Shadowing Practice: Angus Young talking about George Young as AC/DC producer - Learn English Speaking with Video

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We had my brother George, he was helping us.
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It was good fun just being with him again.
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And it also helped us when we came,
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when Malcolm and myself, when we started getting the ideas together and we decided what we should look for in the producer,
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he was the first one that we said, hey, why should we guess?
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We knew what we wanted.
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We wanted a rock and roll album and we thought,
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well, hell, George knows us as good as anyone and he's rock and roll and we don't have to get into that.
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If you're working with somebody you've never worked before, half your battle is showing them who you are, what you are and how you want to go about doing it you know,
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and so you save a lot of time that way.
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And we get the result that we know we'll be happy with, you know.
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Especially when it's straight ahead rock and roll.

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You're practicing English with "Angus Young talking about George Young as AC/DC producer" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

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Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowyou've never worked

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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