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Vi and Team Jinx in the chat.

We're still keeping track of that while we watch Avalide dance here.

I think it's probably still Team Jinx, but a little Team Vi.

If I have to come up and dance and do everything myself, then you have to do the easy part.

This guy looks slick.

That's a nice suit.

All right, introduce yourself.

So that was really...

This is a world premiere of the new dance.

What is it called again?

What do we call this?

This is called the...

Let's call this Tom Catch because I'm swimming.

Nice one, yeah

so uh we're gonna be make sure you you clip this

one it's gonna be i mean we predict it's gonna be

pretty huge on tiktok in like about five minutes probably right

yeah um are you familiar with tom catch oh now i

am who are you familiar with um nothing i'm not absolutely twitch twitch all right well you're familiar with twitch

so how excited are you for the arcane premiere tonight i'm

very excited i'm a little bit of like i feel like for me as more of a fan of riot

and especially valorant um

that is like i'm a little bit out like a fish out of water in a sense um

but i am excited to be here okay you came up here you didn't tell me your name

so i don't know my name is mike shinoda i play

in a band called lincoln park um she didn't know that that's a great this is a great reaction

I'm gonna need the camera to just tilt down for a

second you're gonna need here you hold this I'm just gonna thank you

so much thank you for everything you're amazing I apologize for my

transgressions you're the best thing that's ever happened to the world that'd be funny

if you guys couldn't hear anything she just said oh they heard everything i have a love on my mic

or on my dress

so right what are you doing here man you're you're amazing

why are you here talking to me i came here for

the dances you came here for the dances i'm gonna keep dancing until you tell me to stop

because i can do at least

that much for you these are good are these all improv

or these are all improv man you didn't hear you this is called the kicking now we're gonna do the vibe.

How excited are you for Arcane here tonight?

Okay, sync it.

Sync it.

Okay.

We should have people actually hear.

Did I break the mic?

Did you break the mic?

No, it's fine.

We're good.

Okay.

What are you doing here at the Arcane premiere then?

Um, so my friend, my friend said you gotta come to this thing tonight.

I know you don't leave the house ever these days, but this is worth it and it's gonna be super awesome.

And it does look super awesome i haven't seen anything you guys haven't seen

but you know everything looks incredible okay

so you can't sorry i had some like feedback

or something in my ear or something really quick but yes this

if this is an event to uh leave the house for it

and this is what it is so you haven't heard much about arcane

or no i mean i've seen the trailers i've seen some you know all

that stuff that everybody's seen that's what i've seen so like

and by the way like the idea that we're be watching it

and like everyone else is gonna get to watch it tonight

too like that's that's i've never been to a i've been a few premieres never had that happen

so this is new for me that's really fun i think

that's great have you ever been to a premiere for a video game tv series before

because this is kind of new too have i ever my

wife is over here like like giving me that's anna um

giving me like she she knows yeah she's my like fact checker i'm like yeah no i've never done

that and she's like oh yeah i mean yes yeah okay cool well you are absolutely amazing thank you

so much for stopping here

and speaking with us here today i hope you enjoy the

arcane premiere it's gonna be fun i'm excited vine jinx victor

and jace you're team victor by the way just be team

victor i'm yeah i'm why am i team victor just be

team victor you don't want to be team jace we don't we don't like team jace okay thank you

so much for joining me here today enjoy the rest of your night i'm a doofus

and i should be removed from the internet immediately

but uh you're never gonna recover from

that that's joining us again i'm never gonna do it did you just ego on mike

nice recovery though there was a decent recovery there i'm

so happy to be here for one of those moments

that will go down and like twitch streaming history that was amazing

that that's gonna end up on a live stream fails this is gonna be brought up for you

that happened in real time she really said you're a random but then she said no you're not just kidding

oh man that was so funny

well she's gonna take a minute to recover from that yep the cameraman She's got someone else coming in, possibly.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 89 sentences and 943 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:54. The speaker talks fast, about 193 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
premiere noun	/pɹəˈmɪɚ/	The first showing of a film, play or other form of entertainment, often held as a special event with celebrity guests.
victor noun	/ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/	The winner in a fight or contest.
twitch noun	/twɪt͡ʃ/	A brief, small (sometimes involuntary) movement out of place and then back again; a spasm.
sync noun	/sɪŋk/	Harmony.
recover verb	/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/	To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
decent adjective	/ˈdiː.sənt/	Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
introduce verb	/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/	To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
feedback noun	/ˈfiːdˌbæk/	Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
trailer noun	/ˈtɹeɪlɚ/	Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
clip noun	/klɪp/	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
apologize verb	/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/	To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
riot noun	/ˈɹaɪ.ət/	A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
predict verb	/pɹɪˈdɪkt/	To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of…
vibe noun	/vaɪb/	An atmosphere or aura felt to belong to a person, place or thing.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
go down verb	To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

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 · haven't heard · i've seen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is called · should be removed · be brought

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 67 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, cameraman /ˈkæm(ə)ɹəˌmæn/

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 premiere, victor, twitch.

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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