Shadowing Practice: "Follow your heart or your intellect?!" #jimmycarr #crowdwork #hecklers #standupcomedy - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Follow your heart or follow your intellect.
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Follow your heart or your intellect.
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Ooh.
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I don't know, you could be a dummy.
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I don't...
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What did Chris...
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Chris Rock famously said, you know, follow your dreams if they're hiring.
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I'm interested in this though, so what's your intellect telling you and what's your heart telling you?
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Uh...
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Follow your heart.
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The intellect has let you down when tested.
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Let's go in again.
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Let's start with your passion.
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What's your heart telling you?
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Love or money.
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What, sorry?
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Love or money.
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Love or money?
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I would go for love.
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Please, mom.
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Bullshit!
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The only reason men want money is in order to get love.
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Money, if you think about it, women aren't gold diggers.
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Money, rich men, it's a proxy for competence.
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And what women find attractive is competence in men.
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It's a weird thing where billionaires are attractive, but also guys that could mend a toaster and put up a shelf are attractive.
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Competence is what women look for.
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And men look for beauty, which sounds fucking shallow, but beauty is just a proxy for healthy.
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We're all just trying to get along.
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But I would just go for love, because money is just, what do you want the money for?
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I want the money so I can be happy.
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Well, what's happiness?
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Well, it's joy.
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What's happiness?
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Happiness is your current situation minus expectations.
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That's it.
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Cheer up.
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You're in San Diego.
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You made it.
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You're doing great.
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You're doing great.
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Good place.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with ""Follow your heart or your intellect?!" #jimmycarr #crowdwork #hecklers #standupcomedy" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.