Shadowing Practice: Best of Family Guy Compilation [2] - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I bought this remote -controlled toy helicopter to which I have attached this handgun.

And I tell you, this thing is not easy to fly.

Peter, that doesn't seem very...

Here goes!

Now, I don't have anything to control the trigger with, so I put it on a timer.

But I don't remember how long I set it...

Ah!

We're all gonna die!

Okay, so now the bat has a gun and the knives I gave him.

What?

Why would you give him knives?

I didn't think it would matter.

I was counting on this helicopter thing working.

Not now!

Not like this!

Peter, what the hell?

You chose a turkey over me?

I almost died!

I swear to God, I thought dogs could breathe underwater.

Holy crap, Lois!

It's the treasure!

Oh, my God.

Peter, you were right.

Oh, no, it's the one kid who also followed the treasure map.

I'll take the cheeseburger meal.

Would you like to make it an extra -large meal?

Uh...

no yes no you sure it's only 29 cents more yes no sounds like you're scared of monsters

so to help you get over it here's frankenstein seriously well

that can't be possible

because here comes chris walking in the door right now hey

hey hey a rudely toot toot yeah okay whatever meg meg you must be talking about me a rudely toot toot

do they all say a rudely toot a lot of them yeah

Where'd he go?

He's not in here Doctor,

the alien attack has begun We've got to return to the 21st century Uh, we can't go into the time machine right now.

But they're going to kill us all!

All right, all right, just one second.

So, how was your weekend?

Oh, about that, we do not.

Oh, my poor dog, he will die up there.

Joke on them!

I find happy dog planet.

In 50 years, we all go back to Earth and bite everybody.

But now we dance!

I...

I just can't take it.

I discovered my wife's been cheating on me for a while.

And I just...

I can't live like this.

I have to kill myself.

Doesn't it make more sense to kill her?

How are we doing on time?

Less than a minute.

How are you feeling, Chris?

No different, except I have to poop from all this running.

Walt, that's great.

No time.

They're closing the gate.

Ah, it's coming!

Oh, my God.

Yes, I'd like to make a return, please.

And maybe take you to dinner?

Brian, I don't care that I was diarrhea -ed on.

I care that you weren't honest.

I care that I was diarrhea -ed on.

I care a great deal.

Wow, I've never seen him run onto a baseball field

when he wasn't chasing a duck or being chased by a duck Hey,

nice going, Chris Wow, look how proud my dad is Oh my God,

a duck It was a trap All right, remember to tell everyone who did this.

Um, who are you guys supposed to be?

Oh, come on, I'm James K.

Polk.

He's Millard Fillmore.

He's William Henry Harrison.

First president to die in office.

You should have been FDR.

Why?

Because of the, you know...

The wheelchair doesn't define me.

And I'm Grover Cleveland.

It's funny, because my name's Cleveland.

Aw, damn it, Cleveland, now we gotta kill them all.

This guy gets it first.

Now, Chris, you're getting older, so it's time for you to learn the classic pool party game, talk to somebody's wife in a bikini until they cover up uncomfortably.

So, Bonnie, how are things going?

Oh, things are fine.

Been kind of busy lately.

What with Susie starting to...

Okay, bye.

Man, that's like two seconds.

Hey, Peter.

Hey, what have you been watching on TV lately?

Oh, you know, this and that.

There's this show called Shippin' Wars.

It's actually kind of...

Okay, bye.

That was our little concussion guy.

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Oh, my God.

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Chris, he's worse off than I thought.

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We have to do something.

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Well, on TV, if somebody gets hit on the head, you hit him a second time, and that gets him back to normal.

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You see, what a concussion is, is the impact of brain matter on the inside of the skull.

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That's why you sometimes hear this nonsense about, oh, let's just give him better helmets.

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But you can't make a helmet for the inside of...

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Chris, are you crazy?

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Shh.

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Let's just let him sleep this off.

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Officer Swanson, as you requested, Here's a big stack of all the cases you cracked.

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Oh, great.

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Now I'm gonna go ahead and brood over a photo of the girl whose case was the one I couldn't solve.

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Thanks, Peter.

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You're welcome, Joe.

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Excuse me.

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Do you have any tab soda I can bring back to the sex dungeon where I've been held captive for decades?

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Ma 'am, this is a crime scene.

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I'm gonna have to ask you to move along.

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You're right, Peter.

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I'm a pretty good cop.

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What's up, slammin' pantsuit?

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Hey, I'm Scott Fitzgerald.

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You probably don't recognize me, because I'm in corporate.

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So am I.

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This is corporate.

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A little too much so, if you ask me.

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I try to have fun, right?

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I mean, you know, we're not landing planes here.

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Our company manufactures aircraft landing gear systems.

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Yep, uh -huh.

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Well, I am going to fly us over a few more drinks.

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Hold on, Peter.

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We can't go in there.

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We gotta wait for backup.

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The hell we do!

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Peter!

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Reach for the stash!

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Where are the drugs?

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There's no drugs here, pig.

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Aha!

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No drugs, huh?

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Well, what do you call this?

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And I bet there's more where that came from.

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They're trying to flush their stash!

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Nice try, scumbag, but I got your squishy drugs right here.

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Uh -oh.

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That'll be $16.

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$16?

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That's expensive.

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Yes, sir.

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Everything's very expensive because you're paying for it on an iPad.

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Now, if you'll just select a gratuity, options are 60%, 90%, and 200%.

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Uh, I guess 60 %?

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Okay, great.

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And just sign by dragging your bare finger across this thing.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Please make sure to bang your head on that low -hanging thing.

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What are you...

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Oh, you spilled something.

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You want a napkin?

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Yes, please.

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All right, here's 40 blown by the wind.

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yes you heard me right cancel my insurance i've been in this location for 40 years

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and never once have i broken a lamp good day sir god i hope he's got insurance of course he's got insurance

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yes you heard me right cancel my husband's life insurance he's

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been in perfect health for 40 years We're selling the lamp store and going to travel.

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Good day, sir.

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Okay, fine.

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I guess it's just something I got to deal with.

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Like the flush of a high -powered toilet.

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Would anyone like to lead the family in a holiday prayer?

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I'll tell you who should be saying his prayers.

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Santa.

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He messes with me, I mess with him.

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That's why I replaced one of his flying reindeer with an ordinary, non -magical one.

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Cut it off!

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Cut it off!

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You know, I think this year is going to be the best.

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Yay!

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Free horse!

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Hey!

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Keep it down!

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Trying to get some sleep up here!

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Chaws your boobs!

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My boobs?

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I don't think I...

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Oh my!

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Jewelry!

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I wonder what I'll get for showing this.

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The rules of this city are very unclear.

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Hey, Chris, I wanted to talk about what happened at school.

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Is that a dead gerbil in there?

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That's a furfish.

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It's a weird species.

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You put them in there and they swim like hell for like 30 seconds and then they go to sleep.

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This joker still hasn't woken up.

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Get up, lazy!

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Peter, you sound so refined.

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Are you intelligent?

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now affirmative that means yes does

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that please you it does peter well it should after all

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knowledge is the ultimate aphrodisiac shall we away for relations i'm not sure what you're saying

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but let's hump affirmative affirmative affirmative oh my god affirmative wow peter

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that was great it was sorry i arrived early i want to watch my show No, no, no!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Best of Family Guy Compilation”. This video has 204 sentences and 1377 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:06. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
affirmative adjective	/əˈfɝməɾɪv/	pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
duck noun	/dʌk/	Any of certain aquatic birds of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet, distinguished from swans and geese by generally being smaller and…
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
chase verb	/t͡ʃeɪs/	To follow at speed.
prayer noun	/pɹɛɚ/	A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
knife noun	/ˈnaɪ̯f/	A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
lately adverb	/ˈleɪt.li/	Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
cancel verb	/ˈkæn.sl̩/	To cross out something with lines etc.
treasure noun	/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/	A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
helicopter noun	/ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/	An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
lamp noun	/ˈlæ̝mp/	A device that generates light, heat, or other electromagnetic radiation. Especially an electric light bulb.
helmet noun	/ˈhɛlmɪt/	A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour.
flush verb	/ˈflʌʃ/	To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
concussion noun	/kəŋkˈəʃɪn/	An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
diarrhea noun	/ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/	A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
cover up verb		To conceal or disguise.
get over verb		To overcome.
get up verb		To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
move along verb		To continue without being distracted; to keep going.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Why would you give him knives?
I didn't think it would matter.
You chose a turkey over me?
I'll take the cheeseburger meal.
How are we doing on time?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	wife's been cheating · have you been watching
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have attached · has begun · I've never seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	being chased · I've been held
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	kid who also · everyone who did

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 55 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, concussion /kəŋkˈəʃɪn/, stash /stæʃ/, relation /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Long words — get the stress right: affirmative /əˈfɝməɾɪv/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, diarrhea /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/

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 affirmative, duck, meal.

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.

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Key vocabulary in this video

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Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?