Shadowing Practice: Extra English episode 26 Alibi - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is the story of Bridget and Annie who share a flat in London and the boys next door, Nick and his friend Hector from Argentina.
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Tina, Annie cares about animals.
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Hector cares about Annie.
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Bridget mostly cares about herself, but Nick doesn't care very much about anything.
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Stand by for Extra.
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I'm not sure what you're doing.
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Annie Taylor.
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Detective David Hunt of the Metropolitan Police.
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Could I have a word with you, please?
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So, we went to the restaurant,
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and it was a very good vegetarian restaurant, and I had the peppers, and Hector had the mushrooms,
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which was very nice because Hector doesn't like mushrooms, so I said to him that it was good for him to try.
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Annie!
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Oh, and then afterwards we went for a lovely walk, and it was such a beautiful evening.
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And the birds were singing.
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Annie!
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Will you shut up?
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Sorry.
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You have been talking non-stop for 20 minutes.
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I know.
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It's...
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It's because I'm doing a sponsored silence for the charity Pigs With No Parents.
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Sponsored?
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Silence!
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So why are you talking?
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Well, it doesn't start till 10 o'clock, so if I talk a lot now, then I won't have to talk later.
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Anyway, what's wrong with your mouth?
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Oh, er, nothing.
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Have you got a spot?
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Oh!
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I'll call an ambulance!
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No, but I am going to see my beautician later.
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What for?
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Oh, just for a.. a check-up.
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A check-up?
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But you go to the dentist for a check-up for your teeth.
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Exactly.
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I'm going to the beautician's to check...
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Check that you are beautiful?
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Of course not.
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I don't have to check I'm beautiful, do I?
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Hey, Nick!
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Do you like my new clothes?
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Huh?
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Nick!
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What is the matter?
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You can tell me.
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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Oh, the...
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You have a toothache.
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Then, if you have a toothache, you must go to the den.
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Can't I say the word then?
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OK.
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I won't say the D word.
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I call him, um, plumber.
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OK.
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So when did you last see the plumber?
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That's not too bad, five months ago.
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Five years ago?
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Huh?
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When you were five years old?
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Hoo-hoo-hoo!
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It's going to be a big job.
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He'll need a big drill.
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No!
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Come on.
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The girls must know a good plumber.
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Come on.
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Do you want a sweetie?
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Do you want a sweetie?
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Sweets are bad for your teeth.
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Come on.
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Oh, hi, Sugar Plum.
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Hello, snuggly puppykins.
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Oh, nice clothes.
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New?
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Yeah, thanks.
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Is Nick rehearsing for the pantomime?
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No, he has a toothache, so he must see the plumber.
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No, no, no, Hector.
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For a toothache, he must see the dentist.
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Shh, shh, shh, shh.
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I know that.
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But Nick doesn't like the D word.
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Oh, dentist.
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So, I'm calling the.. dentist.. a plumber.
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So, do you know a good plumber?
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A plumber?
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What for?
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Nick has toothache.
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Well, he doesn't need a plumber.
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He needs a dentist.
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Yes, Hector.
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We have the number of a very good plumber.
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Julian.
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Oh, Julian!
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He's so gentle.
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He's so married.
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Hi, Julian.
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Listen, we have an emergency here.
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What are the symptoms?
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Oh, um.. shaking, squealing...
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Yeah, just a toothache.
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You can!
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Oh, thank you.
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Bye!
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Sorted.
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He'll see Nick now.
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OK.
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Come on, Nick.
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Come on.
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Come on, Nick.
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Come on.
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LAUGHTER Oh!
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Come on, Miss.
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Julian looked in my mouth once.
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He said, Bridget, you've got wonderful teeth.
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With a mouth that big, I'm surprised he didn't fall in.
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Hello?
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Who's this?
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Bernard?
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Hello, Bernard.
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Oh, hello Bernard.
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You've been what?
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Robbed? When?
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When you were in the bar.
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All your clothes.
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And your keys.
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Poor Bernard.
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Listen, you must call the police, OK?
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OK.
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Bye.
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Poor Bernard.
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It's ten o'clock.
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My sponsored silence starts now.
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Oh, I've got a toothache.
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I don't want to go to the dentist, but Hector says I must go.
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He'll need a big drill.
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This morning I started my sponsored silence for the charity Pigs with No Parents.
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If I talk a lot now, then I won't have to talk later.
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I won't have to speak, because Bridget has gone to see a beautician.
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Have you got a spot?
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It was urgent.
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I'll call an ambulance.
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You won't believe this, but our neighbour Bernard has had all his clothes stolen.
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All your clothes?
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And your keys?
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I wonder who could have done such a terrible thing?
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Poor Bernard.
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I told him he must call the police.
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Brigid Evans?
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Annie Taylor?
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Detective David Hunt of the Metropolitan Police.
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Could I have a word with you, please?
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Why not?
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You can't speak.
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I'm sorry.
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You can speak.
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You trying to be funny with me, young lady?
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I know speak for one
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word three syllables first syllable sit seat chair
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Second syllable.
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A-E-I-I-T.
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Chair-I-T.
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Chair-I-T?
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You're being silent for charity.
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Huh.
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But which charity?
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Cow, dog, cat, pig.
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Got it.
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Pigs without parents.
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Is this man bothering you, Annie?
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Because if he is, I am going to show him some Argentinian...
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Detective David Hunt of the Metropolitan Police.
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Respect.
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And you are?
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Hector Romero.
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Ah, I suspect you're not English, eh?
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He is a very good detective.
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And you are?
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We've.
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He's just been to see the plumber.
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The plumber?
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Yes, he had a toothache.
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But you don't go to the plumber when you've got a toothache.
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You go to the junk, biscuit.
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Then...
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Anyway, I'm here to investigate a robbery of Bernard Reynolds.
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Somebody has stolen Bernard.
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There's been a robbery of Bernard Reynolds' clothes.
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Oh.
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Who would want Bernard's clothes?
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So, I'm investigating everybody in the building because someone has stolen Bernard Reynolds' clothes.
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Where were you last night?
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I was with Annie.
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Annie.
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Oh, it's okay.
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She can't speak for chair I.T.
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Anyway, what about Nguyen?
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Show me, Nick.
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I went to Leo's bar.
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I had a beer.
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There was a beautiful girl. And a motorbike.
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You were with a young woman on a motorbike?
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Motorbike?
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Registration?
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Name of young woman?
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Oh, she wasn't with her.
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Ah, the young woman was on television on a motorbike.
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I saw that.
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Very nice, eh?
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Gee, I'm getting good at this.
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Anyway, I was being silent and there was a knock on the door.
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Bridget Evans?
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Annie Taylor?
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It was a policeman.
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A detective.
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Detective David Hunt of the Metropolitan Police.
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Could I have a word with you, please?
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Unfortunately, I could not speak because of my sponsored silence.
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Chair I T.
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And worse still, I had to tell him why.
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Got it!
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Pigs without parrots!
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Oh!
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When Hector and I came back from the dentist, Ow!
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A policeman was waiting for us.
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He wanted to know where I was last night.
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Uh oh.
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What about Nwip?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Oh!
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Anyway, Hector managed to translate for me.
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Unfortunately.
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Motorbike?
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Registration?
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Name of young woman?
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Oh Hello mr. Reynolds well have you caught them yeah,
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who the robbers the robbers who stole my clothes?
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Oh, yes, my investigations are going very well You have a cold Bernard oh
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You need some clothes Oh.
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Come on.
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What a week!
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First Mum went away to play bingo all weekend.
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Bingo?
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Two fat ladies, 88.
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He he he!
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He he!
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Clickety-click!
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Sixty-six!
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Oh!
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Anyway, and then someone stole my clothes!
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Bingo!
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Ah!
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Digestives!
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My favourite!
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Ah, you must be Miss Evans.
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And this is Sherlock Holmes.
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Bridget.
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I'd like to ask you a few questions.
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Oh!
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Leonard's wearing my dressing gown.
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What are you staring at?
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Nothing, honey.
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Is there something wrong with your top lip?
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No. Yes, there is.
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It's bright red.
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It doesn't show, does it?
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No, no, no, no. They told me at the salon no-one would notice.
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I wanted perfect lips, but I didn't have enough money, so a student did them.
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What?
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A butcher student?
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Oh, there, there.
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You're still very pretty. Am I?
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Really?
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Really?
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Where were you last night?
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Looking in the mirror.
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All night?
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Yes, all night.
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How could anyone spend all night looking at themselves in the mirror?
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Bridget Wood.
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Oh, Bridget Wood.
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So let me summarize everybody's alibis.
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Annie is doing a sponsored silence for pigs with no parents.
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She would not have had time to take Bernard's clothes.
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And what's more, Bernard's clothes would be too big for her.
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Hmm.
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Newt was watching Babes and Bikes on television.
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I watched that too.
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So he may be telling the truth.
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Bridget was looking at herself in the mirror all night.
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Huh, an unlikely story.
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However, if I accuse her, she'll start crying again, and I can't stand hysterical women.
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Which brings me to Hector.
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Hector's wearing a terrible suit.
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It looks stolen.
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Nobody would buy it, surely.
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And his only alibi is Annie, and guess what?
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She can't speak.
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but the clues do speak.
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Hunt, you're a genius.
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I think that someone here is not telling the truth.
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And I think that someone is you.
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But I told you I was with Annie.
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Annie hasn't said she was with you.
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That's true.
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She can't speak.
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She is doing a sponsored silence for Char-I-T.
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It doesn't matter.
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Did you go out at all?
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Yes. Where?
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Shopping.
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Shopping? For what?
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Uh, some new clothes.
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These new clothes?
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Now, let me get this straight.
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You need some new clothes, and Mr. Reynolds' clothes have been stolen.
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So, what does that tell me?
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Yes, but I...
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Why buy new clothes when you can steal somebody else's?
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Yeah.
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Oh!
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Do these look like Bernard's clothes?
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They could be.
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My colour.
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Oh, no. I spoke.
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You.
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You made me speak.
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Hello?
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Yes, he's here.
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I'll get him.
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Bernard, it's your mother.
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Hello, Mum.
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You're back.
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How's Bingo?
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Mum, someone stole my clothes.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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OK.
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Right, I'm off.
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Mum's back.
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She's cooking my tea.
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Bernard, what about your clothes?
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It's OK.
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She's got them.
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What?
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What?
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What?
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She put them in the washing machine before she went to bingo.
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Oh, ah.
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Mom?
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So, Bernard's clothes were in the washing machine all the time.
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Well, yes, as I suspected.
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That's another case solved.
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I'll be off then.
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Oh, no, you won't.
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What?
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You owe me 120 pounds for pics with no parents.
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You made me speak.
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Well, uh, dollars do?
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Aww.
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Next time in Extra.
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The girls enter a game show, and guess what Hector finds on his jumper?
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Extra!
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Don't miss it!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 378 sentences and 1764 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:14. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| sponsor noun | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or… |
| dentist noun | /ˈdɛntɪst/ | A medical doctor who specializes in teeth. |
| detective noun | /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ | A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator. |
| pig noun | /ˈpɪɡ/ | Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus… |
| bingo noun | /ˈbɪŋ.ɡoʊ/ | A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out… |
| charity noun | /ˈtʃæɹɪti/ | An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| wash verb | /wɑʃ/ | To clean with water. |
| silent adjective | /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ | Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. |
| registration noun | /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The act of signing up or registering for something. |
| investigate verb | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/ | To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. |
| drill noun | /dɹɪl/ | A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check up verb | To verify through brief investigation or revisit for assurance that there are no problems. | |
| come back from verb | To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, doesn't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, toothache /ˈtuθˌeɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: wash /wɑʃ/, registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, beautician /bjuːˈtɪ(t)ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: registration /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, hysterical /hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/
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 cloth, steal, silence.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I accuse her, she'll start |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | You've been · has gone · has stolen |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | were singing · was being · was waiting |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're doing · I'm doing · I'm calling |
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.