Shadowing Practice: Oliver Tree - Miracle Man [Official Music Video] - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Your whole life I tried and now I'm getting older
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Your whole life I tried and now I'm getting closer Tell me what you want, was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life, was it enough of you?
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No way Tell me what you want, was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life, was it enough of you?
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No way, no It's what you wanted though Everything you told me I don't need to know
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It's what you wanna do Everything you ever could've wanted to
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do Don't say it's what you need I'd say it's what you wanted
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Don't say it's what you need I'd say it's what you wanted
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Your whole life I tried And now I'm getting older Your whole life I tried And now I'm getting closer
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Tell me what you want Was it enough of you?
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Fucking up your life was it enough of you? no way tell me what you want was it enough of you?
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fking up your life was it enough of you? no way
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here we go barely though i'm not searchin' for a miracle here we go barely though i'm not searchin' for a miracle
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Here we go, barely though, I'm not searching for a miracle Here we go,
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barely though, I'm not searching for a miracle Your whole life,
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I tried, and now we're getting older Your whole life,
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I tried, and now we're getting closer Hello?
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Yo, Ronnie, how are you, dude?
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No, I'm not doing anything right now.
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You're trying to take some bong-ups back at the crib?
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Sick little bro, also I forgot to tell you, but...

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Oliver Tree - Miracle Man”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tried, miracle, barely, closer, older. This video has 22 sentences and 274 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:23. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 11 of its 22 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
miracle noun/ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
bung noun/ˈbʌŋ/A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
crib noun/kɹɪb/A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
fking adjectiveCensored spelling of fucking.
barely adverb/ˈbeɹ.li/By a small margin.
search verb/sɝt͡ʃ/To look in (a place) for something.
sick adjective/ˈsɪk/In poor health; ill.
dude noun/duːd/A man, generally a younger man.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'd. 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 miracle, bung, crib.

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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