Shadowing Practice: Football Records That Look Impossible - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Tries to give it away again, it is Garen Doak with the tricks and McTominay!
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Have you ever seen anything like that?
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He's done it!
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Mbappe gets the return!
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There's Mbappé, he was charged at.
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Mbappé!
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The hat -trick, in the biggest game of all.
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Here's Mane going through, away from Flaher, away from Hutton, away from Gibbon, he'll score!
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That's an iffy back pass, Gibbons committed again, Mane's in again!
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What a net!
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Going again here with Long, Teller's waiting, Mane's waiting, Sadio Mane, wow!
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Patrick in next to Motive!
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And by Rodriguez, Sangares, ho ho ho ho!
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That's not a pull -off, it's a small.
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A long, long way out.
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Best pass of, what, 40 yards, I would think.
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It's Ronaldo.
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He's trying it and he's scored!
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Incredible!
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What a hit by Cristiano Ronaldo!
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Bats!
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Bats with a brilliant save!
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Oh, my goodness!
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Bats to beat, and Bats saves!
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The DFB for Carl, and it's been saved!
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It's been saved, and off the post again, Daniel Bats!
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Matthias Zimmermann, you cannot believe this man!
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You cannot believe this man!
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Sanka, Bats, and Bats saves!
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Bats a hero!
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Bats brits all broken!
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It's the same problems, these are mental errors.
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They've gone for the long range efforts, my words!
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That is spectacular!
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That is a goal to Strava for a lifetime!
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It's a climber!
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Okay, good job!
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It's really amazing!
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Nice, nice, nice!
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He sat down Sanchez and he scored again.
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The guy can do no wrong.
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The goalkeeper's delivering itself.
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Benal.
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What an arrival for him.
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Half the lead again.
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A super...
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Oh dear, oh dear, what a goal!
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Christoph Kramer scores one of the most sensational goals we've seen.
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so time is rapidly running out to fine -tuned preparations ahead
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of a huge summer here's the chance right from the start
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for Germany incredible Florian Virch has scored inside the opening 10 seconds right from the kickoff it is Declan Rice Oh,
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absolutely unstoppable.
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It's a screamer from Declan Rice.
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Arsenal have interrupted their own wall.
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And Rice goes again and again and again.
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Lightning strike twice.
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Extraordinary.
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Declan.
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Di Maria has the speed of Mbappé, Mbappé isolated with the one defender, in on goal, and scores.
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Harry Saint -Germain defending a corner, got the ball, broke out, and take the lead in decisive fashion.
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His 100...
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The top six continue their own battle for places in the Champions League or the Europa League, but there's a chance here immediately.
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Shane Long, what a start, less than 10 seconds played, and Shane Long has scored to the start of the 11 this evening by Raph.
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Can't bring it down, and General Teren, the Burnley back line, and Son breaks forward.
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Oh wow, what a run, Yann -Min Son from inside his own half has scored one of the best goals of his Spurs career.
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A standing ovation in North London.
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Oh, for Vidal, then Thomas Muller, and it's in the back of the net from Robert Lewandowski, because that is what Robert Lewandowski does for a living.
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Three touches in the game.
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And here they come again.
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Oh, superb goal from distance.
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Lewandowski has shown exactly why.
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Good, sir.
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Lewandowski for the hand -trick of the post.
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Lewandowski again, and somehow he's put it in.
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Oh my word, this is one of Lewandowski's finest performances.
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The speeds.
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Oh, they haven't got it clear.
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And the ball's in the back of the net again.
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And yes indeed, it is one Robert Lewandowski who's made it four.
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Lewandowski goes for it again.
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Oh, he just can't do it.
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You just cannot be that good.
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That is an amazing goal.
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Only on goal difference, only out of the Champions League places by a point.
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Mark Hughes could be in trouble straight away.
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In fact, Scope City have taken the lead and it's gone all the way through and over Artur Boric.
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What an incredible beginning to the game.
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Azmir Vekovic...
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Mbappe really has got a turn of pace.
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He's showing here, look at this, from Mbappe, he's now all back there, hang on a minute, it's a penalty,
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it's a penalty for France The Iranian referee was in no doubt It's a big deal right,
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you need two, so that's where it's like a little bit of cat and mouse, how do you, oh And now Kalina caught off his line, oh what a goal from Lucas Salarion
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He's been so bright, so clever, instrumental, so much that he's been good about free scoring And he's through there What a start,
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unbelievable, unbelievable, right from kickoff and the big three combined Look at the joy.
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No sense of a fractious dressing room.
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For the long trip to St. Petersburg.
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Oh, can you believe that?
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Is that the icing on the cake or what?
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What a goal!
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What an absolute missile!
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Not the most convincing from Kawashima.
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and back in oh what a hitler it's a tremendous goal from Vertonghen well Kawashima scored more goals in it
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Oh, no, look at this, no sooner on, takes it down, wonderful touch by Salah, scores,
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the fourth goal for Liverpool, come in, but they've been outstanding and they are again, Liverpool breaking, Salah with a shot,
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you can add another one to the growing tally control by Jota,
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touch was exquisite, Mo Salah's on a hat -trick already,
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gets the hat -trick Superbowl in Glasgow for Liverpool,
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Mo Salah off the bench with another hat -trick By Jokeres, Martinelli again, and Dalman can run clear, and Dalman has Martinelli with him,
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Dalman's going to go alive, Dalman to wrap things up for Arsenal.
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It is dream stuff for Dauban, Arsenal's 16 -year -old wonderkid.
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Suarez bounces it back, the shot is taken early, and it's in.
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Last chance for Typhon Corkut's side to grab a point in Paderborn.
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Here's Stoffelkamp.
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Oh, he's gone for it!
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Oh, this is unbelievable!
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Will it go in?
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Yes!
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Paderborn, 2 -0!
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Boric Stoffelkamp, former Hadamard 96 player, who's got it?
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Unbelievable scenes in Paderborn!
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Goal!
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Evra.
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Now Ronaldo.
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A long way out.
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What a goal!
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Not too far out for him.
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On a night when Manchester United had to score, they have scored inside six minutes.
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This season, in the past five, was he good for 10x yellow, 1x red, plus a strafschop.
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And this looks like a start that can end up with a strafschop.
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That's a strafschop, although he gives it to him.
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And the question is if Nienhuis can immediately reach.
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Now, he's won.
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I'll see you soon.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Football Records That Look Impossible”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: goal, Bats, Lewandowski, scored, trick. This video has 133 sentences and 1085 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:01. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| trick noun | /ˈtɹɪk/ | Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle. |
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| penalty noun | /ˈpɛn.əl.ti/ | A legal sentence. |
| defend verb | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | To ward off attacks against (something or someone). |
| arrival noun | /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/ | The act of arriving (reaching a certain place). |
| bench noun | /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ | A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools. |
| lifetime noun | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | The duration of the life of someone or something. |
| pace noun | /peɪs/ | A step taken with the foot. |
| extraordinary adjective | /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/ | Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual. |
| rapidly adverb | /ˈɹæpɪdli/ | With speed; in a rapid manner. |
| commit verb | /kəˈmɪt/ | To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto. |
| preparation noun | /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ | The act of preparing or getting ready. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
| convince verb | /kənˈvɪns/ | To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| break out verb | To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| pull off verb | To remove by pulling. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
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 | Have you ever seen · it's been saved · They've gone |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was charged · been saved · is taken |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, they've, haven't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, fractious /ˈfɹæk.ʃəs/, ovation /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, instrumental /ɪnstɹəˈmɛntəl/
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 trick, unbelievable, penalty.
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.