Shadowing Practice: Back To School Scene | SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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We're covering the first day of senior year for Midtown High's most famous student, Peter Parker.
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Go get him, tiger.
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Or should I say, spider?
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The crowd has continued to grow here all morning long at the Midtown School of Science and Technology.
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The crowd seems evenly divided between supporters of Spider-Man and protesters.
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Insta!
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Insta!
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Insta, we love you!
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Insta, are you gonna have this spider baby?
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Back up!
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Back up!
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Back up!
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I'm telling you, he's a murderer, right?
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Hey Peter, you're gonna say fuck with me.
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Serial murder!
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Stop, Flash!
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Hey, listen, you and MJ can't!
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Back off!
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Who are you?
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I'm Ned Leeds.
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I'm Spider-Man's best friend.
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You come at my boy, you come at Flash Thompson.
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If you want to read about our inspiring friendship, you can now in my new book, Flashpoint.
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One Spider, Two Hearts, A Million Crazy-Ass Memories.
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Check it out.
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Go.
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No, I gotta wait.
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No, go.
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I'll see you inside, okay?
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Keep watching Midtown News all year as we bring you up close and personal coverage of Peter fighting his biggest battle yet.
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College admissions.
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Peter, we would love to welcome you back to Midtown High, where we shape heroes.
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Uh-huh. Or murderers.
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Stop it.
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Huh?
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It's an honor to serve you.
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Serve.
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It's not.
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Mysterio was right.
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Stop.
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We don't, that's all.
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Some of the students put this together for you.
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No, you did that.
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You did that.
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I helped a little bit.
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Oh, wow.
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And I tried to stop you so many times, but you piled through.
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He did all of it.
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You did a great job.
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I hope you have time to stop and check it out.
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Yeah, yeah, and feel free to walk or swing through the hallway or crawl on the ceiling to avoid everybody.
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We all know you can do it.
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I'm just going to know what you did.
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Stop it.
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You're embarrassing yourself.
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You know what you did.
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He's a conspiracy theorist.
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Can we just stay up here all day?
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It is so crazy down there.
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Wait, this one's good.
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Some suggest that Parker's powers include the male spider's ability to hypnotize females,
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which he used to seduce Jones Watson into his cult of personality.
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Stop, stop.
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Yes, my spider lord.
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Yes, my spider lord.
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Finally, some privacy.
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It is so crazy down there.
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So, I was thinking, when we get into MIT, we should lift together.
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Yeah, for sure.
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Yeah, I'd love that.
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This is gonna be us.
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Yes.
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Mine is the frisbee and the smiling.
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MIT's obviously the dream, but if we match up our backup schools, then either way, we'll all be together in Boston.
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New school, new town, I can Spider-Man there.
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I mean, they have crime in Boston, right?
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Yes, yes.
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Yeah, wicked crime.
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Yeah, so it'll be like a fresh start.
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What's up?
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I don't know, I just feel like if you don't...
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If you expect disappointment, then you can never really get disappointed.
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Come on. Be a fresh start.
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And we'll all be together.
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Yeah, you're right, yeah.
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Fresh start.
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Yeah.
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Fresh start.
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First one's here!
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No. It's okay.
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It's a back-up school.
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Painter!
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No?
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Last one.
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Someone paint!
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Okay.
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Ready?
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Jones, I told you to take down the Halloween decorations.
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Actually, that was Sasha, so...
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Enough attitude.
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Just do it. On it.
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I feel like I'm gonna puke.
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Well, don't, because he will just make me clean it.
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This is our only shot.
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It's here or nowhere.
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Hey, come on.
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Okay, you guys ready?
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Yeah.
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Okay, on three.
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One, two, three.
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No. No. You?
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In light of recent controversy, we are unable to consider your application at this time.
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This is so not fair.
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I mean, this is so not fair.
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I didn't do anything wrong.
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I mean, you guys definitely didn't do anything wrong.
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Expect disappointment and you will never get disappointed.
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No sleep till!
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Bum bum!
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Bum bum!
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Boston!
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You guys didn't get in?
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Yeah, because we're actually friends with Spider-Man.
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Uh, yeah.
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I better get going.
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There's a mixer for new admissions and.. and sorry guys.
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Jones, what are you doing?
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Get back to work!
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Yeah, I'm coming.
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You know what?
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I wouldn't change a thing I did.
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Me neither.
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Although, I do need to show this letter to my parents.
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Thank you for clicking on our video, everybody video everybody.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Back To School Scene”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: spider, insta, Midtown, bum, fresh. This video has 136 sentences and 778 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:31. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| admissions noun | The department, section, administrative team, etc., that process admissions for an institution, hospital, etc.; the place where such a department is located. | |
| murderer noun | /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ | A person who commits murder. |
| disappointment noun | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ | The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad… |
| embarrass verb | /ɪmˈbæɹəs/ | To disrupt someone's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely. |
| hypnotize verb | /ˈhɪpnətaɪ̯z/ | To induce a state of hypnosis in. |
| protester noun | /pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/ | One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling. |
| seduce verb | /sɪˈd(j)uːs/ | To beguile or lure (someone) away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray. |
| theorist noun | /ˈθiːəɹəst/ | Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| evenly adverb | /ˈiːvənli/ | So as to form a flat surface. |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| hallway noun | /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/ | A corridor in a building that connects rooms. |
| crawl verb | /kɹɔːl/ | To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby. |
| decoration noun | /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/ | The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation. |
| painter noun | /ˈpeɪntɚ/ | An artist who paints pictures. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| back up verb | To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. |
| back off verb | To move backwards away from something. |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) |
| stay up verb | To remain awake; to not go to bed. |
| take down verb | To remove something from a wall or similar vertical surface to which it is fixed. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Insta, are you gonna have this spider baby?
- I'm telling you, he's a murderer, right?
- Can we just stay up here all day?
- You guys didn't get in?
- Jones, what are you doing?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should I say · should lift |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll see · we'll all · it'll be |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna have · gonna say · I'm just going to know |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | We're covering · I'm telling · are you doing |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: disappointment /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/, controversy /kənˈtɹɒv.ə.si/, conspiracy /kənˈspɪɹəsi/
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 spider, admissions, murderer.
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.