Shadowing Practice: Breaking Bad Extended Trailer Season 2 (HD) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 40 sentences and 205 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 91 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% 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
13 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- founder /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ (noun) — One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- lung /ˈlʌŋ/ (noun) — A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
- disappear /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ (verb) — To vanish.
- gallon /ˈɡælən/ (noun) — A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- dime /daɪm/ (noun) — A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents.
- biker /ˈbaɪ̯kɚ/ (noun) — A person whose lifestyle is centered on motorcycles, sometimes a member of a motorcycle club.
- methamine (noun) — Hexamine.
- hero /ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/ (verb) — To act as a hero (brave person; role model; or protagonist).
- cook /kʊk/ (verb) — To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
- anybody /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/ — Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
- pregnant /ˈpɹɛɡnənt/ (adjective) — Carrying developing offspring within the body.
- burn /bɝn/ (verb) — To cause to be consumed by fire.
- barely /ˈbeɹ.li/ (adverb) — By a small margin.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- look off (verb) — To put off by one's facial expression
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 founder, lung, disappear.
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.