Shadowing Practice: Me vs ChatGPT...😭 #skits #funny #comedy #ai #chatgpt - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Oh, uh, can you cut it in half please? Of course!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing man?
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I'm cutting it in half.
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Not like that.
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Oh, you want it the other way?
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Uh, yeah?
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Got it.
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Yo, not like that either!
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That won't even be a sandwich at that point.
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Yes, I agree.
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That's why I was cutting it the other way.
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Okay, stop stop stop!
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Are you dumb?
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I'm trying my best man.
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Alright fine, let me help you.
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So what you have right now, but the other way.
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Okay, nope nope.
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Turn it back around.
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Take your knife, and just, just turn it.
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YES!
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YES!
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Right there!
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Just cut it!
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Oh no...
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W-what?
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Am I doing it wrong?
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I'm sorry man...
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But I'm gonna have to fire you.
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Huh?
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Quality inspection.
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I'm a secret shopper.
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Gave you so many chances too.
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No, no, no!
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Sorry man.
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What are you doing?
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Hey!
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Don't rip that!
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Okay!
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Wow!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 39 sentences and 161 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:27. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
nope/noʊp/No.
knife noun/ˈnaɪ̯f/A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
inspection noun/ɪnˈspɛkʃən/The act of examining something, often closely.
sandwich noun/ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food.
shopper noun/ˈʃɑ.pɚ/A person who shops.
dumb verb/dʌm/To make stupid.
agree verb/əˈɡɹi/To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
secret noun/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 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: inspection /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/, shopper /ˈʃɑ.pɚ/

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 whoa, nope, knife.

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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