English shadowing practice: Advanced British English in Everyday Situations
Practise following natural everyday stories and conversations packed with useful idioms, precise verbs, and informal expressions.
If you can understand this FAST English, your English is ADVANCED (C1-C2 Listening Test)
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Hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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- 010:00Hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy.
- 020:04Would you survive in Great Britain when it comes to listening in English?
- 030:12How advanced are your English listening skills? Let's test them today.
- 040:18I have collected 15 examples of very advanced English overheard here in Great Britain.
- 050:26We have four categories. In the neighborhood, on public transport…
- 060:34In the office, and my personal favorite, embarrassing fauxars.
- 070:41Now, a fauxar is an embarrassing mistake made in public. If you can understand… Just 50%…
- 080:50Of these incredibly advanced snippets or small parts of a conversation, your English listening skills are advanced.
- 090:59They are superb. And because this is such an important lesson…
- 101:04I've created a detailed PDF that includes all the key vocabulary highlighted in the lesson, plus loads of extras.
- 111:12To download that, just click the link in the description box or scan the QR code on screen and I'll send it straight to your inbox.
- 121:20I'll also add you to the waiting list for my most advanced course ever, the beautiful British English C2 program.
- 131:28It launches on the 19th of January, 2026. If you're ready to move past advanced into a level where English feels flexible…
- 141:38Expressive, and fully yours, you're going to want to be on the waiting list.
- 151:43You'll get access to the incredible launch discount, and you'll be one of the very first to experience this program.
- 161:51Make sure you click the link in the description box or scan the QR code to get your PDF and join the C2 program waiting list.
- 171:59Okay, let's get started with our first category in the neighborhood. I will ask the question and then play each audio twice.
- 182:08I'll give you some time to think and then I will explain the answers and highlight any other interesting bits. Are you ready for number one?
- 192:17What's the speaker's attitude towards car's reaction? A. They think it's justified. B they think it's exaggerated.
- 202:28Or C, they think it's admirable.
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