Shadowing Practice: Forrest gump Childhood scene - Learn English Speaking with Video

very well. Are you coming along?

Mama said not to be taking rides from strangers.

This is the bus to school.

I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.

I'm Dorothy Harris.

Well, now we ain't strangers anymore.

It's like a tiger.

Tiger.

I can't sit here.

You know, it's funny what a young man recollects.

Because I don't remember being born.

I don't recall what I got from my first Christmas.

I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic,

but I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.

You can sit here if you want.

I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life.

She was like an angel.

Well, you're gonna sit down at our show.

What's wrong with your legs?

I'm nothing at all, thank you.

My legs are just fine and dandy.

I just sat next to her on that bus and had a conversation all the way to school And next to mama,

no one ever talked to me or asked me questions Are you stupid or something?

Mama says stupid as a stupid does I'm Jenny I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump From that day on,

we was always together Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.

She taught me how to climb.

Come on, Forrest, you can do it!

I showed her how to dangle.

She helped me learn how to read.

And I showed her how to swing.

Sometimes we just sit out, and wait for the stars.

Mama's gonna worry about me.

Just stay a little longer.

For some reason, Jenny didn't ever want to go home.

Okay, Jenny, I'll stay.

She was my most special friend.

My only friend.

Now, my mom always told me that miracles happen every day.

Some people don't think so, but they do.

Hey, dummy!

Are you proud of the just plain stoop?

No, I'm Forrest Gump.

Just run away, Forrest.

Run, Forrest!

Run away!

Hurry!

Get the bikes!

Hurry up!

Let's get it!

Oh, look out, dummy!

Here we come!

Let me get you!

Run, Forrest, run.

Run, forest.

Come back here, you.

Run, forest, run.

I'm sorry.

Now you wouldn't believe it if I told you.

But I could run like the wind blows.

From that day on, if I was going somewhere, I was running.

That boy sure is a running fool.

Now remember how I told you that Jenny never seemed to want to go home?

Well, she lived in a house that was as old as Alabama.

Her mama had gone up to heaven when she was five, and her daddy was some kind of a farmer.

Jenny?

He was a very loving man.

He was always kissing and touching her and her sisters.

And then this one time, Ginny wasn't on the bus to go to school.

Ginny, why'd you come to school today?

Shh.

Daddy's taking a nap.

Ginny!

Come on!

Ginny!

Peter, aren't you?

You better get back here, girl! Where you at?

Janet!

Where you at?

Cry with me, boy.

Cry with me.

Janet!

Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far, far away from here.

Mama always said that God is mysterious.

He didn't turn Jenny into a bird that day.

Instead, he had the police say Jenny didn't have to stay in that house no more.

She went to live with her grandma just over on Creekmore Avenue, which made me happy because she was so close.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Forrest gump Childhood scene”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Forrest, Jenny, mama, Ginny, sit. This video has 88 sentences and 600 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 86 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
mama noun	/ˈmɑmə/	Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
dummy noun	/ˈdʌmi/	A stupid person.
hurry verb	/ˈhʌ.ɹi/	To do things quickly.
stranger noun	/ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/	A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
tiger noun	/ˈtaɪɡə/	Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
dangle verb	/ˈdæŋ.ɡəl/	To hang loosely with the ability to swing.
recollect verb	/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/	To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
pea noun	/piː/	Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
carrot noun	/ˈkæɹət/	A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.
picnic noun	/ˈpɪknɪk/	An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
grandma noun	/ˈɡɹænmɑː/	Grandmother.
miracle noun	/ˈmɪɹ.ə.kəl/	An event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin.
farmer noun	/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/	A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
mysterious adjective	/mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/	Of unknown origin.
climb verb	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
run away verb	To flee by running.
come along verb	To accompany.
come back verb	To return to a place.
get back verb	Return to where one came from.
look out verb	To be vigilant and aware often as an imperative to alert a person to danger.
sit out verb	To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Are you coming along?
You know, it's funny what a young man recollects.
What's wrong with your legs?
Are you proud of the just plain stoop?
Ginny, why'd you come to school today?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was going · was always kissing
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	gonna sit · gonna worry

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 mama, dummy, hurry.

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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