Shadowing Practice: Barbie: Mermaidia PART 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Foon's a fungus.
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Call me Fungus Maximus.
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Maximumas.
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Fungus?
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Fungus!
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Excuse me.
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FUNGUS!
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Oh, fungus.
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There you are.
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Do you have the Prince?
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We do!
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You're most eminent of eminences.
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And I know just how to make sure he'll take us to the immunity berry.
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Then all you have to do is to eat it.
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And I'll be invulnerable to all magic.
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Past, present and future.
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No more exile in the bogs of the hinterlands.
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My sister the Enchantress will be powerless over me.
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Oh!
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Over us.
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Us?
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Oh, of course, over us.
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Bring me the berry, and you'll rule by my side.
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I will your deviousness.
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And might I take this opportunity to say how extremely fetching you look this morning.
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Few women thrive in dank, boggy air, but you...
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The berry, Max.
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Get the berry!
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No!
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Forget it, Fungus.
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I'll never take you to the immunity berry.
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I love when captives are difficult.
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Makes my job so much more fun.
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I'm not sure what you're doing.
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Eww!
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Eww, indeed.
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Just one drop chokes every bit of air from water, killing everything inside.
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Makes you rethink taking me to the berry, no?
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You'd only give the berry to Laverna.
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Oh, very astute.
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Oopsie, look at that.
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I couldn't help you even if I wanted to.
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The berry's underwater.
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Last I looked, fungi don't have gills.
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I wonder how long it would take for the poison in crystal cone to taint all of Mermaidia.
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Five minutes, ten, certainly not enough time to warn anyone.
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Oh, or save them.
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Ah, well, won't be long now.
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That last pool should overflow in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three...
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Alright, find us!
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I'll take you to the berry.
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There's special seaweed you can eat to make you breathe underwater.
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Wise choice.
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And of course Nalo only took the Zip's smallest part of Romania, which was silly, because we all wanted to meet the fairy who was willing to take on Laverna.
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I mean, wouldn't you?
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No!
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No?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 57 sentences and 336 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:03. The speaker talks at a steady 110 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 76% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| berry noun | /ˈbɛɹi/ | A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties. |
| fungus noun | /ˈfʌŋ.ɡəs/ | A eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular. |
| underwater adjective | /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/ | Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface. |
| immunity noun | /ɪˈmjuːnəti/ | Protective resistance against disease. |
| crystal noun | /ˈkɹɪstəl/ | A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| warn verb | /woɹn/ | To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc. |
| exile noun | /ˈɛɡˌzaɪl/ | The state of being banished from one's home or country. |
| cone noun | /ˈkoʊn/ | A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line. |
| thrive verb | /θɹajv/ | To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish. |
| choke verb | /t͡ʃoʊk/ | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air… |
| captive noun | /ˈkæptɪv/ | One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. |
| fetch verb | /fɛt͡ʃ/ | To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'll, you're, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, thrive /θɹajv/, rethink /ɹiːˈθɪŋk/
- Long words — get the stress right: underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, immunity /ɪˈmjuːnəti/, invulnerable /ɪnˈvʌl.nə.ɹə.bəl/
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 berry, fungus, underwater.
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.