Repeat-After-Me SHADOWING English Speaking Skills Fluency

we got a great fluency story we're going  to practice speaking English work on our  

fluency and speaking skills repeat after me once  upon a time a traveler arrived at the Gate of a

city after a long and exhausting

Journey Once Upon a Time time a traveler  arrived at the Gate of a city after a  

long and exhausting journey together  once upon a time a traveler arrived at  

the Gate of a city after a long and  exhausting Journey he paused for a

moment gazing at the

city looking at the city gazing

and pondering about the people who lived

within pondering I'm pondering right now  I'm thinking deeply thinking pondering I'm  

pondering about the people who lived within the

city okay together he paused for a moment  gazing at the city and pondering about the  

people who lived within he paused for a  moment gazing at the city and pondering  

about the people who lived within  nearby he noticed an old man sitting

quietly The Traveler approached him and inquired

about the kind of people who resided in the

city okay so he he approached him he went  up to this man and he asked hey what kind  

of people live in this city what kind of  people reside in this city he ask him about  

the kind of people who resided in the city  all right let's say all of that ready nearby  

he noticed an old man sitting quietly The  Traveler approached him and inquired about  

the kind of people who resided in the city all  right let's move on the old man replied with

curiosity what were the people  like in the place you left

behind what were the people like  in the place you left behind

the old man replied with curiosity  what were the people like in the  

place you left behind one more  time the old man replied with  

curiosity what were the people like in  the place you left behind the traveler

frowned reflecting on his past

they were selfish and

unkind caring only for

themselves he answered they only cared  about themselves The Traveler frowned  

reflecting on his past they were selfish  and unkind caring only for themselves he  

was he answered try again The Traveler  frowned reflecting on his past they  

were selfish and unkind caring only for  themselves he answered the old man nodded

thoughtfully he's full of thinking  and he's nodding the old man nodded

thoughtfully you will find the  same type of people here he

said the same the same type of people are there  you will find the same type of people here he

said offering a sympathetic  gaze what's a sympathetic  

gaze sympathetic is like compassionate  caring concerned a gaze is like a long

look ah I don't I don't know if I'm  making a sympathetic gaze or not  

but I'm I'm offering you a sympathetic

gaze all right let's do it all the old  man nodded thoughtfully you will find  

the same type of people here he said offering  a sympathetic gaze one more the old man nodded  

thoughtfully you will find the same type of  people here he said offering a sympathetic gaze

The Traveler

sighed oops feeling a sense of

disappointment wash over him wash over him  so if a feeling affects someone suddenly  

it washes over you the feeling comes and  it like water coming on you like a wave  

and you feel it it washes over you um so  disappointment washed over him a feeling  

a sense of disappointment washed over  him the traveler side feeling a sense  

of disappointment wash over him the traveler  side feeling a sense of disappointment wash over

him not long after another  traveler arrived at the same city

walking

briskly nice and fast he's  walking quickly and taking in the

surroundings take in take in that's a phrasal verb  that means to observe to understand to try and  

understand something fully or to grasp it or to  comprehend something I'm taking it in I'm trying  

to understand I'm observing H I'm taking in you  can take in a sunset you see a beautiful sunset oh  

I'm taking in the sunset but this guy is taking  in the surroundings he's looking around with

enthusiasm he's taking in the surroundings with

enthusiasm not long after another  traveler arrived at the same city  

walking briskly and taking in the surroundings  with [Music] enthusiasm not long after another  

traveler arrived at the same city walking  briskly and taking in the surroundings with

enthusiasm he spotted The Old Man and stopped to

ask he spotted he saw him he saw the the old man  

and he stopped to ask the old  man what kind of people live

here he spotted The Old Man and stopped to ask  what kind of people live here he spotted The Old  

Man and stopped to ask what kind of people  live here the man regarded him calmly and

asked he regarded him what does that mean he  regarded regarded him that means he thought about  

him he considered him so the old man considered  him H and then he calmly asked what were the  

people like where you came [Music] from the  old man regarded him calmly and asked what  

were the people like where you came from the  old man regarded him calmly and asked what were  

the people like where you came from  with a bright smile The Traveler

responded they were kind and generous  always ready to lend a helping

hand if you lend a helping hand you give people  assistance you help people you're very helpful  

lend a helping

hand with a bright smile The Traveler  responded they were kind and generous  

always ready to lend a helping hand with  a bright smile The Traveler responded they  

were kind and generous always ready to lend  a helping hand the old man nodded once more

you will find the same kind of people here he

said the old man nodded once more you  will find the same kind of people here he

said eliciting A Grateful smile from the

traveler eliciting that just means  getting obtaining evoking drawing  

out a grateful smile from The

Traveler before he entered the city filled with

joy so maybe it might be a little confusing  because this is a continued continuing  

sentence the old man nodded once more you  will find the same kind of people here he  

said our sentence hasn't ended right  eliciting A Grateful smile from The

Traveler before the traveler before  he entered the city filled with

joy eliciting a grateful smile from  The Traveler before he entered the  

city filled with joy all right  move on this story reminds us

that our perceptions of others

often reflect our inner

State our inner state so an inner state is  a person's private thoughts the feelings  

you have inside your intentions your desires it's  what's inside you it's your inner State the inner

you this story reminds us that our  perceptions of others often reflect  

our inner State this story reminds us that  our perceptions of others often reflect our  

inner State this story reminds us that our  perceptions of others often reflect our inner

state if we carry anger distrust and

fear we will likely see those qualities

in those around

us if we carry anger distrust and fear  we will likely see those qualities in  

those around us if we carry anger  distrust and fear we will likely  

see those qualities in those around us  conversely if we embody kindness hope and

love conversely on opposite on the other  hand if we embody kindness hope and love  

embody embody is to express to show if  we express and show kindness hope and  

love embod is kind of tricky it's to to  make it make it human make it personal  

humanizing it express it show it if we embody  kindness hope and love we will notice goodness

everywhere conversely conversely if we embody  kindness hope and love we will notice goodness  

everywhere conversely if we embody kindness  hope and love we will notice goodness every

everywhere in essence in essence is  basically without all the details  

just basically essentially essentially in  essence the world mirrors what we bring into

it the world mirrors [Music] mirrors what we bring  into it so you know a reflects back back to you so  

the world reflects back what we put into the world  what we contribute to the world gets reflected  

back at us it mirrors it mirrors what you do in  essence the world mirrors what we bring into it  

in essence the world mirrors what we bring into it  in essence the world mirrors what we bring into it

we have a choice in our lives to discover  goodness we must first cultivate it within

ourselves we must first grow  it develop in our heart in  

ourselves we must first grow and develop  cultivate goodness if we want to discover

goodness we have a choice in our lives to  discover goodness we must first cultivate  

it within ourselves we have a choice  in our lives to discover goodness we  

must first cultivate it within ourselves within

ourselves just as a mirror reflects our

image the world World reflects our own inner

qualities just as a mirror reflects our  image the world reflects our own inner  

qualities just as a mirror reflects our  image the world reflects our own inner

qualities woo deep deep words there now we're  going to say a nonsense stop you're going to  

Shadow me I'm not going to stop I'm I will  try not to make mistakes I cannot guarantee  

here we go let's say it once upon a time a  traveler arrived at the Gate of a city after  

a long and exhausting Journey he paused for a  moment gazing at the city and pondering about  

the people who lived within nearby he noticed an  old man sitting quietly The Traveler approached  

him and inquired about the kind of people who  resided in the city the old man replied with  

curiosity what were the people like in the  place you left behind the traveler frowned  

reflecting on his past they were selfish and  unkind caring only for themselves he answered  

the old man nodded thoughtfully you will find  the same type of people here he said offering  

a sympathetic gaze The Traveler sighed feeling  a sense of disappointment wash over him not long  

after another traveler arrived at the same city  walking briskly and taking in the surrounding  

ings with enthusiasm he spotted The Old Man  and stopped to ask what kind of people live

here the old man regarded him calmly and asked  what were the people like where you came from  

with a bright smile The Traveler responded  they were kind and generous always ready to  

lend a helping hand and the old man nodded once  more you will find the same kind of people here  

he said eliciting A Grateful smile from The  Traveler before he entered the city build with

joy this story reminds us that our  perceptions of others often reflect  

our inner state if we carry anger distrust  and fear we will likely see those qualities  

in those around us conversely if we  embody kindness hope and love we will  

notice goodness everywhere in essence  the world mirrors what we bring into

it we have a choice in our lives to discover good  we must first cultivate it within ourselves just  

as a mirror reflects our image the world  reflects our own inner qualities boom good  

workout keep moving forward one step at  a time all right boom good workout keep  

moving forward one step at a time I just kept  going on with the story with my ending text Eng  

coach chad.com hey thank you for joining me for  practice again today I'll see you in the next step