Shadowing Practice: 02.a Evil English Teacher - Effortless Flow English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Evil English teacher.
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There's an evil English teacher.
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He's a very bad teacher.
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He comes into his class.
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The students are sitting at their desks waiting for him.
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The teacher says to the class, Every day we'll study English grammar.
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If you make a mistake, I'll hit you with a stick.
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Then the teacher opens his textbook.
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He says, today we'll learn the past perfect progressive verb tense, as well as the future conditional.
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He points to a girl and says, what's the past perfect progressive?
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The girl's very nervous.
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She says, I don't know.
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As soon as she finishes speaking, the evil teacher jumps across the room with a large stick and hits her on the head.
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The girl cries.
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The other students are very scared.
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The teacher points to a boy and says, what is the future conditional?
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The boy says nothing.
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The teacher says, go ahead, answer now.
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The boy says, but, but we haven't learned it yet.
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The evil teacher says, in other words, You don't know it.
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He jumps across the room and hits the boy hard on the head.
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The boy cries.
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All the students are scared and miserable.
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They hate the evil teacher, but they're lucky.
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One student has a cell phone.
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She secretly dials the number of her friend, AJ.
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AJ answers the phone.
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Hello?
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The student whispers, this is Kaori.
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Help us, AJ.
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Please help us.
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An evil English teacher is beating us.
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AJ says, don't worry.
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I'll be right there.
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AJ jumps on his motorcycle and speeds to the school.
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He runs to the front door, down the hall, and bursts into the class.
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He says to the evil teacher, stop hitting these students, you bastard.
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Then he runs across the room.
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He picks up a desk and hits the evil teacher with it.
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The evil teacher falls to the floor.
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He is beaten.
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AJ looks at Kauri and says, what do you want me to do with him?
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Kaori says, it's up to you.
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You decide.
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AJ throws the evil teacher out the window and says, no more evil grammar study.
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You are free.
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The students cheer.
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Yay!
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Everyone is very happy.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “02.a Evil English Teacher - Effortless Flow English”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: teacher, evil, student, boy, English. This video has 49 sentences and 363 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:13. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| desk noun | /dɛsk/ | A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a… |
| progressive noun | /pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/ | One with liberal or progressive political beliefs. |
| grammar noun | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| conditional noun | /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ | A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false. |
| burst verb | /bɜːst/ | To break from internal pressure. |
| miserable adjective | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/ | In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor. |
| motorcycle noun | /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ | An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels. |
| secretly adverb | /ˈsiː.kɹɪt.li/ | In secret, covertly. |
| tense noun | /tɛns/ | The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists. |
| dial noun | /ˈdaɪ.əl/ | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). |
| textbook noun | /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ | A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges. |
| whisper verb | /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/ | To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the… |
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| run across verb | To cross by running. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | we'll study · I'll hit · we'll learn |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are sitting · is beating |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/, motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like desk, progressive, grammar.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.