Shadowing Practice: Best of Skippy (Jonathan Bailey) | Fellow Travelers | SHOWTIME - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, Skippy.
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Skippy.
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Skippy.
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Skippy!
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Skippy.
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Skippy.
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Nice to see you, Skippy.
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Who's Skippy?
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That's why I might call you.
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It suits you.
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I like the glasses.
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me.
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What do you want?
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What? To drink.
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A glass of milk.
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What?
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Milk.
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Milk?
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Is this milk drinking a habit of yours?
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I think my parents were hoping it would make me taller.
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I'm Tim Laughlin, by the way.
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Pleased to meet you, Tim Laughlin.
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Came by to see if you'd let me buy a supper.
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You brought me a book.
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That was to thank you.
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Looks like you're already cooking something.
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What is it?
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Chicken noodle soup.
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And I really shouldn't go out.
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It's a sin to waste food.
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Mortal or venial?
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I spent half a year in Jesuit high school.
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Didn't go well.
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I'd say wasting a can of soup would be a venial sin.
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What if you were to let me kiss you?
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Would that be mortal or venial?
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Mortal.
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Pretty sure.
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How'd you find my place?
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You're in the directory.
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Hawkins Z.
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Fuller.
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I'd love to know what the Z stands for.
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Next time you call from the phone booth on the corner.
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I'm gonna go.
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Relax, relax.
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Can't get you a drink.
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I'm all out of milk.
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I'll have a beer.
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Zebediah.
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Zebediah?
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Don't start.
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Who do you write for?
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I'm a stringer for the Courier.
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I'm a black paper.
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I think it's printed on white newsprint like all the rest.
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Oh, God, I'm sorry.
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Relax.
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It was so...
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That's the worst thing anyone says to me tonight.
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I'll be doing just fine.
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I committed mortal sins for you.
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Oh, here we go.
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I could go to hell.
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Hell's a fantasy, Skippy. So is heaven.
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The trinity, democracy, and the holy war against communism.
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Grand ideas that just get people killed.
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Now, why don't you sit down?
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Yeah, I'm just sitting down.
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Suit yourself.
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I don't know how you do it.
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Caring only about what you want.
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What gives you pleasure at any given moment.
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Here comes the sermon.
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You let me know when I should genuflect.
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I'm not ashamed to feel things.
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That I need to feel things, believe in things.
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You're the coward, not me.
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What about the rough train?
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They'll offer to boil you for five bucks.
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But 50 -50, they'll just beat you up and take your wallet.
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How would anybody take that risk?
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It's the risk that makes it exciting, Skippy.
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Here you go, gentlemen.
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Excellent.
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Do you find it exciting?
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Cheers.
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I want to be with you.
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Sleep in the same bed with you all night.
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Not get kicked out at midnight so the neighbors won't see me leaving in the morning.
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I want to eat a meal with you like other couples.
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we have never eaten in a restaurant men do eat in restaurants i could be your cousin nephew
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from the poor side of the family obviously congratulations on your
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birthday sir thank you my uncle is treating me to dinner don't overdo it skippy you're not a convincing liar
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Maybe you should give me some lessons.
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Skippy, everybody lies about something.
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You and me, we lie about who we sleep with.
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It's not who we sleep with.
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It's who we love.
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I can't.
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Sure you can.
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I can't bear being this happy.
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Lord, I promise you won't write.
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I won't.
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We do this in the name of life.
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We do this so that men will not be made to kill.
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We offer this prayer in the name of peace, God, and decency.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
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Thy kingdom come, thy will be found, as it is in heaven.
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Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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Thy kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever.
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Amen.
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Come here.
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Okay, let's go. So you're in seminary.
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Looking to become a priest?
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More like a place where you figure out if you're meant to be one.
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So no vow of celibacy then?
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Not yet, but I practice it.
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Or try to.
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I slip now and then.
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Not with somebody.
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A man's second best friend.
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Am I to understand that you have feelings for another man?
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Yes.
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Are you aware that the church views this as a mortal sin?
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I am.
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But I don't know how love can be a sin.
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Jackson, sometimes we feel like we hate someone because we think they don't love us when we want them to.
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But maybe your father loves you the best way he knows how.
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He lies, and so does mom.
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We all lie sometimes.
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Mostly to ourselves.
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Hawk hates the G word.
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Gay.
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I prefer homosexual.
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Why?
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It's more accurate.
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For me, at least.
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Homo from the Latin for man, which I am.
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And sexual, which I am as well.
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When he can get it up.
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Homosexual is a clinical term.
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It implies we're suffering from an illness that needs to be cured.
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I have clients who have been sent to psych wards given electroshock therapy.
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At least we chose the word gay for ourselves.
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How are you?
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I have KS, recurring seizures, and my hair is falling out.
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What else?
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My social worker suggested I sign a do -not -resuscitate order.
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How are you?
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The government ought to do more about this.
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It's terrible.
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They could do more.
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But people like you would have to pay higher taxes.
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Hawk, the do not resuscitate order.
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I'm not gonna sign it.
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If something happens to me, I want them to bring me back.
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I want to fight.
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I have loved you my whole life.
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I've never loved anyone but you.
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You were my great, consuming love.
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And most people don't get one of those.
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I did.
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I have no regrets.
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Hey, Skippy.
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Promise you won't write?
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I won't.
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Three thousand Californians with HIV have died.
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But Governor Dumasian continues to veto legislation to protect us.
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We're not dying from AIDS.
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We're dying from indifference.
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Our government is killing us.
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Age funding now!
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Our government is killing us!
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Age funding now!
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Our government is killing us!
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Age funding now!
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Our government is killing us!
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Age funding now!
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Thank you.

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Words & Idioms to Add to Your Toolkit

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  • "It suits you": A friendly way to say something looks good on someone (e.g., "That jacket suits you!").
  • "Mortal or venial": A playful twist on serious terms (from Catholicism) to ask how "bad" something is. Great for adding humor to debates.
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Learning English with videos like this turns practice into a game. Grab your phone, hit play, and start shadowing—your speaking skills will thank you.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave never eaten · have been sent · have loved
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwill not be made · will be found · be cured

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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