ShadowEcho › Shadowing practice › English

Our HOLIDAY in WALES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Easy English 208

English shadowing practice · 436 sentences · 23:46 long · 2356 words

About this practice session

This page turns the YouTube video “Our HOLIDAY in WALES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | Easy English 208” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 436 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 115 words per minute, a moderate pace, with an average of 5.4 words per sentence. That makes it suitable for intermediate learners who want natural, everyday speech.

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. 0:00 Hia, welcome to a new episode of Easy
2. 0:03 English. So, recently Easy and I took a
3. 0:07 short holiday to visit small towns and
4. 0:10 villages in the county of Pembrichshire
5. 0:13 in Wales, notably Fishgard and Cardigan.
6. 0:18 And we thought we'd bring you along for
7. 0:20 the ride. We hope you all enjoy our
8. 0:23 Wales vlog.
9. 0:25 [Music]
10. 0:33 Mitch, how is the country where we're
11. 0:36 going to called in their own language?
12. 0:39 >> In their language, it's called Camru.
13. 0:44 So, this place is the home to
14. 0:46 celebrities such as Anthony Hopkins, Sir
15. 0:51 Anthony Hopkins. Sorry,
16. 0:52 >> I didn't mean that. Katherine Zita
17. 0:54 Jones,
18. 0:56 Gareth Bale,
19. 0:58 and Michael Sheen.
20. 1:02 >> Interesting.
21. 1:07 >> And here we are, San Francisco.
22. 1:13 This is actually the beginning of the
23. 1:14 country, which we will enter soon, which
24. 1:16 is Wow. Wild.
25. 1:22 >> Wow. Wow.
26. 1:24 >> That there is the Prince of Wales or
27. 1:27 Prince William. Now his bridge. We don't
28. 1:30 take Prince Williams bridge. We're
29. 1:32 taking the Seven Bridge which is
30. 1:34 crossing over the River Seven.
31. 1:38 >> Wow.
32. 1:39 >> It's a beast.
33. 1:40 >> And off we go into Wales.
34. 2:00 Richie, are you still up for driving?
35. 2:02 >> Oh, it's a bit tiring to be honest, but
36. 2:05 we're starting to hit those great views.
37. 2:11 >> Oh, wow. Here we go.
38. 2:14 >> Now, that's what we're waiting for.
39. 2:17 >> To the sea.
40. 2:19 That is the sea.
41. 2:25 >> Oh god. Oh god. Ah yeah. We win. We win
42. 2:30 the game of chess.
43. 2:35 So I thought I'd give you a little tour
44. 2:37 of our Airbnb. Uh cuz it's very cute and
45. 2:41 very traditional cottage style. You go
46. 2:44 through the little red gate.
47. 2:49 down a cute little garden path. Oh, ow.
48. 2:53 Should have put shoes on.
49. 2:56 Here's no waiting for us.
50. 2:59 There's a cute little stream that runs
51. 3:03 down the side of the house.
52. 3:06 How cute is that?
53. 3:10 Here's our cute little kitchen.
54. 3:14 [Music]
55. 3:16 Lily, what you doing?
56. 3:20 You being naughty
57. 3:27 and into our
58. 3:30 living room.
59. 3:33 One of my favorite things about these
60. 3:35 houses that want to feel a bit more like
61. 3:37 a country cottage style is they have
62. 3:40 these Oh, yeah. Also, they let you have
63. 3:43 dogs
64. 3:45 on the sofa as long as you put down a
65. 3:47 blanket. Nelly, are you at home?
66. 3:52 Leave me alone. But check out this fake
67. 3:56 fire.
68. 3:59 You have Oh, fire effect. And if you
69. 4:02 press another button,
70. 4:07 it warms you up from somewhere. Ooh,
71. 4:10 nice toasty fire.
72. 4:17 [Music]
73. 4:19 So, here is our food menu for today.
74. 4:23 [Music]
75. 4:25 Lots of veggie options in Wales. It's
76. 4:28 very good.
77. 4:30 And even larger than the food menu,
78. 4:36 the drinkie poos menu.
79. 4:40 Look at this. Oh my god.
80. 4:44 And they do their own cute.
81. 4:49 [Music]
82. 5:05 Are you having a nice evening?
83. 5:09 >> And
84. 5:10 are you having a nice evening?
85. 5:14 >> A bit tired. Are you a bit tired?
86. 5:18 Oh, no.
87. 5:25 First night out
88. 5:28 and Ezy's got her doggy doggy bags,
89. 5:31 doggy boxes
90. 5:34 full of cheese.
91. 5:42 And
92. 5:45 how was your first evening in Wales?
93. 5:48 Your first time ever in Wales?
94. 5:50 >> Good.
95. 5:51 Yeah,
96. 5:57 [Laughter]
97. 6:00 very good.
98. 6:21 That's the whales that we were waiting.
99. 6:26 [Music]
100. 6:29 Uh-oh.
101. 6:31 Where are we?
102. 6:34 Easy.
103. 6:36 The road has stopped and now we're on
104. 6:39 foot. Where are you taking us?
105. 6:43 It says to the beach.
106. 6:46 Lead the way. Easy.
107. 6:50 I feel like we're on our way to Jurassic
108. 6:52 Park.
109. 6:58 >> This will keep us safe.
110. 7:02 >> Back on track.
111. 7:04 >> This will be something like a coastal
112. 7:06 walk with the peanuts
113. 7:09 >> and a public footpath.
114. 7:12 >> Oh god. Oh god.
115. 7:13 >> Oh god. Oh god. Be careful. It's already
116. 7:15 broken down.
117. 7:17 and go.
118. 7:20 >> So, after a really treacherous walk,
119. 7:23 Easy had something in store for me. A
120. 7:25 little surprise of whales. And here's
121. 7:28 the result. Wow.
122. 7:33 Check out the the tourists.
123. 7:40 Amazing.
124. 7:51 What are you saying? Easy. Thank you for
125. 7:53 the surprise.
126. 7:54 >> Oh, yeah. You didn't know where we were
127. 7:55 going, right?
128. 7:58 >> I thought you were bringing me to kill
129. 8:00 me down some cliff edge. Look at that.
130. 8:03 >> Was it worth it?
131. 8:04 >> Absolutely.
132. 8:06 [Music]
133. 8:24 Whoa. What do you think of Wales yet?
134. 8:27 >> Um, I was a little bit underwhelmed
135. 8:29 until now.
136. 8:33 >> Look at that.
137. 8:36 Mitchi,
138. 8:39 how do you like it making video
139. 8:41 yourself?
140. 8:43 >> I feel like we're on an adventure
141. 8:46 movie. As you can see, we're in the
142. 8:49 kitchen at home because unfortunately we
143. 8:52 didn't get to try Welsh Rare Bit, an
144. 8:54 essential dish from Wales. So, I'm going
145. 8:58 to make it for you in this 1 minute
146. 9:00 while I explain to you about our
147. 9:02 memberships. The ingredients if you're
148. 9:04 interested in making this are a
149. 9:06 tablespoon of flour, tablespoon of
150. 9:08 butter, some worsha sauce, good for
151. 9:11 those English learners. I've actually
152. 9:12 got soy sauce cuz worsta sauce has fish
153. 9:15 in it. Tiny bit of paprika, like 200 g
154. 9:19 of cheese, cheddar, an egg yolk,
155. 9:22 teaspoon of mustard, and an essential
156. 9:25 ingredient, beer. Let's do it. So, if
157. 9:29 you're a regular viewer of Easy English
158. 9:31 and you're either a learner, a teacher,
159. 9:34 or just watching for fun, then did you
160. 9:36 know that you can actually help support
161. 9:38 mine and Easy's project, Easy English,
162. 9:40 by becoming a member? Not only will you
163. 9:44 be learning with us and we'll be giving
164. 9:46 you extra material from our videos and
165. 9:49 podcasts to help you improve your
166. 9:50 English, but you'll also help to keep
167. 9:53 Easy English running. So, we've been
168. 9:56 doing Easy English now for 5 years. We
169. 9:58 just had a birthday. Thank you very
170. 10:00 much. And it wouldn't be possible over
171. 10:02 those five years to do it without your
172. 10:05 contributions from becoming a member. As
173. 10:08 you may or may not be aware, our
174. 10:10 podcasts and videos are completely free
175. 10:13 and available for you to use. So, our
176. 10:15 membership is a way to help keep Easy
177. 10:18 English running and bring you better and
178. 10:21 better episodes and better and better
179. 10:23 learning material.
180. 10:25 looking weird at the moment.
181. 10:29 If you are a learner or a teacher, then
182. 10:33 you can get things like our interactive
183. 10:36 transcript for our podcast or worksheets
184. 10:38 and vocabulary lists for our episodes.
185. 10:41 Or perhaps you're just watching Easy
186. 10:42 English for fun. And by supporting us,
187. 10:45 we in return will give you access to our
188. 10:47 Discord server where you'll get to hang
189. 10:50 out with uh all of our members and also
190. 10:52 myself and easy catch up and answer some
191. 10:55 daily topics about music, about work,
192. 10:59 about travels, or just about breakfast.
193. 11:02 It's that simple. And you'll be meeting
194. 11:04 all of our other members from all around
195. 11:05 the world, sharing cultures, and sharing
196. 11:08 tips and tricks about life. time to add
197. 11:12 the essential ingredient.
198. 11:15 Furthermore, if you are a learner and
199. 11:17 you're looking to improve your speaking,
200. 11:20 whether it's that you're moving to

Showing the first 200 of 436 sentences. Open the practice tool to go through all of them.

The original video belongs to its creator: watch it on YouTube.

More English shadowing practice

• Learn English While Cooking With Me! (Real Daily English)
• How to Trick Your Brain Into Liking Discipline
• How to Talk About Football in English | Easy English Podcast For Beginners
• Get Fluent English without leaving your country
• 100 Daily Routine English Sentences | First Words for Babies | English Vocabulary for Beginners
• The Matrix [ 4K - HDR ] - Neo Meets Morpheus, Blue Pill or Red Pill (1999)