Shadowing Practice: Chandler & Monica's First Big Fight | Friends - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hmm.
Hmm.
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Isn't this great?
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Hmm.
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Couldn't you just stay like this forever?
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Chandler, couldn't you just stay here forever?
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Yeah, here, somewhere else, you know, wherever. Are you okay?
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Yeah, I'm cool.
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Casual.
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What are you doing?
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Well, just hanging out, you know, having fun, you know, with the girl that I'm seeing casually.
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Man, I knew it.
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I knew you were going to do this.
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What?
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Get all freaked out because everybody was talking and just joking around about marriage and stuff.
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Well, you do want all that stuff, right?
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Oh, and you know what I want.
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Yes, you want babies.
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You have baby fever.
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I do not have baby fever.
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Oh, please, you are obsessed with babies and marriage and everything that's related to babies and marriage.
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You know what?
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I got a good idea.
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Why don't we turn the heat down on this Petra Cooker?
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You lost your mind?
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Taylor, this isn't about me.
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This is about you and all your weird relationship commitment crap.
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Nuh -uh.
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I know you, okay?
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I know the thoughts that you have in the head in your head.
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You don't know everything.
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Did you know that I'm going out with Rachel tonight instead of you?
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Hm?
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And did you know that the only baby around here is you?
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And did you know that I can't even look at you right now?
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Yeah, well, I did not know that.
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This is gonna be okay, right?
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I mean, she's not gonna leave me.
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This is fixable.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.
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Absolutely. By me?
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Oh, no. No, no. Well, unless you make some kind of big gesture.
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Yeah, big, though.
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Uh -oh, shit, the missus.
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Hey there, can I get a coffee? To go?
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Come on, okay, come on.
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I'm still not done not wanting to talk to you.
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Just tell me what I need to do to make things right.
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What?
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Well, that's what we do, you know?
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I mess up, and then you tell me how to fix it, and then I do, and then, you know, you think I'm all cute again.
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I'm really tired of being your relationship tutor.
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You're gonna have to figure this one out for yourself, right?
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You know what?
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If you're too afraid to be in a real relationship, then don't be in one.
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I'm sorry.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Chandler & Monica's First Big Fight”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: babies, marriage, relationship, baby. This video has 55 sentences and 390 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:31. The speaker talks at a natural 155 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 23 of its 55 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
fever noun/ˈfivɚ/A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
commitment noun/kəˈmɪtmənt/The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
wherever/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
casual adjective/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/Happening by chance.
joking verb/ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/Kidding, trying to fool.
gesture noun/ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to emphasize speech.
chandler noun/ˈt͡ʃændlɚ/A person who makes or sells candles.
tutor noun/ˈtjuːtəː/One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
casually adverb/ˈkæʒuəli/In a casual manner.
fixable adjective/ˈfɪks.ə.bəl/Capable of being fixed, repairable.
missus noun/ˈmɪs.əz/Wife or girlfriend.
obsess verb/əbˈsɛs/To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
mess up verbTo make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Couldn't you just stay like this forever?
  • Chandler, couldn't you just stay here forever?
  • What are you doing?
  • You lost your mind?
  • Hey there, can I get a coffee?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurtare you doing · I'm seeing · I'm going
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomengonna be · gonna leave · gonna have

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/

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 0.75× 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 fever, commitment, wherever.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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