Shadowing Practice: CONVICTION - Official Trailer - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You Kenneth waters you're under arrest for the murder of Katerina Brown are you out of your mind?
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We find the defendant guilty your honor
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Get you out Kenny you hear me
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when her brother was convicted of murder I can't spend the rest of my life in here.
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Betty Ann Waters began an impossible 18 -year struggle to set him free.
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I'm going to stop by trying to get a BA after I finally take the stupid GED test.
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After that, I'll apply to law school.
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But you just have to promise me that you'll never give up.
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I don't really have time for a friend right now.
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We're going to be friends because we're the only ones in class who've been through puberty.
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My brother Kenny, he's been in prison for 12 years' life without parole.
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Wow.
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I'm going to find a way to get him out.
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Mom!
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My baby sister passed the law!
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I understand what you have to say now.
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I'm so proud of you.
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This woman actually went to law school to save her brother.
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He's her only client.
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How long will it take you to make yourself look like a lawyer?
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You're talking about evidence at 16 years old.
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You know that caught
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Nancy Taylor, had it out for Kenny.
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They lied, saying they had all this evidence.
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You put an innocent man in prison.
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I am sorry you have wasted your life on this.
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You gotta move on.
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It's over, honey.
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I'm never getting out of here.
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You're innocent.
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Are you sure about that?
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There is one thing we haven't tried yet.
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If we can DNA test the murderer's blood, it'll prove Kenny's innocent.
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I'm not doing it.
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That's what we've been waiting for.
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She's gonna test positive.
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I'll find a way that I'll trust them.
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You do it, or I'll kill you.
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That's your sister and your lawyer talking.
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This fall.
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DAs don't like to admit they put an innocent person in prison.
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I did not come this far after all this time.
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Experience the extraordinary journey.
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There are forces greater than you, and you may not win.
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Of how far we go
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It's time for you to start living your life
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This is my life
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To fight for our family
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You guys would do this for each other, right?
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If Ben tried to go to law school for me, I'd die an old man in prison
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You'd do it for me?
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I would
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I love you, Kenny Love you I will.
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I will.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “CONVICTION - Official Trailer”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Kenny, innocent, prison, brother, test. This video has 54 sentences and 419 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:15. The speaker talks fast, about 186 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| innocent adjective | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| honey noun | /ˈhʌni/ | A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans. |
| extraordinary adjective | /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/ | Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual. |
| defendant noun | /dɪˈfɛnd.ənt/ | In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another. |
| parole noun | /pəˈɹəʊl/ | Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under… |
| convict verb | /ˈkɑnvɪkt/ | To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense. |
| puberty noun | /ˈpjuː.bə.ti/ | A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total. |
| lawyer noun | /ˈlɔɪ.ɚ/ | A professional person with a graduate law degree that qualifies for legal work (such as Juris Doctor) |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
| struggle noun | /ˈstɹʌɡəl/ | A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task. |
| guilty adjective | /ˈɡɪl.ti/ | Responsible for a dishonest act. |
| admit verb | /ədˈmɪt/ | To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration. |
| arrest verb | /əˈɹɛst/ | To stop or slow (a process, course etc.). |
| client noun | /ˈklaɪ.ənt/ | A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- After that, I'll apply to law school.
- I'm so proud of you.
- I'm never getting out of here.
- Are you sure about that?
- You'd do it for me?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, you're. 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.
- 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 innocent, honey, extraordinary.
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.