Shadowing Practice: "He's just not that into you" (SATC) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So, he kissed me goodnight at the door.

I invited him up.

He couldn't because he had an early meeting.

We kissed again, and he said he'd call.

Two kisses?

Very promising.

You think, even though he didn't come up?

Definitely.

It means he likes you, but he wants to take it slow.

That's nice.

Berger, what do you think?

Really want to know?

Please.

I would love to have a man's opinion for a change.

All right.

I'm not going to sugarcoat it for you.

He's just not that into you.

That's not true.

Don't listen to him.

No, no, I'm intrigued.

Elaborate.

Look, I'm sorry, but when a guy's really India, he's coming upstairs, meeting or no meeting.

Oh, that is ludicrous.

What about extenuating circumstances?

What about you're stressed out, you're on deadline, you have a migraine?

Or a lot of guys are afraid of getting their feelings hurt, and they don't want to ruin a friendship.

Or they're freaked out by their own feelings.

There's a lot of push -pull out there, a lot of mixed messages.

Yeah, I'd have to say that's all code for he's just not that in here.

I'm sorry, but with guys, it's very simple.

If we're in here, we're coming upstairs.

We're booking the next date.

There are no mixed messages.

No mixed messages?

But I've spent my whole life deciphering mixed messages.

I've made a whole career of it.

Wow, he's just not that into me.

He's just not that into me.

Oh, honey, ignore this person.

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

You were fired.

Look, if he's not into it, the guy's obviously a weenie, so...

No, no, I love it.

It is the most liberating thing I have ever heard.

Think how much time and therapy I could have saved over the last 20 years if I had known this.

I still think the real estate guy is gonna call.

Yeah, I think you got an uncomfortable email coming your way, you know?

Something like, sorry I haven't called, I'm in a place in the world where they don't have phones.

I know he'll call eventually.

He's just going through a really hard time right now.

His boss got laid off.

Later on her lunch hour, Miranda checked her Blackberry.

There it was.

The uncomfortable email Burgerhead predicted.

Then when they get busy, it's like, oh, I can't call.

Oh, I'm so stressed.

I can't call you.

But he's gonna call.

And his kitchen's being rewired.

It's all so complicated.

Yeah, that's like a two -day process. At least.

Everything.

Excuse me, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation, and I hope what I'm gonna say will save you a lot of time and energy.

He's just not that into you.

So move on. Have a great day.

Having passed on the gospel to these

New York women, Miranda could only hope they would spread the word far and wide.

Bitch!

Who the hell asked her?

Not me.

I know you did it.

Crazy people in New York.

Yeah, she is so gonna call you.

I know!

Whew!

That was one spicy biryani.

I know!

I've lost all feeling in my tongue.

Listen, um, I know a great place around the corner if you want to get coffee.

Oh, you know, I wish I could, but I really should call it a night.

Hey, it's fine.

I understand.

You're just not that into me, and it's okay.

I get it.

No, no, no. I like you.

I just really have to go.

Paul, come on.

You can stop lying.

I am not lying.

Come on.

Be a man.

Tell the truth.

I have diarrhea.

Apparently, there is one rare exception to Berger's rule.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “"He's just not that into you"”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: messages, mixed, feeling, meeting. This video has 94 sentences and 627 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:53. The speaker talks at a natural 161 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
uncomfortable adjective	/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/	Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
upstairs adverb	/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/	Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
ignore verb	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
complicated adjective	/ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/	Difficult or convoluted.
friendship noun	/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/	The condition of being friends.
honey noun	/ˈhʌni/	A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
exception noun	/əkˈsɛpʃən/	The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
ruin noun	/ˈɹuː.ɪn/	The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
invite verb	/ɪnˈvaɪt/	To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
gospel noun	/ˈɡɑspəl/	The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion…
deadline noun	/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/	A time limit in the form of a date on or before which something must be completed.
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…
elaborate verb	/ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/	Тo develop in detail or complexity.
spicy adjective	/ˈspaɪsi/	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
circumstance noun	/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/	Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.
lay off verb	(of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
pull out verb	To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
save over verb	Synonym of write over.
stress out verb	To become stressed.

Sentences worth repeating

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

We kissed again, and he said he'd call.
You think, even though he didn't come up?
Berger, what do you think?
I'm not going to sugarcoat it for you.
He's just not that into you.

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	I've spent · I've made · have ever heard
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	were fired · being rewired
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	he's coming · we're coming · We're booking
Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming	I'm not going to sugarcoat · gonna call · gonna say

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/, sugarcoat /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
Long words — get the stress right: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, diarrhea /ˌdaɪ.əˈɹiː.ə/

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 uncomfortable, upstairs, ignore.

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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