English Shadowing Practice for Fluency | Natural American English (B1–B2)

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1:13Long before she changed careers, Elena felt burnt out. She worked late most nights. And knew she needed a change. She worked late most nights and knew she needed a change. But the idea of starting over felt too far out of reach. But the idea of starting over felt too far out of reach.

2:20Let's try to shadow this paragraph now. If you can't, don't worry, just try to listen to my rhythm and my intonation. Long before she changed careers, Elena felt burnt out. She worked late most nights and knew she needed a change. But the idea of starting over felt too far out of reach. Let's go to the next paragraph. Rens encouraged her. Encouraged. So put your stress on the curve part of the word. Encouraged. To take small steps forward. Rens encouraged her to take small steps forward.

3:25Before long, she started exploring. New options online. She looked into careers. Such as teaching, researching, encoding. She looked into careers. Such as teaching, researching, encoding. Such as teaching, researching, encoding. She looked into careers. Such as teaching, researching, encoding.

4:27Now she only wishes. She had made the change sooner. Now she only wishes she had made the change sooner. Let's try to shadow this paragraph. Rens encouraged her to take small steps forward. Before long, she started exploring new options online. She looked into careers. Such as teaching, researching, encoding. Now she only wishes she had made the change sooner. And let's try the whole thing together. Long before she changed careers, Elena felt burned out.

5:31She worked late most nights and knew she needed a change. But the idea of starting over felt too far out of reach. Rens encouraged her to take small steps forward. Before long, she started exploring new options online. She looked into careers. Such as teaching, researching, encoding. Now she only wishes she had made the change sooner. Were you able to follow along and shadow that? Keep practicing that rhythm and flow. If you want to hear more natural English in context, check out this week's episode of the Learn English Podcast. I'll see you next time. And until then, keep learning English.

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