Shadowing Practice: AI took my job. - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Good morning, I just finished work, so what a good day, but if you have watched my last video,

you might know what I'm going to talk about, but in my last video, as a quick little update,

I was talking about that potentially I'm going to lose my job to AI, and I lost it uh they my last days on friday

so that's fun um i'm now jobless for the foreseeable future um until obviously i can find something

but yeah it's just kind of really sets the vibe

that ai is really taking over and i feel like i have first -hand experience

if it if I didn't have first -hand experience

if I was hearing about this from somebody else they're like yeah you know AI is advancing

and blah blah I'd be like yeah whatever sure I know

but at the same time I would be like yeah

but you know how true is that but

because I have first -hand experience

and I can really see how AI is developing um

because I had to call a law firm I was answered by an AI bot

which was fun obviously it was not as good as talking to a human being

and then they didn't even let me talk to a human being

so that was fun um but yeah basically AI is everywhere

and I hate it I hate it with a deep passion we as a family are not consuming anything

that has ai in it like any youtube videos any music videos

or any music any songs we are not consuming anything ai even before i was fired

or even knew that i was potentially going to be fired we already stopped using anything ai

so i would recommend

that you as well do not consume anything that's ai um

i feel like on youtube it's pretty obvious at least for us

because like we're youtubers to see who has used ai for their thumbnails

and their titles or anything but for the thumbnail specifically

if they have ai in their thumbnails

i am not clicking on the video just as a like i don't know i don't know how effective

that is but that just feels good for us

and for me to do so we're not going to do

that and yeah ideally i wouldn't also be going to

that law firm that is also using ai because

that was someone's job a receptionist a customer you know care person does not have a job there

because an ai is just answering all the calls

so i don't like that but of course the majority of the stuff

that you know has to do with ai is completely out of my control

so i can't really do too much

but i will do as much as i can wherever i can

and i recommend

that you guys do the same just as a principle of supporting human beings just art songs videos everything yeah

i hope

that we can retain like the human beauty of imperfection of creating your own things about sharing with other people

and not ai by the way today is thursday

so tomorrow's my last day and today i finished up for today still had to work

which is you know whatever

but i only have to work two more days after they told me

so it's whatever it does feel like a really weird situation to be at work

while being fired while also you know having to do the job

but anyway what is the plan for today kind of clean up the van, there are lots of fan chores, there's always things to do.

I found your head rolling down the alley

Spent the day looking for your body

Remember how I met you

Dancing to the music

Maybe your cross needs to have this giant staff with me, it's literally huge.

Can you see the water?

Yeah.

I'm hoping though, there is a bridge over there.

I'm hoping now though.

I can spend more time with baby now that I don't have work

and I'm going to have lots of fun with him I'm going to get into lots of adventures and actually plan activities

This is also basically a park up that we could have been at, that's beautiful I guess the road over there is a little rough

But it could work

We have decided to actually stock up on a few essentials with food items

Because there's been a few countries that have recommended to stock up in a few days

We actually have very little space in our van right now to do

that so we're gonna get put our bikes in storage

and we're gonna get a box fill it with food you know pastas rice canned food just

so we have a little bit extra on the side

because our van cannot store that much food anyway

so we're gonna have a little bit more in the back

and we're also gonna make sure

that we have a little bit of cash as well on us just

so we had a situation where our bank can now crash twice

and we had no access so to prevent

that we're gonna have a bit of cash

i'm gonna have some food sucked up in the back just to make sure

that we are you know being smart being a bit safe i'd rather be safe than sorry

so that's our plan

i'm curious to know do you guys have food stored up

as well have you heard the news have you have other countries said

that you know you should suck up on a few days in case

there's some kind of shutdown of the internet or anything like

that let me know in the comments there's boar footprints going down

this way we actually saw a boar on the road

when we were driving once just recently i think it was yesterday

and it was

so weird to see a wild boar it was the first time ever on our trip

that we saw honestly almost any wild animal

which is kind of crazy to say that was interesting there's only one

but it was huge

and it just did not care in the middle of the road

it was just like walking slowly like nonchalant like it's it's their road

which i mean it is i guess

but i do not want to come across one of those in the night

because I'm sure that would be freaky as heck we just came back from the clerk

and we got a couple things we got to be some vitamins

because we ran out which is really good

and we wanted to get some hot dogs like some sausages to make hot dogs they didn't have the ones

that we love they actually didn't have very much at all we thought maybe some burgers

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when the burgers are really expensive and there's lots of toys

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that we saw of course and but we're gonna have the hot dog buns

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but with chicken like patties I guess I don't know how to call it

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but it's like

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if anyone knows it's like an imitation of like the chicken

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fillet roll from Ireland kind of you need to do it usually do with like baguettes

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but it's kind of a knockoff version of

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that for today like yet yeah we want to eat something quickly

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so we can get on the road it's getting

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or it's free it's basically dark already i also

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i'm starting to take these vitamins they're huge my baby isn't like the rest

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he actually wants to take his vitamins he just asked baby take vitamins yeah

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and these ones are like the flavor of peach

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which i think might be delicious i'm curious

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they smell like every other vitamin they're very very medicine -y

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you know you ready oh they're much more like peachy color though the ones were a lot more red

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or orange i mean how's that a little different yeah but okay yeah and some water

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the hot dog is done look at that oh

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that looks good i got some curry ketchup

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which i don't even know what we got i think

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we got it from little yeah little we get most of our things from little

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or one of those stores but this looks pretty darn good i'm excited to try actually really good

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honestly i'm not sure if the curry ketchup fits it's

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so sweet but it's really good all right it is already time for bed

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and we've been playing minecraft the entire time we're trying a new mod pack called cisco's adventure or something like that

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and it's a lot there's a lot of a lot in it

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and i feel like we're too old this point to like be playing for too long

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so you're playing for like a couple hours anyway which is already so long

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bedtime it's 10 10 past 10 i'm gonna go to sleep

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and i'll couch up with you tomorrow i finished my work

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that was my last day and it felt really odd but right now we're at a playground and baby's having a blast.

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It's quite chilly but it's fun to run around.

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There's a car over there.

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Show you guys.

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Not a tiny car, it's a big car.

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Yeah but I'm feeling very positive.

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I also had the meeting with my solicitor to sign some papers

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so I'm feeling a lot of relief that all that is done now.

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I just need to sign it and get it sent over, return my laptop.

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And then once that is done, then my day at the company is over.

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Besides that, I feel good.

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I feel positive about the future.

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I feel good about spending time with my baby.

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I'm going to have more time for that.

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Hold on!

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Hold on, Rani.

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Rani!

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But I think I'm going to end it here.

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And I'll see you.

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Oh, there goes the pause.

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I'll see you for Halloween.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “AI took my job”. This video has 150 sentences and 1696 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:30. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% 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

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
vitamin noun	/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/	Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found…
consume verb	/kənˈsum/	To use up.
adventure noun	/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/	A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
curious adjective	/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/	Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
suck verb	/sʌk/	To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
potentially adverb	/pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/	In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
burger noun	/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/	A hamburger.
curry noun	/ˈkʌ.ɹi/	One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.
passion noun	/ˈpæʃən/	A true desire sustained or prolonged.
delicious adjective	/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/	Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
principle noun	/ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/	A fundamental assumption, fundamental law or guiding belief.
blast noun	/blæst/	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
toy noun	/tɔɪ/	Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
laptop noun	/ˈlæp.tɑp/	A laptop computer.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
clean up verb	To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
come across verb	To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
come back from verb	To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
go down verb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
roll down verb	Synonym of wind down.
run around verb	To be very busy doing many different things.
run out verb	To use up or consume all
take over verb	To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Can you see the water?
I'm hoping though, there is a bridge over there.
I'm going to have more time for that.

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	have watched · has used · have decided
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was answered · was fired · be fired
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	out which is · anyway which is
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was talking · were driving

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 62 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, imperfection /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/, solicitor /səˈlɪsɪtɚ/, foreseeable /fɔɹˈsi.ə.bəl/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/

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 vitamin, consume, adventure.

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.

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