Shadowing Practice: i sent a quiz to every boy i've had a crush on... - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
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Oh
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Oh Oh Oh Oh I don't miss I can show you
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something else I like to roll blinds in the fat top shelf
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And if you wanna join me you know I'm not savage my shit's way louder than everybody else
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so apparently it's a trend to send out quizzes to your
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past crushes this whole trend gives me major laura jean vibes
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from to all the boys i've loved before i would definitely not be doing this
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if it was not for a youtube video
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because i'm just not brave enough this is
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so out of my comfort zone if you've been following me you know
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that i don't care about relationships like my love life has been dead for the past few years
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so i feel like this video might come off as very shocking to a lot of you guys
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and i understand that some of my friends are also doing this trend
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so i thought i would do it
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and film a video about it i think the hardest part was reaching out to my past crushes
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because i haven't spoken to them in years i already sent
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my quizzes last night i sent it to a total of eight people, I got seven responses so far.
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I sent the last one pretty late, so I don't think he's gonna respond on time, but seven out of eight, that's a pretty high response rate, so I'm happy about that.
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So in my Google form, I said, hey, so I guess I had a crush on you, lol.
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If you receive this form, it means I've had feelings for you at some point.
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Chances are I don't like you anymore, so please don't feel awkward.
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Not expecting anything besides quality YouTube content from this.
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Be as honest as you want with your answers.
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I'll try not to get offended Thanks for cooperating and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day Sincerely, Yura And then the questions say, what's your name?
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If you want to be anonymous in my video, please provide an alternative name Did you know that I liked you?
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If you knew that I liked you, how did you tell?
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Did you ever like me?
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Rate my physical attractiveness, rate my personality What was your first impression of me?
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What terms are we on?
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How awkward is this? and any last words for me
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or the viewers i'm scared okay
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so first we have brandon this guy i had maybe one conversation with him before i thought he was cute
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and yeah that was that was basically it wasn't too major of a crush
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and i feel like he was super weirded out by this
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we like don't know each other at all did you know
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that i liked you he said no obviously we don't know
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each other um did you ever like me kinda not sure he only said
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that because he's not trying to be rude and i respect
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that thank you rate my physical attractiveness 8 out of 10 thank you
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so much okay rate my personality 8 out of 10 thank
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you what was your first impression of me first impression i had of you was
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that you were really smart and kind of cute
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when did you know me i think he just knows me
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from youtube i don't think he actually remembers me from middle school
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or high school
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which is kind of sad okay what terms are we on
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three out of ten yeah we don't really talk how awkward
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is this five out of ten i'm sorry um yeah i'm sorry well thank you for responding
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that was really nice thank you okay next next we have
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armin armin is from high school we were in the same
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ap lit class senior year i think he sat next to me
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and we had casual conversations once in a
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while it was just kind of like oh he's really nice
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and smart and cute so did you know
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that i liked you kinda okay well i thought i made it pretty obvious
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so yeah if you knew that i liked you how did you tell you asked me to homecoming
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did you ever like me i've only like two
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or three girls in my life
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so i felt like answering no wouldn't put everything in context
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lol okay fair enough rate my physical attractiveness eight out of
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10 thank you rate my personality 10 out of 10 i'm
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super flattered thank you um what was your first impression of
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me very shy genius what terms are we on chill yeah
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we're pretty chill how awkward is this it's i any last words for me
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or the viewers i was totally not expecting this But when I saw the form I immediately smiled.
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Can't wait to see the video
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thank you he's super chill i think he's like one of
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the few people i still keep in touch with from high school
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which is surprising because i didn't really talk to him much in high school
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but we got to know each other more after next we have reginald that's not his real name
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but i think i know who it is okay
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so this guy is from my freshman year of high school we had marching band together for all four years
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and i think every girl has had a crush on him
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at some point in their high school career He's just he was really popular.
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He's the type to always have a smiley face at the end of a text message Because he's that nice.
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Did you know that I liked you?
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He said no Okay, did you ever like me?
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Kinda not sure Okay I'm not sure if he's just being nice cuz he's really nice
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my low self -esteem is showing in this video rate my physical attractiveness 9 out of 10
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thank you rate my personality 9 out of 10 thank you
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see he's just really nice he wouldn't say anything me what
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was your first impression of me how the fuck are you
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so smart thank you what terms are we on 10 out
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of 10 we chill how awkward is this very awkward i'm sorry i'm sorry um i'm sorry
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that i made you feel uncomfortable this was equally uncomfortable for me thank you for your time
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that wasn't too bad that wasn't too bad i'm very shocked
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that you didn't know if i liked you
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because i'm pretty sure i was really obvious next we have brandon chong brandon with an e did you know
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that i liked you kinda what do you mean kinda
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okay whatever i literally told him if you knew
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that i liked you how did you tell you told me
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on a ramp at school yeah i told you why would
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you put kind of anyway anyway i took a summer class
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with him at a different high school before i went into
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ninth grade he sat next to me yeah i told him
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on a ramp good days did you ever like me no
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rate my physical attractiveness 10 out of 10 rate my personality
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10 out of 10 you're just trying to be nice thank
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you though what was your first impression of me a good
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person exclamation point i think you're a good person too what
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terms are we on we chill we are um how awkward
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is this it's i one out of ten any last words for me
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or the viewers glad we're still good friends yes okay next person is isaiah i actually dated him
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so i wasn't gonna include him in the list of people i sent out
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because like technically he wasn't my crush okay did you know
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that i liked you yes um if you knew that i liked you how did you tell
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people in mrs clark's class literally told me who the hell
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told you oh yeah it's slowly coming back did you ever like me yes
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because we dated rate my physical attractiveness eight out of ten
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thank you rate my personality seven out of ten that's pretty
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good i'll take it what was your first impression of me you were super quiet
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but also super smart from what others said i guess that's a pretty common thing in my first impressions
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that i'm quiet and
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that i'm smart thank you what terms are we on two
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out of ten yeah we don't really talk how awkward is this eight out of ten i am
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so sorry any last words for me or the viewers anything for the content was this
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that bad the last two people are from freshman year of college they didn't choose to be anonymous
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but i'm gonna censor their names anyway
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because i'm going back to campus in the fall please enjoy
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the rest of the video thank you okay what's your name did you know
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that i liked you yes this is from freshman year of college like the very beginning of freshman year um
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if you knew that i liked you how did you tell you said
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so but the signs were
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so obviously they're looking back dot dot dot what signs text me right now
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and tell me what signs did you ever like me as
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a close friend thank you rate my attractiveness seven out of
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ten thank you personality seven out of ten I'll take it
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what terms are we on five out of ten I still
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feel like we talk I don't think it's like a five
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out of ten maybe maybe a seven out of ten anyway
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how awkward is this one out of ten any last words
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holy poo you're almost at 1 million subs yay please subscribe to this channel
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so that we can hit 1 million thank you for your time last one for now we have
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i'm surprised only one person wanted to be anonymous in this video did you know
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that i liked you kinda yeah i never really told you
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if you knew
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that i liked you how did you tell after the twins birthday party where you went up to me
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and asked me if i still like this other girl what i did that
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after the twins birthday party where you went up to me
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and asked me
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if i still liked this other girl who did you like
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interesting okay did you ever like me kinda not sure um
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okay rate my physical attractiveness eight out of ten rate my
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personality eight out of ten thank you thank you what was your first impression of me you are really quiet period
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period um yeah i'm really quiet in person pretty accurate what
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terms are we on eight out of ten yeah we're chill
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yeah okay how awkward is this one out of ten those are all the responses
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that i have so far i'm still waiting on one person to respond um
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and i might update you guys if he responds but yeah overall
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that wasn't as bad as i thought it would be i'm
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glad i did it it gave me some sort of closure gosh my face is so red right now
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I guess that's it thank you guys
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so much for watching today's video I will see you in my next video bye
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We'll see you next time.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 155 sentences and 1901 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:27. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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 |
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| awkward adjective | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. |
| impression noun | /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/ | The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. |
| chill verb | /tʃɪl/ | To lower the temperature of something; to cool. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| freshman noun | /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/ | a person (of either sex) entering the first year of an institution, especially a high school (ninth grade for US, grade 9 for Canada, grade 7 for Philippines)… |
| viewer noun | /ˈvju.ɚ/ | Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator. |
| anonymous adjective | /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/ | Lacking a name; not named, for example an animal not assigned to any species . |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| twin noun | /twɪn/ | Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling. |
| uncomfortable adjective | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | Not comfortable; causing discomfort. |
| quiz noun | /kwɪz/ | A competition in the answering of questions. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| equally adverb | /ˈiːkwəli/ | In an equal manner; in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; evenly |
| jean noun | /d͡ʒiːn/ | Denim. |
| brave adjective | /bɹeɪv/ | Strong in the face of fear; courageous. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| send out verb | To issue, dispatch or transmit. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| come off verb | To become detached. |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. |
| look back verb | To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight). |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 71 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, kinda. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, freshman /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/, shock /ʃɔk/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
- Long words — get the stress right: anonymous /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, cooperate /kəʊˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/
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 awkward, impression, chill.
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.