Shadowing Practice: Family Guy Funny Moments - S1E1 "Death Has a Shadow" - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Mom, Dad, I found cigarettes in Greg's jacket.

Greg, were you smoking cigarettes?

No, Dad.

Well, he's lying.

There's no doubt about that.

Greg, I'm afraid your punishment will be four hours in the snake pit.

Maybe that'll give you some time to think about what you've done.

Oh, man.

That'll teach him.

And Jan, I'm afraid you've earned a day in the Chamber of Fire for tattling on your brother.

Ah, smoking.

Mom, my lips are too thin.

Can I please get collagen injections?

Meg, you don't need to change the way you look.

You know, most of the world's problems stem from poor self -image.

Mom, can I turn the heat up?

Oh, don't touch the thermostat, Meg.

Your father gets upset.

Come on, this thing goes up to 90.

We'll touch the thermostat.

Oh, remember when you got drunk off the communion wine at church?

And so the Lord God smote poor

Job with festering boils all over his body.

Oh, man, I hate it when he tells this story.

Yet miraculously, Job was still able to retain his dignity.

Whoa, is that really the blood of Christ?

Yes.

Man, that guy must have been wasted 24 hours a day, huh?

And then there was that time at the ice cream store.

Ha, butter rum's my favorite.

Yep.

And remember you had an Irish coffee the day we went to see Philadelphia?

I got it.

That's the guy from Big.

Tom Hanks.

That's it.

Ah, funny guy, Tom Hanks.

Everything he says is a stitch.

I have AIDS.

What's honey?

I promise not a drop of alcohol is going to touch these lips tonight.

Hey, who wants to play drink the beer?

Right here.

You win.

All right.

What do I win?

Another beer.

Oh, I'm going for the high score.

Well, actually, Charlie's got the high score.

Hey, man, your clock won't flush.

On a statue of liberty, what are we going to do?

Boys, boys, we're going to drink till she's hot.

Hey, that's just crazy enough to work.

37 beers.

Well, you're setting a great example for the kids, Peter.

Yeah, a new family record.

Way to raise the bar, Dad.

Chris, you're 13.

Don't talk like that.

Well, I guess you're right.

Apology accepted.

All right, I'm going to work.

Somebody's got to put food on this table Peter!

What the?

Are you sleeping on the job?

Uh, no, there's a bug in my eye and I'm trying to suffocate him

It seems the happy -go -lucky toy company of Quahog, Rhode Island has released several highly unsafe toy products into the retail market

Come on, Timmy, throw the silly ball!

You're fired!

Ah, jeez, for how long?

Lie to her!

It's okay to lie to women!

They're not people like us!

I don't know

Hey, where's the other guy?

Come on, you bastard.

I'm late for work.

Oh, oh, oh, this is perfect.

Peter?

Uh, uh, nothing.

Oh, the loss of my job smells great.

What?

Uh, Meg, honey, can you pass the fire at my ass for negligence?

Peter, are you feeling okay?

I feel great.

I haven't got a job in the world.

All right, then.

Had that job as the sneeze guard for the salad bar at that restaurant.

Take it outside, lady.

You can't keep lying to her about losing your job.

Sooner or later, she's going to find out where you're really going every day.

Oh, yeah.

Victory is mine!

Oh!

Just, uh, Lois, this is really hard for me to say, but, uh...

What is it, Peter?

Uh, um, you're getting kind of fat.

What?

It's just, it's not healthy.

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Peter, I do my Jane Fonda workout tape three times a week.

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When was the last time you saw your toes?

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Gee, man, I thought you people were supposed to be jolly.

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Peter, what the hell's the matter with you?

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Honey, you know, if there's something wrong, you can tell me.

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Hey, sorry, man.

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Am I late?

107

What'd I miss?

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Oh, thank God you're here.

109

What do I do?

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Tell him to keep lying.

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He's in too deep.

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I don't know.

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Hey, where's the other guy?

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God, this is unbelievable.

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Hey, how'd she take it?

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I told her she was fat.

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No, no. Okay, do you have any disabilities, past injuries, physical anomalies?

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Uh, oh, I didn't have gas for the first time until I was 30.

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What the hell was that?

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Boy, who would have thought getting drunk at a stag party would get me $150 ,000 a week from the government.

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This is why I don't vote.

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Hey, maybe somebody down there was drinking too, huh?

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Mr. President, why do you think the American public has continued to support you throughout these impeachment proceedings?

124

Oh, probably because you're so fat.

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But you're going to spend $150 ,000 a week?

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Um, yeah. On what?

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Oh, my God.

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Peter, you bought the statue of David?

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No, no, no. I just rented it.

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They're going to be ticked, though.

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The penis broke off while I was loading it into the car.

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I shall call you Eduardo.

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Big raise.

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Peter, that's wonderful.

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But, Dad, I find...

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They're the kind of a big raise

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that allow me to give my kids a big allowance just for keeping their big mouths shut.

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Come on, you guys.

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I'm going to buy us the most expensive meal we've ever had.

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Yeah, I'd like 6 ,000 chicken vagitas, please.

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I beg your pardon?

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6 ,000 chicken vagitas.

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And a sausage McBiscuit, please.

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Thank you, Daddy.

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I don't know, Peter.

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Lips are one thing, but did you have to buy breast implants for Chris?

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Yeah, it makes him happy.

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Hey, these are cool.

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Never seen anything like this, Pat.

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Pat?

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Just once John the 1975 Cotton Bowl.

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This is the old trying to make amends for spending $150 ,000 a week in misappropriated welfare funds play.

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I don't care what it is.

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That guy's ruining a perfectly good game of football.

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Uh, how was your shower?

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Oh, I tell you, Brian, all the rumors about dropping the soap are true.

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Really?

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Oh, yeah, you can't hold on to that thing to save your life.

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Oh, we're slipping all over the place.

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Guys were laughing.

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Hey, there's a guy who couldn't hold on to the soap.

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Oh, that was classic.

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Oh, boy, I really let Lois down this time.

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You think she'll wait for me?

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Oh, come on, if every woman dumped her husband just for crashing a blimp into the Super Bowl, no one would be married.

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Yeah, you're right.

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Okay, I got the top one. Is that your boy?

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What?

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Oh, yeah, that's Stewie.

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Gosh, I can't separate a kid that young from his father.

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It's unjudgmentally.

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Oh, hell, you've learned your lesson, right?

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Yeah.

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All right, you're off the hook.

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Oh, wow, can you give me my job back?

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No. Yes.

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All right.

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Looper from Joanie Loves Chachi, watch what happens when Scott Baio tries to say, she sells seashells down by the seashore.

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What does your mom do for a living?

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She shows down by the -

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Family Guy Funny Moments - S1E1 "Death Has a Shadow"”. This video has 180 sentences and 1179 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:03. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 46 of its 180 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
honey noun	/ˈhʌni/	A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
lip noun	/lɪp/	Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth.
soap noun	/soʊp/	A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.
statue noun	/ˈstæt͡ʃu/	A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
cigarette noun	/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/	A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
earn verb	/ɝn/	To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
lesson noun	/ˈlɛs.ən/	A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
thin adjective	/ˈθɪn/	Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
tape noun	/teɪ̯p/	Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
clock noun	/klɑk/	A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
welfare noun	/ˈwɛlˌfɛɚ/	Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
butter noun	/ˈbʌtɚ/	A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
silly adjective	/ˈsɪl.i/	Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
hook noun	/hʊk/	A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
break off verb	To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
heat up verb	To heat, to cause to become hotter.
show down verb	To place a card face-up in front of oneself.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Greg, were you smoking cigarettes?
Can I please get collagen injections?
Mom, can I turn the heat up?
Are you sleeping on the job?
You think she'll wait for me?

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	you've done · you've earned · has released
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	have been wasted · be ticked

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 49 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: thin /ˈθɪn/, thermostat /ˈθɝməstæt/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, injection /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, flush /ˈflʌʃ/, seashell /ˈsiˌʃɛl/
Long words — get the stress right: disability /dɪsəˈbɪlɪti/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, anomaly /əˈnɑ.mə.li/, miraculously /məˈɹækjələsli/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like honey, lip, soap.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?