Shadowing Practice: Winter vocabulary - Learn to talk about winter season - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to Kids Pages.
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Improve your vocabulary and learn new English words about winter.
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Winter is the coldest season of the year.
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Everything is frozen.
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The nights get longer and the days get shorter.
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You can see the ground covered with snow.
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It snows a lot in the winter.
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Some animals, like bears, hedgehogs, bats, turtles, hibernate during winter.
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Snowflakes are falling on the ground.
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Water freezes and the ponds get covered with ice.
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You have to be careful not to slip on the ice.
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Icicles hang from the rooftops.
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Most of the trees are bare, without leaves.
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But evergreen trees keep their leaves.
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People shovel the snow off the path and the driveway.
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Let's see what we should wear in winter to keep us warm.
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Sweater Boots Jacket Scarf Beanie hat
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Gloves Children
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love playing in the snow and having snowball fights.
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They are having fun building a snowman.
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The girl is ice skating.
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Two little girls are sledding down the hill.
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A boy is skiing.
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Snowboarding is very fun too.
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That girl is making a snow angel.
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but now it's getting late and everyone goes home
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it's so good to sit by the fireplace and warm our hands and feet and have a hot chocolate
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if you come down with the cold you can have a hot tea
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Or you can wrap yourself up in a blanket to keep you warm.
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It is snowing heavily.
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You should better stay indoors.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Winter vocabulary - Learn to talk about winter season”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: snow, winter, warm, ice. This video has 31 sentences and 242 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:56. The speaker talks slowly, about 62 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| slip verb | /ˈslɪp/ | To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction. |
| wrap verb | /ɹæp/ | To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. |
| ski noun | /skiː/ | One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water. |
| blanket noun | /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. |
| pond noun | /pɑnd/ | An inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, that is smaller than a lake. |
| turtle noun | /ˈtɝtl̩/ | Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. |
| vocabulary noun | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning. |
| sweater noun | /ˈswɛtɚ/ | A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. |
| skate noun | /skeɪt/ | A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice. |
| glove noun | /ɡlʌv/ | An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers. |
| driveway noun | /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/ | A short private road that leads to a house or garage. |
| indoors adverb | /ɪnˈdɔɹz/ | Inside, into, or within a building. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| come down with verb | To develop symptoms or signs of (an illness). |
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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| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should wear · should better |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are falling · are having · are sledding |
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 leaf, freeze, angel.
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.