Shadowing Practice: Your Organs When You Walk 10,000 Steps a Day - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Alright everybody, guess who is fatty again?
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Lever!
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Oh, good job!
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You gotta always be used!
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Haha, I can see how that's my fault.
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I'm not the one always chasing for a dopamine hit.
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Yeah, that's right, I support you on that one.
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No, wait, I knew you guys were gonna blame me for everything.
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That's why I came here with a plan.
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Ho, this is gonna be good.
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Okay, you guys ready?
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The plan is.. to walk 10,000 steps a day for only 30 days.
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That way we don't only clean the liver but we start with a healthier season which is kind of long overdue.
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What do you guys think?
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I think that sounds ridiculous.
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Man that sounds great!
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I think it could work!
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I mean ridiculous ideas sometimes work, right?
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When do we start?
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In the morning, tomorrow.
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Calibrating biomechanics and setting up GPS.
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Everybody ready?
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Muscles ready!
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The bones are go!
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The lungs here, good to go!
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The heart all set!
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Ok, we start in 3, 2, 1, let's go!
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Rhythm is stable, signal looks good.
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This is way too easy, brother!
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Very easy indeed, boss!
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This is going better than I expected!
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Let's turn up the rhythm a bit and turn on the autopilot.
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Now I got 90 minutes to think about anything else.
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Activating Random Thought.
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Why is it a holiday on Labor Day?
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Oof!
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How you doing, buddy?
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Yeah man, I'm feeling something, I think I'm tired.
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I'm feeling it too, it's too much, right?
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Yeah, maybe we are dehydrated- I cramped!
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Cram!
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I cramped!
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Huh?
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What happened?
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Muscle cramp, baby.
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Too much rhythm.
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I've been telling y'all we need to drink more water.
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Oh man, we were doing so good!
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No worries everyone, this is just the first day!
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Tomorrow we reach 10,000 steps for sure.
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Your brain seems like today is the day.
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We're doing great, heart!
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It was worth it to drink two liters of water this morning.
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Yo, I'm sorry to interrupt your little moment there, but I'm feeling a bit full here and I think I need to empty now!
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Ah, Bladder, why did you say so before we left the house?
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Because back then I didn't have to go, but now I do and it's urgent!
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Oh man, there's no bathroom here, we're gonna have to go in the field.
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Too late!
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I did it.
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Couldn't hold it anymore.
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What?
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Glider!
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No worries, tomorrow is another day.
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Guys, we just broke our previous record of 5,000 steps.
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Woohoo!
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Today we make it!
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Brain, I don't trust this weather.
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Something about the atmospheric pressure is not right.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, that knee is right.
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We better hurry up if we don't want to get...
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Wet.
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Ah, what a bummer.
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Hey, not a bummer.
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This is very good for the plant.
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Tomorrow is another day.
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Yo brain, gotta tell you something you're not gonna like very much.
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Oh my god, you two intestines.
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I got the coffee from this morning jumping and pushing everything here, so unless we find the bathroom soon, we're really gonna need new pants, brother.
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But we only got one pair of pants, bro.
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Alright, there's no choice.
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We gotta go home.
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Just pray that I can hold it until we get home, bro.
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Tomorrow is another day.
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Bye.
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Caminando What
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a way to fail my friend
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30 tries
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and all we achieved was 5,565 steps Hey those steps were great for me I am pumping like a champ Yeah, you!
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But what about poor Liver?
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How am I gonna tell him we didn't succeed?
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Hey!
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Succeed in what?
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Oh man Liver, I don't know how to tell you this, but the plan that we thought that...
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Wait a second, you're not fatty anymore!
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Yeah!
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I was gonna tell you!
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Apparently all that 10,000 steps is pure marketing!
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Any extra amount of steps a day is really good for your health, and not only mine!
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I feel a lot more dense, bro!
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I feel stronger and more elastic!
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You see, we got healthier, we lost a lot of weight and lowered the blood pressure.
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Say no more!
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Time to celebrate then!
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What you have in mind?
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Can I have a triple one vanilla strawberry and chocolate with peanut butter fudge, chocolate chips, cookie dough and marshmallows please?
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What?
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Oh boy, here we go again.
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The stomach and the liver, the intestines and the lungs with the heart, the kidneys and the brain.
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Yeah, the heart, the kidneys and the brain.
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Woo!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Your Organs When You Walk 10,000 Steps a Day”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: steps, brain, tomorrow, liver, rhythm. This video has 110 sentences and 745 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:28. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 19 of its 110 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cramp noun | /kɹæmp/ | A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| rhythm noun | /ˈɹɪð.əm/ | The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. |
| intestine noun | /ɪnˈtɛs.tɪn/ | The alimentary canal of an animal through which food passes after having passed all stomachs. |
| kidney noun | /ˈkɪdni/ | An organ in the body that filters the blood, producing urine. |
| lung noun | /ˈlʌŋ/ | A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood. |
| succeed verb | /səkˈsiːd/ | To follow something in sequence or time. |
| autopilot noun | /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/ | A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being. |
| biomechanics noun | The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton. | |
| calibrate verb | /ˈkæl.ɪ.bɹeɪ̯t/ | To check or adjust by comparison with a standard. |
| dehydrate verb | /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪt/ | To remove water from; to dry up. |
| dopamine noun | /ˈdoʊ.pəˌmin/ | A monoamine C₈H₁₁NO₂ that is a decarboxylated form of dopa, present in the body as a neurotransmitter and a precursor of other substances including adrenalin. |
| glider noun | /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/ | One who glides. |
| marshmallow noun | /ˈmɑɹʃˌmɛl.oʊ/ | Marsh mallow, a species of mallow, Althaea officinalis, that grows in marshy terrain. |
| overdue adjective | /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈdu/ | Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| turn up verb | To show up; to appear suddenly or unexpectedly. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Haha, I can see how that's my fault.
- That's why I came here with a plan.
- What do you guys think?
- How am I gonna tell him we didn't succeed?
- What you have in mind?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna blame · gonna be · gonna have |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | need to drink · need to empty · have to go |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is going · We're doing · am pumping |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 29 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: autopilot /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/, atmospheric /ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk/
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 cramp, whoa, rhythm.
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.