Shadowing Practice: Jackie Chan Full Steve Harvey Interview - Learn English Speaking with Video

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All right, everybody, you're going to love this right here.

My next guest is an iconic action movie star and martial arts legend.

You've loved him in films like

Rush Hour, Shanghai News.

Well, now he's starring in The Foreigner.

Please welcome the legend, Jackie Chan.

Come on, man.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, yeah, wow Oh, man.

Thank you.

You have given these people some great moments, man.

First of all, congrats on being the first Chinese actor to receive an honorary Oscar.

How does that feel?

I feel, I really feel surprised why they give an Oscar to me.

I just making a cheap comedy action movie I never thought

I would never get an Oscar also all kind of Grammy Oscar all the award for me

so far away those kind of Oscar only give to Tom Hanks no

and no yeah I never thought they one day I received the phone they said Jackie your Oscar he speaks

so much so many

so fast the english i just ah i thought

they want me present the oscar then i hear i receive presenter

i said okay are you thank you okay uh keep the secret

there's something something like i keep the secret okay

i i just still don't understand what movie i i i no there's no movie One movie!

One movie!

Then, about 24 hours later, boom!

Announced.

Then I got an Oscar.

Then I said, why I got an Oscar?

Oh, Life Chief in the World.

Wow.

Just, just, just, just, unbelievable.

Yeah, really.

The day, I admire so many good friends, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, and so and so.

I received the award, wow, it's exciting then go back to the hotel, we put in that, then I forget it.

Another page, gone.

Yeah, chapter, gone.

Now I just do whatever, I just do the same thing, I would never change because I got Oscar, I wanna do something.

No, I just do the original what I'm doing.

Yeah, well you done 200 of them.

Hey man, let's talk about this new film.

In your new film that you got out here in Foreigner, we get to see a more serious side of you.

What was that like?

Because all those years, in American audience, I think half the world the audience only know Jackie doing action comedy

and also all those years I think the action I'm getting old I cannot fast enough

look at the history how many action stars still survival right now gone

if as a true actor you can live forever like like

Clint Eastwood, Robert De Niro they they can act they can fight they can use a green screen

and double but

if I'm continue to do my own things

I very quick disappear in the film industry then I said

I have to change myself for the last 20 years I'm looking for some other things but in the US difficult

always I received a script police from Hong Kong police from

China CIA from Hong Kong CIA from China can I have

a some like some of the music a la la la

like meet meet the parents that those kind of movie no action comedy action comedy

China Hong Kong China oh hey yeah anything happened to me

I need a black dude go get Steve I'm sorry I don't I'm serious I don't understand the away from your mouth.

I know.

Jackie, can I tell you something?

Yeah.

I ain't understood a damn thing you said, either.

That's how we made

Rush Hour started.

Yeah.

Really?

Now, I'm friends with Chris Tucker.

Really?

Oh, you understood that, though, didn't you?

You never told me that.

No, I know.

First time I met Chris Tucker, we tried to make

Rush Hour 1, and then I sit in the meeting room, Jackie.

He just keep talking.

I just look at him.

non -stop i i cannot say one word

i don't know how how to answer okay then suddenly nice meeting

you then gone then i i i then i realized

he asked the bread runner why jackie never talk can he understand english yes yes he's just very humble guy

then when he come back I said, Jackie, why don't you talk?

I said, I don't understand what he's saying.

Hey, man, everybody, hey, everybody, everybody.

Yeah, that's him.

Your body, your body has gone through a lot over the years, man.

Is there anything that you haven't broken?

We, I got a chart.

We made this up.

You've broken everything on you.

Uh, not that mostly people are, Jackie, you're breaking every bone in your body.

Not every bone, but I can say every inch from the head to my toes, scratch, bruise, yes.

But bone, a little bit.

Like, I have a hole in my head.

A little bit.

That's a hole.

Put your finger.

Oh, hell no. I have a hole, I cut, cut, broken, broken,

teeth gone, jaw, cheek, broken, broken, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, broken, broken, broken angle,

almost, just not everything broken, but scratch, yeah, yeah, but what can you do? in the old day

we in hong kong we are not enough money to to to to have special effects

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or or computer graphic i don't know we just jump to the building jump jump to the car jump oh yeah

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i remember i tell the story many times ago i remember one day uh i am meeting with uh

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Steven Spielberg wow

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Steven Spielberg what how can I start the conversation then I wow

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Steven Spielberg for me he's a god you know all the movie he made

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and I was sitting in the meeting room the door is open

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he coming he just walking as a wow big fan big fan and I have a question what question how can

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How can you make the dinosaur, human, with the camera move?

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If the camera doesn't move, okay, okay.

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You can stop the camera, you can frame by frame, but move is difficult.

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I said, Jackie, so easy.

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You know, computers, I just do this, do this.

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Can I ask you a question?

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I said, what?

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How you jump from here to there?

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I said, more easy.

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Rolling action jump hospital.

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the button the button for me

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so difficult the button for me you give me a machine I cannot read I don't know which button

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but job easy we got a clip

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we got a clip of of your action sequence that you had in the movie Foreigner.

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Let's watch.

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Yeah, yeah, that's my man, baby.

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You can see that even the fighting is more serious.

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It's not like, not like rush out.

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Yeah, rush out the wall.

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But this one is more serious.

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Because I'm acting like a 70 -year -old guy, but I have special background.

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You still do your stunts?

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Yes.

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The audience still like to see Jackie Chan doing the old, old, traditional, uh, making movie.

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And then, what can I do?

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Of course, I like to, no director hire me to be, uh, in a, run in the, uh, beach, singing the song,

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slow motion, kissing the girl.

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Come on, boy, I want to see it.

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Yeah, I want to do it, but no director hire me.

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Jackie Chan running on the beach in slow motion kissing the girl.

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And singing the song right and singing the song

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To shoot a master of stunts and when it comes to

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that you're about the best at it we're gonna have a little fun with you.

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I'm gonna play a video of someone attempting to do a stunt.

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Then I'm gonna pause it.

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And then I want you to guess if they completed the stunt or they fall on they face.

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Okay.

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Okay?

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All right, this is called Stunt Work or Needs Work.

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All right, all right, let's see the first video.

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Let me see how high

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If he do a triple somersault, he will landing

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If the single, he fell

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You know what I mean?

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Now, because That's a triple one

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That's a triple one and two

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He might stay

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If just one, he fell

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Well, if I do the triple, I'm dead.

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All right, let's see.

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It's okay.

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That's okay.

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No, you can tell.

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It doesn't hurt much.

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No. Yeah, it don't hurt.

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Get your ass up.

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Come on.

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Let's go.

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We got take two.

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That's how we do.

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We're making a movie.

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Boom.

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The director, you okay?

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Yeah, I'm okay.

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When you say no, you're out.

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You run out of the job.

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Yes, yes.

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All right, let's see the next one.

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Wow.

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He tried to kick? Did he try?

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Did he try to kick the...

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Yeah, yeah.

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He's trying to kick that light.

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Wrong shoes, wrong pants.

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What?

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What?

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What?

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He got nothing right.

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Wrong shoes, wrong pants.

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Definitely fell.

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Come on, let's see.

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All right, let's go to the next one.

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Boy, this, what the hell?

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Oh.

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Cool.

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What you think, Jackie?

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I, did he, did he jump to the ground, or did he try to jump to the fan?

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If he's trying to get to the ground.

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If I jump to the fan not fast enough, jump to the ground, yes he might hit just like this

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but he definitely ain't got enough speed to clear that damn fence

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let's go Jackie let's see oh that's hurt yeah that's hurt he jumped his ass through the gate

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that he how did he think he was gonna make that yeah it's not the speed not not fast enough he

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We should, yes, not fast enough.

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Could I see that one one more time?

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I like that one, show me that one one more time.

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If, if he, the way he in the end, you know, S -T -U, and if the, his body in between the end,

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yes, he can do it.

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Oh, oh, if he was on the end in stunt.

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Yeah.

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He back there behind the S.

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Hey, Jackie Chan, it's an honor, sir.

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I've always been a huge fan of yours.

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Thank you very much.

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Jackie Chan, everybody.

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We'll be right back.

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The legend, Jackie Chan.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Jackie Chan Full Steve Harvey Interview”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: jackie, movie, oscar, jump, broken. This video has 212 sentences and 1712 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:55. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
crack noun	/kɹæk/	A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
stunt noun	/stʌnt/	A daring or dangerous feat, often involving the display of gymnastic skills.
rush verb	/ɹʌʃ/	To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
triple adjective	/ˈtɹɪp.əl/	Made up of three related elements, often matching
bone noun	/boʊn/	A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
legend noun	/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/	The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
steven noun	/ˈstiːvən/	Voice, especially when loud or strong.
pants noun	/pænts/	An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers.
hire verb	/ˈhaɪɹ/	To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
boom verb	/bum/	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
clip noun	/klɪp/	Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
shoe noun	/ˈʃu/	A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
scratch verb	/skɹæt͡ʃ/	To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
finger noun	/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/	A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
chart noun	/t͡ʃɑɹt/	A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
rush out verb	To release (a product) quickly.
come back verb	To return to a place.
get out verb	To leave or escape.
go back to verb	To stem from; to originate in.
go through verb	To travel from one end of something to the other.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Jackie, can I tell you something?
Is there anything that you haven't broken?
Can I ask you a question?
How you jump from here to there?
You still do your stunts?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 42 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: rush /ɹʌʃ/, shoe /ˈʃu/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, honorary /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/

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 crack, stunt, rush.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?