Shadowing Practice: ADHD Is Not A Superpower | Mel Robbins #shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Is ADHD a superpower?
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No. Everyone asks me that.
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I am so jealous of the people who say that it is.
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I'm jealous of the people who say that it is.
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And the reason for that is I feel like there are some things
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that ADHD has brought me that I wouldn't have otherwise.
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Like being on social media, going to the White House, getting book deals.
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Like that is because of my ADHD.
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That's because of that hyper focus.
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That's because I was interested in something and it bled into this area.
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But there's also things on a day-to-day scale that I feel so limited by.
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And I feel like the analogy that I give is, it's like a superpower that I have very little agency over.
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Because it's like, you can fly now and that's your superpower, but you can't choose when or where.
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You're just going to blast off into space at any given time.
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I love the concept of a positive reframe.
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And I think there is some beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful things about ADHD.
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I really do.
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But I think there's also some things that are really difficult to deal with.
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And I think when people continuously focus on that superpower trope, it kind of, for me, it diminishes the struggle.
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And so I feel like the best way to approach ADHD is just realistically.
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They're good, just like anything else.
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There's good stuff, there's bad stuff, and it's how you deal with it.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “ADHD Is Not A Superpower”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Adhd, superpower, beautiful. This video has 22 sentences and 251 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:29. The speaker talks at a natural 169 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.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| jealous adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ | Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. |
| blast noun | /blæst/ | A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle). |
| continuously adverb | /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ | Without pause. |
| bleed verb | /ˈbliːd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| analogy noun | /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/ | A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation. |
| superpower noun | A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union. | |
| diminish verb | /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/ | To make smaller. |
| realistically adverb | In a realistic manner. | |
| reframe verb | To mount in a frame again. | |
| trope noun | /tɹoʊp/ | Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif. |
| struggle noun | /ˈstɹʌɡəl/ | A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. |
| focus noun | /ˈfoʊ̯.kəs/ | A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. |
| positive adjective | /ˈpɑzɪtɪv/ | Included, present, characterized by affirmation. |
| approach verb | /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/ | To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. |
| choose verb | /t͡ʃuːz/ | To pick; to make the choice of; to select. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: continuously /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/, analogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
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 jealous, blast, continuously.
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.