Shadowing Practice: I CAN DO IT - Powerful Motivational Video - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So many people out there fail not because they don't have the ability, it's because they don't have the heart to go through adversity.
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The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
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It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are,
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it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
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You'll go through some failures.
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When you're in that darkness, you want to sit there and wait for the light to come.
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But you can't wait.
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The only way out is to step forward, to face your fears, to become your own light.
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There's going to be a lot of times y 'all about to fail.
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We are all a work in progress.
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But in that moment, I want you to remember the power of you.
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You will change the world.
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Even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don't ever give up on yourself.
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The indomitable will, if you have a belief, you can do something.
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The only way you grow that, like in the gym, you grow your muscles by actually exercising them.
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To grow the individual will to become something, you must get comfortable with fear and failure.
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They must be your best friends.
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They're the only one that moves that needle of life.
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Every hero you guys had was called an idiot,
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crazy a loser you must break society's status quo status quo is normality it's alive
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but not living it's death on a stick guys the belief of the individual
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overrides thousands of people with just intent safety comfort zones are dead zones you have to continue to push yourself
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because your true potential will never be matched guys nobody is gonna hit as hard as life
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but it ain't about how hard you hit it's about how hard you can get hit
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and keep moving forward how much you can take
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and keep moving forward now if you know what you're worth then go out
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and get what you're worth
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but you got to be willing to take the hits the future rewards those who press on with patient
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and firm determination I'm gonna press on I don't have time to feel sorry for myself
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I I don't have time to complain, I'm gonna press on.
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Stop complaining.
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Stop crying.
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We are gonna press on.
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We've got work to do.
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What's your why?
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What motivates you?
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What pushes you?
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What drives you?
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And if that thing is internal, if nobody has to call you, if nobody has to prod you, if nobody has to reward you,
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if nobody has to give you anything, if you are self -motivated and self -regulated, You can have it.
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You can be it.
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You can do it.
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Take ownership.
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Take extreme ownership.
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Don't make excuses.
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Don't blame any other person or any other thing.
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Get control of your ego.
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Take ownership of everything in your world.
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The good and the bad.
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Take ownership of your mistakes.
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Take ownership of your shortfalls, take ownership of your problems, and then take ownership of the solutions that will get those problems solved.
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Take ownership of your mission.
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Take ownership of your job, of your team, of your future, and take ownership of your life.
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And lead to victory.
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It's possible you can live your dream.
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It's necessary that you have a plan of action, that you're resilient, that you stick to and you work with the system,
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that you have the vision and never give up, that you become creative and relentless and keep on coming back again and again and again.
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And that it's you that you've got to take personal responsibility to make it happen and that it's hard, easy is not an option.
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And when life knocks you down, jump back up and say, it's not over until I win.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “I CAN DO IT - Powerful Motivational Video”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ownership, nobody, press, grow, forward. This video has 60 sentences and 657 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:05. The speaker talks at a natural 161 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.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ownership noun | /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/ | The state of having complete legal control of something; possession; proprietorship. |
| belief noun | /bɪˈliːf/ | Mental acceptance of a claim as true. |
| reward noun | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | Something of value given in return for an act. |
| complain verb | /kəmˈpleɪn/ | To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
| muscle noun | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement. |
| solve verb | /sɒlv/ | To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| knee noun | /ni/ | In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. |
| darkness noun | /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ | The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light. |
| intent noun | /ɪnˈtɛnt/ | Something that is intended. |
| nasty adjective | /ˈnæs.ti/ | Dirty, filthy. |
| determination noun | /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/ | The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc. |
| sunshine noun | /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/ | The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You'll go through some failures.
- We've got work to do.
- It's possible you can live your dream.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: ownership /ˈoʊnɚʃɪp/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
- Long words — get the stress right: determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/, permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, adversity /ædˈvɜː.sɪ.ti/, indomitable /ɪnˈdɑmɪtəbl̩/, normality /nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/
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 ownership, belief, reward.
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.