Shadowing Practice: David Suchet NIV Bible 1014 John 17 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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John chapter 17.
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After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed, Father, the hour has come.
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Glorify your Son that your Son may glorify you.
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For you granted him authority over all people, that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
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now this is eternal life that they know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent
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I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do
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and now father glorify me in your presence with the glory
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I had with you before the world began I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world.
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They were yours.
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You gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
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Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
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For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them.
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They knew with certainty that I came from you and they believed that you sent me.
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I pray for them.
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I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me for they are yours.
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All I have is yours, and all you have is mine, and glory has come to me through them.
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I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you.
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Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.
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While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me.
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None has been lost, except the one doomed to destruction, so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
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I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world,
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so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them.
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I have given them your word, and the world has hated them,
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for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
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My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one.
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They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
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Sanctify them by the truth.
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Your word is truth.
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as you sent me into the world I have sent them into the world for them I sanctify myself
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that they too may be truly sanctified my prayer is not for them alone
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I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message
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that all of them may be one father just as you are in me and I am in you.
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May they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
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I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.
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I in them and you in me, so that they may be brought to complete unity.
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Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them, even as you have loved me.
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Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory,
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the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
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Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you and they know that you have sent me.
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I have made you known to them
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and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them
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and that I myself may be in them.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “David Suchet NIV Bible 1014 John 17”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: gave, sent, glory, father, word. This video has 42 sentences and 620 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:12. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| glory noun | /ˈɡlɔːɹi/ | Great beauty and splendor. |
| pray verb | /pɹeɪ/ | To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| prayer noun | /pɹɛɚ/ | A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity. |
| eternal adjective | /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ | Lasting forever; unending. |
| reveal verb | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| destruction noun | /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/ | The act of destroying. |
| unity noun | /ˈjunɪti/ | Oneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity. |
| fulfill verb | /fʊlˈfɪl/ | To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| obey verb | /oʊˈbeɪ/ | To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of. |
| certainty noun | /ˈsɝtn̩ti/ | The state of being certain. |
| doom noun | /duːm/ | Destiny, especially terrible. |
| righteous adjective | /ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəs/ | Free from sin or guilt. |
| glorify verb | /ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/ | To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone). |
| sanctify verb | /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.faɪ/ | To make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has come · have given · have sent |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | has been lost · may be brought |
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 glory, pray, prayer.
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.