Where is the gym? Beginner shadowing lesson
In this clip from Let's Learn English by VOA Learning English, Anna asks Pete where the gym is and walks into the mailroom by mistake. Place words like across from, next to and behind are repeated many times in a slow, clear voice, which is good for beginner shadowing.
- Beginner
- Audio
- 1:02
- 22 sentences
Free, no account needed. The app plays one sentence and waits for you to say it.
The sentences
People in Washington like to work out.
Oh, hi, Pete. How's it going? Hi, Anna.
It's going great.
How's it going with you?
Things are awesome.
Pete, I want to work out.
Where is the gym?
The gym is across from the lounge.
It's next to the mailroom.
Go that way.
Thanks, Pete.
No, Anna.
Not that way.
Go that way.
Oh, Pete, this is not the gym.
That's right, Anna.
This is the mailroom.
The gym is across from... what?
The gym is across from the lounge.
Across from the lounge. Right. Thanks.
The gym is across from the lounge.
It is behind the lobby.
Words and phrases
- work out
- exercise to keep fit
- How's it going?
- a friendly way to ask how someone is
- gym
- a place to exercise
- across from
- on the other side, facing
- next to
- right beside
- lounge
- a room where people sit and rest
- mailroom
- a room where letters and packages arrive
- behind
- at the back of
How to practise this clip
Listen to how across from the lounge is said in one breath, with the stress on cross and lounge.
- Read the sentence and the words to know, then listen to it.
- Say it right after the speaker, slowly at first. The app waits until you finish.
- Play your try next to the speaker's, then say it again until it sounds the same.
Source
VOA Learning English (Voice of America), Let's Learn English, public domain