Shadowing Practice: Elena of Avalor : Emotion Magic - PART 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Well, leisurely.
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Wait till you see what's lined up for tomorrow.
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Oh, princess, you know what happens when your emotions get too strong.
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Your dress lights up and...
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Look out!
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Here comes the feeling magic!
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My precious pearls!
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Now what am I going to clutch?
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Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
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We're almost there
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Pick it up, pick it up
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Pick it up with time to spare
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Pick it up, pick it up
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Pick it up
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You are me, you are me
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You're not getting away, Stevon Not this time.
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Forget about Esteban.
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Ash is up to something.
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We need to stop her.
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Help me!
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Help me!
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Yes.
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Yes.
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I'll save you!
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Oh, okay.
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Calm down, Elena.
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Baby Jack.
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Baby Jack.
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Baby Jack.
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Baby Jack.
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Baby Jack.
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What is that?
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My dress!
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Gray, what emotion is that?
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
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Oh, what's happening?
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It's almost ready!
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What's taking Elena so long?
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Oh, maybe I should go check on her, see if she needs a hand.
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Okay.
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No!
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Stop shrinking!
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Stop growing!
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I'll throw it out.
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Issa, come quick!
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What is this stuff?
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elena you need to calm down baby jacquins baby jacquins
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i calculate better in nature Elena, what's happening?
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Oh, um, I gotta go
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But, Elena Here, it's a welcome gift
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Ooh, Avalon chocolate
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Look Let's hope it's the right kind of magic
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We'll have to wait until they cool.
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There's only one way to stop all of this.
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You have to let your feelings out.
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I can't do that.
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My magic will go haywire.
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It already is.
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Bottling up your emotions only caused them to come out in your dreams and create this mess.
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If you let your emotions out, you can let them go.
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You're right.
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I have to tell them how I feel.
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Esteban.
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Helena, I will do...
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Anything to make things right between us.
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I will tell you where to find Ash and.. and Sopilote.
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Please, please, just.. just listen.
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No. It's time for you to listen.
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What you did to our family, to our kingdom, it makes me feel furious. And hurt. And disappointed.
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And I miss you.
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And I'm angry at myself for missing you.
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But more than anything, I'm just so.. so sad.
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I wish I could take back everything.
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I wish you could too, but you can't.
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I'm sorry, Prima.
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Prima?
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As far as I'm concerned, you are no longer familia.
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Everything's okay now.
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I am sorry.
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I forgive you.
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Oh, my emotion magic.
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What emotion?
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Forgiveness.
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It's more powerful than anything I felt.
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What is done cannot be undone.
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We may not be able to change the past, but if we can change ourselves,
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we have the power to change the future.
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You are only delaying your fate.
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Elena!
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Your scepter!
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That means you can use it!
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Blaze!
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You cannot defeat me!
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Then I'll teleport you back to the spirit world myself
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No, the staff is not powerful enough to go that far
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Maybe if we put our magic together
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Your time is off
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What's going on?
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Elena and Esteban saved us.
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Esteban?
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Where are they?
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Um, the spirit world? Are you okay, mijita?
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What happened?
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The kingdom's safe.
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I passed my test.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Elena of Avalor : Emotion Magic - PART 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pick, elena, baby, emotion, magic. This video has 105 sentences and 540 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:02. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
emotion noun/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
gray adjective/ɡɹeɪ/Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
disappointed adjective/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
delay noun/dɪˈleɪ̯/A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
fate noun/feɪt/The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
spare adjective/spɛɚ/Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
forgive verb/fɚˈɡɪv/To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
pearl noun/pɝl/A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain…
furious adjective/ˈfjʊəɹi.əs/Feeling great anger; raging; violent.
clutch noun/ˈklʌt͡ʃ/The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
calculate verb/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
forgiveness noun/fɚˈɡɪvnəs/The action of forgiving.
blaze noun/bleɪz/A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
undo verb/ʌnˈduː/To reverse the effects of an action.
familia noun/fəˈmɪlɪə/The paterfamilias, his legitimate descendants and their wives, all persons adopted into his family and their wives, and all slaves belonging to the household.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
calm down verbTo become less excited, intense, or angry.
come out in verbto be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body)
get away verbTo move away (from).
light up verbTo illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
look out verbTo be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
take back verbTo retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Wait till you see what's lined up for tomorrow.
  • We'll have to wait until they cool.
  • It's time for you to listen.
  • I wish you could too, but you can't.
  • It's more powerful than anything I felt.

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing formStop shrinking · Stop growing
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionI'll save · I'll throw · We'll have
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryneed to stop · need to calm · have to wait
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowYou're not getting · are only delaying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 14 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, leisurely /ˈliʒɚli/

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 emotion, gray, disappointed.

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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