Shadowing Practice: Epic Kung Fu Panda Final Fight Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Ah!
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Stairs. Who are you?
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Buddy, I am the Dragon Warrior.
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You?
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Him?
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He's a panda.
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You're a panda.
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What are you gonna do, big guy?
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Sit on me?
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Don't tempt me.
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Now, I'm gonna use this.
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Haha!
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You want it?
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Come get it.
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Finally!
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Oh Oh
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Ah!
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The scroll has given him power!
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Ah!
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Finally...
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Oh, yes...
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The power of the Dragon Scroll is...
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Mine!
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It's nothing!
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Oh, it's okay.
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I didn't get it the first time either.
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What?
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There is no secret ingredient.
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It's just you.
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Pee!
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Stop it!
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I'm gonna pee!
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Don't!
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Don't!
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Don't!
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Oh, I'm quiet!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
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You.. can't defeat me.
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You...
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You're just a big.. fat.. panda!
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I'm not a big fat panda.
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I'm THE big fat panda.
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The wooshy finger hold.
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Oh, you know this hold.
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You're bluffing.
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You're bluffing!
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Shifu didn't teach you there.
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Nope.
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I figured it out.
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Skaboosh. As you wish.
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Let's finish this.
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Fire!
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Inner peace.
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The End Again!
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Yeah!
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Kill him!
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Somebody kill him!
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Oh, oh, oh.
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Ha, ha.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh.
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Yeah.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh!
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What?
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No!
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Keep firing!
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Keep firing!
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No!
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Skidooosh!
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How did
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you...
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How did you do it?
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You know, you just keep your elbows up and keep the shoulders loose.
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Not that.
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How did you find peace?
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I took away your parents.
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Everything.
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I scarred you for life.
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See, that's the thing, Shen.
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Scars heal.
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No, they don't.
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Wounds heal.
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Oh, yeah.
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What do scars do?
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They fade, I guess?
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I don't care what scars do.
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You should, Shen.
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You gotta let go of that stuff from the past because it just doesn't matter.
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The only thing that matters is what you choose to be now.
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You're right.
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Then I choose this!
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Oh! That was pretty hardcore.
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Whoa!
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Can you ever do that again, please?
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It seems you have found inner peace at such a young age.
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Well, I had a pretty good teacher.
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Let's finish this.
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That's our boy!
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Sorry buddy, gotta send you back to the spirit realm.
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Skadoosh!
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Okay, that didn't work, let me try one more time.
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Skadoosh!
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Skadoosh, skadoosh, skadoosh, what the?
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Hold on, wait, it's working!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No, it's not.
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Did Ugué teach you that little trick?
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Too bad.
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It only works on mortals.
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And I.. am a spirit warrior.
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Come!
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Son!
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Po!
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Po!
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Po!
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Son!
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Po!
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Po!
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I was wrong.
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I'm sorry.
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Run!
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Run!
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So, Oogway, this was the one destined to stop me.
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I will have his chi.
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And then all of theirs! And you...
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You really thought you could send me back to the spirit realm?
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Helm.
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You are just a stupid mortal.
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It only works on mortals.
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You're right.
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I can't send you there.
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But I can take you there.
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What's that?
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What? Who?
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Son.
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Skadoosh.
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Son!
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Skadoosh!
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No!
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No!
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What happened?
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Where's Poe?
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He took Kai away.
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He saved us.
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No. He saved us!
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But who's saving him?
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Wow!
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The Spirit Realm, it worked!
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Off me, you...
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You brought me back?
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Don't blame me.
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I tried to finish this in the regular realm.
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And we'll finish it here.
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Come on, son.
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Fight!
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We have to help him.
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We have to help him!
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Okay, everyone, gather around.
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That's it.
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Come in close.
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Come on.
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We can do this.
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Poe, you taught us who we were meant to be.
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A father.
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A friend.
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A dumpling kicker.
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A little fighting machine.
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A hugger.
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A nunchuck chick.
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Shopee baby.
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A family.
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Sweet! Who are
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you?
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I've been asking the same question.
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Am I the son of a panda?
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The son of a goose?
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A student?
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A teacher?
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Turns out...
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I'm all of them.
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I am.. the Dragon Warrior.
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Get it?
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See the giant dragon?
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Get ready to feel the thunder!
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This is awesome!
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Uh oh.
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Belly gong.
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Butt slap!
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Perhaps a bit of luck.
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Shhh, cause I'm starving.
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Let's do this!
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Heads up!
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It took me 500 years to take Oogway's chief.
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I will have yours if it takes me 500 more!
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Chitty-chitty chat chat.
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Shit.
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CHAT.
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You want my chi so bad?
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Then take it!
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Yes!
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The power is mine!
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Wait!
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No!
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It's too much!
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It's too much!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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Can't you even die right?
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Can't you even kill wrong?
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Nope.
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Wordplay didn't come together.
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Now about that staff.
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Take it.
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I already have everything I need from it anyway.
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I think this was destiny.
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A final face-off between formidable adversaries alike in so many ways.
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If only I had a dumpling for every time a villain told me how much we had in common.
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It's true.
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We've both risen to the highest of heights.
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It's a shame only one of us can come out on top.
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It is a shame. For you!
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My combined powers of sorcery and kung-fu make me unstoppable.
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And once I dispense with you, I'll expand my rule from Juniper City to...
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Every other city and town and village from here to the valley of peace and beyond.
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Yeah, I know.
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But how did you know?
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I saw it in a vision.
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Because I'm the dragon warrior. For now at least.
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But I've realized that it's probably time I made a change. And so should you.
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I'm the chameleon.
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I do nothing but change.
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Only on the outside.
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Real change happens from within.
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And if we're really as alike as you say, then maybe we could both let go of who we were and become something better than we already are.
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What do you say?
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I say...
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Well, I saw that coming.
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We're very proud of you.
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You tried it our way.
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Now, try it yours.
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Kick her butt!
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I'm way ahead of you.
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Master Elephant's truck twist!
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Master Boar's tusks of terror!
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Master Wolf's fangs of fury!
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Master Bull's horns of doom!
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What?
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Recognize this move?
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Is that how I sound?
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I don't sound like that, do I?
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You didn't learn those skills!
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You just stole them!
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Give him a left, a right, uppercut.
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Which one are you rooting for?
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I'm not sure.
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This is all very confusing.
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I'm stronger than every opponent you've ever faced because I am every opponent you've ever faced Oh!
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Whoa!
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I've gotta workshop those heroic entrances Nah, it was just wrecked
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I knew I should've let you to rot in the gutter
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where you belong Better to rot in the gutter than under your thumb.
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Two against one?
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Well, now, that doesn't seem fair.
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I'll have to even the odds.
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Master Cobra.
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Master Osprey.
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Master Scorpion.
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Master Wolf.
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General Pyle.
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Oh shit! That is awesome!
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I mean, it's disturbing, but it's awesome.
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No!
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ZAN!
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AHHHHHHHHHHH!
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Pau!
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I thought we were friends.
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Stand back.
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I'm gonna kick.
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My.
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Butt.
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I'm not sure what you're doing.
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I'm not
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going to die.
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Come on,
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Poe, get out of there.
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You have to do this.
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I can't beat the chameleon.
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A wise old tortoise once told me that you never know what you can do until you do it.
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The fate of the world hangs in the balance and you're here giving me life advice from a tortoise?
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Be the pigeon.
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Be the pit.
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And what do you think you're doing?
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Finishing what Poe started.
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Oh, please.
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How many times do I have to tell you?
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Don't slouch!
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You ungrateful little urchin!
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After all I've done for you, you betrayed me for the panda!
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First rule of the streets, never trust anyone.
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Ha!
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You can't defeat me.
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I know all your moves.
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Not this one.
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Roll it.
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Stir, serve, and SCAMPLAM!
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Yes!
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Second rule, someone always gets hurt.
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Now that's a cool move.
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Poe, you could have gotten out of that cage any time you wanted.
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You faker!
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It's not faking, it's method.
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Besides, how's a peach pit ever supposed to become a tree if you never give it the chance to grow?
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And hey, you stirred faster and rolled higher.
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But for the last time, the word is...
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Skadoosh!
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Maybe Oogway was right about you.
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You aren't completely useless after all.
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Oh my gosh, thank you so much.
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That's our son!
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Our son!
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Son!
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I think it's time you send us home, Panda.
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Jen, do something!
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Third rule.
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No one's interested in your feelings.
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See you on the other side, dragon warrior.
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I'm out.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Epic Kung Fu Panda Final Fight Scenes”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: skadoosh, panda, master, dragon. This video has 330 sentences and 1387 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:17. 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
panda noun/ˈpɑndə/A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
warrior noun/ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
scar noun/skɑɹ/A permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
mortal adjective/ˈmɔɹ.təl/Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
butt noun/bʌt/Body; self.
chameleon noun/kəˈmi.li.ən/A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
chetty nounA member of one of various South Indian castes of merchants, money-lenders and land-owners.
dumpling noun/ˈdʌmp.lɪŋ/Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle.
tortoise noun/ˈtɔɹ.təs/Any of various land-dwelling reptiles, of the family Testudinidae (chiefly Canada, US) or the order Testudines (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland…
bluff noun/blʌf/An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
scroll noun/skɹoʊl/A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
stir verb/stɝ/To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
heal verb/ˈhiːl/To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
alike adjective/əˈlaɪk/Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
come together verb/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/To assemble; to congregate; to combine.
stand back verbTo maintain distance.
take away verb/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/To remove something and put it in a different place.
turn out verbTo end up; to result.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • What are you gonna do, big guy?
  • How did you do it?
  • How did you find peace?
  • Can you ever do that again, please?
  • I don't sound like that, do I?

Grammar in this video

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

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhas given · have found · I've realized
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwere meant · was just wrecked
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two thingsbetter than · stronger than · gutter than
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing formKeep firing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 69 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: theirs /ðɛɚz/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/
  • Long words — get the stress right: chameleon /kəˈmi.li.ən/, adversary /ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi/, unstoppable /ʌnˈstɔ.pə.bəl/, formidable /ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

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 panda, warrior, scar.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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