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Emily!
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Sally!
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You!
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Get out of my room, Ava.
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Did you do your homework?
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Yeah.
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Liar!
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No, you didn't.
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You better do it before you go to bed tonight or the teacher will get you. Who?
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She's this crazy old lady who comes for children in the night when they don't do their homework.
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Mrs. Scribbleton?
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She's not real.
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Yes, she is.
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Like, three kids went missing last year in the middle of the night.
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Fake.
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Okay.
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Well, I wouldn't want to find out.
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Leave.
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Oh, my God.
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I'm sorry.
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Ava?
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Are you in here?
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I tried, but you can't scare me.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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Shut down your homework!
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Emily!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 27 sentences and 111 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:34. 5 of its 27 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
homework noun/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
liar noun/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
sally noun/ˈsæli/A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
fake adjective/feɪ̯k/Not real; false, fraudulent.
lady noun/ˈleɪ.di/A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.
teacher noun/ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
shut verb/ʃʌt/To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
find out verbTo discover, as by asking or investigating.
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
shut down verbTo close, terminate, or end; to stop operating, either permanently or temporarily.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Did you do your homework?
  • Are you in here?
  • I tried, but you can't scare me.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like homework, scare, liar.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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