Intriguing SHADOWING English Speaking Practice

in today's lesson we are going to look at another  way to say the same thing for instance the other  

day this red text right here what could you say  you could say recently recently the other day I  

went to I went to the city or you could say I  visited the city and spent a good part of the  

afternoon a good part of the afternoon what  does that mean a good part of the afternoon  

how about most of the afternoon I spent most  of the afternoon I spent a good part of the

afternoon catching up with catching up with  my friends at a cafe what's catching up with  

how about chatting with it's kind of the same  thing chatting with my friends at a cafe or  

chatting catching up when you catch up with  someone you say hey how you doing what you  

been up to chatting with my friends at a cafe  catching up with catching up with implies that  

you haven't met them in a little while chatting  could be either one catching up with my friends  

at a cafe we talked about or discussed we  discussed we talked about different things  

various topics various topics different  things including such as our relationships  

work and office politics ooh office  politics all the drama that goes on  

in an office environment office politics all  right it was interesting it was intriguing

to learn it was intriguing to learn it was  interesting to hear you hear it you learn  

it you learn to hear their perspectives on what  they think about it was intriguing to learn what  

they think about their perspective  on different people various people  

okay so it was intriguing to learn  about what they think about various  

people or it was interesting to  hear their perspective on different

people before we left before we left departed  before we departed we promised to promised to  

we oops right here we made a promise to get  together again hang out again if you hang out  

you get together let's get together let's hang out  let's get together again let's hang out again in  

the near future sometime soon sometime soon in the  near future before we left we made a promise to  

get together again in the near future before we  departed we promised to hang out again sometime

soon on the way back on the way back how  about Upon returning home Upon returning  

home I stumbled upon an old bookstore  I stumbled upon I happened upon oh I  

happened to see I happened to find I happened  upon I stumbled upon I happened upon an old

bookstore there I found a book I found a book  I discovered so to discover is to find I found  

I discovered there I found a book I had been  looking for I had been looking for that book  

and I found it I had been looking for it I had  been searching for that book this sentence is  

little the order is different right there I found  a book I had been looking for which made me happy  

made me happy thrilled I was thrilled it made  me happy I was thrilled so Upon returning home  

I stumbled upon an old bookstore and was thrilled  to discover a book I had been searching for on  

the way back I happened upon an old bookstore  there I found a book I had been looking for  

which made me happy all right next one as it  was getting dark as the day was winding down  

so when a day winds down it's getting finished  it's getting dark as it was getting dark as the  

day was winding down I started I found myself  if you find yourself doing something you start  

doing something I found myself I started making  plans planning for the following weekend for the  

following weekend for the upcoming weekend I  started making plans for the upcoming weekend  

for the following weekend upcoming all right  that's our text now that was just the practice  

part uh the learning part now we're going to  do the shadowing part this time I'm going to  

say both versions nonstop you just try to join  me and say it with me all right here we go the  

other day I went to the city and spent most of  the afternoon just chatting with my friends at  

a cafe recently I visited the city and spent a  good part of the afternoon chatting up catching  

up with my friends at a cafe oops I mixed them  together huh chatting up we do say that we say  

oh we were chat I was chatting her up anyway  sorry about that mistake let's try to let's try  

to get the Rhythm back here we go we talked about  different things including our relationships work  

and office politics we discussed various topics  such as our relationships work and office politics  

it was interesting to hear their perspectives on  different people it was intriguing to learn what  

they think about various people before we left  we made a promise to get together again in the  

near future before we departed we promised to to  hang out again sometime soon on the way back I  

happened upon an old bookstore there I found  a book I had been looking for which made me  

happy Upon returning home I stumbled upon an old  bookstore and was thrilled to discover a book I  

had been searching for as it was getting dark I  found myself planning for the following weekend  

as the day was winding down I started making plans  for the upcoming weekend boom good workout how was  

it was it good keep moving forward one step at a  time we'll get there I'll see you in the next step