Shadowing Practice: 'Don't You Know?' | Chicago Med - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Mr. Anderson, I'm Dr. Halstead.
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Ah, please, call me Tim.
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You got it, Tim.
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So, you're diabetic.
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Yeah, since after college.
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Lucky bastard.
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I know.
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I see you're on the blood thinner warfarin.
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How's your INR?
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I don't know.
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I haven't had it checked in a few weeks.
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Mm-hmm.
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Let's have a listen.
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Uh-huh.
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Yeah, you've also had a mitral valve replaced.
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I can hear the clicking.
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Yeah, two stent operations.
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Nathorectomy and a laser angioplasty.
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And somehow still putting us all to shame.
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You look like a Bergdorf's catalog.
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Look good, feel good, Dr. Manning.
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I was wondering if I would see you.
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Dr. Halstead, you mind if I sit in?
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You don't have to ask.
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So what's going on today?
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Last time you were in for a foot infection, any reoccurrence?
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No, just a little shortness of breath.
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I was cleaning out my attic.
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Started feeling a little lightheaded.
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Nothing really to worry about, but still.
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Better safe than sorry.
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Anything else?
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My left leg's been aching a bit.
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Mr. Anderson is in congestive heart failure.
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Oh?
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It's mild.
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At least that's what my last doctor told me.
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But you could still stand to lose some of that fluid.
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All right, what we're gonna do, chest x-ray, EKG, labs, have IR do an angiogram, check the flow of the leg.
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Here I was thinking I was gonna make it home for the Bulls game.
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Don't worry, Tim.
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We'll get you the Wi-Fi password.
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You can watch the game on your phone.
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Hey.
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Angeograph, please.
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A little overboard.
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His leg wasn't cold.
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A vascular ultrasound, maybe, but an angiogram's a bit much to start.
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He's a decade-long vasculopath.
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His blood vessels are shot.
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He's not indicating.
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I hardly think he needs another uncomfortable procedure.
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There's no telling what he needs.
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Look, I'm not dismissing you, Nat, but I did the intake.
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It's my call.
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What's the score?
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Bulls are up by four.
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Nice.
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Dr. Manning, Tim's blood work came back.
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INR is high.
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Same thing happened the last time he came in.
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All right, let's ease him off the blood thinners and give him 10 milligrams of vitamin K to level off his
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clotting factors.
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Put in the honor.
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Thanks.
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Oh, uh, those tests that Dr. Halstead ordered.
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All negative.
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Put Tim through all that stress for nothing.
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Code blue.
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Treatment one.
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Code blue.
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Treatment one.
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What happened?
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A second ago he was perfectly stable.
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We were talking.
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Impressions.
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No pulse.
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What's going on?
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I don't know.
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No breath sounds.
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V-fib.
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Crash cart!
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Charge to 200 joules.
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Charging.
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Charge.
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Everyone clear.
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Nat, back away.
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No, just give me one more second.
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I see the cords.
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I'm almost in.
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All right, tubes in.
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Let's go.
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Everyone clear.
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Nothing.
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Have the OR on standby.
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Round of epi.
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Charging.
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Charged.
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Clear.
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Still in fib.
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Nat, you take over compressions.
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Don't stop for anything.
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April, where's that epi?
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Epi's in.
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Clear.
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We're still back here.
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CPR, epi again.
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Follow it with an ampibicarp.
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Happy again.
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Follow it with an amp of bicarb.
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Yes, doctor.
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He says, Zoe, he's got no pulse.
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I got it. Will. Will, he's gone.
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Time of death, 1421.
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Come on.
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What the hell?
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Can I talk to you for a minute?
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Why did you administer vitamin K to my patient without consulting me?
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His clotting was slow was slow.
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It's standard protocol.
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And I think you mean our patients?
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Your protocol may have caused a pulmonary embolism.
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You have no grounds to say that.
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Any number of things could have happened.
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He has been battling his vasculopathy for years.
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Oh, so now he was a ticking time bomb.
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That's not what I said.
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And if you had listened, you'd know that.
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I heard you loud and clear.
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You thought nothing was wrong.
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And where is Tim now?
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He was stable when I left him.
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You better think about what you're saying right now.
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Nat, that vitamin K made him throw a clot.
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You don't know that.
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If you hadn't interfered, he'd still be here.
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No. This is not about me.
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This is about you and the mess that you made when you resuscitated Jennifer Baker against her DNR.
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Well, blaming me for this is not gonna make that right.
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No sign of foreign bodies, no abnormalities in my external exam.
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What's your theory?
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Pulmonary embolism.
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He came into the ED with mild CHF and was dead in a couple hours.
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Well, let's start with the chest then.
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A pulmonary embolism wouldn't manifest as much blood.
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Give me some suction.
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Definitely not a P.E.
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Give me your hand.
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You feel that?
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Mm-mm.
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You feel the hole?
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Ruptured aortic aneurysm.
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He didn't stand a chance. So I was wrong.
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Nothing you or anyone else could have done.
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Yeah.
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I am in no mood, Will.
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I get it.
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Natalie, I'm sorry.
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It wasn't the vitamin K.
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I was wrong.
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You wrong?
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Amazing.
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Yeah.
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I've been an ass.
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Not just today, since last week.
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Before that.
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I should not have yelled at you.
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Why do you always take things out on me?
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You invite me in, and then you push me back.
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You ask for my opinion, and then you completely ignore me.
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It hurts, Will.
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You wouldn't treat anyone else like this, so why me?
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Don't you know?
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No. Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “'Don't You Know?'”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Tim, blood, clear, Nat, vitamin. This video has 174 sentences and 894 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:25. The speaker talks slowly, about 106 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| vitamin noun | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | Any of a specific group of organic compounds essential in small quantities for healthy human growth, metabolism, development, and body function. They are found… |
| clot noun | /klɑt/ | A thrombus, solidified mass of blood. |
| embolism noun | /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/ | An obstruction or occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus, that is by a blood clot, air bubble or other matter that has been transported by the blood stream. |
| pulmonary adjective | /ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/ | Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs. |
| pulse noun | /pʌls/ | A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the… |
| mild adjective | /ˈmaɪld/ | Gentle and not easily angered |
| protocol noun | /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑl/ | An amendment to an official treaty. |
| abnormality noun | /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/ | The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. |
| aneurysm noun | /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/ | An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel. |
| angiogram noun | An X-ray image of the blood vessels gained after the injection of a radiopaque contrast medium. | |
| angioplasty noun | /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/ | The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma. |
| aortic adjective | /eɪˈɔɹ.tɪk/ | Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve. |
| bicarb noun | /ˈbaɪˌkɑɹb/ | Bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻). |
| congestive adjective | Characterized by congestion | |
| diabetic adjective | /daɪəˈbɛtɪk/ | Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| back away verb | To move in a direction opposite to that which one is facing, keeping one's attention on the thing in front being avoided. |
| clean out verb | To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I see you're on the blood thinner warfarin.
- Halstead, you mind if I sit in?
- Can I talk to you for a minute?
- Why do you always take things out on me?
- You wouldn't treat anyone else like this, so why me?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | leg's been aching · has been battling |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't had · you've also had · I've been |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: suction /ˈsʌkʃən/, compression /kəmˈpɹɛʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: embolism /ˈɛmbəlɪzəm/, pulmonary /ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/, abnormality /ˌæbˌnɔɹˈmæl.ət.i/, aneurysm /ˈæn.jəɹ.ɪz.əm/, angioplasty /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əʊ.plæs.ti/
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 vitamin, clot, embolism.
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.