Shadowing Practice: Chandler Dates a Married Woman | Friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What about you?
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Tell me one of your stories.
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All right, once, once, I got on the subway, right?
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And it was at night.
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And I rode it all the way to Brooklyn.
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Just for the Halloween.
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We talked till, like, two.
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It was this perfect evening.
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More or less.
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All of a sudden, we realized we're in Yemen.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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So we is?
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We would be me and Rick.
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Who's Rick?
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Who's Rick?
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Who's Rick?
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My husband.
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Oh, so you're divorced?
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No. Oh, I'm sorry.
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So you're widowed?
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Hopefully?
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No, I'm still married.
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So, tell me, how do you think your husband would feel about you sitting here with me?
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Sliding your foot so far up my pant leg, you can count the change in my pocket.
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Don't worry.
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I imagine he'd be okay with you, because really he's okay with Ethan.
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Ethan?
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There's an Ethan?
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Um, Ethan is my.. boyfriend.
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What?!
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So explain something to me here.
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Um, what kind of relationship do you imagine us having if you already have a husband and a boyfriend?
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I suppose mainly sexual.
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Huh.
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I'm sorry it didn't work out.
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What not work out?
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I'm seeing her again on Thursday.
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Didn't you listen to the story?
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Didn't you listen to the story?
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I mean, this is twisted.
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How could you get involved with a woman like this?
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Well, you know, I had some trouble with it at first, too, but the way I look at it is I get all the good stuff, stuff, all the fun, all the talking, all the sex, and none of the responsibility.
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I mean, this is every guy's fantasy.
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Oh, yeah, that is not true.
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Ross, is this your fantasy?
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No, of course not.
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Yeah, yeah, it is.
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So you guys don't mind going out with someone else who's going out with someone else?
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I couldn't do it.
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Good for you, Joey.
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When I'm with a woman, I need to know that I'm going out with more people than she is.
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Well, you know, monogamy can be a tricky concept.
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I mean, anthropologically speaking.
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Fine, fine.
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All right, now you'll never know.
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We're kidding.
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Go, Stella.
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Come on, gross.
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All right.
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There's a theory put forth by Richard Leakey.
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Oh.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 61 sentences and 376 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:34. The speaker talks at a steady 147 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pocket noun | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. |
| gross adjective | /ɡɹoʊs/ | remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| ross noun | A swamp. | |
| divorce noun | /dɪˈvɔːs/ | The legal dissolution of a marriage. |
| slide noun | /ˈslaɪ̯d/ | An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again. |
| twist verb | /twɪst/ | To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force. |
| widow noun | /ˈwɪd.oʊ/ | A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower. |
| subway noun | /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ | An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. |
| tricky adjective | /ˈtɹɪk.i/ | Hard to deal with, complicated. |
| anthropologically adverb | In a manner which pertains to anthropology. | |
| monogamy noun | /məˈnɑɡəmi/ | The practice of being married to one person as opposed to multiple. |
| pant verb | /pænt/ | To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, don'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 pocket, gross, sudden.
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.