Shadowing Practice: CORTIS (코르티스) 'JoyRide' Official MV - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Oh I've
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been watching this night
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I've been living in the night I'm on my face I'm so hungry I'm so hungry I'm so hungry
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It's like Friday's pancakes I'm in the night I run away from here
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Cause ooh We are in our dreams
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Our dreams are down to the moon
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You have a cold, time to play
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The city is falling
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To this floor, change my life
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Cause you're on a toy, right?
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I'm trying to speed up now, I'm feeling so high
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Driving so fast, how do you look in?
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One day tonight, right, we're on a draw ride
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're on a draw ride
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're on a draw ride
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Driving so fast, how do you look in?
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One day tonight, right, we're on a draw ride
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It's a dream for me, I'm a passed tense I'm going to die and die In-sangin pook poong imi nan ne
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Trip out it throw a raindance Jongin been a stormy, I'm not a trip I'm a trip,
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I'm a truck, rain dance I've been a long time, I've been a long time MJ ever since 23 I've been a long time
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Cause ooh, we're not a dream
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Should I ever die?
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Mmm, drunk it up, hold it tight
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On the bar back of pedal
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Yeah I'm going to go to this place I'm going to go
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Cause we want to try
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Don't say it's speeding up I'm feeling so alright
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Driving so fast
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Gotta chill looking down
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Baby, now it's right
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we want to try right
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're on a try right
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're on a try right
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Driving so fast
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Too fast, I don't tell I give up
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But tonight I ain't right I ain't we're on a troll ride

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “CORTIS (코르티스) 'JoyRide' Official MV”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: joyride, Weaving, ride, Driving, step. This video has 11 sentences and 262 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:09. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
outta/ˈaʊtə/Out of.
trunk noun/tɹʌŋk/The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
pedal noun/ˈpɛdəl/A lever operated by one's foot that is used to control or power a machine or mechanism, such as a bicycle or piano.
colon noun/ˈkoʊ.lən/The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
hop noun/hɒp/A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
trap noun/tɹæp/A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
shoe noun/ˈʃu/A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
snake noun/sneɪk/Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
flip verb/flɪp/To throw so as to turn over.
pale adjective/peɪl/Light in color.
tense noun/tɛns/The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
fry verb/fɹaɪ/To cook (something) in hot fat.
drip verb/ˈdɹɪp/To fall one drop at a time.
joyride noun/ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
step down verbTo resign or retire from an office or position of authority.
come back verbTo return to a place.
run away verbTo flee by running.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowis falling · I'm trying
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see comingI'm going to die · I'm going to go

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, outta, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like outta, trunk, pedal.

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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