Shadowing Practice: Ice Cube on his SON playing him ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”ฅ - Learn English Speaking with Video

ื‘ื—ืจ ืžืฆื‘ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ

ื›ืœ ืžืฆื‘ ืคื•ืชื— ื—ื“ืจ ืชืจื’ื•ืœ ื‘ืžืกืš ืžืœื.

23 ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื
ืื ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื ืงืฆืจื™ื ืื• ืืจื•ื›ื™ื ืžื“ื™, ืœื—ืฅ ืขืœ ืขืจื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืชืื™ื ืื•ืชื.
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Ice, it's gotta be strange to see your son playing you.
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I watched Straight Outta Compton, and I saw this guy playing you.
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It's your son, and he killed it.
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Based off of your life and to have your son cast it.
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I approached him, and I'm like, I want you to play me.
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And he looked, and he was like, okay.
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And I was like, that came off a little too easy.
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But then I had to tell Gary Gray, who directed the movie.
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He almost lost it.
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He was like, you?
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Damn, man.
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I thought we was making a real movie.
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That's some bull.
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I said, dude, I would not put him in this position if I didn't think he could do it.
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Now I'm only telling you what you told me.
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If America's Most Wanted blew up, you'd pay me the advance for the follow -up.
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Now is that not what the f* you said?
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That is what I said, but it is more complicated than that, Q.
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You're making it seem like I'm begging for some f* that's technically mine.
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And I am not trying to be difficult, man.
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But you can't help me, right?
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Should have kept your word, Brian.
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Jesus Christ, man!

ื”ื•ืจื“ ืืคืœื™ืงืฆื™ื”

ื›ืœ ืžื” ืฉืืชื” ืฆืจื™ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืœื“ื‘ืจ ื‘ืฉื˜ืฃ

ื”ื’ื™ื™ืช AIืฆื™ื•ืŸ ืœื›ืœ ืžืฉืคื˜
ืชืจื’ื•ืœ IPAืฉืœื•ื˜ ื‘ื›ืœ ืฆืœื™ืœ
ืื•ืฆืจ ืžื™ืœื™ืื‘ื ื” ืืช ืžืื’ืจ ื”ืžื™ืœื™ื ืฉืœืš
ืžืฉื—ืง ืื•ืฆืจ ืžื™ืœื™ืืœืžื“ ืชื•ืš ื›ื“ื™ ืžืฉื—ืง

ืื•ืชื• ืขืจื•ืฅ

FOR YOU

ื”ืžืœืฅ ืขืœ ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video โ€œIce Cube on his SON playing him ๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ”ฅโ€. This video has 23 sentences and 208 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks fast, about 231 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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

10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
complicated adjective/หˆkษ‘m.plษชหŒkeษช.tษชd/Difficult or convoluted.
bull noun/bสŠl/Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
technically adverb/หˆtษ›k.nษชหŒkษ™l.i/Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology.
advance verb/ษ™dหˆvษ‘หns/To help the progress of (something); to further.
strange adjective/stษนeษชndอกส’/Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
blow verb/bloสŠ/To produce an air current.
approach verb/ษ™หˆpษนoสŠtอกสƒ/To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
direct verb/daษชหˆษนษ›kt/To manage, control, steer.
dude noun/duหd/A man, generally a younger man.
cast verb/kรฆst/To throw.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
blow up verbTo explode or be destroyed by explosion.
come off verbTo become detached.
follow up verbTo take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication or verify.

Pronunciation to watch

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

  • Long words โ€” get the stress right: complicated /หˆkษ‘m.plษชหŒkeษช.tษชd/, technically /หˆtษ›k.nษชหŒkษ™l.i/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75ร— speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like complicated, bull, technically.

ืžื”ื™ ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ื”ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’?

ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ื”ื™ื ื˜ื›ื ื™ืงืช ืœืžื™ื“ืช ืฉืคื” ืžื‘ื•ืกืกืช ืžื“ืข ืฉืคื•ืชื—ื” ื‘ืžืงื•ืจ ืœื”ื›ืฉืจืช ืžืชื•ืจื’ืžื ื™ื ืžืงืฆื•ืขื™ื™ื ื•ืคื•ืคื•ืœืจื™ืช ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื”ืคื•ืœื™ื’ืœื•ื˜ ื“"ืจ ืืœื›ืกื ื“ืจ ืืจื’ื•ืืœืก. ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ื” ืืš ืขื•ืฆืžืชื™ืช: ืืชื” ืžืงืฉื™ื‘ ืœืื•ื“ื™ื• ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื™ืœื™ื“ื™ืช ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ ืขืœื™ื• ื‘ืงื•ืœ ืจื ืžื™ื“ โ€” ื›ืžื• ืฆืœ ื”ืขื•ืงื‘ ืื—ืจื™ ื”ื“ื•ื‘ืจ ืขื ืขื™ื›ื•ื‘ ืฉืœ 1โ€“2 ืฉื ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืœื‘ื“. ื‘ื ื™ื’ื•ื“ ืœื”ืื–ื ื” ืคืกื™ื‘ื™ืช ืื• ืชืจื’ื™ืœื™ ื“ืงื“ื•ืง, ืฉืื“ื•ืื™ื ื’ ืžื›ืจื™ื— ืืช ื”ืžื•ื— ื•ื”ืฉืจื™ืจื™ื ื‘ืคื” ืœืขื‘ื“ ื•ืœืฉื—ื–ืจ ื“ืคื•ืกื™ ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ืืžื™ืชื™ื™ื ื‘ื• ื–ืžื ื™ืช. ืžื—ืงืจื™ื ืžืจืื™ื ืฉื–ื” ืžืฉืคืจ ืžืฉืžืขื•ืชื™ืช ืืช ื“ื™ื•ืง ื”ื”ื’ื™ื™ื”, ื”ืื™ื ื˜ื•ื ืฆื™ื”, ื”ืงืฆื‘, ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืžื—ื•ื‘ืจ, ื”ื‘ื ืช ื”ืฉืžื™ืขื” ื•ืฉื˜ืฃ ื”ื“ื™ื‘ื•ืจ โ€” ืžื” ืฉื”ื•ืคืš ืื•ืชื• ืœืื—ืช ื”ืฉื™ื˜ื•ืช ื”ื™ืขื™ืœื•ืช ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืœื”ื›ื ื” ืœIELTS Speaking ื•ืœืชืงืฉื•ืจืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื‘ืขื•ืœื ื”ืืžื™ืชื™.

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