Shadowing Practice: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Deleted Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video

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What are those?
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They're for the order.
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So many on the run, keeps them connected with the rest of us.
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No, they're not alone.
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Come on, Dad.
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One's got dinner ready.
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Ha-ha!
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You as the cadence.
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Everyone in shelter in the room.
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I have lived in this house for 20 years.
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And now in a single night I'm expected to leave.
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They'll torture you.
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If they think for a moment you know where I'm going, they'll stop at nothing.
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Do you think I don't know what they're capable of?
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You didn't just lose a mother that night in Godric's horror, you know.
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I lost a sister.
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The End This isn't just goodbye, boy, is it?
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This is farewell.
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I don't understand.
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Isn't he coming with us? Who?
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Harry.
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Absolutely not.
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Why?
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Why?
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Well, because he doesn't want to, do you, boy?
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Absolutely not.
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No. Besides, I'm just a waste of space.
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Isn't that right, Vernon?
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Come on Dudley, we're off.
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I don't think you're a waste of space.
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Thanks.
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See you, Big D.
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next episode of the World War II.
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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!
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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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Morning.
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Ron!
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It's me!
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Harry!
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Blimey!
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I forgot what you look like.
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Where's Hermione?
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She's gone down to the courtrooms. With Umbridge.
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I understand, Wiccumper.
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Well, but I can't be a party to that.
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Hello, Bajic.
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I understand Mary's coming in for question today.
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Try to have faith.
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If there's anything that Molly and I can do to help...
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Don't tell me.
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It's raining in Yax's office again.
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Tell him to try an umbrella.
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Arthur.
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You know you're being tracked, don't you? Is that a threat?
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Uncle?
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No. It's a fact.
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They're watching you.
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The End So where do we go next?
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Well, Dumbledore had a theory that the Horcruxes wouldn't be made out of random objects.
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And they wouldn't be hidden randomly either.
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We know of three so far.
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The ring, which according to Dumbledore belonged to Tom's grandfather.
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The diary, which obviously belonged to Tom himself and then this.
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Which, again, according to Dumbledore, belonged to Tom's mother.
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It scares me a bit, that.
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Thinking it's a piece of...
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No, don't.. don't say it.
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It's.. it's taboo you know whose name.
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That's how they track people now.
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How do you know that?
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I've heard some bloke at the Ministry talking about it.
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Tea? Is that it?
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Yep.
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Oh.
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I felt that too.
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It ticking or something.
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Like it's got a heart.
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He's got a heart.
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Like it's alive.
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I hate it.
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It's like he's here with us.
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That's why we're gonna kill it.
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Oh, shit.
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I'm not going to die.
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Yeah.
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I'm sorry.
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That's the key.
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The flatter, the better.
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Try that.
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Right.
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Lean back a bit.
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Get quite low.
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Flip the wrist.
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That's the way I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'm going to do it.
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I'll take the wrist.
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Whoa!
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Oh, you're really good at it.
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So what, can I, like, like that?
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No. Get down.
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And, uh, just this arm back, and then...
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That's two?
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Two.
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That's good.
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So what can I, like...
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We're getting there.
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We're getting there.
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That's not bad.
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Three.
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All right.
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Try and get a bit lower.
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Just fit the wrist.
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That's it.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Deleted Scenes”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Dumbledore, wrist, belonged. This video has 130 sentences and 578 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:18. 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

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
wrist noun/ɹɪst/The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
blimey/ˈblaɪmi/Used to express anger, excitement, surprise, etc.
cadence noun/ˈkeɪ̯dəns/The act or state of declining or sinking.
bloke noun/bloʊk/A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
courtroom nounThe room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury.
tick noun/tɪk/A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
umbrella noun/ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
farewell noun/fɛɹˈwɛl/A wish of happiness or safety at parting, especially a permanent departure.
randomly adverb/ˈɹændm̩li/In a random manner.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
diary noun/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
lean verb/ˈliːn/To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
torture noun/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which…
flip verb/flɪp/To throw so as to turn over.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
come in for verbTo be subjected to.
get down verb/ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
make out of verbTo construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance).

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Do you think I don't know what they're capable of?
  • Isn't he coming with us?
  • Well, because he doesn't want to, do you, boy?
  • You know you're being tracked, don't you?
  • How do you know that?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itbeing tracked · be made · be hidden
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowhave lived · I've heard
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see cominggonna kill · I'm not going to die · I'm going to do
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm going · Isn't he coming · It's raining

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like wrist, blimey, cadence.

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