Shadowing Practice: Dangerous | EPIC: The Musical Animatic - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Six hundred men Six hundred deaths under my command Cause I had one goal in mind No fleet,

no band Only this raft that I made by hand How will I reach my homeland?

All you have to do is not open this bag Hermes?

Hello old friend So you're the one who talked to Calypso Why are you here?

You'll be given a final option Consider this your one last chance to make you back home An abandoned caution,

wash it away like the blood your hands have known I know if you dance with fate then I know,

I know you'll enhance your state If your plan's so great, then why'd you wait to say it?

Well, it's a little bit dangerous My friend,

you'll need a mindset change for this You cannot get away with playing safe for this You wanna get home, put it all on the line

And put your hope in it Remember every trick in your

domain for this You gotta treat it like it is the main event You wanna get home, booty-do, all on the line,

me danger-wise Alright, I'm in.

What do I do?

First up, uncharted waters When lost, look towards the sky Follow the North Star,

no matter how far You think you're going, you keep on rolling When strangers lurking around the aisle When danger,

greet you with a smile Fight your way through, do what you must do, but no matter what, keep moving It's gonna be dangerous My friend,

you need a mindset change for this You cannot get away from playing safe for this You wanna get home, put it all on the light

And put your own thread in it Remember every trick in

your domain for this You gotta treat it like it's the main event If you wanna get home,

put it all on the line Be dangerous And lastly the wind back We went through so much to get this

Keep this bag closed if you wanna get home, sir You will get another time to try The raging storm

inside won't let you get closer It was meant to storm you by design Cause no one fool can pass,

Poseidon's strong Open this bag and you'll never make it all You'll never make it home

Don't you know that danger is my friend?

My whole life I've trained for this I cannot tell you

how much I have paid for this I have to get home, put it all along the line I'm gonna use ruthlessness Every trick,

every skill put to use for this I plan to put an end to all the foolishness I have to get home,

put it all along the line Or be dangerous Hermes!

Thank you.

Don't thank me, friend!

I'm not the one who fought for you.

Then who?

Good luck!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dangerous, trick, danger, bag, cannot. This video has 33 sentences and 481 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:21. The speaker talks at a steady 144 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 7 of its 33 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
mindset noun	/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/	A way of thinking; an attitude or opinion, especially a habitual one.
foolishness noun	/ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/	The state of being foolish.
ruthlessness noun		The property of being ruthless.
uncharted adjective		Not surveyed or mapped.
lastly adverb	/ˈlæstli/	Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.
aisle noun	/aɪ̯l/	A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
greet verb	/ɡɹiːt/	To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
bind verb	/ˈbaɪ̯nd/	To tie; to confine by any ligature.
homeland noun	/ˈhoʊmˌlænd/	The country that one regards as home.
caution noun	/ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/	Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
abandon verb	/əˈbæn.dən/	To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
enhance verb	/ɪnˈhæns/	To augment or make something greater.
rage noun	/ɹeɪd͡ʒ/	Violent uncontrolled anger.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
get away with verb		To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
wind back verb	/waɪnd ˈbæk/	To wind (a tape, cassette, or film, etc) towards the beginning; to rewind.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

What do I do?
Don't you know that danger is my friend?
I'm not the one who fought for you.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	If your plan's so great, then why'd you
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have known · I've trained · have paid
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be given · was meant
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	one who talked · one who fought

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as wanna, you'll, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: foolishness /ˈfuːlɪʃnəs/, caution /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/

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 mindset, foolishness, ruthlessness.

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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