Shadowing Practice: David Suchet NIV Bible 1012 John 15 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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John chapter 15
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branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine.
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Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
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I am the vine.
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You are the branches.
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If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.
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Apart from me, you can do nothing.
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If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers.
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Such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
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This is to my Father's glory that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
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Now remain in my love.
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If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love.
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I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
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My command is this, love each other as I have loved you.
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Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.
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You are my friends if you do what I command.
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I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business.
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Instead, I have called you friends for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
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You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last.
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and so that whatever you ask in my name, the Father will give you.
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This is my command.
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Love each other.
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If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.
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If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own.
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As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
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That is why the world hates you.
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Remember what I told you.
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A servant is not greater than his master.
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If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.
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If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
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They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
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Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
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If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin.
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As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
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But this is to fulfill what is written in their law.
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They hated me without reason.
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When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth who goes out from the Father,
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he will testify about me.
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And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “David Suchet NIV Bible 1012 John 15”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: remain, Father, fruit, command, bear. This video has 42 sentences and 529 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:51. The speaker talks at a steady 137 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| servant noun | /ˈsɝvənt/ | One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| testify verb | /ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/ | To make a declaration, or give evidence, under oath. |
| obey verb | /oʊˈbeɪ/ | To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. |
| vine noun | /ˈvaɪ̯n/ | Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by tendrils or twining. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| glory noun | /ˈɡlɔːɹi/ | Great beauty and splendor. |
| fulfill verb | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| yourselves | /jəˈsɛlvz/ | You (plural), used to intensify the subject as the group addressed. |
| appoint verb | /əˈpɔɪnt/ | To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement. |
| persecute verb | /ˈpɝsəkjut/ | To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy. |
| disciple noun | /dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/ | A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others. |
| wither verb | /ˈwɪðɚ/ | To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lie down verb | To assume a horizontal position. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| throw away verb | To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. |
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 you keep my commands, you will remain · If they persecuted me, they will persecute · If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has loved · have kept · have told |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is thrown · are picked · will be done |
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 servant, belong, testify.
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.