Shadowing Practice: ✨️ Cortis Being Cortis For 5 Minutes ✨️ - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creating lesson...
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Watch your face and try to guess who it is.
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What do they smell like?
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What are they finding?
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Not true.
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Just gotta get in and watch me go.
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BEEP!
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BEEP!
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BEEP!
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BEEP!
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I never knew that he had a turtle until like last month or something.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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He had a pet turtle.
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He's been keeping- A secret.
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Spit it out.
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I used to have two turtles.
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Psyche!
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Two turtles!
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See, what's that turtle's name?
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Well, your turtle now is called Choco.
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Yeah.
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The other turtle is like...
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He didn't have one.
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Whoa!
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What?
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It was just a turtle.
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Uh, ask me a question.
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What you doing?
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I don't know.
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Bruh!
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What you wanna eat?
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I don't know.
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What's that?
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Who's that?
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Who's that?
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Who's that, I don't know who's that, I don't know
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Conor Songhyun Smell it, smell it Joong No, no, oh
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He's...
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Oh, man.
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Oh, man.
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Yeah, Jun.
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Yep, yep.
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Today, them both are wearing like similar stuff.
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Oh, man.
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Yeah, I'm wearing shades.
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These two is like, this guy is, you gotta feel the like hair.
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Oh, yeah.
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He got some hair here.
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Like hair situation going on going on.
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I believe when he's an adult he would grow a great great beard.
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I'm looking forward to it.
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I want to have one.
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He has really soft arms.
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Whoa.
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Soft arms.
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And like, his head shape is like...
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Iconic?
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Is like kind of like me.
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No, his head shape is kind of like me.
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Wow.
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It's like big.
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What?
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Big?
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We got big head.
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We're smart, bro.
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Okay.
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He is just...
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I was bending.
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Yeah, he's just.. there.
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He's, yeah.
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Tall enough to notice?
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Self-explanations.
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Alright.
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He explains himself.
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Him is like you gotta feel that like muscle no not muscle is like the the hungri-ness
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He's very thin I'm hungry skinny so it's like I'm a hungry guy
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So it's like yeah each features you can immediately know who it is Don't say this, me.
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Oh.
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I'm not.
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He loves burnt stuff.
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Yeah.
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He loves burnt stuff.
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Hold up.
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Wait a minute.
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It's like all black.
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And he likes it.
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Nah.
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When it's like starting to taste bitter, yeah he that.
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Yeah, every time when he cooks,
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we all think like, what's that smell? Did you start it?
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Yeah, it started.
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Okay, 60 seconds.
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There's something weird I'm rock for life Damn, that was cringe bro Why did you do that?
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Yo Cringe Oh okay okay That was like That is what you come up with?
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What is this?
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One, two, three, set.
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Romantic.
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Ah!
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Wow.
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Oh my goodness!
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 107 sentences and 454 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. The speaker talks slowly, about 92 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| turtle noun | /ˈtɝtl̩/ | Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| muscle noun | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| thin adjective | /ˈθɪn/ | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| explanation noun | /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | The act or process of explaining. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| psychology noun | /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | The study of the human mind. |
| bitter adjective | /ˈbɪ.tɚ/ | Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| bend verb | /bɛnd/ | To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. |
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| iconic adjective | /aɪˈkɑnɪk/ | Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. |
| beard noun | /bɪɹd/ | Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck. |
| skinny adjective | /ˈskɪni/ | Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. |
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- Long words — get the stress right: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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 turtle, hungry, muscle.
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.