Shadowing Practice: Anı Yaşamayı Neden Başaramıyoruz? | Cemalnur Sargut #cemalnursargut - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now, there is a very nice thing that I've done in the future.
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There are a lot of things that I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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I've done a lot of things that I've done in the future.
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That's what I've done in the future.
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I think it's a very important problem.
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It's a very important problem.
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I think it's a very important problem.
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I think it's a very important problem.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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I think it's a very important thing.
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So, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son,
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my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son,
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my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son,
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my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son,
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my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son, my son.
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying, I don't know what I'm saying,
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I don't know what I'm
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And at the moment of the heart of the heart of
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the heart of the heart of the heart of the heart
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of the heart of the heart of the heart of the
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heart of the heart of the heart of the heart of
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the heart of the heart of the heart of the heart
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of the heart of the heart of the heart of the
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heart of the heart of the heart of the heart of
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the heart of the heart of the heart of the heart of the heart of the heart.
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And we have a lot of people who have a lot
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of people who have a lot of people who have a
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lot of people who have a lot of people who have
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a lot of people who have a lot of people who
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have a lot of people who have a lot of people
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who have a lot of people who have a lot of
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people who have a lot of people who have a lot
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of people who have a lot of people who have a
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lot of people who have a lot of people who have
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a lot of people who have a lot of people who
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have a lot of people who have a lot of people who have a lot of people.
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That's why it's a very important thing to understand.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's why it's a very sad thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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That's the most important thing.
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So yes, we have to consider a future, but we have to live in the present and work in the present.
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And that's what we're doing now, and we're doing a long time, and we're working on it.
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And that will become a future that is present in the present.
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Peki şimdi şikayet etmemekten bahsettik bir de şimdi sürekli şikayet etmek bir de demin bahsettik kendini değerli görmemek.
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Şimdi bunu deminden beri anlatıyorsunuz beyefendi de hakikaten anlatıyor ve ben
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bunları dinlediğim zaman tamam diyorum yani ben aklımda her şey oturdu
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harika her seferinde de böyle olur sizinle sohbet ettiğimde müthiş ben bu işi çözdüm bu işi çözemiyoruz.
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Zihnimiz mi bize oyun oynuyor ne yapıyor?
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Now, we know that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information
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that we have a lot of information that we have a lot of information that we have a lot I don't know,
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I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know,
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I don't know, I don't know,
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I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
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You know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know,
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you know, you know, you Hiç doğru veriler almadı ki doğru netice versin diyor.
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Bu kadar yanlış veriyle nasıl doğru yorum yapsın diyor.
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Peki akıl ne yapacak bu durumda diyor.
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Şöyle diyecek diyor.
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Yok mu bir doğruyu gören ve bilen vücut içinde?
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İşte gönül var, kalp var diyor.
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O gönül gözü mü oluyor?
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O gönül gözü oluyor.
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Orası Allah 'ın nuruyla aydınlanırsa ki
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Allah ben yerlerim ve göklerim nuruyum buyuruyor ayeti kerimede or if it is aydınlanırsa,
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yani yavaş yavaş kendi nefsinin hiçliğini idrak etmeye başlarsa, o zaman vücutta nefsaniyetin çok faydalı olmadığını,
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aklın da geçerli olmadığını kalp kararlarından anlıyoruz.
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Ancak akıl ve kalp kararda birleşirse, o zaman bilgi kemal noktasına ulaşıyor ve o zaman siz onu yaşamaya başlayın.
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Kalp kararlı.
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Evet.
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Yes, now this is a question, there is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question
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that is a question that is a question that is a question that is a question that is a question that
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There is a very good one.
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He says, He says, He says, He says, He says, He says, He says, He says, He says,
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He says, Now, Ruhun yani sendeki diri kısım yani
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Allah 'a ait, direkt
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Allah 'a ait kısım ezel alemine gidiyor, Allah 'ın yanına dönüyor her gece.
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Nefsin burada kalıyor, ego, nefsin burada kalıyor.
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Şimdi sen bütün gün nefsinle meşgul sen, şuna şu kötülüğü yapayım, buna bunu yapayım ya da kendimi en güzel ortaya çıkarayım den meşgul sen.
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Gördüğün rüya nefsinin rüyası olduğu için negatiflikleri görüyorsun diyor.
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Just Freud's yorumladığı bu tür rüyalardır.
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But if you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part of it,
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you're a part of it, you're a part of it, you're a part

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Anı Yaşamayı Neden Başaramıyoruz?”. This video has 155 sentences and 1912 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:27. The speaker talks fast, about 226 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 73% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
zaman noun/zəˈmɑn/Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
kava noun/kɑː.və/A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
blin noun/blɪn/A blintz or blini.
demin noun/dɪˈmɪn/Demineralized water.
kendi nounA container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for…
nokta nounThe Eastern Arabic numeral representing the number zero: ٠.
versin nounSynonym of vers.
consider verb/kənˈsɪd.ə/To think about seriously.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • That's what I've done in the future.
  • I think it's a very important problem.
  • I think it's a very important thing.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've done
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thingpeople who have
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a groupthe most important
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm saying · we're doing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 113 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like zaman, kava, blin.

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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