Shadowing Practice: Friends | The Dirty Apartment (15) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Would you like to come in?
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Did Homo erectus hunt with wooden tools?
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According to recent findings.
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Here, Mitzi.
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Here, Mitzi.
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Uh, Mitzi is...
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My hamster.
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Oh, she's okay.
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I haven't seen her in a while.
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Have a seat.
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Uh, oh, hey.
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Do you, uh...
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Do you have any, um, cinnamon fruit toasties?
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What?
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Well, I do.
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Why don't we go back to my place, light a couple of candles, break open a box of cinnamon fruit toasties?
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I'd rather not.
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Oh, yeah, why not?
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Okay, um, don't take this the wrong way,
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but your place kind of has a weird smell. So, you just left?
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The place was really that bad?
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You know how you throw your jacket on a chair at the end of the day?
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What?
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Well, like that.
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Only instead of a chair, it's a pile of garbage.
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And instead of a jacket, it's a pile of garbage.
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And instead of the end of the day, it's the end of time, and garbage is all that has survived.
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Here.
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Wow.
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Thanks. So, uh, what happened?
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What do you mean?
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Nothing happened.
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I had to get out of there.
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All right, so next time you take her to your place?
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No, I tried that.
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She says it has a weird smell.
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What kind of smell?
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I don't know.
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Soap?
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All right, listen, Ross, you like this girl, right?
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Yeah.
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You want to see her again, right?
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Yeah.
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So you're going to have to do it in the mess.
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Yeah, okay, you're right.
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I mean, uh, who cares about a little sloppiness?
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It's endearing, really.
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All right.
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Now you go get that beautiful pig.
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So you want to come inside?
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Yes.
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Yes, I do.
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I'll be right back.
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Make yourself comfortable.
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Guess who?
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Department of Sanitation?
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It's me.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh, Cheryl.
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Oh.
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Oh.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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It's my hamster.
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It's Mitzi.
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Oh, my God.
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I'm so sorry, Shirley.
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I must have freaked out.
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Oh, thank God it's not Mitzi.
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It's just a rat.
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Hi.
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You don't know me.
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I'm Monica Geller, Ross's sister.
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Oh, yeah.
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Oh, you know, it's too bad that didn't work out.
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Yeah.
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Anyway, he told me about your apartment, and, well, I couldn't sleep thinking about it.
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So, uh, would it be okay if I cleaned it?
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No?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Mitzi, garbage, smell, instead. This video has 88 sentences and 404 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:45. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 23 of its 88 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| jacket noun | /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ | A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. |
| pile noun | /paɪl/ | A mass of things heaped together; a heap. |
| cinnamon noun | /ˈsɪnəmən/ | A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum zeylanicum, belonging to the family Lauraceae. |
| wooden adjective | /ˈwʊdn̩/ | Made of wood. |
| soap noun | /soʊp/ | A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products. |
| laughter noun | /ˈlæftɚ/ | The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. |
| candle noun | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. |
| hamster noun | /ˈhæm(p)stɚ/ | Any of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. |
| toasty adjective | /ˈtoʊsti/ | Resembling or characteristic of toast. |
| endearing adjective | /ɪnˈdɪɹɪŋ/ | Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way. |
| erectus noun | Homo erectus. | |
| sloppiness noun | The property of being sloppy. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Would you like to come in?
- I haven't seen her in a while.
- Do you have any, um, cinnamon fruit toasties?
- What do you mean?
- I mean, uh, who cares about a little sloppiness?
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 | haven't seen · has survived |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | had to get · have to do |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. 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 garbage, jacket, pile.
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.