Shadowing Practice: 7 Days to Die | Apocalypse Noir - Learn English Speaking with Video

It all started in my base.

Safe enough, I guess.

More walls, fenced gate.

Enough to give you the feeling you're still in control.

I packed enough supplies to head out for the toxic wasteland.

To chase yet another job.

That kind that gets players killed.

All that for some silly reward just to survive,

scrape by, get enough resources before the red moon comes again.

And it never waits.

It never asks if you're ready.

It doesn't care.

The road, as always, was filled with undead,

lifeless bodies wandering the wasteland, braving the living.

And, as always, I take care of them, one by one.

Then I had this urge to escape this dark reality, so I decided to eat some irradiated wasteland vegetation.

Turns out fighting zombies while hallucinating is less of a tactical advantage and more of a questionable choice. But I survived.

And when I finally reach my wasteland outpost, I'm ready to go and talk to Trader Joel.

That guy's way too friendly for the apocalypse.

Makes me wonder, how did he survive?

What did he do to keep this store alive?

does he hide in his basement?

But I'm still on his good graces.

I asked him for the Higashi Tower, but he only offered some other meaningless missions.

I thought maybe I can outsmart the system,

pick on a mission and cancel it. But no luck.

Jobs didn't refresh.

That stubborn bastard.

I guess I had no choice and take something else.

Win some favor.

So I took on the Ostrich Hotel, the name and nothing until I got closer.

It was the city.

Dangerous place.

Bad idea.

But there I was, staring at the tall building, all boarded up.

Just one tall ladder leading to the top.

There's no time to linger.

If I want to survive, I have to get off the street.

So I climb the ladder, ignoring the noises around me.

I've reached the top of the building.

It's quiet.

Too quiet, but I have no choice.

I have to move forward.

So I draw my weapon.

I realize I don't have many arrows left.

I need to take them by surprise.

And take care of them, one by one.

As I just started to feel safe again, I stood in silence.

I watched the residents of the former hotel wake up.

I moved on to the top floor, even though I knew what was waiting for me inside.

The first room was filled with the undead.

And then the next one.

Looks like someone tried to take the easy way out.

Probably just to learn there isn't such a thing as dead are walking the earth.

As I moved on, I realized I'm down to one arrow.

My chances of survival just keep dropping.

And then there was the first surprise.

They rushed me like a bad memory you can't outrun.

Good thing my best friend, the shotgun, was by my side.

You're not eating tonight, fellas.

I wasn't ready to give up.

Not yet, at least.

I move on.

Straight into the next room.

This one seems to be filled with what looked like young women.

I wonder if this was supposed to be a girl's trip.

A break from their ordinary lives.

I wonder if they knew this place would become their grave.

Futures erased by a new world order that turned them into one of them.

I move down to the next floor just to meet more of the hotel's former residents.

I'm out of arrows.

This changes everything.

No arrows meant no stealth.

No stealth means I have to deal with them all at once.

That theory was tested fast.

I was right.

No more games.

Just survival.

One room looked like they understood what was happening.

to barricade themselves

and it didn't work judging by the couch they had the

strength to move it just not enough time i moved on to the next floor this time they got close too close

my arm is broken i'll have to make a splint

better than nothing let's keep moving no more games time for exploding arrows here we go come and get me

Finally, the supplies I was sent to find.

I hope that old bastard will show me some appreciation.

Probably not.

I'm just another face walking into his shop, eating his lies, doing his dirty work.

The ground floor is up next.

And just when I thought things might be okay, there it was.

sirens in the distance a storm coming my way

there's no running now no backing out I had no choice but to face whatever was coming

then a few lurking in the corner I have to take a chance it could be my last stealth move it worked

I take a peek outside

Certain death Masked as green snow

Remnants of the nuclear disaster I take out what's left of the hotel staff And their patrons

This is probably it.

The nastiest words are almost always in the basement.

And again, it's too quiet.

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They fooled me.

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I need to run now.

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I'm out of here now there's too

103

many of them just keep going how many of them are there

104

They pushed me all the way back to the top.

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There's a break.

106

I need to heal.

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I know I'm not done yet.

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There's one red dot left.

109

Could that really be it?

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That was not one of the targets.

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This was it.

112

The last one.

113

I made it.

114

Seems like they were here with military crates.

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Ammo.

116

Supplies.

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Did they hope the hotel basement would give them protection?

118

I wonder if they were survivors.

119

A military sent to protect them.

120

I wonder who turned first.

121

The supplies, they don't need it anymore.

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I do.

123

Food, medicine, ammo, guns.

124

A jackpot.

125

Part of a gold at the end of the rainbow.

126

I got lucky this time.

127

I can't even carry it all.

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I grabbed what I could and got ready to get out of here.

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Leave this damn place.

130

Time to leave the city.

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Time to live another day.

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Oh no. It's one of them.

133

I got him first.

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I can't take my chances.

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I need to leave.

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Now.

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Once again, I survive to see another day.

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And I leave the city of the dead behind me.

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The most alive I've felt in a long time.

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Good afternoon.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “7 Days to Die”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: arrow, wonder, wasteland, supplies, survive. This video has 140 sentences and 1071 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 83 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
arrow noun	/ˈæɹəʊ/	A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow.
wasteland noun	/ˈweɪs(t)ˌlænd/	A place with no remaining resources; a desert.
stealth noun	/stɛlθ/	The attribute or characteristic of acting in secrecy, or in such a way that the actions are unnoticed or difficult to detect by others.
basement noun	/ˈbeɪsmənt/	A floor of a building below ground level.
ammo noun	/ˈæ.moʊ/	Ammunition.
undead adjective	/ʌnˈdɛd/	Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life.
ladder noun	/ˈlæd.ɚ/	A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or…
barricade noun	/ˈbæɹɪkeɪd/	A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
hallucinate verb	/həˈl(j)uːsɪneɪt/	To seem to perceive things (with one or more of one's senses) which are not really present; to have visions; to experience a hallucination.
irradiate verb	/ɪˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt/	To send out (heat, light, or some other form of radiation) in the form of rays; to radiate.
lifeless adjective	/ˈlaɪfləs/	inanimate; having no life
linger verb	/ˈlɪŋɡɚ/	To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
outpost noun	/ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/	A military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops.
outrun verb	/ˈaʊtɹʌn/	To run faster than.
outsmart verb	/aʊtˈsmɑː(ɹ)t/	To beat in a competition of wits.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
back out verb		To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space.
get off verb		To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
get out of verb		To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
give up verb		To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
move forward verb		To cause to make progress.
take out verb		To remove.
turn out verb		To end up; to result.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

Sentences worth repeating

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

It never asks if you're ready.
Makes me wonder, how did he survive?
I've reached the top of the building.
I realize I don't have many arrows left.
You're not eating tonight, fellas.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was filled · be filled · was tested
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	I've reached · I've felt
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was waiting · was happening · was coming
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	my best · The nastiest · The most alive

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, shotgun /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: hallucinate /həˈl(j)uːsɪneɪt/, irradiate /ɪˈɹeɪdiˌeɪt/, apocalypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, appreciation /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

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 arrow, wasteland, stealth.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →

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