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Alone at Night | Slow English Story for Listening Practice

English shadowing practice · 144 sentences · 7:02 long · 1095 words

Alone at Night | Slow English Story for Listening Practice

About this practice session

This page turns the YouTube video “Alone at Night | Slow English Story for Listening Practice” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 144 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 164 words per minute, a fast pace, with an average of 7.6 words per sentence. That makes it best for advanced learners; slow the playback down or loop each sentence at first.

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. Walk In the Night 10 years ago I lived
  2. in a small village I was only 18 years
  3. old I was young and naive there was a
  4. boy in the village his name was Alex
  5. Alex was handsome and many girls liked
  6. him I liked him too at that time Alex
  7. was 23 years old he was older than me
  8. but I didn't care I loved him I thought
  9. thought he was kind and good but people
  10. said bad things about him my mother said
  11. Alex is not a good boy stay away from
  12. him my aunt said he is trouble but I
  13. didn't listen I loved him so
  14. much one Saturday night there was a
  15. dance party in our village my friends
  16. and I wanted to go my mother didn't want
  17. me to go she said it is not safe but I
  18. begged her please Mom I will stay with
  19. my friends she agreed but was worried at
  20. the party there were not many people at
  21. first slowly more people came Alex came
  22. too he looked at me and smiled my heart
  23. was beating fast Alex asked me to dance
  24. I was so happy we danced together during
  25. slow songs he held my
  26. hand during the breaks we talked he made
  27. me
  28. laugh when the party ended Alex said
  29. let's go for a drive I was excited I
  30. said okay Alex had a nice car everyone
  31. in the village knew about it we drove
  32. around the village it was quiet and dark
  33. the stars were shining I felt happy but
  34. then Alex drove to a lonely place there
  35. were no lights no people Alex stopped
  36. the car he looked at me came closer and
  37. tried to kiss me I said no Alex I want
  38. to go home but Alex didn't listen he
  39. grabbed my hand he touched me I pushed
  40. him away
  41. stop Alex I shouted but he got angry you
  42. are boring he said he opened the car
  43. door and pushed me out I was alone it
  44. was dark and cold I was scared my house
  45. was far I started walking my feet hurt
  46. my shoes were not good for walking I
  47. walked 3 km in the
  48. dark when I got home I was tired my feet
  49. had blisters I sat on my bed and cried
  50. my heart was broken I loved Alex but he
  51. didn't care about me the next day I told
  52. my friends they said Alex is always like
  53. this he did the same to us I asked why
  54. didn't you warn me they said everyone
  55. knows we thought you knew too I learned
  56. an important lesson that night I became
  57. stronger I stopped thinking about
  58. Alex two years later I moved to the city
  59. I worked hard I built a good life now I
  60. am 28 years old I am married I'm happy
  61. I'm waiting for my first
  62. baby Alex is not the same now my friends
  63. told me he drinks too much he had two
  64. bad marriages his wives left him I feel
  65. lucky my life is good I believe
  66. everything happens for a reason I think
  67. about that night sometimes it was hard
  68. but it made me strong when I was 20
  69. years old I lived in the city I worked
  70. in a small
  71. bookstore every day day I walked to work
  72. I liked my job I lik the smell of books
  73. I like talking to people one day it
  74. started raining I did not have an
  75. umbrella I stood under a tree waiting
  76. for the rain to stop suddenly a man came
  77. to me he had a big red umbrella do you
  78. need help he asked I looked at him he
  79. was tall and kind he smiled I nodded yes
  80. thank you I said he walked with with me
  81. to the
  82. bookstore his name was Daniel he worked
  83. in an office nearby can I see you again
  84. he asked before he left I smiled and
  85. said maybe the next day Daniel came to
  86. the bookstore he bought a book then he
  87. bought another book the next day soon he
  88. came every day we talked about books
  89. movies and life Dan was funny he made me
  90. laugh slowly I started to like him one
  91. one day he asked do you want to go for
  92. coffee I said yes we went to a small
  93. Cafe near the bookstore it was nice
  94. Daniel told me about his family he had a
  95. younger sister he loved her very much he
  96. wanted to travel the world he had Big
  97. Dreams I told him about my family too I
  98. was an only child my parents lived far
  99. away I miss them
  100. sometimes we started meeting often we
  101. went to the park to the movies and to
  102. the museum I was happy but then one day
  103. Daniel stopped coming to the bookstore I
  104. waited for
  105. him a week passed then two weeks I felt
  106. sad where is he I asked myself I wanted
  107. to call him but I didn't have his number
  108. one evening it started raining again I
  109. walked home feeling lonely suddenly I
  110. saw a red umbrella it was Daniel he was
  111. waiting for me outside my building my
  112. heart jumped where were you I asked I'm
  113. sorry he said I had to visit my sister
  114. she was sick I smiled I'm glad you're
  115. back he I said Daniel held the umbrella
  116. over me letun go for a walk he said we
  117. walked in the Rain the streets were
  118. shiny and wet the City Light sparkled I
  119. felt warm inside after that we spent
  120. more time together Daniel made me
  121. believe believe in love he was kind and
  122. patient years passed now I am 30 years
  123. old Daniel and I are married we live in
  124. a small house with a
  125. garden sometimes when it rains we take
  126. our red umbrella and go for a walk I
  127. think about the day we met life is full
  128. of
  129. surprises sometimes a small thing like
  130. an umbrella can change
  131. everything thank you for watching and
  132. spending time with me today I hope you
  133. eny enjoyed the story and found it
  134. helpful in your English learning Journey
  135. Don't forget to like share and subscribe
  136. to the channel for more stories and
  137. lessons let me know your thoughts or
  138. questions in the comments below I'd love
  139. to hear from you see you in the next
  140. video if you enjoy the story please like
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