Shadowing Practice: هل انت حزين بموت ليندسي غراهام مهدي ؟ #الشرق_الأوسط #اكسبلور #الوطن_العربي - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Are you sad that Senator Lindsey Graham has died?
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No, I'm not sad.
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I'm not celebrating it either, as you suggested in your introduction.
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I think it's a bit of a straw man to say everyone's celebrating his death.
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I think as journalists, Piers, you and I, we hold power accountable.
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We speak truth to power.
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I'm not of the school that says when a politician dies, a public figure dies, we treat them like a private figure and just shut up.
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I don't think journalism should turn into hagiography.
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At Zateo, for example, we published a list of what Graham said and did.
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We just let the facts speak for themselves.
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He was a man who said awful things, genocidal things, racist things.
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And we put that on the record for people to see.
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That doesn't mean he didn't also do, I'm sure, good things in Congress as well.
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But overwhelmingly, he argued for wars, including this Iran war that outlives him, that killed 100 schoolgirls on day one of the war.
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He argued for the Iraq war that you and I opposed that killed over a million people.
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He never met a Middle East country, he didn't want to invade.
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And I think that's how we should remember him.
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We should remember the full record.
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The problem is when powerful people die, people in our media, especially mainstream corporate media, want to just do hagiography and say, what a wonderful person they were.
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Weren't they lovely?
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I'm sure many of those powerful people were lovely and they have families who love them.
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But as journalists, our job is to say, here's what they did.
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Here's the truth about their life and record.
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Here's an accurate obituary.
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And when Lindsey Graham, the man has a ton of blood on his hands and we shouldn't just forget that.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 25 sentences and 307 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:21. The speaker talks fast, about 227 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| argue verb | /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ | To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. |
| journalist noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ | The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly. |
| awful adjective | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | Very bad. |
| racist noun | /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/ | A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races. |
| mainstream adjective | /ˈmeɪn.stɹiːm/ | Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc. |
| politician noun | /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/ | One engaged in politics, especially an elected or appointed government official. |
| journalism noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/ | The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news… |
| straw noun | /stɹɔ/ | A dried stalk of a cereal plant. |
| oppose verb | /əˈpoʊz/ | To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against. |
| accountable adjective | /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/ | Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable. |
| invade verb | /ɪnˈveɪd/ | To move into. |
| overwhelmingly adverb | /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/ | In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely. |
| hagiography noun | /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/ | The study of saints and the documentation of their lives. |
| obituary noun | /əˈbɪt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/ | A brief notice of a person's death, especially one published in a newspaper or other publication; also (obsolete), the section of a newspaper where notices of… |
| outlive verb | /aʊtˈlɪv/ | To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/, hagiography /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfi/, obituary /əˈbɪt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/
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 argue, journalist, awful.
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.