Shadowing Practice: Anime Motivational Speech for When You’re Done Losing - Learn English Speaking with Video
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WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!
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WHAT THE HELL DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT ME, HUH?!
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NOTHING!
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I'll tell you what kind of man I really am!
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I have no strength, but I want it all.
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I have no knowledge, but all I do is dream.
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There's nothing I can do, but I struggle in vain like an idiot!
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I...
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I hate...
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I HATE MYSELF!
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All I do is talk a big game and make myself sound like a big shot when I can't do anything!
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I never do anything, yet I complain with the best of them like it's my job or something!
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Who the hell do I think I am?!
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I'm a fraud!
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It's amazing that I can live like this and not feel ashamed!
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Before I came to this place, before I got into the situation that led me to all of you, do you have any idea what I did with my life?
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I did nothing, that's what.
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I've never done a single thing worth mentioning!
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Wanting to accomplish something important when I've never done anything to earn it goes way beyond the limitations of arrogance!
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The cost of my lifetime of laziness
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and all the wasteful habits I forged along the way just ends up killing both you and me.
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The weakest hunter of all mankind?
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Yeah, I hear that's what they've been calling you.
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Oh, I see.
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They're adults, yet they act like such childish jerks sometimes.
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Work hard and prove them all wrong.
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I know you can.
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Right, I will.
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Thanks, Mr. Song.
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I'm weak so I get a crappy nickname.
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I'm weak so no one believes in me!
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I hate how worthless I am.
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I want strength!
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Overwhelming power brings people to their knees.
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The strong go into every situation with an advantage.
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The weak quiver in fear or stand around helplessly.
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The weak get looked down on.
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Now answer me this, what makes you bow your heads like it?
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Why do you bow your heads?
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We are the weak just as we have always been.
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Don't you see?
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Nothing has changed at all
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True the stronger races may imitate our weapons
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But they will never master them
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because at the heart of our strength lies a fearful anxiety born of our most humiliating weaknesses
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This fear has given us the insight to not only escape from magic, but to learn its secrets.
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It has given us the wisdom of experience, because we must predict the future to survive!
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Listen, Simon, don't believe in yourself.
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Huh?
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Believe in me!
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Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!
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Set your heart ablaze.
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Dry your eyes and look ahead.
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You may feel like digging your heels in, but the flow of time waits for no one it won't
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patiently stand by as you grieve i can't tell you
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that you have to figure it out stand up and walk keep moving forward you've got two good legs so use them
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you're strong enough to make your own path why human why
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do you not despair i already told you I don't have time for despair!
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There's someone I can't lose to, no matter what!
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We've made a promise!
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One that I won't break!
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Not yet.
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I'm not done!
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It's not over.
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I won't give up!
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You're the reason I can push past my limits.
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Everything that you thought had meaning, every hope, dream, or moment of happiness...
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None of it matters as you lie bleeding out on the battlefield.
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None of it changes what a speeding rock does to a body.
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We all die.
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But does that mean our lives are meaningless?
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Does that mean that there was no point in our being born?
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There was a moment when you actually said you gave up.
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Surrender is an outcome far worse than defeat.
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Wipe that smile off your face!
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Stopping black!
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Is that your only goal?
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You think it ends there?
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Would you say that of our slain comrades?
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What about their lives?
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Were they meaningless?
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They were not!
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Their memory serves as an example to us all!
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The courageous fallen, the anguished fallen, their lives have meaning because we the living refuse to forget them.
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Think about the next threat, in a year or five or ten, or think about your pride.
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If Satan's blood flows in your veins, if you're my son as you claim, then I won't tolerate you losing to anyone!
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You'll be the best, or you'll be nothing!
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And as we ride to certain death, we trust our successors to do the same for us!
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Because my soldiers do not buckle or yield when faced with the cruelty of this world!
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My soldiers push forward!
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My soldiers scream out!
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my soldiers READ!
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Doesn't matter how smart, creative, or kind they are, the weak always lose.
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I always lose.
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My kindness never saved me.
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No. What I need now is true strength, and I am not gonna give up until I get it!
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Just watch me!
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I'll get stronger if it's the last thing I do.
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Thanks, Rem.
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And now watch me.
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You get a front row seat.
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I...
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You'll see the man you fell in love with become the most awesome hero you
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and the rest of this world have ever known!
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I told you.
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I just don't know when to give up.
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Why fight a hopeless battle trying to defy your destiny?
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Because people called me a failure!
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I'll prove them wrong!
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My clones were pathetic.
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That's right, I flunked the Shadow Clone Jutsu every time!
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So don't come whining to me with this Destiny stuff, and stop trying to tell me you can't change what you are!
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You can do it too!
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Get a hold of yourself!
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Stop crying and running away!
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Doing that isn't going to get you anywhere!
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I hate myself more than anyone else.
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I always try to get my act together, but I just end up running away or cowering in fear.
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I'm pathetic.
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I want to change.
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I want to be a capable individual.
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Do you know what the process of forging a sword is?
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When making a sword, you hammer and hammer to get rid of impurities and anything else you don't need.
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The greater the purity of the blade, the more durable it becomes.
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Mastering even one is cause for celebration.
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You can only do one thing.
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Hone it to perfection.
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Work on refining it to its utmost potential.
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Zenitsu, perfect it.
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It's alright to cry, or go off by yourself.
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Just don't ever give up.
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Believe in yourself.
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You endured all that hellish training.
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You'll be rewarded for that without question.
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Work to forge yourself like a tempered blade, and become the most resilient of all.
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Focus on what you do best.
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Don't ever give up.
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Don't ever give up.
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Even if it's painful.
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Even if it's agonizing.
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Don't try to take the easy way out.
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I'll never be a hero.
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I'm just an ordinary guy, and I've reached my damn limit.
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Your limit?
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What decides what your limit is?
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Instead of overthinking your setbacks, just focus on moving forward.
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I get it!
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You were tricked!
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You couldn't protect the ones you loved!
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And everything you once believed in was lost!
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You're dealing with so many crazy feelings, you can't stand it anymore!
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That's why I have to tell you this!
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Don't you dare give up again!
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All you've ever done is give up!
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Instead of facing your problems, you locked yourself away and hid in the darkness because you thought it was the easiest thing to do!
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You had the guts to make everything else happen right!
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You did that!
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Maybe you weren't chosen, maybe no one wanted you, and maybe you can't be forgiven!
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But you still have to stand your ground without making excuses for yourself!
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No matter what it takes.
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Even if it means becoming a devil, I have to push past my limits.
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If I can't get through this, then I'll never become the Wizard King.
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Right here, right now, I'm going to push past my limits!
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How could I have forgotten its survival of the fittest in this world?
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This world filled with violence, deception and betrayal.
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How could I?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Anime Motivational Speech for When You’re Done Losing”. This video has 166 sentences and 1375 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:35. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| forge noun | /fɔɹd͡ʒ/ | A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. |
| meaningless adjective | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.ləs/ | Lacking meaning. |
| despair noun | /dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/ | Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. |
| pathetic adjective | /pəˈθɛtɪk/ | Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos. |
| hammer noun | /ˈhæmɚ/ | A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding. |
| destiny noun | /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ | That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will. |
| blade noun | /bleɪd/ | The (typically sharp-edged) part of a knife, sword, razor, or other tool with which it cuts. |
| ablaze adjective | /əˈbleɪz/ | Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. |
| agonizing adjective | /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/ | Causing physical or mental agony. |
| anguish noun | /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ | Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress; an emotional state caused by intense misery or suffering. |
| grieve verb | /ɡɹiːv/ | To cause sorrow or distress to. |
| hellish adjective | /ˈhɛlɪʃ/ | infernal, related or similar to hell. |
| helplessly adverb | /ˈhɛlpləsli/ | Without protection or assistance. |
| humiliate verb | /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/ | To cause to be ashamed; to injure the dignity and self-respect of. |
| imitate verb | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ | To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). | |
| push past verb | To rudely force one's way in front of another. | |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. | |
| run away verb | To flee by running. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| go off verb | To explode. | |
| look ahead verb | To consider the future, to anticipate future events. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why do you bow your heads?
- Is that your only goal?
- You think it ends there?
- Would you say that of our slain comrades?
- What decides what your limit is?
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 | I've never done · have always been · has changed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being born · be rewarded · were tricked |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/, worthless /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: anguish /ˈæŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, hellish /ˈhɛlɪʃ/, patiently /ˈpeɪʃəntli/, deception /dɪˈsɛpʃən/, limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: agonizing /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ/, humiliate /hjuːˈmɪliˌeɪt/, limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like forge, meaningless, despair.
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.