Shadowing Practice: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST All Movie Clips (1991) - Learn English Speaking with Video
Choose a practice mode
Each mode opens a full-screen practice room.
57 sentences
If sentences are too short or too long, click Edit to adjust them.
1
There goes the baker with his tray like always
2
The same old bread and rolls to sound Every morning just the same Don't deal me!
3
Since the morning that we came to this poor provincial town Good morning, Belle!
4
Morning, Monsieur!
5
Where are you off to?
6
The bookshop.
7
I just finished the most wonderful story About a beanstalk and an ogre and a- That's nice.
8
Marie!
9
The baguettes!
10
Hurry up!
11
Look, there she goes, the girl is strange No question, this guy's distracted, can't you tell?
12
Never pause in any crowd, cause her head's upon some cloud No denying she's a funny girl that bears Bonjour!
13
Good day!
14
How is your family?
15
Bonjour!
16
Good day!
17
How is your wife?
18
I made six eggs!
19
That's to expense!
20
There must be more than this provincial life!
21
Here now.
22
Oh, don't do that.
23
Just hold still. That hurts!
24
If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
25
Well, if you hadn't have run away, this wouldn't have happened.
26
If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away.
27
Well, you shouldn't have been in the West Wing.
28
Well, you should learn to control your temper.
29
Now hold still.
30
This might sting a little.
31
By the way, thank you for saving my life.
32
You're welcome.
33
Oh There's
34
something sweet and almost kind, but he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined.
35
And now he's dear and so unsure, I wonder why I didn't see it there before.
36
She glanced this way, I thought I saw.
37
And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw.
38
No, it can't be, I'll just ignore.
39
But then she's never looked at me that way before.
40
Every guy here'd love to be you Gaston Even when taking your lumps
41
There's no man in town as admired as you You're everyone's favorite guy Everyone's awed
42
and inspired by you And it's not very hard to see why No one's slick as Gaston,
43
no one's quick as Gaston, no one's next as incredibly thick as Gaston, for there's no man in town half as manly.
44
Perfect or pure paragon, you can ask any Tom,
45
Dick or Stanley, and they'll tell you whose team they prefer to be on.
46
Oof!
47
No one's big like Gaston, a kid big like Gaston.
48
No one's got us well-classed in his gym like Gaston.
49
As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!
50
I want a guy that gets on!
51
Tail as old as time True as it can be Barely even friends Then somebody bends Unexpectedly
52
Just a little change.
53
Small to say the least, both a little scared.
54
Neither one prepared, beauty and the beast.
55
Ever just the same.
56
Ever a surprise.
57
Ever as before, ever just as sure as the sun will rise
Download App
Everything you need to speak fluently
AI PronunciationScore every sentence
IPA PracticeMaster every sound
VocabularyBuild your word bank
Vocab GameLearn while playing
Same Channel
B12
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Audition Scene - DIARY OF A WIMPY KID (2010) Movie Clip
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B21
Joker's Interrogation Scene - THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) Movie Clip
Daily ConversationWorking Adults
B22
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - First 9 Minutes From The Movie (2018)
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
A21
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA Movies Best Scenes & Funny Moments
KidsDaily Conversation
A23
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 All Movie Clips (2015)
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A23
Fish Are Friends... Not Food! Scene - FINDING NEMO (2003) Movie Clip
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A23
Georgie Meets Pennywise Scene - IT (2017) Movie Clip
TeensHigh School Students
A12
PAW PATROL: The Movie All Clips (2021)
KidsDaily Conversation
B12
Birds vs. Pigs = Absolute Chaos 😂 ANGRY BIRDS Best Action Scenes
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B130
ZOOTOPIA 2 New Trailer (2025)
KidsTeensHigh School Students
B12
Animals Aim For Revenge - HOPPERS Movie Clip (2026) Pixar
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
B13
JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL - 10 Minutes From The Movie (2019)
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
A25
Woody Returns... Balding and with a Belly - TOY STORY 5 Movie Clip (2026) Pixar
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
B23
“You Are A Senior Editor at Runway?” - THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 Movie Clip (2026) Emily Blunt
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B14
30 Minutes of Fan-Favorite HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA Movie Scenes
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A22
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY All Movie Clips (2013)
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A22
Dracula and Monster Johnny's Jungle Adventure 😂 HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMANIA Full Scene
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A23
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 4 All Movie Clips + Trailer (2022)
KidsTravel EnglishTeens
B12
DREAMBUILDERS Trailer (2020)
KidsTeens
B111
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS All Movie Clips (2025)
TeensHigh School Students
FOR YOU
Recommend Video
A22
59 sentences
Belajar Bahasa Inggris dengan Film Disney: Beauty and The Beast
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A282
59 sentences
Minions (1/10) Movie CLIP - Many Evil Bosses (2015) HD
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A218
63 sentences
Tangled (2010) - Rapunzel Realization Scene (8/10) | Cartoon Clips
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A23
543 sentences
Zootopia ALL Clips + Trailers (2016) | Fandango Family
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A266 sentences
THE ARISTOCATS Clip - "Greed" (1970) Disney
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A22
265 sentences
Beauty and the Beast in English | Story | @EnglishFairyTales
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A21
106 sentences
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG Clip - "Tiana's Place" (2009)
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A22
22 sentences
Best Scenes Ever - Ratatouille (Change is nature)
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
![[PW 2026] Dubbing Movie - Beauty and the Beast](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9sjhkDsNoBE/mqdefault.jpg)
A2522
40 sentences
[PW 2026] Dubbing Movie - Beauty and the Beast
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A25
217 sentences
ENCANTO Official Songs, Clips & Trailers Compilation
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
A24
49 sentences
Brave Part 09
KidsTeensDaily Conversation
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST All Movie Clips”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Gaston, hold, town. This video has 57 sentences and 460 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:06. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| provincial adjective | /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ | Of or pertaining to a province. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| cloud noun | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. |
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| thick adjective | /θɪk/ | Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension. |
| incredibly adverb | /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ | In an incredible manner; not to be believed. |
| deny verb | /dəˈnaɪ/ | To disallow or reject. |
| tail noun | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something. |
| beast noun | /biːst/ | Any four-footed land mammal. |
| baker noun | /ˈbeɪ.kɚ/ | A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items. |
| expense noun | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | A spending or consuming, often a disbursement of funds. |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| bend verb | /bɛnd/ | To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| run away verb | To flee by running. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where are you off to?
- How is your family?
- How is your wife?
- If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
- No, it can't be, I'll just ignore.
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 | shouldn't have · should learn |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll just ignore · they'll tell · will rise |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as wouldn't, can't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: provincial /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/, shudder /ˈʃʌdɚ/
- Long words — get the stress right: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
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 provincial, ignore, cloud.
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.