Shadowing Practice: Houston, We Have a Problem! Real problems. Real laughter! ( part 1 ) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Whoa.

Woo.

So this is a Houston,

we have a problem show and we have two wonderful people here and if you want you may introduce yourself for audience.

That's your favorite excuse.

Yeah, that's what they do if they don't know what to do.

So I am Barna Pa, Barna Mkimova, Barna Kola, Barna Amajon, how people usually call me.

I'm an English teacher.

And I will try not to correct your grammar today.

Yeah.

OK.

Yoo-hoo!

Hey, guys.

Assalamu alaikum.

This is Hayatullah, a.k.a.

GoldenLive.

And I'm Hayatullah.

So I can see many familiar faces, and we will just be roasting you today and I'm very sorry

that you're going to be the victim said it the second time.

What are you doing here?

Like- For the second time!

You're more like roasting by us?

Yes, I'm not.

Okay, you're not going to be there.

Anyways, I will guarantee that you will not be coming to the stage.

And who is the first time to this club just raise your hand?

Wow.

Yeah.

Wow.

So do we have- This is my calling too.

Do we have microphone?

Yeah, here?

So who wants to talk with us just warming up before the starting our main part of show?

So just for you to understand that this is not a speaking club and there is no mistakes.

He will laugh at you. Be ready.

I will.

I'm sorry I'm the bad guy and Barna will save you but she can't.

I'm a good guy.

Of course anyway.

He doesn't look scared though.

Good evening.

He's shaking.

What's your name?

Asil Bek.

Nice.

Where do you study?

I don't study anywhere.

You don't study?

Yeah. So who?

I have a part-time university.

Part-time.

Part-time?

What do you do in the university? To tourism. For tourism?

Yeah.

No, no, no, no, no, no. You said...

I also work.

And so I'm working now and I do part-time university.

Wait, ask a bit.

I'm stressed.

You study.

Don't be stressed.

Okay.

One, two, three.

Go.

I study at TFT University.

What's that?

TIFT. And...

I'm sorry, why is it not like perfect university?

I was just going to say that.

Why is that like perfect university?

Do you understand whenever you're graduating, just going abroad and people ask them, what did you graduate?

Perfect university.

And we're like, we love that you love your university, but what is the name of the university?

It's perfect.

Yeah, whatever.

Just the same word TIFFT.

What is like TIFFT stands for?

No, it stands for nothing.

Like just for management.

Do we have cameras rolling?

Like...

Like, no, no. It's for, no. It's always like Tashkian International.

So, Asilbeck, former student of of TEFI.

Former?

Yes.

From now on you're former university.

Just say hi to this camera.

I'm planning to end my...

Seriously?

Yeah, seriously.

I don't like it.

And I have other plans.

I'm not seeing myself as a tourism industry.

But you also do a job, right?

Yeah.

Like a part-time job.

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What job do you do?

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I work at factory.

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Factory?

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Yeah.

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It's a good word.

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Just for making money.

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Not for the future.

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I'm making money for future and.

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What you're all?

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Sorry, and my plans is I'm making money so I can learn English

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and take out this and I want to be a teacher as you.

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And I stopped.

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No, no, I really want to have the corrections.

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What the TFT is, for God's sake?

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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I don't know.

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TASCHKAN is the National University of Financial Management.

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Where is TFT?

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It's TFT.

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No, I'm sorry, there are like two T's like in the beginning and the end.

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Tift.

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Where's the M?

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Where's M?

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Maybe he doesn't know the name of his university.

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Technology.

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Finance.

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Is that so?

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I'm sorry, the finance and technology and you're like tourism student?

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Yeah, it is possible.

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Yeah, you have to change your life.

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But what do you like in the factory?

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What do you do in the factory?

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My life is like a big apocalypse maybe.

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Yeah, but with the factory thing, what do you do in the factory?

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I work as a carrier.

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Carrier, yeah.

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But it's called Yandex or Uzun Peskov.

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No, no, no, no, it's a factory.

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It's a you know, yeah.

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Oh, it's a salfet key.

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Toilet papers.

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I didn't know that one but it's a napkin.

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It's being recorded on YouTube.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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No, I'm sorry.

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Napkins.

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Oh, there was no like, they didn't pay for reclama so there is no online.

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Product place.

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Sorry.

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Yeah, yeah.

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But for teeth, we will keep the teeth.

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Okay.

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Yeah, toilet papers, yeah?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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In your free time, you just throw the toilet papers, yeah?

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at the factory when you get

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when you are not get the salary at the time cool

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nice nice with who you came below yeah alone alone standing here i wouldn't do

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that i would just stay there but it's okay

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but what is the you know the the time

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that you put yourself like the 2026 is going to be my year

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and i'll be like next barma mukimiva not like changing your gender

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but you know the ielts teacher

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or something i hope the end of the year i'll be a teacher okay i'm planning i'm planning

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the camera is rolling on i think should be the next day

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teacher okay yeah we'll be seeing i'm watching you okay i can't say as best as you

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but i'll try I beat a lot of them.

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Aww.

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They're like a million times.

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Randomly people call me Barnokia.

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Barnokia.

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And I'm like, I was recently in China in Business Street, and then all of them are men.

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It was a business trip, and only I am female.

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It was a business trip.

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Yeah.

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It was a business trip, only the business, okay?

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Shut up.

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And then when those guys were like men were introducing me, they were like, Hey, Tanishila, Barnokia.

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And I'm like, okay, all right.

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So, sometimes I'm Barnokia.

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Hi.

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Hi, hi.

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Hi, everybody.

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Hi, Cinderella.

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Hi.

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Where is your divorce?

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Left at home.

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Hello.

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My name is Shakhla.

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Hi.

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Hi, Shakhla.

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Nice.

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I think she wants to have a clap like a couple of times.

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Because she was like, I'm Shakhla.

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Yeah.

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Actually, I'm for the first time here, but before I wanted really...

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The last time I think?

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No. Okay.

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Before I also wanted to come, but I didn't have any opportunity in, but I'm here now.

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And I'm really happy, and I'm really fan of Bernopé.

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Yeah, she's really...

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You can leave if you want.

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Me and I might do the extras on the stage.

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It's one of the sauces, you know, when you get like in Evo's?

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He's jealous.

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You know like cheese sauce and the barbecue sauce, you never touch them.

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We are these, you know, and you have ketchup right here.

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I actually know her.

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I respect her so much.

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No, she's lying because when I was standing there, I was like, oh, this is Charlotte, do you know her?

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She was like, no. I didn't see you.

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By the way, who teaches and everyone loves me.

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Really, she sees it.

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Yeah, she's really...

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I know, right?

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No, no, no. That's gossip.

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Okay.

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Did you see her eyes?

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No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to ruin myself.

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Gossip, go ahead.

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Inshallah.

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Okay, you're a teacher also?

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Yeah.

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Yeah, I'm also a teacher.

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Okay, who is not a teacher in this room?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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First of all, just...

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I said, who is not a teacher?

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You are going to be the teacher.

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Put your hand down.

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No, I said, who is not a teacher?

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Yeah, yeah, who is not a teacher?

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Yeah, yeah, who is not a teacher?

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Others others okay

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so many teachers yeah you're not a teacher Omid you do teaching okay you have many colleagues

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so what do you do like you teach English

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and stuff yeah I also teach English I have my own blog

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and I said I work those I work also at the university medical university

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and I teach doctors yeah at university and Indian students at the university

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and otherwise I have my online that course I teach

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and I help a lot of students to improve their speaking skills

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and short period yeah do you understand

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that you are not for the job interview no no no

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actually I don't know what should I say I watched like a BBC TV channel we had an accident and Yeah, maybe.

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So in your university, the majority of students are Indian, I guess, yeah?

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Yeah, and one interesting fact, I teach that we have Indian students and I teach them Uzbek language, not English.

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Yeah, that's an interesting fact.

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Why do they need Uzbek?

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So the rest was not interesting, right?

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Okay, but okay, you teach English and you also the medical thing, right?

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What would be a Kurechak in English?

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One, two...

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I don't know.

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No, I teach...

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We had something. So easy.

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No, I teach English, not in medical terms.

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Of course, yes.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I teach English but it's not like it related to many.

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Yeah, of course.

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That's good.

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Nice, nice.

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Let's see you for you to understand like she doesn't know the Kodichak.

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Yeah, I don't know what Kodichak was too.

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Like Kodichak, I saw it was something eatable.

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Do you know what is the Kodicek?

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Kodicek Now I'm asking her, are you?

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Thank you Maybe I know Maybe?

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Maybe We don't say in Uzbek Kodicek Would you really?

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I mean she also teaches Uzbek Don't forget about that Interesting that we have, like I also teach Uzbek What is the Kodicek?

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I don't know Good, good.

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But Koduchak I don't know either.

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So I just wanted to know from you.

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But I'm seeing Aliza just over there behind you.

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I can show you the Koduchak.

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Even the scars here.

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This is what it is.

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This is in Vietnam. So thank you, Shahla.

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Thank you.

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Nice to see you.

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Shahla!

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Very happy to see you.

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By the way, we met Shahla.

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I think last week she was already sitting like, hey guys, I have a course.

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I was like, oh my God, my God.

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And she was like, hi, you're here to look.

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I was like, yeah, hi.

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You know, this is the moment that I was talking.

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I said it, hi, .

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I said it first.

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And I said, I know you.

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And I said, OK.

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I don't know you.

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Yes, I said, hi, hello.

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OK, pass the mic.

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so who who is not a native uzbek

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so who is not a teacher do we have a foreigners okay do we have

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like what's happening it's just like i'm like she's not a teacher but she works at the university as a lecturer

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Give her the mic.

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Okay.

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She is the...

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I'm an architect.

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What?

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Hi.

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What?

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No, like, I'm an architect.

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If you're a teacher, you're teaching actively to someone.

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Yeah.

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Like, if you're working as an academician, it is not your duty to teach anything to them.

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So I'm not a teacher.

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You sound like you're coming to the mission.

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I'm not teaching them.

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I'm just...

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Yeah, I'm not teaching them.

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It is not my duty.

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What do you do?

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Like in the course?

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You just can't like, hey children, I'm not teaching, thank you.

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Are you just getting money for this?

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You don't know anything about architecture, right?

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Oh, wow.

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Okay, let's...

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Just say something in architecture, the three main things.

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Yes.

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What should we know about architecture?

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No, no, I'm not here for that.

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I'm just saying that it is not that, like, we are not teaching them.

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We're not paying her for that.

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Okay.

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We should pay for the guests too?

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you should pay for coming here to see yeah we do

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I'm sorry like really I really want to understand you're you are the architect

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and also the lecturer what is the what is going on we are working on a project together

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so we do not like actively like trying to teach them

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something we are instructing them we are sometimes giving some seminars but it is not like teaching teaching Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Houston, We Have a Problem! Real problems. Real laughter!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: teacher, teach, English, factory, teaching. This video has 336 sentences and 2084 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:32. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 68 of its 336 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
tourism noun	/ˈtʊɹɪzəm/	The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
architect noun	/ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/	A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
toilet verb	/ˈtɔɪ.lət/	To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
napkin noun	/ˈnæpˌkɪn/	A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
lecturer noun	/ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/	A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession.
roast verb	/ɹoʊst/	To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
gossip noun	/ˈɡɑsɪp/	Someone who likes to talk about other people's private or personal business.
actively adverb	/ˈæktɪvli/	In an active manner.
carrier noun	/ˈkæɹi.ɚ/	A person or object that carries someone or something else.
academician noun	/ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/	A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
eatable adjective	/ˈiːtəbəl/	Able to be eaten; edible.
foreigner noun	/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/	A person from a foreign country.
inshallah	/ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/	Expressing the speaker’s wish for a given future event to occur, and also generally their emphasis on its contingency upon the divine will.
instruct verb	/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/	To teach by giving instructions.
ketchup verb	/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.əp/	To cover with ketchup.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
go ahead verb	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	To proceed with; to begin.
hand down verb		To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
take out verb		To remove.
warm up verb	/ˌwɔː(ɹ)m ˈʌp/	To become warmer.

Sentences worth repeating

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

What are you doing here?
You're more like roasting by us?
What do you do in the university?
I'm sorry, why is it not like perfect university?
Do we have cameras rolling?

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 stressed · being recorded
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should be · should I say · should we know
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	were introducing · was standing · was already sitting
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	may introduce · might do

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 94 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: academician /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, inshallah /ˌɪnˈʃɑ.lə/, corrections /kəˈɹɛkʃənz/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
Long words — get the stress right: academician /ˌæ.kə.dəˈmɪʃ.n̩/, apocalypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/

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 tourism, architect, toilet.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?