Shadowing Practice: How Taylor Swift REALLY Feels About 'Extreme' Fans Decoding Her Lyrics - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I have to know that like there's certain things that we have as a tradition between me and my fans.
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It's maximalism.
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It's just a lot of a lot.
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Taylor Swift showing love to her fans but admitting sometimes there's a few Swifties out there who make it weird.
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Yeah, I'm not gonna seem ambivalent about that at all.
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I'm like, that dude didn't write the song I did.
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In a new 30-minute sit-down with the New York Times Magazine celebrating the 30 greatest living American songwriters, Taylor breaks down her songwriting process.
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I always apply the rule, may the best idea win.
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Her favorite album...
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Are you ready for it?
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I loved the Reputation album.
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I was like, you guys say what you want.
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I know what I did.
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I love it.
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Like, go with God.
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Sorry.
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And the unspoken bond as she shares with her millions of fans around the world.
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I have to know that, like, there's certain things things that we have as a tradition between me
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and my fans they love for an emotional song to be track five oh hi
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but there's corners of my fan base who are going to
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take things to a really extreme place there's people who are
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going to try to like do detective work figure out the details who is that about, what is this?
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Left in my scarf there, it's your sister's house.
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When it gets a little bit weird for me is when people act like it's sort of like a paternity test.
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Like this song's about that person because I'm like, that dude didn't write the song I did.
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Taylor also crediting her haters for inspiring some of her best work.
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Yeah, criticism has been a huge fuel for me.
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It's been a huge jumping off point, like a creative writing prompt or something.
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Like Blank Space would not exist if I hadn't had people being like,
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here's a slide show about her boyfriend. And then Antihero.
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That song doesn't exist if I don't get criticized for every aspect of my personality.
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But I think a little bit of it, You gotta just be like, this is part of it.
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The fans are the people who turned it into something very empowering.
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If it's an interesting point to you to kind of respond to, then that's a gift for you to be able to write something.
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Don't respond to like trolls in your comments.
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That's not what we want from you.
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We want your art.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 37 sentences and 420 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:24. The speaker talks at a natural 174 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| aspect noun | /ˈæspɛkt/ | Any specific feature, part, or element of something. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| detective noun | /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ | A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| prompt verb | /pɹɑmpt/ | To lead (someone) toward what they should say or do. |
| songwriter noun | A musician who composes songs; especially writing the song's lyrics and/or creating a melody or a tune for the song. | |
| scarf noun | /skɑːf/ | A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck. |
| criticize verb | /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/ | To find fault (with something). |
| empower verb | /ɪmˈpaʊ.ə/ | To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. |
| ambivalent adjective | /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/ | Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings. |
| maximalism noun | The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess. | |
| paternity noun | /pəˈtɜɹnəti/ | Fatherhood, the state or quality of being a father. |
| songwriting noun | The work of a songwriter. | |
| unspoken adjective | /ʌnˈspoʊkən/ | Not spoken; not said. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| break down verb | To stop functioning. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| jump off verb | To move from an elevated place by one jump. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | has been · It's been |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | people who are · people who turned |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: ambivalent /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/, paternity /pəˈtɜɹnəti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like aspect, slide, detective.
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