Shadowing Practice: Friends | Joey's Thanksgiving Meal 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh, good, you're all here.
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Okay, Thanksgiving tomorrow, 4 o'clock.
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Oh, and guess who I invited?
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Remember that guy Will Colbert from high school?
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No. He was in Ross' class, marching band, was kind of overweight.
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Well, really overweight.
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I mean, I was his then friend.
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Wow, I don't remember him.
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Anyway, Will's here on business, and he didn't have a place to go, so I invited him here.
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Oh, that's nice.
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Yeah.
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Oh, by the way, he's lost a bunch of weight.
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I mean, he looks good.
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Okay?
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I mean, really, really gorgeous.
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Wait.
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Okay, also, just so you know, I'm not gonna make a turkey this year.
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What?
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Well, Phoebe doesn't eat turkey.
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Phoebe?
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Turkeys are beautiful, intelligent animals.
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No, they're not.
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They're ugly and stupid and delicious.
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All right, Doug, it's not just Phoebe.
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Will's still on a diet, Chandler doesn't eat Thanksgiving food, and Rachel's having her aversion to poultry.
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She is?
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Yeah, did you remember I had to leave the room the other day when you had that roast chicken?
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Yeah, but I thought that was just
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because I put the whole thing on my hand and made it walk across the table.
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Anyway, it just doesn't seem worth it to make a whole turkey for just three people, okay?
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It's just, it's a lot of work.
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But you gotta have turkey on Thanksgiving.
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I mean, Thanksgiving with no turkey is like, like, 4th of July with no apple pie.
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Or, or Friday with no two pizzas.
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All right, fine if it means that much to you, but just, there's going to be a ton left over.
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No, no, they won't.
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I promise I will finish that turkey.
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You're telling me you can eat almost an entire turkey in one sitting?
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That's right. Because I'm a Tribbiani.
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And this is what we do.
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I mean, we may not be great thinkers or world leaders.
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We don't read a lot or run very fast, but damn it, we can eat!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: turkey, Thanksgiving, eat, Phoebe. This video has 42 sentences and 333 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:04. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 9 of its 42 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| overweight adjective | /ˌoʊvɚˈweɪt/ | Having a higher weight, especially body fat, than what is generally considered healthy for a given body type and height. |
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| gorgeous adjective | /ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/ | Sumptuously dressed. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| intelligent adjective | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright. |
| roast verb | /ɹoʊst/ | To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| poultry noun | /ˈpɒltɹi/ | Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both). |
| aversion noun | /əˈvɜːʒən/ | Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning. |
| thinker noun | /ˈθɪŋ.kɚ/ | One who spends time thinking, contemplating or meditating. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 15 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, aversion /əˈvɜːʒən/
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 invite, overweight, pizza.
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.