Shadowing Practice: 73 Questions With Gal Gadot | Vogue - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The End Hey there, I am here to see Gal.
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Where's Gal?
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Perfect, she's gonna be right this way.
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Let's go.
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Here we are, Gal, 73 questions.
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Hey!
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How are you?
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Good to see you.
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Thank you very much.
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Good to see you.
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I'm so excited for this.
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Me too, it's great.
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Oh man.
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I've been waiting for you.
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This is gonna be good.
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You know my first question, let's get it out of the way.
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How are you feeling right now?
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I'm great.
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How are you?
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I'm good.
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I couldn't be better.
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I'm with you.
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I'm catching you right before your Vogue cover style.
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I know.
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Lucky me.
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Lucky me.
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And besides that, what's an exciting thing going on in life right now?
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I'm shooting a new movie, Red Notice, with Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds, and it's a lot of fun.
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Must be funny being with those guys.
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Yes.
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And is there anything missing in life right now? Are you kidding me?
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Look at us.
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No, everything is great.
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Pretty perfect.
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Now, how do you start most mornings when you're at home?
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I woke up, I washed my face and all that, then I always drink a tablespoon of apple vinegar,
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water and coffee, and work out.
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Okay.
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And how often are you getting back to Israel?
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As often as I can, but not enough.
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Not often enough.
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What do you miss most about Israel?
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My family and my friends.
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Well, I thought you missed these.
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That's why I brought them to you.
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Oh, what?
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Where'd you get this?
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Oh my god, it's Israeli chocolate.
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Thank you so much.
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I'll share.
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I can feel at home a little bit right now.
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All right, so Israel is up there in my places to go.
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What should I do when I go?
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One thing.
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What's the one thing?
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One thing you should do in Israel, you should go to Tel Aviv and go to a restaurant on the beach.
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There's so many, and they're all great.
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And what's unique about Israeli culture?
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It's like one big melting pot, you know, with people from so many different, you know, places and different cultures and flavors.
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And when you go home, what food is waiting for you on the table?
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I love shuk shuka on a Saturday morning.
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Just Saturday.
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It's delicious.
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It's like tomatoes with garlic and eggs and feta cheese.
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It's delicious.
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Oh, that sounds so good.
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And what's the secret to fighting jet lag when you travel?
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Drink loads of water and I guess just be out in the sun, vitamin D.
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How many languages can you speak?
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Two.
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Okay.
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And can you teach me some Hebrew?
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Sure.
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Let's do it.
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Can you say sababa?
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Sababa.
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Nice.
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Yeah, sababa is cool.
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Cool.
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Awesome.
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Alright.
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Well, my next question was, can you teach me a slang word?
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But I guess that may do it.
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What else?
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Say yalla.
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It's a really easy one.
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Yalla?
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It's like in Hebrew and Arabic, it means let's go, let's do it.
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Okay, and what's a tongue twister in Hebrew that you can share with me?
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Come on.
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Now you go.
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Shala, shala, shala.
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Almost, good enough, good enough.
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Oh, they're ready for us.
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Do you want to come do the fittings?
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Let's do the fittings.
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Let's go, yalla!
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Yalla!
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Gal, what's your favorite sport?
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Uh, basketball, dodgeball.
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I love dodgeball.
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Favorite board game?
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Definitely Rami Cube.
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What was your immediate reaction when you approached about the role of Wonder Woman?
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Ahhhh!
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And as you know, it's pretty well in the box office, not too shabby.
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How did that feel?
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I know.
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Oh my god, it was amazing.
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Incredible.
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Now let me fan off for a second by saying
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that the trailer for Wonder Woman 1984 made me scream just like you.
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What inside info can you tell me about that movie?
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Give me something good.
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You know I can't.
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You know I can't.
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You've got to just wait a little bit longer before you go see the movie.
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Don't disappoint me gal.
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Don't disappoint me.
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Alright, so what do you want audiences to take away from that film?
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First of all, I want them to just enjoy the movie and maybe think about the narrative of the movie afterwards.
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Did immersing yourself in the 80s make you more or less nostalgic for the past?
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More.
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Everyone loves the 80s.
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Exactly.
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It's such a great decade.
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What traits does a character need to have in order for you to portray them?
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It's not so much about the traits as much as it's about the context.
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Mmm.
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Yeah.
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And when do you know a part is perfect for you?
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When I love the script, I love the filmmaker and I'm intrigued by the character.
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Okay, there's a bank heist.
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Yes.
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Who will be your partner in crime?
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Who is it?
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My husband, definitely Ron.
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Okay, there's good news or bad news.
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Who's the person you first call?
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My husband and my mother.
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Okay, what's the weirdest thing you've ever read about yourself?
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That I look like a broom.
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You do not look like a broom?
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Thank you, I appreciate that.
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I'm here to validate the fact that I do not see you as a broom.
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Thank you.
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What's the best book you've read recently?
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All the Rivers by Dorit Rabinian.
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What's a song that you can't stop singing?
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If you don't wanna see me...
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Dua Lipa!
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Dua Lipa!
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Dua Lipa!
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Dua Lipa!
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What's the best date night spa in LA?
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I can't tell you, because then everyone will go there.
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Yeah, you have that effect on people, huh?
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Aw.
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Best movie to watch with your kids?
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Mary Poppins.
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Where do you go to get inspired?
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I love going to the museums.
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I know it sounds old, but I love good exhibitions.
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I would go anywhere.
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What's the best vacation you've ever had?
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Ah, the Maldives.
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The Maldives.
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I've always wanted to go there.
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Ah, you should.
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Okay.
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Gorgeous ladies.
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Hello.
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How are you?
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Hi, love you.
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Um...
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Alright, gal, rapid fire.
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We gotta get through this.
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Come on, let's do it.
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Yes, yes, hit me.
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Rapid fire.
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Give it to me.
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Give it to me.
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Yes, give it to me.
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Bold brow or bold lip?
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Uh, bold lip.
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Pedicure or manicure?
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Pedicure.
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Hepburn or Monroe?
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Hepburn.
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Favorite denim color?
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Blue.
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Favorite shade of lipstick?
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Red.
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Now slow down for this one.
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When do you feel most beautiful? When I'm rested.
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When do you feel most fulfilled?
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When I'm having, you know, just quality time with my kids.
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All right, so we have a lot of beautiful, beautiful wardrobe here.
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I know.
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This is so nice.
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And what are you drawn to in choosing a look?
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First of all, I want it to look stunning, but then also young and cool and comfortable,
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as much as it could be.
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What's a color that you gravitate to?
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Oh, so many.
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Blue, red, white, black, burgundy.
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I mean, all the colors are great.
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And what's the most elaborate Wonder Woman cosplay that you've seen?
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There's a guy, I think he's in Brazil, and his name is Wonder Birra.
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Check him out.
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I will.
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Alright, gotta ask you about your husband.
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Yes.
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What is this interview without asking about your husband?
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Exactly.
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Love, love, love.
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How did you and your husband meet?
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We met at a party in the desert in Israel.
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And who liked who first?
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He would say I likes him first, but I'd rather say he likes me first.
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Who's going to resolve that debate?
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I know, right?
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Yeah.
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Me.
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And what was your first date?
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We went to a nice bar in Tel Aviv.
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Okay.
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And when did you know that you wanted to marry him?
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He actually told me on our second date that he's going to propose in two years.
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And he did.
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How did you react to that?
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I was 21.
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I was pretty cool.
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Now that I think about it, it's crazy, but I guess both of us knew it was meant to be.
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That's really sweet.
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Now when you're both on the same schedule, how do you like to spend your time together?
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Just be together.
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You know, whether if it's just us and going out with just each other
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or friends or just being home with great music and wine and food and just that.
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That's nice.
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Simple.
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What would your husband say is your best quality?
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That I can be very silly.
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What would your kids say is your best quality?
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That and maybe that I'm very positive.
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You are.
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You are.
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Thank you. And motherhood.
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Yes.
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Look at that.
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Motherhood.
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What was the most surprising part about becoming a mother?
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How much one can love and also how much I can do when being so exhausted.
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Yeah.
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And what's something that your kids do that really makes you laugh?
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Perform.
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Like when they start to sing and dance and do like performances together, that's when it cracks me up.
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Alright.
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And what's one trait you want to pass on to your kids?
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That they're limitless and they can do whatever they want to do with their lives.
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And what's something from your childhood that you want to replicate for your daughters?
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Simplicity?
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Um, we definitely need more time.
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Gal, we need ten more minutes.
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Ten minutes.
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Okay, do you wanna...
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We have time.
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Do you wanna go over there?
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Let's do it.
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Alright.
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Okay, call me when you need me.
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Skydiving or scuba diving?
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Neither.
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No. I know, no. You are such a scuba dive type.
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Yeah, I tried that.
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I get to...
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Yeah, it's not for me.
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Early bird or night owl?
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After you?
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Uh, definitely early bird.
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Okay.
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And Batman or Superman?
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Batman.
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What would you tell your biggest fan if they met you?
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Thank you.
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And what's your favorite part of award shows?
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Just being there, seeing everybody, you know, so many creative, talented, brilliant people.
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Is there any director that you're dying to work with?
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Spielberg.
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Oh.
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You hear that, Spielberg?
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Did you hear it?
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Did you hear it?
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You gotta say it a little louder for him.
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Steven!
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Who's the funniest person you've ever been on set with?
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Oh my God, I can't answer that.
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Yeah?
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I'm lucky.
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You are.
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I've had a bunch of people that were really fun to work with.
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What artists should we all be paying attention to right now?
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Alma Har-El.
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Prior to acting, what were you doing in life?
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I studied law.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, and what kind of law did you want to practice?
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I...
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I didn't quite figure that out yet back then, but, you know, life happened.
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Do you remember your first movie audition?
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Yes, it was for Bond, for one of the Bond movies, and I didn't get the part.
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It's their laws.
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It's their laws.
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Now, you're a champion for women everywhere.
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What's a mantra you want all women to have for themselves?
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It's not just for women.
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It's like it's everybody Just love yourself and be kind to yourself Cheesy, but true.
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Yeah, and what do you want the film industry to look like for women in a decade?
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I would love to see more female writers and filmmakers
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Why is it so important for you to pick strong characters like Wonder Woman and now Hedy Lamarr?
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I guess I like strong characters.
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Yes, you do.
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I don't know.
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Yeah.
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Now, you recently started your own production company.
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Right.
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What was the motivation for that?
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To be able to tell stories that I'm truly, truly passionate about.
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And what story would you love to see be made into a film?
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Lisa Howard.
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Mmm.
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If you don't know about her, and you probably don't, Google.
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I will Google.
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Google her.
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I will Google her.
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If you could time travel to the past, who's one person that you would have to speak to?
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Hedy Lamarr.
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And what would you say to Hedy?
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I would say, how was on the other side?
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How are you?
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All right, Gal.
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Yes.
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I don't know how to say heartbroken in Hebrew, but...
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Shavulev.
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Shavulev.
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I am Shavulev right now because this is the last question, question number 73.
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Yes.
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Can you please, once and for all, resolve the debate on how to pronounce your last name?
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I have $10 on this with a friend.
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It's very simple.
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Gal Gadot.
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One more time, just for clarity.
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Gal Gadot.
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All right, Gal Gadot.
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This is great.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “73 Questions With Gal Gadot”. This video has 359 sentences and 2101 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:47. The speaker talks at a natural 164 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 100 of its 359 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| broom noun | /bɹum/ | A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. |
| sal noun | /sɑːl/ | Shorea robusta, a dipterocarpaceous tree. |
| trait noun | /tɹeɪt/ | An identifying characteristic, habit or trend. |
| dodgeball noun | /ˈdɒd͡ʒˌbɔl/ | A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or catch balls thrown by the opposition. |
| motherhood noun | /ˈmʌðɚˌhʊd/ | The state of being a mother. |
| pedicure noun | /ˈpɛ.dɪ.kjʊɹ/ | A cosmetic treatment for the feet and toenails. |
| scuba noun | /ˈskuːbə/ | An apparatus carried by a diver, which includes a tank holding compressed, filtered air and a regulator which delivers the air to the diver at ambient pressure… |
| filmmaker noun | A producer or director of films/movies. | |
| disappoint verb | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ | To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. |
| fitting noun | /ˈfɪtɪŋ/ | An act of trying on an item of clothing to adjust or inspect how well it fits. |
| dive verb | /daɪv/ | To swim under water. |
| resolve verb | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | To find a solution to (a problem). |
| burgundy noun | /ˈbɝ.ɡən.di/ | A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine. |
| excite verb | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement. |
| gravitate verb | /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/ | To move under the force of gravity. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. | |
| take away from verb | To subtract a quality from; make something seem not so good or interesting. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Gal, what's your favorite sport?
- Who's the person you first call?
- What's the best book you've read recently?
- What's a song that you can't stop singing?
- What's the best vacation you've ever had?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've ever read · you've read · I've always wanted |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was meant · be made |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shabby /ˈʃæbi/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- Long words — get the stress right: simplicity /sɪmˈplɪsɪti/, elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like broom, sal, trait.
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.