Shadowing Practice: HOW DOES FASTING AFFECT CANCER? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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fasting is a bitch okay do you ever try it yeah
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what do you think you liked it it depends how long
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you're talking about okay let's go a week oh no i've
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not fasted for a week before after about three days of not eating just drinking water you hit this wall
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and it's like oh man i'm just i can't deal with
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it anymore it's just a terrible feeling in my body i
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can't sleep at night i got the jimmy legs i got
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all kinds of problems screw it i'm not doing this just tiny amounts of a grape juice, you can get through the wall.
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What we do for the cancer patients, we do a zero carb diet for about a week while the body is readjusting.
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You can't believe the power of glucose is an addictive drug on the brain.
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It's unbelievable.
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It's like cocaine.
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And you know that when you start shaking and you're going.
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But if you don't eat carbs and just eat meat or whatever, then when you jump off to the water only fasting, it's much less traumatic to the brain.
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You've gone through the wall of the gate, so to speak.
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So once you know how to get through the gate, you make this whole process a lot easier, and that helps people enormously,
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especially those people that want to get rid of their chronic disease.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “HOW DOES FASTING AFFECT CANCER?”. This video has 17 sentences and 236 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:01. The speaker talks fast, about 231 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| gate noun | /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ | A doorlike structure outside a house. |
| jimmy noun | /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ | A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. |
| juice noun | /d͡ʒuːs/ | A liquid made from plant, especially fruit. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| chronic adjective | /ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/ | Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| cocaine noun | /koʊˈkeɪn/ | An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a… |
| traumatic adjective | /tɹɔˈmætɪk/ | Of, caused by, or causing trauma. |
| glucose noun | /ˈɡluː.kəʊz/ | A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C₆H₁₂O₆; a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism. |
| grape noun | /ɡɹeɪp/ | A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the… |
| addictive adjective | /əˈdɪktɪv/ | Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming. |
| carb noun | /kɑɹb/ | The hole on a pipe which is covered and opened to control the inflow of air. |
| carbohydrate noun | /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ | A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. |
| enormously adverb | Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
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 | You've gone |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, carbohydrate /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/
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 gate, jimmy, juice.
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.