Shadowing Practice: Emma Watson Talks About Harry Potter Ending | Letterman - Learn English Speaking with Video
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our next guest is a talented actress starring in a new film opened today entitled Harry Potter in the Order of the Phoenix please say hello to the lovely Emma Watson how you doing I'm doing good
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thank you very much for being here congratulations on the film you must be very excited opening earlier today yeah really close it is this like number four number five this is number five and it's made like over three billion dollars or something these movies around the world haven't
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they yeah a lot of money that's just remarkable isn't it yeah it is amazing and what what do you project for yourself Beyond this did anything come to mind uh well I have another year of school left
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school yeah yeah are you a good student uh I try to be yeah what kind of marks do you get what kind of grades do you get in school um I'm pretty much in a a student oh yeah yeah
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thank you and do you have plans to go to college yeah I want to take a gap here first so I can kind of can you see a gap year that's a year off right yeah yeah um so I can just kind of finish the last
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uh film and hopefully do some traveling and just have some fun and then go on to UNI so so there will be one more and that'll be the last is that what you're saying no there's two more two more and then that'll that'll be the last yeah yeah and when in the last one everybody gets killed
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well I hope not I mean I think that really would be um yeah it'd be too bad a very depressing yeah
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yeah bummer I think quite you know the kind of millions and millions of fans all over the globe might be slightly disappointed by that definitely you know kind of hoping for like you know a Redemption and a really like no in addition to to being one of the pivotal characters in the
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series are you also a fan of the the books do you read the books I was a huge fan of the books even before I started auditioning so yeah I'm absolutely huge I mean I mean I can't wait for
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the seventh book I'm literally like oh yeah I mean obviously I have an invested interest because I want to know what happens to Hermione but also I'm just such a big fan so it's really big now when
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you uh what was the process like to audition for the part initially how old were you when that took place I was nine nine years old yeah um well it's I can't actually explain to you how crazy it is
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now I'm older that I realized that I got that role I I went to a normal school it wasn't anything to do with performing arts or anything I've never done any professional acting before um and they
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by chance they came to my school they went kind of all over well Britain really trying to find Thai Hermione and Ron and said have you got anyone that you want to put forward and um I used to do like poetry recitals and I used to debating and I've been in a couple of school plays so they put me
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forward for it and um and it just kind of went from there yeah were your parents uh supportive or they were a little cautious about this well I mean as I said before I was such a big fan and
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acting and you know I mean I never really thought that being an actress was a reality but I really wanted that I mean if I could do that that's what I really wanted to do so it was really funny they kind of really um they knew that if I didn't get it I would I mean
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devastated is not a big enough word I would be absolutely just I just yeah so um I mean I was convinced I had to have the role it was me I was definitely gonna get it like I wasn't thinking
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of anything else so my parents were like baby come on millions of girls are auditioning for this that's right and they all feel the same way about it yeah and they all want it too and um you know they were really just kind of trying to bring me down and will not bring me down I
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mean obviously they were supporting me but just kind of no I understood like give me the reality of just like how small the chance I actually had so but um I got it so it's good and uh
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so do you but but you can't have like a normal kid life I mean you're you're in you're going to college you hope to go to college but do you drive can you do you have like a driver's license actually I just got my provisional so I've had I've had about three lessons now out
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um I mean I love it I can't wait to be able to drive but uh it's hard good driving doesn't really run in my family jeans my mom has possibly the worst driver ever and um oh my God yeah every week
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she'll come home be like this bottle I think you call it like a like a barricade or something here barricade yeah yeah she comes back and she's like yeah barricader just jumped out at me and there's
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another scrape on the car and I'm like okay Mom yeah yeah yeah I mean my friends literally get in the car and you know you have the things you hold on to on the side they're just like hey Jackie so but actually I I'm okay I'm okay I'm not quite but now where are you learning to drive
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you're learning to drive in England yes yes yeah and and then likely when you come to this country maybe you'll drive in this country and it's different here you know yeah well I'm as I went to
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um South Carolina because my grandparents um come come over here quite a lot and um yeah and they you could drive over there like 15 or 16. I was so jealous I couldn't believe it but in terms
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of you got to be on a different side of the road well yes yeah yeah I think I think I would find that quite struggle I'm having enough difficulty as it is just keeping straight let alone like well it really is because it's counterintuitive because you you reinforce your intuition about
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driving in a certain location and then when that is reversed it makes you because you you go loopy yeah yeah no I can imagine that being fair yeah so be very cautious if you do that I
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will maybe I'll just avoid it all together if you can sure yeah uh do you have plans for the summer
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um actually well not really like big plans I just kind of after all this kind of Harry Potter Madness I'm kind of just wanting to go home and just like be at home with my friends when you
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were a kid what sort of things did you like we knew that Diddy spent his Summers with the Amish
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yeah yeah I know seems unlikely but that's what he did yeah
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yeah and how did you spend your uh Summers as a kid um gosh well I live in Oxfordshire I guess just kind of in the Parks and kind of um actually have you heard of punting kind of like it's kind
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of like a flat bottomed boat really long you stand at one end with it with a pole and you kind of Punt along no well obviously you haven't it's really good fun and um that was kind of I still do
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that now actually that's not just like when I was a kid um yeah here we do that on Fourth and long
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so you go out on a little boat and with a pole and yes yeah
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kind of it sounds really boring like okay so you're on this boat you've got a pole you're going along whatever but um actually it's quite hazardous I mean especially if you if you're as bad as I am that's it you kind of hit One Bank okay now turn around hit the other bank
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okay I'm not going to the next one it's really really bad and I've um and also those swans and they kind of attack you as well yeah oh my God swans you didn't tell me there would be swans I
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really selling the experience to you am I no um yeah so but it's really good fun and you kind of take take a picnic on it with you and you and you can actually fit like kind of like five or six people in each box just another day on the lake or the stream or whatever yeah it sounds very
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pleasant yeah let's uh let's take a look at a clip from the film The Order of the Phoenix uh and it opens uh today what will we see here oh I think the clip is of um Ron and Hermione dueling in
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um the room of requirement so and basically she kicks his ass sorry to get away and everything all right so it's a Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix let's take a look
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not that trick again
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that's unbelievable that's exciting
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all I can say is wow
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that wasn't what they said um let's let's try it again let's just try it again let's see what it looks like there might have been some punting involved there let's take a look
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nice going way to go yeah well it's going to be enormous and congratulations enjoy your summer good luck with your license thank you for being here Emma Watson ladies and gentlemen
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About This Lesson
Practice real-world conversational English with this lively interview between Emma Watson and David Letterman. You’ll focus on natural speech patterns, casual tone, and everyday topics like auditions, school, and hobbies. Perfect for IELTS speaking practice or anyone wanting to sound more fluent, this lesson uses the shadowing technique to mimic rhythm, pronunciation, and intonation. By the end, you’ll feel more confident with spontaneous dialogue and common phrases.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Gap year: A year off between school and college (e.g., "I want to take a gap year to travel").
- Pivotal: Important or central (e.g., "She’s a pivotal character in the series").
- Provisional (license): A temporary driver’s license (common in the UK).
- Punting: A type of boating with a pole (e.g., "We spent the afternoon punting on the river").
- Devastated: Extremely upset (e.g., "I’d be devastated if I didn’t get the role").
Practice Tips: Master the Shadowing Technique
The video’s friendly, conversational speed makes it ideal for shadow speak. Start by listening to 5-second clips, then repeat immediately—focus on matching Emma’s upbeat tone and Letterman’s casual rhythm. Pause to mimic tricky words like "punting" (stress the first syllable: PUN-ting) to improve English pronunciation. For IELTS speaking practice, pay attention to how Emma uses filler words ("um," "like") naturally—this makes speech sound more authentic. Use a shadowing site to loop sections if needed, and record yourself to compare. Over time, you’ll notice your fluency and intonation matching the dialogue’s flow. Remember: shadowing isn’t just about copying—it’s about training your brain to think and speak in English effortlessly!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never done · I've been · I've had |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | wasn't thinking · were supporting |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be · might have |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm doing · you're saying · are auditioning |
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.