Shadowing Practice: Her CHILDREN Helped Judge CAPRIO Decide the CASE - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Good morning, Miss White.
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Hi, I'm Marcy, Gail's my mother.
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Oh, Gail's your mom?
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Yes.
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Oh, I don't know, I see, I look at this, it's Gail.
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And your name is Marcy?
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Yes.
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And who's this beautiful little girl with you?
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This is Kaya.
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Hi, Kaya.
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Say hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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She's not looking at me, she don't wanna see.
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She's got butt in front of her.
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She's not looking at strange men, she's gonna keep distance, right?
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All right, the handsome guy, who's that, your son?
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Yes, this is Brayden.
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Come up here.
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Why come up here?
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All right, now, if I remember right, you were here before, right?
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Yes.
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Hmm?
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Yes.
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Okay, so you should be a pro now, right?
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Yup.
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Okay, yes sir or no sir?
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Yes sir.
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Okay.
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Okay, are you here today to help your mother pay for this?
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Yes.
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Oh, good.
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You're off the hook.
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Yay!
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Right?
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He's already getting ready to help you out.
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He's a good boy.
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Okay, here's the deal.
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You have a red light violation on Eddie and Dudley.
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Okay.
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We're gonna look at it.
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Okay.
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I want you to look at this with me, okay?
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All right, pay attention now.
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I want to come.
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Get over here.
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Okay, the light is red.
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The light is red, the vehicle's making a right hand turn, there's a sign right on red after stop.
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Seems like you're in a hurry.
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I was in a hurry.
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Oh wait a minute.
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Come here.
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She's not gonna be left out.
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Say hi.
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Hi.
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Is your mom guilty or not guilty? Is she guilty?
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Yeah.
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Yes.
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You're guilty.
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I'm guilty.
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You're a good judge.
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Say hi, Mom.
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Wave to your mom.
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Hi, Mom.
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Hi, Kaia.
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Say, pay, Mom.
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Pay, Mom.
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She's gonna be a good judge.
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Oh, you wanna get down?
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Okay, take care of your sister.
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I'll get over here.
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Okay, so what we're gonna do is, we're gonna ask your mom, all right, where she was going,
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and if there was any kind of special circumstances that we should take into consideration, okay?
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All right, ask her that.
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Mom, where were you going?
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I was coming to see you in the hospital.
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Oh, you were in the hospital?
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Yes.
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Oh.
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Mm -hmm.
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He broke his arm and had to have surgery and damaged his brachial artery,
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so I had left to go home and see her and get clothes and was rushing back.
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Was she in the car?
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She was not.
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She was with my mom.
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Oh, so just you?
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Yeah.
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So you weren't endangering anybody else?
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I hope not.
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All right.
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What do you think about that, Inspector Quinn?
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This guy's in the hospital.
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He's in pain.
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I spoke with him last time he was here, and he had quite the injury to his arm and also the artery in his arm,
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so I'm glad that he's healing well, but still a long way to go in the therapy, huh?
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Yeah.
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Good luck though.
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Thank you, sir.
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She's screaming, where's my mama, where's my mama?
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I love my mother, she's in the car, she's rushing.
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I still do it as of today, Judge, when I get hurt.
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I think we've all experienced that at one time or another.
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How come you've gone so slow?
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If that was Inspector Quinn, you could have gone around the corner on two wheels.
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Okay, so I'm gonna have you make the decision.
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Your sister thinks your mother's guilty, what do you think?
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No, not guilty.
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So how much should we charge her?
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None.
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Nothing?
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Yup.
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All right, here's what we're gonna ask you now.
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First of all, we're gonna get this straight now.
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You gotta be perfectly honest, okay?
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All right, did your mom go through the red light?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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And you think we should not charge her anything because of special circumstances, is that right?
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Yes.
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Because we do take everybody's personal circumstances into consideration, right?
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Yes, sir.
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And particularly since you were involved, you think it's really special, don't you?
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Yes, sir.
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All right, based on the explanation, I can understand.
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I think we've all been in the same situation.
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We have a child in the hospital.
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We have the anxiety and so forth.
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So there wasn't any impending danger at that intersection anyway.
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Is there anything else you want to tell me?
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I'm sorry for running the red light.
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No, I understand that.
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Okay, well, good luck with these two beautiful children.
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The case is dismissed.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you.
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This is the courtroom of Judge Frank Caprio, where people and cases are met with compassion, a different kind of judge, a courtroom like no other.
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This is Caught in Providence.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Her CHILDREN Helped Judge CAPRIO Decide the CASE”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: mom, guilty, sir, judge, hospital. This video has 137 sentences and 789 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. The speaker talks at a natural 160 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 35 of its 137 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| circumstance noun | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event. |
| rush verb | /ɹʌʃ/ | To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully. |
| consideration noun | /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition). |
| mama noun | /ˈmɑmə/ | Synonym of mother (“a female parent”). |
| hurry verb | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | To do things quickly. |
| artery noun | /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/ | Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its… |
| courtroom noun | The room where a judge presides over hearings and trials, sometimes with a jury. | |
| anxiety noun | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event. |
| explanation noun | /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | The act or process of explaining. |
| hook noun | /hʊk/ | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. |
| butt noun | /bʌt/ | Body; self. |
| handsome adjective | /ˈhæn.səm/ | Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly |
| violation noun | /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | An infraction or a failure to follow a rule. |
| scream verb | /skɹiːm/ | To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek. |
| heal verb | /ˈhiːl/ | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. | |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| leave out verb | To omit, to not include, to neglect to mention. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- All right, the handsome guy, who's that, your son?
- Is your mom guilty or not guilty?
- Mom, where were you going?
- She's screaming, where's my mama, where's my mama?
- How come you've gone so slow?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be left · were involved · is dismissed |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was going · were you going · was coming |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should be · should take · should we charge |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna keep · gonna look · gonna be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 35 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, intersection /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/
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 circumstance, rush, consideration.
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.