Shadowing Practice: باسيم يوسف يفحم صحفي سؤال لو كنت رئيس وزراء اسرئيل ايش كنت تسوي#الشرق_الأوسط #اكسبلور #الوطن_العربي - Learn English Speaking with Video
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If you were the Prime Minister of Israel on October 8th, what would you do?
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If I'm the Prime Minister of Israel like Netanyahu, I'm a killer, I'm a mass murderer, I've been killing Palestinians all my life, and I've absolutely had no pushback, so I would kill.
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I would do exactly what is going to do.
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I don't mean if you were Netanyahu, I mean if you were the Prime Minister of Israel.
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If I was Netanyahu, I wouldn't have done the stuff that would have led to October 7th.
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Fine, but that's not really where we are, that's not the reality of the situation.
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No, the reality of the situation that you want to corner people on October 7th, 7th
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and you forget no before hasn't this no I'm not trying to corner anyone I'm saying you just asked me
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if I was the Prime Minister of Israel yes I was Netanyahu no I would do
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that if I was Bassem I wouldn't have done the stuff
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that Netanyahu has done
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that would let me October 7th fine what I'm trying to
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get out with you I don't have an agenda I'm trying
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to understand from a normal person's perspective who's not as informed
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as you are right I'm not as informed as you are how to to think about this issue because I'm telling you, this is what a lot of people think.
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If I'm a normal person, how would I accept that my family would be killed, injured, and kidnapped every day before?
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Every party talks about the hostages, which is terrible, of course.
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But you know that there's 5,000 Palestinian palestinian hostages in israeli places
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but we don't call them hostages they are prisoners
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because they were arrested by people in uniform
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because they were put in in in prison institutions
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so we don't call them
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but at the fact of fact they are hostages they're taken
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they're kidnapped in the middle of the night from their families
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and they're put in the prison
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and half of those 5 000 people in prison there is no accusation against them
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if these are not hostages what are they we We talk about rape, but we don't talk about the sexual violence that has been committed against Palestinian women for all of these years.
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But we just take Israel word for it.
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We don't talk about murder, and we don't talk about the murder daily.
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Since October, in one month, after October 7th, in the West Bank, 40 children were killed.
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If 40 children were killed here in London, the whole world will be like up there in arms.
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But nobody cares because they are Palestinians, and their blood seems to be not as equal or not as precious as Israelis.
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Who's doing the killing, my habibi?
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Who's doing the killing?
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Who's doing the killing?
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Who's stealing the land?
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Who's pushing people out of their homes on every single day?
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Who's putting another human beings in a concentration camp condition and bombing the shit out of them for 50 years?
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And then you come and talk to me about October 7th.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “باسيم يوسف يفحم صحفي سؤال لو كنت رئيس وزراء اسرئيل ايش كنت تسوي”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: October, Netanyahu, hostages, palestinian, Israel. This video has 39 sentences and 518 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:16. The speaker talks fast, about 229 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 8 of its 39 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 |
|---|---|---|
| hostage noun | /ˈhɑs.tɪd͡ʒ/ | A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal. |
| inform verb | /ɪnˈfɔɹm/ | To communicate knowledge to. |
| killer noun | /ˈkɪlɚ/ | One who or that which kills. |
| institution noun | /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/ | A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| commit verb | /kəˈmɪt/ | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| uniform noun | /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ | A distinctive outfit that serves to identify members of a group, company, prison inmates, etc. |
| agenda noun | /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ | A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. |
| concentration noun | /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated. |
| prisoner noun | /ˈpɹɪzənə/ | A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence. |
| murderer noun | /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ | A person who commits murder. |
| accusation noun | /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ | The act of accusing. |
| kidnap verb | /ˈkɪdnæp/ | To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. |
| habib noun | mate; a term of endearment for a friend | |
| injure verb | /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If I was Netanyahu, I wouldn't have · if I was Bassem I wouldn't have · If I'm a normal person, how would I |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | would be killed · were arrested · were put |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has done · has been committed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
- Long words — get the stress right: institution /ˌɪn.stɪˈtʃuː.ʃən/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
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 hostage, inform, killer.
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.