Shadowing Practice: Get Fluency: Shadowing English with Selena Gomez (02) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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did you manifest this time in your life because you seem to be in such a beautiful place
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did you manifest this time in your life because you seem to be in such a beautiful place
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no it's actually just i do believe in and wanting the best for yourself
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no it's actually just i do believe in and wanting the best for yourself and Thank you.
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Sometimes have to break in order to pick yourself up again.
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Thank you.
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Sometimes have to break in order to pick yourself up again. And I needed that.
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And that made me more prepared for someone as wonderful as Benny. And I needed that.
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And that made me more prepared for someone as wonderful as Benny.
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And it made me prepared to do this mission for others.
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It's like, you just, you got to break sometimes to get the blessings.
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And it made me prepared to do this mission for others.
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It's like, you just, you got a break sometimes to get the blessing.
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We write amazing songs that seem to help others along their journey.
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You write amazing songs that seem to help others along their journey.
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How does it feel when you have your fans come up to you
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and tell them what your music has done for them?
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How does it feel when you have your fans come up to you
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and tell them what your music has done for them?
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it's the coolest i first i i'm sure you know
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and i'd have to ask because you know you probably have the same feeling where
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it's the coolest i first i i'm sure you know
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and i'd have to ask because you know you probably I probably have the same feeling where I remember I released
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Lose You to Love Me and I was at a restaurant
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and this woman came up to me and I remember I released
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Lose You to Love Me and I was at a restaurant and this woman came up to me and
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and she seemed a little fragile and I just asked her if she was okay and she
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and she seemed a little fragile and I just asked her
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if she was okay she said she went through a divorce
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and lose you to love me was her way of being able to get through
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that divorce and it was
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so special i ended up crying i got her a drink it was a whole night
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and it was so special i ended up crying i got her a drink it was a whole night
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It was just, it's just those moments, I'm sure, like, you have that, that great feeling.
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It was just, it's just those moments, I'm sure, like, you have that, that great feeling.
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definitely you know that's what the art does like it resonates with us
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definitely you know that's what the art does like it resonates with us
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there's always a song or something that we can relate to
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that may help us get through things or express ourselves there's always a song
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or something that we can relate to that may help us get through things or express ourselves
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i'm curious enough from you because you inspire so many with everything you do
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I'm curious to know from you because you inspire so many with everything you do.
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So who do you listen to musically?
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So who do you listen to musically?
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well if i feel like really romantic and and i want something that's just pure
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well if i feel like really romantic and and i want something that's just pure
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i i would say ella fitzgerald is one of my favorites
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i i would say ella fitzgerald is one of my favorites
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because i think i appreciate you know from linda ronstadt and then so forth
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Because I think I appreciate, you know, from Linda Ronstadt and then so forth.
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These women sang so purely that I felt every ounce of pain.
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these women sang so purely that i felt every ounce of pain
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felt every ounce of you know pride and and it just makes you feel so good about yourself
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felt every ounce of you know pride and
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and it just makes you feel so good about yourself
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and you know there's a little genuine there that sometimes you know is missing
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and you know there's a little genuine there that sometimes you know is missing
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and see you do it for others too just the same
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Mm, and see, you do it for others, too, just the same.
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And Selena, I heard that you're not the best driver.
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Is that true?
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How are you at the drive?
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And Selena, I heard that you're not the best driver.
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Is that true?
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How are you at the drive?
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uh you know i don't encourage myself to drive
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uh you know i don't encourage myself to drive
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uh the big big plot point is
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that every time i went to dinner with david i was too scared that i'd make him drive my car
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The big, big plot point is that every time I went to dinner with David, I was too scared that I'd make him drive my car.
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so he would drive my car
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and help me needless to say i shouldn't have a driver's license i just oh my goodness
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so he would drive my car
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and help me needless to say i shouldn't have a driver's license i just oh my goodness
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It terrifies me.
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I don't know.
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It's people have fears, but cars, you know.
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It terrifies me.
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I don't know.
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It's people have fears, but cars, you know.
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Please, like, don't text and drive.
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Like, be safe.
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It's like, that stuff scares me so much.
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please like don't text and drive like be safe it's like that stuff scares me
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did you manifest this time in your life
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because you seem to be in such a beautiful place no it's actually just i do believe in
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and wanting the best for yourself
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and thank you sometimes have to break in order to pick yourself up again
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and i needed that and that made me more prepared for someone as wonderful as benny
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and it made me prepared to do this mission for others it's like
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you just you gotta break sometimes to get the blessing right amazing songs
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that seem to help others along their journey how does it feel
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when you have your fans come up to you
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and tell them what your music has done for them it's the coolest i first i i'm sure you know
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and i'd have to ask because, you know, you probably have the same feeling where I remember I released
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Lose You to Love Me and I was at a restaurant
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and this woman came up to me and she seemed a little fragile.
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And I just asked her if she was OK.
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And she said she went through a divorce
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and Lose You to Love Me was her way of being able to get through that divorce.
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And it was so special.
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I ended up crying.
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I got her a drink.
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It was a whole night.
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It was just it's just those moments, I'm sure, like, you have that great feeling.
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Definitely.
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You know, that's what the art does.
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Like, it resonates with us.
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There's always a song or something that we can relate to that may help us get through things or express ourselves.
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I'm curious to know from you, because you inspire so many with everything you do.
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So who do you listen to musically?
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Well, if I feel, like, really romantic and I want something that's just pure, i would say ella fitzgerald is one of my favorites
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because i think i appreciate you know from linda ronstadt
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and then so forth these women sang so purely
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that i felt every ounce of pain felt every ounce of you know pride
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and and it just makes you feel so good about yourself
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and you know there's a little genuine there
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that sometimes you know is missing
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and see you do it for others too just the saying selena i heard
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that you're not the best driver is
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that true how are you as a driver uh you know
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i don't encourage myself to drive uh the big big plot point is
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that every time i went to dinner with david i was too scared
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that i'd make him drive my car so he would drive my car
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and help me needless to say i shouldn't have a driver's license i just oh my goodness
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It terrifies me.
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I don't know.
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People have fears, but cars, you know, please don't text and drive. Be safe.
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That stuff scares me so much.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Get Fluency: Shadowing English with Selena Gomez”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: drive, ounce, prepared, seem, felt. This video has 129 sentences and 1474 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:15. The speaker talks slowly, about 103 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| ounce noun | /aʊns/ | An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams. |
| divorce noun | /dɪˈvɔːs/ | The legal dissolution of a marriage. |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| encourage verb | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| romantic adjective | /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/ | Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). |
| genuine adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/ | Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native. |
| relate verb | /ɹɪˈleɪt/ | To tell in a descriptive way. |
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| purely adverb | /ˈpjʊɹli/ | Wholly; really, completely. |
| blessing noun | /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ | Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| fragile adjective | /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/ | Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material. |
| manifest noun | /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst/ | A list or invoice of the passengers or goods being carried by a commercial vehicle or ship. |
| needless adjective | /ˈniːdləs/ | Not needed; unnecessary. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come up to verb | To approach. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How are you at the drive?
- It's like, that stuff scares me so much.
- You know, that's what the art does.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, I'd. 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 scare, ounce, divorce.
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.