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5 Minutes Shadowing Practice | Learn English with Podcast | Slow Easy English for A2-B1 Learners

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5 Minutes Shadowing Practice | Learn English with Podcast | Slow Easy English for A2-B1 Learners

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This page turns the YouTube video “5 Minutes Shadowing Practice | Learn English with Podcast | Slow Easy English for A2-B1 Learners” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 145 short sentences that you can play one at a time, repeat after the speaker and record your own version for automatic pronunciation scoring.

The speaker talks at about 107 words per minute, a slow pace, with an average of 5.2 words per sentence. That makes it a good choice for beginners and for working on individual sounds.

How to practise with this video

  1. Play the first sentence and listen while reading the transcript. Notice the stress, the pauses and where the intonation rises or falls.
  2. Replay it and speak along with the speaker, copying the rhythm rather than reading word by word.
  3. Record yourself straight after the original. ShadowEcho scores each word for accuracy, fluency and completeness.
  4. Compare your recording with the original, retry the words marked in red, then move on to the next sentence.
  5. Practise 10–15 minutes a day. Coming back to the same video after a few days is an easy way to measure progress.

Transcript (English)

  1. Hello my friends. Welcome back to
  2. English Unleashed. Today, we have a
  3. short episode. In this episode, I'm
  4. going to talk about a famous book. The
  5. book is called The Tipping Point.
  6. How little things can make a big
  7. difference.
  8. It was written by Malcolm Gladwell.
  9. I will talk about this book in easy,
  10. simple English. I will speak slowly and
  11. clearly. This book became very popular
  12. because it explains one simple idea.
  13. Small things can create big change.
  14. Let me say that again.
  15. Small things can create big change. Many
  16. people think big change needs big
  17. action.
  18. We think if we want something big, we
  19. must do something huge.
  20. We believe we must work in a dramatic
  21. way.
  22. We believe we must work really hard.
  23. But this book says something different.
  24. It says that sometimes small actions are
  25. enough.
  26. A small change can grow.
  27. A small idea can spread.
  28. A small action can become something very
  29. big.
  30. The key idea in the book is called The
  31. Tipping Point.
  32. This is a very important phrase. So,
  33. let's understand it slowly and clearly.
  34. A tipping point is a special moment.
  35. It is the moment when something small
  36. becomes big.
  37. Before this moment, change is slow, very
  38. slow. It is quiet. You can almost not
  39. see it.
  40. Then, suddenly, everything changes.
  41. The growth becomes fast, very fast. It
  42. spreads quickly. That moment when slow
  43. change becomes fast change is the
  44. tipping point.
  45. It is like crossing a line.
  46. Before the line, things are calm.
  47. After the line, things move quickly.
  48. Think about water in a pot.
  49. You put the pot on the stove.
  50. The water becomes warm, then warmer,
  51. then hotter.
  52. At first, you see nothing special.
  53. The water is just hot water.
  54. But, when it becomes hot enough, it
  55. starts to boil. Suddenly, there are
  56. bubbles everywhere.
  57. The water changes from quiet to active.
  58. That moment is like a tipping point.
  59. The heat was growing slowly. Then,
  60. suddenly, the water changed.
  61. Malcolm Gladwell says that ideas and
  62. trends work in the same way.
  63. At first, only a few people know about
  64. something. Maybe it is a new song. Maybe
  65. it is a new style of clothes.
  66. Maybe it is a new app. Only a small
  67. group likes it.
  68. It grows slowly.
  69. Then, something happens.
  70. More and more people start talking about
  71. it.
  72. Suddenly,
  73. everyone knows about it.
  74. It becomes popular. It becomes a trend.
  75. That fast moment of change is the
  76. tipping point.
  77. The book also explains that ideas spread
  78. like diseases. When one person gets a
  79. cold, they can give it to another
  80. person.
  81. Then that person gives it to someone
  82. else.
  83. Soon, many people are sick.
  84. In the same way, one person can share an
  85. idea.
  86. Another person hears it and tells
  87. someone else.
  88. Then it moves again and again.
  89. After some time, many people know the
  90. idea.
  91. Today, we can see this clearly on the
  92. internet.
  93. A person makes a short video.
  94. At first,
  95. maybe 10 people watch it. Then someone
  96. shares it. Then more people share it.
  97. Suddenly, thousands, even millions,
  98. watch it.
  99. We say the video goes viral.
  100. This is another way to talk about a
  101. tipping point.
  102. It is the moment when something small
  103. becomes very big very quickly.
  104. So, the author explains that big change
  105. does not always begin with big action.
  106. Often, it begins quietly.
  107. It begins with small steps.
  108. These steps grow slowly.
  109. Then at a special moment, everything
  110. changes quickly.
  111. That special moment is the tipping
  112. point.
  113. It is the point where slow growth
  114. becomes fast growth.
  115. It is the moment when something small
  116. becomes something big. One important
  117. lesson from this book is that small
  118. actions are powerful.
  119. We often feel that we are too small to
  120. create change. We think we need big
  121. money or big power.
  122. But this book shows that small
  123. improvements can grow.
  124. Small habits can spread.
  125. Small decisions can matter.
  126. Think about your life. Maybe you want to
  127. improve your English.
  128. At first, you learn one word a day.
  129. It feels small.
  130. It feels slow.
  131. But if you continue, the words grow.
  132. Your confidence grows. One day,
  133. you notice something different. You
  134. understand more.
  135. You speak more easily.
  136. That may be your tipping point. Thank
  137. you for listening to this short episode
  138. of English Unleashed. I hope these ideas
  139. help you see change in a new way. And
  140. remember, even small steps, like this
  141. episode, can lead to big results.
  142. Bye for now.
  143. >> [music]
  144. [music]
  145. [music]

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