Shadowing Practice: FULL SPEECH: Kamala Harris delivers concession speech - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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So let me say, and I love you back.
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And I love you back.
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So let me say, my heart is full today.
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My heart is full today, full of gratitude for the trust you have placed in me,
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full of love for our country and full of resolve.
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The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, not what we fought for, not what we voted for.
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But hear me
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Hear me when I say, hear me when I say,
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the light of America's promise will always burn bright.
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As long as we never give up and as long as we keep fighting.
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To my beloved Doug and our family, I love you so very much.
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To President Biden and Dr. Biden, thank you for your faith and support.
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To Governor Walz and the Walz family, I know your service to our nation will continue.
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And to my extraordinary team, to the volunteers who gave so much of themselves,
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to the poll workers and the local election officials, I thank you.
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I thank you all.
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Look, I am so proud of the race we ran and the way we ran it.
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And the way we ran it.
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Over the 107 days of this campaign,
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we have been intentional about building community and building coalitions,
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bringing people together from every walk of life and background,
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united by love of country with enthusiasm and joy in our fight for America's future.
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And we did it with the knowledge that we all have so much more in common than what separates us.
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Now, I know folks are feeling and experiencing a range of emotions right now.
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I get it.
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But we must accept the results of this election.
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Earlier today, I spoke with President -elect
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Trump and congratulated him on his victory.
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I also told him that we will help him
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and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.
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A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results.
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That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny.
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And anyone who seeks the public trust must honor it.
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At the same time, in our nation,
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we owe loyalty not to a president or a party, but to the Constitution of the United States.
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And loyalty to our conscience and to our God.
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My allegiance to all three is why I am here to say,
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while I concede this election, I do not concede the fight that fueled this campaign.
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The fight, the fight for freedom,
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for opportunity, for fairness, and the dignity of all people.
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A fight for the ideals at the heart of our nation.
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The ideals that reflect America at our best.
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That is a fight I will never give up.
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I will never give up the fight for a future where
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Americans can pursue their dreams, ambitions, and aspirations.
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where the women of America have the freedom to make decisions about their own body
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and not have their government telling them what to do.
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We will never give up the fight to protect our schools and our streets from gun violence.
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And America, we will never give up the fight for our democracy, for the rule of law,
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for equal justice, and for the sacred idea that every one of us,
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no matter who we are or where we start out,
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has certain fundamental rights and freedoms that must be respected and upheld.
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And we will continue to wage this fight in the voting booth, in the courts, and in the public square.
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And we will also wage it in quieter ways in how we live our lives,
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by treating one another with kindness and respect,
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by looking in the face of a stranger and seeing a neighbor,
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by always using our strength to lift people up,
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to fight for the dignity that all people deserve.
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The fight for our freedom will take hard work, but like I always say, we like hard work.
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Hard work is good work.
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Hard work can be joyful work.
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And the fight for our country is always worth it.
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It is always worth it.
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To the young people who are watching,
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it is okay to feel sad and disappointed,
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but please know it's going to be okay.
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On the campaign, I would often say, when we fight, we win.
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But here's the thing, here's the thing.
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Sometimes the fight takes a while.
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That doesn't mean we won't win.
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That doesn't mean we won't win.
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The important thing is don't ever give up.
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Don't ever give up.
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Don't ever stop trying to make the world a better place.
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You have power.
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You have power.
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And don't you ever listen when anyone tells you something is impossible because it has never been done before.
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You have the capacity to do extraordinary good in the world.
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And so to everyone who is watching, do not despair.
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This is not a time to throw up our hands.
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This is a time to roll up our sleeves.
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This is a time to organize, to mobilize, and to stay engaged
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for the sake of freedom and justice and the future that we all know we can build together.
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Look, many of you know I started out as a prosecutor,
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and throughout my career, I saw people at some of the worst times in their lives, people who had suffered great harm and great pain,
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and yet found within themselves the strength and the courage and the resolve to take the stand,
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to take a stand, to fight for justice,
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to fight for themselves, to fight for others.
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So let their courage be our inspiration.
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Let their determination be our charge.
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And I'll close with this there's an adage an historian once
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called a law of history true of every society across the ages the adage is only when it is dark enough
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Can you see the stars?
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I know many people feel like we are entering a dark time.
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But for the benefit of us all, I hope that is not the case.
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But here's the thing.
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America, if it is, let us fill the sky with the light of a brilliant, brilliant billion of stars.
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the light, the light of optimism,
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of faith, of truth and service.
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H .U.
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And may that work guide us, even in the face of setbacks,
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toward the extraordinary promise of the United States of America.
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I thank you all.
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May God bless you.
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And may God bless the United States of America.
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I thank you all.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “FULL SPEECH: Kamala Harris delivers concession speech”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fight, America, freedom, election. This video has 108 sentences and 1108 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:16. The speaker talks slowly, about 98 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| extraordinary adjective | /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/ | Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual. |
| ideal adjective | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. |
| wage noun | /weɪd͡ʒ/ | An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. |
| engage verb | /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ | To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied. |
| principle noun | /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/ | A fundamental assumption, fundamental law or guiding belief. |
| fundamental adjective | /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/ | Related to a foundation, base, or basis; serving as a foundation. |
| courage noun | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate. |
| bless verb | /blɛs/ | To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. |
| loyalty noun | /ˈlɔɪəlti/ | The state of being loyal; fidelity. |
| resolve verb | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | To find a solution to (a problem). |
| dignity noun | /ˈdɪɡnɪti/ | The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character. |
| harm noun | /hɑːm/ | Physical injury; hurt; damage. |
| transition noun | /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ | The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| worker noun | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| start out verb | To emerge suddenly; to jump out. |
| roll up verb | To dominate by accumulating; to become dominant by accumulating. |
| throw up verb | To vomit. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | anyone who seeks · people who are · everyone who is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have placed · have been · has never been done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | must be respected · been done |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, won't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: booth /buθ/, enthusiasm /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, coalition /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, coalition /koʊ.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
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 extraordinary, ideal, wage.
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.