most beautiful kitchen ever.
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It is such an investment to decorate your home, to upgrade your home in any kind of way.
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Like guys, I never record my bedroom because she is so empty.
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It is purely just white in here.
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It's such a beautiful bedroom, of course it's not nearly decorated at all i have four bedrooms in this house
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and they're all pretty much very empty um so i just feel
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so freaking grateful that i am finally able to fill out my space
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and make this feel like a home like i literally i
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feel like a home is such a reflection of the mind
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and I'm so happy like I truly am so happy
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and I feel so much like peace in my life
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and my home is just like beginning to reflect that more
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and more as time goes on it's just oh my god like I I'm
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so freaking excited oh it's just gonna reflect me
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so much more guys like I'm
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so excited oh my
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goodness I'm going to go
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to the next video.
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No!
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Ow!
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Let's eat.
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Chill.
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What You'll Practice in This English Speaking Lesson
This lesson uses a casual, conversational video to help you practice real-life English speaking. You'll learn to follow a natural daily routine narrative, pick up informal phrases, and mimic the tone of a friendly vlog. It's great for english speaking practice and even IELTS speaking practice, as it focuses on fluency and expressing personal thoughts.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases to Notice
- Romanticize: To make something seem more beautiful or exciting than it is (e.g., "I like to romanticize every aspect of my day").
- Shmegular: A playful, informal word for "regular" (e.g., "a very regular, shmegular day").
- On the verge of: Close to happening (e.g., "birds on the verge of death").
- Sadistic: Enjoying the suffering of others (e.g., "the most sadistic piece of shit").
- Cardio: Exercise that raises your heart rate (e.g., "an hour and 10 minutes of cardio").
Tips for Shadowing This Video
The video's tone is relaxed and conversational, with pauses and natural speech patterns—perfect for practicing the shadowing technique. Here's how to start:
- Play a 5-second clip, pause, and repeat it immediately, matching the speed and emphasis. The speaker often stresses words like "extremely" or "literally"—copy that to sound natural.
- Focus on the casual flow: phrases like "I'm gonna" or "I swear" are common in everyday English. Mimicking these will help with fluency for learn english with videos practice.
- If you're using a shadowing app, slow down the video to 0.75x speed first, then gradually increase. This helps you catch subtle intonations, like the concern in "oh my god, the poor birds."
By practicing with this video, you'll get comfortable with real-world English and build the confidence to speak naturally in daily conversations.
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 | I've always been · i've wanted |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most sadistic · the biggest · the most beautiful |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna film · gonna have · I'm going to put |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | i'm making · is closing · am filming |
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.