Shadowing Practice: ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE Clips (2016) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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BLEEP!
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, no, no, no,
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no, no, no, no, no.
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Oh my god!
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Oh, my God.
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Make a wish!
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Make a wish!
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You gotta make a w - Wow!
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My wish came true!
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I'm okay!
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Mine too.
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Mi amor, so many ladies have tried and failed to strap a saddle and sit the stallions.
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but i want to share everything with you you're the wind
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beneath my fleas the algae of my eye will you be
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i'm gonna stop you right there i'm breaking up with you what
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but i planned our whole future our wedding our kids our
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burial plots how you doing are you crazy we've only had one day Hey, it lasted 14 minutes.
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Yes, but it felt like 20.
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Oh, I can't.
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A ring?
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I mean, I like the ring, but no, I can't.
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You're too clingy.
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How is this clingy?
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With you in a minute.
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I'll have to rinse and repeat.
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That weasel is such a buzzkill.
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Let's go, kids.
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Don't worry, ma 'am.
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I'll catch the crew that poached your egg.
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Ha ha ha!
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It's a pun!
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I'm winking under the eyepatch.
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A mother is crying, a damsel in distress.
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Forboding intruders have made such a mess.
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What I detect is a lack of respect for all that is precious and dear.
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I am the pine -sized protector of this lost world.
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But my friends call me Buck.
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Well played, guys.
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I have a message.
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Bullies look welcome.
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Return what you've stolen.
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Go back where you came from!
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La -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la -la!
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You know I'm greater, so don't be a hater!
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You may be Jurassic, but I am fantastic!
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Fantastic!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Figaro!
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Oh, love that bit.
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Huh?
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That's not the weasel.
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That's...
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I don't know what that is.
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Hmm.
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Whoa.
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Is it my time, Angel?
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Time for what?
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I'm coming to the light!
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Can't wait to see all those dead relatives I hate!
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Go help your sister! But Dad...
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Demon Angel!
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YAH!
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And that's how it's done.
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Hello?
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Angel?
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Hello in heaven!
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It's so dark and squishy in here!
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Huh?
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Oh no!
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I can still see the light!
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Hello?
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Hello?
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Oh!
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Hello, mammals!
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Hi, Buck!
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Hi!
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Bye, Buck!
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Um, a little help?
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Oh, right on the spleen.
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Utterly useless, but totally hurts.
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Wait, this half a snack is a dinosaur whisperer?
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And expert salsa dancer.
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What are you doing, Buck?
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All rocks tell a tale.
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Where we've been and where we're heading.
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that however is a turd found it behold mammals a sneak
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preview of the asteroid to come a space rock fresh from the cosmos i taste iron carbon oh
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and a hint of nickel oh space tastes It's lonely.
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Hey, look!
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I found another space rock!
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Me too!
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Hey, yours is attracted to me!
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No, yours is attracted to me!
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We're just too attractive!
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I can't believe it!
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Visitors!
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We've never had visitors!
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Somebody pinch me!
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Or should I pinch you?
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Wait, I'll pinch both of us!
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Did I hit my head?
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What's happening here?
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I sure hope this isn't a...
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Dream.
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Dreamweaver, I believe you can get me through the night Bisco? For real?
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Whatever!
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Woah!
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Woah!
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Woah!
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Well, hello handsome.
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I'm Brooke.
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Oh, such exquisite bone structure, such a strong jaw.
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I'm getting butterflies.
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I'm getting nauseous.
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Here he is, the master of meditation,
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the supreme serene, the four -time heavy thoughts champion of the world. Is that a llama?
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I hate llamas.
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They spit and smell.
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Oh.
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Greetings, mammals.
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The Shangri -Lama will see you.. now.
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This is the guy who's gonna save us.
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New topic.
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We're all about to die.
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Well, that's no good.
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Stress is a killer.
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Let us loosen our limbs and open our minds.
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Downward dog!
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Oh, seriously?
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I'll wait.
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I have all the time in the world.
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Caterpillar!
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Funky chicken!
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Bouncing Betty!
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Mashed potato!
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Hey, this is kinda easy!
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Could you help me, please?
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My nose is dangerously close to my butt.
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Oh, whoa.
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Ah!
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Ah!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 162 sentences and 691 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:03. The speaker talks slowly, about 76 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 71% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
pinch verb/pɪnt͡ʃ/To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
attract verb/əˈtɹækt/To pull toward without touching.
visitor noun/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
distress noun/dɪˈstɹɛs/Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
topic noun/ˈtɑpɪk/A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
relative noun/ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
bone noun/boʊn/A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
killer noun/ˈkɪlɚ/One who or that which kills.
steal verb/stiːl/To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
tale noun/ˈteɪl/A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
butt noun/bʌt/Body; self.
lonely adjective/ˈloʊnli/Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
beneath/bɪˈniːθ/Below.
handsome adjective/ˈhæn.səm/Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, mash /mæʃ/, nauseous /ˈnɔʃəs/, squishy /ˈskwɪʃi/

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 whoa, pinch, attract.

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 nowhave tried · have made · you've stolen
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itis attracted
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowi'm breaking · I'm winking · is crying
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionwill you · I'll have · I'll catch

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