Shadowing Practice: Benji Webbe Interview Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2018 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I think they won a Grammy as well this year they're called Code Orange
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and they're very young and they're very good I believe
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and I had the honor to collect this award for them tonight
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because they're on tour in America or somewhere in the world
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but Code Orange this is for them good for them why
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are nights like tonight where we celebrate the metal genre so special
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and important do you think well you know
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I think music needs to be celebrated you I don't think the ones who win are the best, but they got their most votes.
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It's all about people enjoying music, and this is a chance for the rock community to come out and express themselves.
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It's a good thing.
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Talk about what is so special, so unique about, specifically, the metal, the rock community, of all the great music genres.
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For me, rock music is something that has always been dear.
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Rock music doesn't seem to go through phases.
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You don't say, I like rock music today, and you don't like it tomorrow rock music stays with you
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and it's passed down from generation to generation heavy metal punk rock whatever you want to call it it's something
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that you give your children you know
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and they stay with it you've just finished a uk tour along with danko jones
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and cky what is next for skindred we are going to play reddin
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and leeds festival which i'm very excited about uh i've been i was quite upset the last weekend
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because we didn't get to play download this year
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but we had to make choices you've got to make sacrifices right
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but we're looking forward to playing redden
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and lee's this year the last time i saw you at download it threw it there
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when you're on the zipper one stage it was funny it hasn't rained since that's
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because don't worry next year
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when we get the download it's going to be pissing down honestly god we always bring the rain yeah
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and what about uh dub wise or anything coming up with double me
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and the guys from dub war have been talking about it
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but we talk and drink a lot more than play music yeah
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but hopefully dub will do some more stuff before the end of the year yeah man
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and also big things our new album is doing really well
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and it's out there pick it up
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there's some stunning songs on there that's the new skin dread record not dub war yeah man
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and if anyone hasn't picked that album up yet why should they what should they expect
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when they pick up a copy well do you know what expect the unexpected
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because you know what there's nothing better than expecting nothing and getting everything
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Benji Webbe Interview Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2018”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: rock, dub, download, metal. This video has 36 sentences and 472 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:08. The speaker talks fast, about 221 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| genre noun | /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ | A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| sacrifice noun | /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ | Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity. |
| unexpected adjective | /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/ | Not expected, anticipated or foreseen. |
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| dread noun | /dɹɛd/ | Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. |
| redden verb | /ˈɹɛdn̩/ | To become red or redder. |
| stun verb | /stʌn/ | To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness. |
| zipper noun | /ˈzɪpɚ/ | A zip fastener. |
| download verb | /ˈdaʊnˌloʊd/ | To transfer data to a given computer from a remote one via a network. |
| celebrate verb | /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ | To extol or honour in a solemn manner. |
| express verb | /ɪkˈspɹɛs/ | To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. |
| specifically adverb | /spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/ | In a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly. |
| phase noun | /feɪz/ | A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time. |
| upset verb | /ʌpˈsɛt/ | To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, hasn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, specifically /spɪˈsɪf.ɪ.kli/
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 genre, collect, sacrifice.
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.