Shadowing Practice: Jodie Comer Choked While Eating Pasta on Camera - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It is so nice to meet you.
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You too.
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Thanks for having me.
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Oh, that's your accent.
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Very surreal.
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Yeah.
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Sandra Oh said, when I meet you, I'm going to be surprised by your accent.
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So you're from Liverpool.
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Yes.
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Yeah, Liverpool.
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OK.
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Home of the Beatles.
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Yes, exactly.
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But I'm so shocked to hear that, because I just don't.
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Dr. Foster, you had an American accent, right?
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No, she was British.
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Oh, she was British.
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Yeah.
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Maybe I didn't do a good job there.
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No. No, she was British.
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She was from London.
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Yeah.
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And so now you play a Russian assassin in this.
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And you have all kinds of accents in this.
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Yes. And languages.
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That was a big part of the character when I auditioned.
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They were like, you know, she speaks a lot of languages.
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And obviously in the audition process, I was like, oh, yeah, fine.
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Like, not thinking about it.
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And then when we got to set, I was like, oh, this is real.
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Yeah.
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It's an intense character.
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It's a really intense character.
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So a little bit of, if you haven't seen
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Killing Eve, Just this cover of Entertainment Weekly is - Fancy.
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Yeah, showing you kissing a knife.
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And - Yeah, that was my decision.
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Yeah, well.
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You can imagine.
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It's good for the character.
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That's amazing, that cover.
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Yeah.
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It was a great day.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So all right, tell everybody, explain who you are.
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And you have so many different characters within your character.
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Yeah, well, I mean, I kind of had to view Villanelle as an actress in many ways.
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She puts on these personas.
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She dresses up.
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She uses the accents and the languages.
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And it's all a ploy to trap her victims and lure them in.
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But it's a wonderful aspect of playing here.
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It's a lot of fun.
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Yeah.
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I've seen the first two episodes of season two.
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Oh, great.
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And I can't wait to see the rest.
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It's such a great show.
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Thank you.
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And you get to do.
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Now, there's a lot of climbing buildings and riding motorcycles.
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And do you do a lot of that?
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Do you like doing it?
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No. No, I'm so uncoordinated, and I'm not agile at all.
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I have an incredible stunt, Double Jessica.
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But there are a lot of outtakes of me.
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It might be written in the script, like she pulls out a knife very smoothly.
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But then there's like 15 outtakes of me trying to do that convincingly.
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So yeah, a lot of it's smoke and mirrors.
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So what is the day on the set that you were eating pasta, and that was the most dangerous day?
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I don't understand that.
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Yeah, well, that was in series two.
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She was being her usual self, showing off, and trying to prove a point whilst shoveling mouthfuls of pasta.
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And it came to my close up, so I was really going for it.
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And bear in mind, I was eating pasta from like 9 AM, and this was about half 4 in the afternoon.
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So it was a lot of pasta.
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And it was particularly dry and rather large and surprisingly like shot down the back of my throat mid -take.
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And the actor opposite me kind of thought I was making a really weird acting choice and was like...
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Watching you choke?
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Watching me choke.
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Yeah, it was all on camera.
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And then everyone kind of realized that it was actually a very serious moment and kind of run into...
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Run into help me?
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Did someone give you the Heimlich?
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What happened?
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No, well just before that was about to happen, it passed.
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Uh -huh.
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But when I told my brother, my brother was like, I just love the fact that of all the things that could potentially kill Villanelle,
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it was a mouthful of pasta.
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Well, Sandra Oh's character should know that and feed you pasta.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I mean, someone should tell her.
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So do you visit
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Los Angeles often?
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I have done over the past three years.
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Do you like it?
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I like it.
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I don't think it likes me.
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Why is that?
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Every time I'm in LA, something really strange happens.
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Like what?
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For instance, the first time I was here,
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I had to, well, kind of got kicked out of my Airbnb because I wouldn't sign a subtenant agreement form.
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The second time, I got bed books.
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So I was going to loads of meetings, like head to toe in bites, which is really attractive.
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And then I was here in January, and I had to get all my wisdom teeth removed, emergency dental surgery.
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All of them at once?
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Like what happened that you all of a sudden, they were impacted.
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It was right before the Golden Globes, so I was being a bit of a party pooper at the Golden Globes, which wasn't like me.
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So that's when I knew something was wrong.
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God, that's horrible.
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Yeah, so touch wood, nothing's actually happened this time.
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Good.
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Well, I want you to get away from me as soon as possible.
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But I really couldn't wait to meet you, because like I said, I loved you in Dr. Foster,
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even though I forgot which country you came from.
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And I absolutely adore Killing Eve.
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I think it's just such an amazing character.
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It's just so incredible.
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So I can't wait to see the whole thing.
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Thank you.
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Killing Eve airs
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Sundays at 8 on AMC and BBC America.
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We'll be right back.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Jodie Comer Choked While Eating Pasta on Camera”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: character, pasta, accent. This video has 101 sentences and 938 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:54. The speaker talks fast, about 192 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
| accent noun | /ækˈsɛnt/ | A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to… |
| 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… |
| intense adjective | /ɪnˈtɛns/ | Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering. |
| audition noun | /ɑˈdɪʃən/ | A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent. |
| choke verb | /t͡ʃoʊk/ | To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air… |
| mirror noun | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it. |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| actress noun | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | A female who performs on the stage or in films. |
| horrible adjective | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | Causing horror; terrible; shocking. |
| aspect noun | /ˈæspɛkt/ | Any specific feature, part, or element of something. |
| sudden adjective | /ˈsʌd.ən/ | Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly. |
| potentially adverb | /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/ | In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way. |
| whilst adverb | /waɪlst/ | Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile. |
| script noun | /skɹɪpt/ | A writing; a written document. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| close up verb | /kləʊzˈʌp/ | To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| do over verb | /ˈduˌoʊvɚ/ | To cover with; to smear or spread on to. |
| dress up verb | To put on special or fancy clothes. | |
| pull out verb | To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. | |
| shoot down verb | To cause to fall by shooting. | |
| show off verb | To exhibit the best attributes of something. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I've seen the first two episodes of season two.
- Do you do a lot of that?
- I'm so uncoordinated, and I'm not agile at all.
- Do you like it?
- I don't think it likes me.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't seen · I've seen · have done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | might be written · were impacted |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, mouthful /ˈmaʊθfʊl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/
- Long words — get the stress right: potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, convincingly /kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ.li/
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 pasta, accent, knife.
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.