Shadowing Practice: I NEED YOUR LOVE (Pasal VIETSUB) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I need your love, I need your time
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When everything's wrong, you make it right I feel so high,
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I come alive I need to be free with you tonight I need your love
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I take a deep breath every time I pass your door I know you're here but I can't see you anymore
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And that's the reason you're in the dark I've been a stranger ever since we fell apart
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And I feel so helpless here
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Watch my eyes, I'll fill with fear
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Tell me, do you feel the same?
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Hold me in your arms again I need your love, I need your time
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When everything's wrong, you make it right I feel so high,
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I come alive I need to be free with you tonight I need your love,
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oh, I need your love
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Now I'm dreaming, will I ever find you now?
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I walk in circles but I never figure out
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What I mean to you, do I belong?
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I'm trying to fight this but I know I'm not this strong
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And I feel so helpless here
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Watch my eyes, I'm filled with fear
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Tell me, do you feel the same?
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Hold me in your arms again I need your love, I need your time
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When everything's wrong, you make it right I feel so high,
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I come alive I need to be free with you tonight I need your life
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All the years, all the times
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You have never been to blame
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Now my eyes are open
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Now my heart is closing
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All the lies, all the ways I've been trying to make a change
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And now my eyes are open I need your love, I need your time
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When everything's wrong, you make it right I feel so high,
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I come alive I need to be free with you tonight I need your love I need you

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “I NEED YOUR LOVE”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: alive, tonight, eyes. This video has 30 sentences and 313 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% 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

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
helpless adjective/ˈhɛlplɪs/Unable to defend oneself.
belong verb/bɪˈlɒŋ/To have its proper place.
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
fill verb/fɪl/To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
strange adjective/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
blame verb/bleɪm/To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing…
circle noun/ˈsɜɹkəl/A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
alive adjective/əˈlaɪv/Having life; living; not dead.
fear verb/fɪə/To be afraid of (something or someone); to consider or expect (something or someone) with alarm.
arm noun/ɑɹm/The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
dream verb/ˈdɹim/To see imaginary events in one's mind while sleeping.
lie verb/laɪ̯/To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
apart/əˈpɑɹt/Excluded from consideration.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
fall apart verbTo disintegrate, to break into pieces.
figure out verbTo come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Tell me, do you feel the same?
  • Now I'm dreaming, will I ever find you now?
  • What I mean to you, do I belong?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've been · have never been
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessaryneed to be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowI'm dreaming · I'm trying · is closing
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionI'll fill · will I ever find

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like helpless, belong, breathe.

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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