Shadowing Practice: Audience Dad Joke Compilation Lucy Darling - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The fact that it's Father's Day means something very special, because I have a...
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strange Fixation.
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Not that kind, calm down.
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No search terms, not that.
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But I love myself a dad joke.
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And something tells me on Father's Day, There's a lot of people here with a good dad joke in their pocket.
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Who's got a good one for me?
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Dad jokes, dad jokes, bad sad jokes,
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occasionally rad jokes, drive your children mad jokes, dad jokes, dad jokes.
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You got a good dad joke?
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What's your name, my love?
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Alexia.
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Alexia, Alexia, go.
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How do you make an idiot say how?
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How?
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Oh damn it.
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Dad jokes, dad jokes, bad sad jokes, occasionally rad jokes, drive children mad jokes.
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You're very brave.
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You got one?
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What's yours?
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What do you call a cow that has just given birth?
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What is a cow that just called given birth?
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Decavinated.
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How do billboards communicate with each other?
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How?
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Sign language.
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Do you know why elevators are so great?
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Why are elevators so great?
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They're very uplifting.
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I actually don't like elevators anymore because they always let me down.
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Oh!
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Bad jokes!
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We're never coming back to Pontiac.
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Pass it down.
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Pass it down to our lovely pop over there.
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Hi, what do you got?
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What do you call a cow with no legs?
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What do you call a cow with no legs?
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Ground beef.
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Oh, dad jokes.
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Mad, mad, mad jokes.
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I'm learning a lot about this room today.
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'Cause we all pictured a gross thing, but the cow thing was like too far, apparently.
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What do you got?
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What do you got?
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Oh, there's one way back here.
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Oh, you got one, too.
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What do you got?
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What do you call a cow with three legs?
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What do you call a cow with three legs?
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Lean bee.
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Oh my god.
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I feel like people coordinated this before the show today.
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I'm coming all the way.
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Way at the back.
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Hey, gorgeous, what do you got for me?
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What did the sushi say to the bee?
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What did the sushi say to the bee?
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Wasabi.
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I'm sorry.
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That is some commitment to a joke right there.
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I love that.
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Okay, that does mean that everybody has to get lean beef tattooed on them What do you got?
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What do you got?
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What's brown and sticky?
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No. No. Dead jokes, dead jokes, even in Leningrad jokes.
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We have to cut a line somewhere.
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My book about chronology finally arrived.
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It's about time.
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Okay.
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Dad jokes.
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Oh, rad jokes.
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What do you got?
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What do you call a Romeo?
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What do you call Romeo?
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Really old men eating out.
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Dad jokes!
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Dad jokes!
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Dad jokes!
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Dad jokes!
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Sad jokes!
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Really sad jokes.
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I wish my brain didn't automatically picture things.
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Why do bees have sticky hair?
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I'm s - no, I don't know.
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Hold on.
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What are you doing to the bees?
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Why do bees have sticky hair?
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Because they use honeycombs.
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Dad jokes, dad jokes, now that was a pretty glad joke.
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How do the oceans greet each other?
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How do the oceans greet each other?
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They wave.
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Ah.
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Dad jokes, mad jokes.
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I love that at this point we're doing the punchline together.
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Good boy.
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Good.
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The only appropriate reactions to a dad joke are a groan or a Okay, okay, okay, okay?
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Okay?
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Okay?
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Why did you say the word gay right when I started talking?
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We got what you got?
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I'm a dad.
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Yeah, I have a beard.
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Oh Okay.
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What?
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Hey Jack, can you clip that and send it to the missus?
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Excellent.
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I, I, the, the crew...
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Oh man.
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You can't imagine how great these people are to travel with and work with.
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They're the best.
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- Aww.
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- Yes.
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- You're not my daughter and forget about it.
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Anyway, they gave me dad scratch off joke cards.
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Let me just give you one.
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What do you call a fake noodle?
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What?
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An impasta!
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Ha!
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Grown!
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See?
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That's a good one.
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And here's one I haven't scratched off yet. Should we?
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Yeah.
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What does a sprinter eat before a race?
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I don't know.
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Thank you.
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- - Nothing!
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They fast!
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Dad jokes, dad jokes, sad jokes, sometimes rad jokes, make your children mad jokes.
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Dad jokes, dad jokes.
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To the fathers!
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- Cheers!
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- Cheers!
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will practice your English listening and speaking skills by engaging with the light-hearted world of dad jokes. The transcript features a variety of humorous jokes shared in a playful environment. By listening to the jokes and the delivery, you'll enhance your pronunciation, intonation, and overall conversational skills—all crucial elements of the shadowing technique. This lesson is ideal for learners who want to combine fun with effective English practice, making it perfect for those preparing for tests like IELTS.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Dad joke: A pun or a simple, often corny joke typically associated with fathers.
- Decaf (Decavinated): A play on words referring to coffee that has had most of its caffeine removed, used humorously in a joke about cows.
- Sign language: A form of communication using visual gestures, referenced in a joke about billboards.
- Uplifting: A term indicating something that makes you feel happy or inspired, used humorously regarding elevators.
- Ground beef: A pun referring to the meat from a cow with no legs, showcasing the playful language of dad jokes.
- Elevators: A device for transporting people between different floors, often used to deliver punchlines.
- Mad jokes: Jokes that drive children crazy, emphasizing the playful and silly nature of humor.
Practice Tips
To make the most of this engaging lesson, consider using the shadowing technique as you practice your speaking skills. Here are some tailored tips for shadowing this particular video:
- Listen closely: Pay attention to how the speaker delivers each joke. Notice the rhythm, pauses, and intonation.
- Repeat immediately: As soon as you hear a joke, try to repeat it aloud. This will help reinforce your grasp of pronunciation and natural speech patterns in English.
- Adopt the tone: Since the speaker uses a lively and humorous tone, try to imitate this in your practice to capture the fun essence of dad jokes.
- Record yourself: Use your phone to record your shadow speech. Listening back can help you identify areas for improvement.
- Engage with peers: Share your favorite dad jokes with friends or fellow learners, using the key phrases you’ve learned to spark conversation.
By practicing in this enjoyable and engaging way, you'll not only improve your fluency but also prepare yourself for real-life conversational situations, such as those you might encounter in IELTS speaking practice. So grab a good dad joke, and get started!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has just given · haven't scratched |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | We're never coming · I'm learning · I'm coming |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | has to get · have to cut |
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.