Shadowing Practice: First Aid Fail - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I can't keep doing this forever.
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It's been 20 seconds.
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Call it.
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Would you like to try next?
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Absolutely, I would not.
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How about you?
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Try to resuscitate.
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I will not put my mouth on that dummy.
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Who knows who else's mouth has been on it?
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Angel, if someone were really dying, you'd have to touch them with all their germs. Of course.
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You know who I really think should go?
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Stanley.
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Oh, I don't know.
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It's not a good idea, Michael.
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He needs to rest.
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No rest for the sick.
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We are not always going to be there to coddle your heart back when it disappears to be working.
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What are you gonna do if you're by yourself and your heart stops?
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I would die.
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And you're okay with that?
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I'm okay with the logic of it.
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No, no, no. Come on.
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Get up.
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Let's do this.
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Yes, I had a heart attack.
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I would quit, but I'm too old to find another job.
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And I don't have enough save to retire.
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I feel like I'm working in my own casket.
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Come on, Stanley, you're losing you!
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You're losing you! Do it!
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Michael!
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This is you we're talking about!
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Michael!
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Okay, okay, I'll show them.
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Here we go.
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All right.
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So, assessing the situation, are they breathing?
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No, Rose.
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They are not breathing and they have no arms or legs.
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No, that's not part of it.
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Where are they?
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You know what?
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If we come across somebody with no arms or legs, do we bother resuscitating them?
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I mean, what kind of quality of life do we have there?
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I would want to live with no legs.
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How about no arms?
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No arms or legs is basically how you exist right now, Kevin.
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You don't do anything.
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Here's another question.
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Was he born this way with no arms or legs?
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Or were they blown off?
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If that's the case, should we use a tourniquet to tie off the bloody stumps?
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Okay, we're not gonna be covering tourniquets today, just because that rarely happens in an office place?
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Not covering tourniquets?
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That should be the first thing we cover.
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Otherwise, the blood will just go oozing out of the stumps.
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I think Dwight is right.
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Okay, this is the scenario.
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This is a battlefield, and there are bodies all over the place, and some have had heart attacks, and other people are just resting,
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so I think in that case, to go up to someone and say, Are you okay?
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That makes sense to me.
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Okay, for the sake of argument, we are now at a battlefield.
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And I think it's okay to ask somebody if that's okay, even in an office.
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And now who would like to come up and care for the judge?
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You know what?
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I'm already here.
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I'll do it.
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Okay.
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So I'm walking across the battlefield.
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There's someone. Do they...
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Are they a heart attack victim or are they resting?
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Are you okay?
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Oh, my God!
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Your arms and legs have been blown off!
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All right, well, let's get back to it, because you're losing them.
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Okay, too fast.
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Everyone, we need to pump at a pace of 100 beats per minute.
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Oh, okay.
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That's hard to keep track.
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How many is that per hour?
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How's that going to help you?
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I will divide and then count to it.
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Right.
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Okay, well, a good trick is to pump to the tune of Staying Alive by the Bee Gees.
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Do you know that song?
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Yes, yes, I do.
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I love that song.
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First I was afraid, I was petrified.
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No, it's...
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Uh, uh, uh, uh, Staying Alive, Staying Alive.
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Okay, yes, yes.
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You were in the parking lot earlier.
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That's how I know you.
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
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You can't tell by the way I use my walk.
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I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
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Words are glad women won, been kicked around since I was born.
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Well, it's alright, it's okay, you can't look the other way.
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Let him go!
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Let him go!
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Okay.
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Let him go!
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Stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
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Okay, you didn't maintain 100 beats per minute, and the ambulance didn't arrive because nobody called 911.
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So you lost him.
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Okay, he's dead.
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Anyone know what we do next?
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Anybody?
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Rose?
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I have no idea.
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Anyone else?
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We bury him.
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Wrong.
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Check for an organ donor card.
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If he has one, we only have minutes to harvest.
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He has no wallet, I checked.
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He is an organ donor.
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He is?
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Yeah.
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Give me some ice in a styrofoam bucket.
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Here we go.
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Oh, my God!
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Dwight!
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Sit down!
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We searched for the organs.
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Where's the heart?
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The precious heart?
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I'm not feeling well.
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I need to sit down.
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Stand.
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Oh, hold on.
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Shut up.
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Hey, first, please.
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Are you okay?
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Help!
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Oh, my God!
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Dwight!
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Dwight!
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Dwight!
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Dwight!
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Oh, my God!
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Can you tell me why you had to cut the face off the dummy?
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I didn't think it was very realistic in the movie, and it turns out it's pretty realistic.
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We had to pay for it.
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It cost us $3 ,500.
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$5 ,300 for a dummy?
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Wow.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “First Aid Fail”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: alive, stayin, Dwight, legs, arms. This video has 149 sentences and 873 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:14. The speaker talks at a natural 167 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 35 of its 149 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 |
|---|---|---|
| organ noun | /ˈɔːɡən/ | The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions. |
| battlefield noun | /ˈbætəlˌfiːld/ | The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field. |
| dummy noun | /ˈdʌmi/ | A stupid person. |
| pump noun | /pʌmp/ | A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas. |
| breathe verb | /bɹiːð/ | To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases. |
| realistic adjective | /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic. |
| donor noun | /ˈdəʊnə/ | One who makes a donation. |
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| rarely adverb | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. |
| sake noun | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | Cause, interest or account. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| pace noun | /peɪs/ | A step taken with the foot. |
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| blow off verb | To vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container. | |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. | |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| get back to verb | Return to (an activity) | |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. | |
| kick around verb | To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with. | |
| 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)… |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Would you like to try next?
- You know who I really think should go?
- How's that going to help you?
- Do you know that song?
- Anyone know what we do next?
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 | It's been · has been · have had |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been blown · was petrified · been kicked |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 28 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/
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 organ, battlefield, dummy.
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.