Shadowing Practice: Jackie Chan Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is Jackie Chan.
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This is a wild auto-complete interview.
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Three, two, one, go!
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Okay, the one dropped.
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So I'll take this one first.
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I can speak Cantonese, Mandarin, a little bit English, and Shandong, Shanghai, a lot of Korea,
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Japanese, and Taiwanese, not many, hey.
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Whoa, doing his.
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Oh, yes, I'm still doing my own stunt.
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Why?
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Because even now, today, the technology is so good, but the world audience still like to see Jackie Chan doing their own things.
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Maybe 40 years ago, I can do a triple kick, ba ba boom, ba ba boom.
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Now, 20 years later, the double kick.
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But now I do one kick, okay.
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I just do shoulder one kick.
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This is, I'm doing.
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If right now jumping the floor, no, I do need a double now.
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Stunt.
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It depends.
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Like when I have drive a helicopter, we need some professional.
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When I doing a triple kick, then I need, I have a hundred students.
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We can, in the middle, I can pick up who do the best, who do this, who do that.
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Oh.
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Training.
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I have my training camp with all my stunt team, like three hour, mostly time we punch and talking,
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kicking, and think about the choreograph, how to different than some other movies,
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Use what kind of weapon and chair and the board, how to fight with the board.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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What is Jackie Chan's first job?
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First job when I was eight, I was child actor.
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First movie, same when I was eight, I was a child actor.
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First movie, same.
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When I was seven, I was like an angel.
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And I'm singing.
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That's me.
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The first job, first movie.
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My famous quote?
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I can do it, never give up.
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Whenever I do the stunts or look at the dandruff things, I say, I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't do it.
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Don't give up.
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Boom, then I jump.
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Then breaking angle.
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Then break my skull.
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The first car I drive, ah, the boss gave to me, it's a Volkswagen.
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The one, exactly like Clare the Kid, the Jaden Smith.
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I was break the car, the same car.
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Right now it's a Toyota Alpha.
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More people can sit down, easy.
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Not like it used to be a sport car, but now I'm most comfortable as possible.
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More low-key as possible.
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Right on your face.
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What's this?
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Do you have a skin?
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No, my family rules, no ear holes, no tattoo.
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Even my son. Can I sing?
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Can I sing?
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I'm waiting for you.
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Fighting.
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Okay, another one.
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Why so many questions?
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Where I'm living, I'm based in Hong Kong, but right now I'm staying in Beijing.
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I'm filming in Beijing right now.
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And this moment, I'm in Myanmar between China border filming in the jungle.
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Now, right now, right this moment, I'm in London.
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Oh, my teacher from China.
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There are so many teacher in that time from China.
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So we teach singing, dancing, stick fight, knife fight, kicking punch, all kinds of things for 10 years.
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My father, I'm growing up in French embassy until I'm 7.
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I mean, I'm filming Panda Project 2.
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The first one last year was released.
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This year we're making a Panda Project 2 filming between Yunnan and Myanmar's China's border When I was in school,
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I learned Southern style.
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After 10 years, I learned Southern, Northern style.
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So I know both styles.
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Southern style more jumping, Northern style more on the ground not so much so many jumping and after that I learned karate,
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hapkido, judo, boxing.
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I learned so many things because in
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that time we don't have a cell phone we don't have a karaoke we don't have anything
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and most important I don't have money.
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Most of the time we stay in the dojo school,
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karate with all the friends that's how we spend every day not like this day you can have a karaoke drinking bar,
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mostly cell phone, we don't.
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But I'm glad because at that time we don't have these kind of things, I train a lot.
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Oh, when I was young, I was very big, very fat.
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So, and Chinese name called me Pao, it's like a Kenyan.
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My mom speaks Shanghainese, it's calls me a Po.
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In the embassy, everybody calls me Po.
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I thought it's English Po, it's not Shanghainese Po.
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My father went to Australia American embassy.
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When I get there, everybody call me, what's your name?
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I said, okay, my name's Po.
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And that time I wanted to learn English.
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Then I go to the night school.
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Then the teacher asked me, what's your name?
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I said, my name is Chang Gong Sing.
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No, your name is Steven.
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I said, okay.
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Embassy, poor school, Steven.
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Then I went to some work here.
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Then my friend bring me there.
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Then I said, did this guy have an English name?
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No. Okay.
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He used his name, put on my name.
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His name called Jack.
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In Australia, I have a poor Steven Jack.
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Then Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack.
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after nine months, I know a little bit English because Jack Chan, no rhythm, just like a fighting.
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Then I put a Y, Jackie Chan.
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Then after that, when I make a movie, after famous, I sign to Golden Harvest and the Golden Harvest said,
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Jackie, you're too strong, too man.
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You have to change a little bit.
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Then they take out the Y, they put the IE.
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So you see 80s, my poster still J-A-C-K-Y.
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But after 80s, always J-A-C-K-I-E, Jackie Chan.
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Believe it or not, after I changed I-E, my career just boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. That was that.
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Oh, I like any food, but I don't like animal stomach inside.
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Especially these days, not many steaks.
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I don't know why.
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Now I like more soup, vegetable, fruit, mango, bread, cuisine.
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I toss a lot of board, this was very fun.
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I see you next time.
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I need more board.
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I need more question.
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I need you know more about me.
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Bye bye.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 126 sentences and 1022 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:55. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| embassy noun | /ˈɛmbəsi/ | The function or duty of an ambassador. |
| stunt noun | /stʌnt/ | A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills. |
| punch noun | /pʌnt͡ʃ/ | A hit or strike with one's fist. |
| triple adjective | /ˈtɹɪp.əl/ | Made up of three related elements, often matching |
| karate noun | /kəˈɹɑ.ti/ | An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting. |
| angel noun | /ˈeɪ̯n.d͡ʒəl/ | An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. |
| stomach noun | /ˈstʌmək/ | An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion. |
| knife noun | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge… |
| angle noun | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| poster noun | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. |
| soup noun | /sup/ | Any of various dishes commonly made by combining liquids, such as water or stock, with other ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, that contribute the food… |
| tattoo noun | /tæˈtuː/ | An image made on a body part, usually the skin with ink and a needle. |
| helicopter noun | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| take out verb | To remove. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, automobile /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like boom, embassy, stunt.
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.