Shadowing Practice: Introducing Best of Luck with Kyla Scanlon - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How do you plan a career when nobody can tell you which jobs will even exist in five years?
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Every piece of career advice that we've been given, pick a stable field, get the right education,
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pay your dues, comes from an economy that doesn't exist anymore.
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The economic ladder doesn't go where it used to.
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So how do we make the right decisions about work in a world where the rules keep on changing?
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I'm Kyla Scanlon.
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I help make economics make sense
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and I'm launching a new show with Fox called Best of Luck that helps to answer some of these questions.
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Starting on October 27th, I'm going to have weekly conversations with everyone, from economists to farmers to comedians,
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and we're going to try to understand and define this economy that we're actually working in.
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Yes, it's scary.
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Yes, it's changing.
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But there is a way to make it work for us.
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I'm not on recession watch, but there is so much change going on under the hood of the US economy.
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Grad school is a trap and a disaster.
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Even over the last 15 years, when you look at the tech boom,
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the people who've done best in the economy are those who have great technical skills and great social skills.
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And if you only have brilliant technical skills, you're actually not near the top.
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Earlier this year, I was down 400 grand in a single day on this one trade.
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Dude, what are you treating?
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Best of luck.
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How to make work work.
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Subscribe on YouTube or your favorite podcast app for new episodes starting on October 27th.
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Whenever I read any of your newsletter posts, it's like deep economic data that combines philosophy and news.
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And you're like, I feel so smart reading this.
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It's on a screen, but I feel smart.
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And then at the end is some insane sentence that's like, but are you living up to your self -worth?
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So it's great to be experiencing this in real time.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Introducing Best of Luck with Kyla Scanlon”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: economy, skills, economic. This video has 28 sentences and 336 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:42. The speaker talks fast, about 197 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 |
|---|---|---|
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| stable noun | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. |
| economics noun | /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/ | The study of resource and wealth allocation, consumption, and distribution, of capital and investment, and of management of the factors of production. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| disaster noun | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent… |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| define verb | /dɪˈfaɪn/ | To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. |
| farmer noun | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| combine verb | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. |
| ladder noun | /ˈlæd.ɚ/ | A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or… |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| comedian noun | /kəˈmiː.di.ən/ | An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, doesn't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: economics /ˌiːkəˈnɒmɪks/, comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, economist /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/
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 skill, stable, economics.
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.