Shadowing Practice: Finding Nemo - All Clips From The Movie (2003) Pixar - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Finding Nemo - All Clips From The Movie (2003) Pixar”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dude, Dory, fish, boing, ocean. This video has 277 sentences and 1191 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:10. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 49 of its 277 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 |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| exit noun | /ˈɛɡzət/ | An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure. |
| swim verb | /swɪm/ | To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| whale noun | /ˈweɪl/ | Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises. |
| dolphin noun | /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/ | A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| stomach noun | /ˈstʌmək/ | An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. |
| shell noun | /ʃɛl/ | The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. |
| fluid noun | /ˈflu.ɪd/ | Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma. |
| wax noun | /waks/ | Beeswax. |
| stripe noun | /stɹaɪp/ | A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions. |
| practical adjective | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| watch out | Used to warn someone of an imminent danger. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What, the ocean isn't big enough for you or something like that?
- You got a problem, buddy?
- Do you want a piece of me?
- What are you talking about?
- Are you sure you speak, whale?
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 seen · I've ever heard · hasn't been decontaminated |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been decontaminated · was built · be chopped |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm trying · are you talking · You're showing |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | You'll never get · I'll do · will be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 58 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crush /kɹʌʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, shell /ʃɛl/, evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, decontaminate /diːkənˈtæmɪneɪt/
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 whoa, hungry, buddy.
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.































