Shadowing Practice: Ginny's poem - Learn English Speaking with Video

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And now, I'd like to introduce Virginia Miller to read her winning poem of the Boston Youth Poet Laureate contest.
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The name of this poem,
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because names are very important.
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The name of this poem is Beginnings.
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Here we are starting fresh, but I don't remember what it feels like to feel whole.
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How do you fix a hole in your chest?
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A band-aid?
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Cold compress?
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If a tree falls in the wood, would it make a sound
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if no one was around to swing the axe to cut off my head
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and stop the train of thoughts to derail the track and divert from the one-track mind I have?
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Having to go through things that make you strong weakens you.
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It's a catch-22.
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So what do you do?
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The flame.
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The heat.
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Licking at my skin to a beat.
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A rhythm.
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A release.
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The flame consumes me.
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I eat the pain or it eats me.
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A cavernous, carnivorous beast with an insatiable appetite.
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And I'm just a bite and I'm gone.
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As who I once was goes up in flames.
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I'm trying to change, to grow, to tie this all up in a neat, tidy bow.
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But I'll never know right and wrong, weak and strong, a binary that already has complexities and shades of gray, and I just want to be okay.
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I can't keep burning through life this way.
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Will it ever stop?
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There can't be more shoes that drop.
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I need hope that all will be well, that my heart will swell and fill the hole.
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I need to accept what I can't control.
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The secrets are told.
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There's nothing new to learn or unfold.
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I need peace to gather the pieces of my soul, or I will burn until there is nothing left.
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Remind me, Mr. Jinton, why did Jim and Miller drop out of AP English?
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I think we should have a chat.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Ginny's poem”. This video has 36 sentences and 321 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:27. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 7 of its 36 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
flame noun/fleɪm/The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
carnivorous adjective/kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
cavernous adjective/ˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
compress verb/ˈkɑmpɹɛs/To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
derail verb/ˌdiːˈɹeɪl/To cause to come off the tracks.
divert verb/daɪˈvɝt/To turn aside from a course.
insatiable adjective/ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
unfold verb/ʌnˈfoʊld/To undo a folding.
weaken verb/ˈwikən/To make weaker or less strong.
tidy adjective/ˈtaɪ.di/Arranged neatly and in order.
swell verb/swɛl/To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape, usually as a result of pressure from within.
bind verb/ˈbaɪ̯nd/To tie; to confine by any ligature.
lick verb/lɪk/To stroke with the tongue.
appetite noun/ˈæp.əˌtaɪt/A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
consume verb/kənˈsum/To use up.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
burn through verbTo use up in a hasty or destructive manner.
cut off verb/ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf]To remove by cutting.
go through verbTo travel from one end of something to the other.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • How do you fix a hole in your chest?
  • I can't keep burning through life this way.
  • I need to accept what I can't control.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: insatiable /ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/, shade /ʃeɪd/
  • Long words — get the stress right: carnivorous /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/, insatiable /ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/, complexity /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/

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 flame, carnivorous, cavernous.

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