Welcome back to the Learn English Podcast. Let's
improve your English pronunciation. First, listen,
repeat after me, and then we'll shadow. Today,
we're focusing on natural sentences that use
word order to change the meaning. Listen and
repeat after me. Long before she changed careers.
Changed careers. Elena felt burnt out. Long before
she changed careers, Elena felt burnt out. She
worked late most nights. 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. Let'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. Friends encouraged
her. Encouraged. So put your stress... on the
cur part of the word encouraged to take small
steps forward friends encouraged her to take
small steps forward before long She started exploring
new options online Before long she started exploring
new options online She looked into careers such
as teaching, researching, and coding. She looked
into careers such as teaching, researching, and
coding. Now 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
Friends encouraged her to take small steps forward
before long She started exploring new options
online. She looked into careers such as teaching,
researching, and coding. 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 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. Friends encouraged her to take small steps
forward. Before long, she started exploring new
options online. She looked into careers such
as teaching, researching, and coding. 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. And 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.