Shadowing Practice: BELLA HADID | CHICKEN SHOP DATE - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How's my hair?
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Perfect.
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To be honest, I literally dyed my hair just so I could look like you.
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And we actually look the same.
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I once saw you at the cinema and I was going to go up to you and ask you for a date, but then I actually got too nervous.
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No, you did not.
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I did, yeah.
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I probably would have cried and shit my pants a little bit.
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To be fair, I was like, I'm going to spare you from shitting your pants.
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So you live on a farm?
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I do.
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That's cool.
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So you're just funny because you talk.
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No, you didn't even say anything funny.
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What?
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You don't think I'm funny?
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No, I do think you're funny.
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Okay, thank you.
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So what's your favourite animal on the farm?
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Every holiday, I always ask for a mini -moo, which is like a very very small micro cow okay oh right just obviously like maybe
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because mini move breakfast like one day I'll teach him how to make coffee hopefully we can sit together
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and snuggle in bed I don't really love
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animals that what's that problem just any well I'm just like no I don't really think about animals
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that much like how often you think about a lot of
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like I think a lot of the day I'm thinking about animals actually yeah
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and you're thinking about eating them you are half dutch half palestinian yes
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so uh out of your mom
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and your dad who makes the best food my dad growing
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up it would be like spreads of just like most things
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but he doesn't cook for four people
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if anybody that's arab knows like arab parents cook for 50 people
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and that's pretty much it
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and that's the most beautiful part about my dad my dream
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for him one day would always be open a restaurant take care of his heritage
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and like you know the legacy of our um you know who we are as people
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and what our food is to the world i think the palestinian restaurant sounds amazing it would be incredible
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also i need sauces sorry do you like ketchup oh wow i know was
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that weird no that was like really cute the way you did
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that you know that is kind of the most glamorous way i've ever seen anyone eat a chicken nugget.
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Thank you.
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Do you know any British slang?
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Okay, do you know what butters means?
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That sounds like I want to give you a snuggle.
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Butters.
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I'll give you some butters.
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No, it means you're ugly.
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Oh.
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Sorry, I wasn't meaning you.
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I, um, so you just thought of that?
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No, I don't think you're butters.
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Do you know any British slang?
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Butters?
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You're definitely not butters.
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neither are you thank you is there one animal that you can think of that's inspired your catwalk walk
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are you gonna like make me do this afterwards or something absolutely not
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because we can't stand up in the show what animal is it i don't know butterfly oh that's really sweet
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but no because i don't feel a seal sorry i want to know what the seal like i love seals Really?
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And how would a seal walk, Amelia?
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Well, that's a good point, that I don't have legs.
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Right.
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Would you say that you were a romantic person?
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I think I'm the most romantic person on the planet to a detriment of romance.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I think simple moments are very sweet.
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Kissing is the best part.
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Yeah, kissing.
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I like kissing my boyfriend, yeah.
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I would like kissing my boyfriend in the future.
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Right, when you have one?
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When I have one, yeah.
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would you say if a guy smells bad it's game over yeah it's it's like scent
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and shoes for me scent
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and shoes yeah i was gonna say i'm like oh like like let's take a beat down like mhm air jordans
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if you could meet one horse in history who would it be Seabiscuit, no actually to be honest,
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like from the, if we could go fully animated, Spirit.
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I love Spirit.
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You do?
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Yeah, I love Spirit.
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You would want to meet, did Amelia just think about an animal?
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Actually no, I do like horses.
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I do like horses.
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Maybe I'd love to meet Shadowfax from Lord of the Rings.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Cool.
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Black Beauty I think is an obvious one.
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i can ride a horse
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but i'd love to ride a cowboy oh the same horse riding cowboy honey
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and i was wondering
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if you could introduce me to a cowboy no we'll find one you can come to texas yeah
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and lots of meat and lots of chicken out there
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if you were to compete in the olympics for horse riding would you do dressage
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or i would do show jumping okay yeah my dream for a very long time but now I'm like, You know when people, your whole life, they're like, oh, life goes by in the blink of an eye.
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Yeah.
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You know, stay young.
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You're 15 or 16.
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Life goes by in the blink of an eye.
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Everything's going to go by so fast.
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You're going to not remember what happened.
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And all of a sudden, like, you're almost 30 and you're like, yeah, I should have fucking listened to my mom.
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Life goes by in the blink of an eye
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and now I have no idea what's going on and 10 years go by.
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Yeah.
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What are you talking about?
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You missed what I was saying?
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Yeah, I was going to miss what you were saying there.
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Yeah, it was because you said.
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Are you talking about show jumping?
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My favorite thing from one of your episodes was when Sabrina Carpenter says I'm gonna tell you something really problematic I think.
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Dory's just really annoying.
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Yeah.
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I said that's really funny and it's kind of true
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and then I felt bad because I'm kind of Dory and then I got.
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What annoying?
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Oh, sorry.
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You're into crystals, right?
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Mm -hmm.
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If you were to give me a crystal, what would you give me that maybe matched my energy?
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Like a black onyx.
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Okay, is that, like, a cute one?
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Yeah.
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Mm -hmm.
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That's a cute one.
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Yeah, that's very cute.
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Yeah.
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I love your rings, by the way.
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Thank you.
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They're really fab up.
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People say they have baby hands, like children's hands.
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I don't know.
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I've not even got a manicure.
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What do you think?
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I love your hands.
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Thank you.
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You know what they say about small hands?
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Huge heart.
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Exactly.
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Huge heart.
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You're quite flirty, actually.
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That's why you wear the shirt.
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Yeah, I know.
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Actually, I am flirty.
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There's a shirt that says, stop copying me.
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You're not doing it right.
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Have you ever worn that?
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Oh, my God.
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Imagine if you wore That would be crazy.
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Would you rather someone read your journals or went through your phone?
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Oh my God, went through my phone.
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Any day.
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OK, because what, the journal is just so much.
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I have boxes like this of just, like, stacked journals.
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Like, you will go to jail immediately.
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I will send you to jail.
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Wow.
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I'm calling your mom.
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Have you ever been ghosted?
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no I thought you wouldn't have I mean no
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have you ever had a meal deal have you ever had a meal deal I think you'd like them
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 160 sentences and 1250 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:39. The speaker talks at a natural 163 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| butter noun | /ˈbʌtɚ/ | A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk). |
| seal noun | /siːl/ | A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. |
| cowboy noun | /ˈkaʊˌbɔɪ/ | A man who tends free-range cattle, especially in the American West. |
| blink verb | /ˈblɪŋk/ | To close and reopen both eyes quickly. |
| meal noun | /ˈmiːl/ | Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity. |
| pants noun | /pænts/ | An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. |
| mini adjective | /ˈmɪn.i/ | Miniature, tiny, small. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| 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. |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| scent noun | /sɛnt/ | A distinctive smell. |
| afterwards adverb | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | At a later or succeeding time; after that; |
| ghost noun | /ɡoʊst/ | A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| beat down verb | To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 49 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shoe /ˈʃu/, dressage /ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like butter, seal, cowboy.
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.