Shadowing Practice: MALCOLM TODD | EARRINGS - DRUM COVER - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Her love is in your head, you lost your indies in her head You couldn't tell her
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that you lost her kids You're scared and you're not talking
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so you don't know what to say You'll say it for
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another day Cause you just never had the heart now They just pick up the patterns of you
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Let's get started.
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I love you to your head, you lost your earrings In a bed,
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you couldn't tell But then you lost them Cause you're scared
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and you're not talking
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So you did know what to say Save it for another
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day Cause you just never had the heart Now they just drew the world apart from you Extra,
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extra, mean all about it Macca's in his feelings and he can't get out of it Extra,
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extra, mean all about it Macca's in his feelings and he can't get out of it Extra,
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extra, mean all about it Macca's in his feelings and he can't get out of it Extra, extra, be more without it That is gonna spill it,
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it can't get out of here Extra,
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extra, be more without it That is gonna spill it, it can't get out of here Extra, extra, be more without it That is gonna spill it,
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it can't get out of here Get out of it, get out of it

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “MALCOLM TODD”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: extra, spill, feelings. This video has 16 sentences and 226 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:29. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 94% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
spill verb/spɪl/To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
indie noun/ˈɪndi/An independent publisher.
earring noun/ˈɪəɹɪŋ/A piece of jewelry worn on the ear.
pattern noun/ˈpætɚn/Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
extra adjective/ˈɛkstɹə/Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
draw verb/dɹɑ/To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.
apart/əˈpɑɹt/Excluded from consideration.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.

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 gebeurtyou're not talking
Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomengonna spill
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingYou'll say

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 17 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, you're, gonna. 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 spill, scare, indie.

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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