Shadowing Practice: Joey doest share food - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey.
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Hey.
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Oh, my friend Sarah had a great time last night.
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Yeah, so you're gonna call this one back?
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No. What are you talking about?
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Sarah's great.
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Oh, really?
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You wanna know what your great friend did?
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We were out to dinner, okay?
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We were getting along, having a really nice time.
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I was thinking she was really cool.
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And then, out of nowhere...
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That's it?
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That's why you won't go out with her again?
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So she took some fries, big deal.
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Hey, look, it's not about a few fries.
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It's about what the fries represent.
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What?
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All food!
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Well, I'm sorry.
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I can't believe I set you up with such a monster.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, look.
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I take a girl out.
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She can order whatever she wants.
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The more, the better, all right?
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Just don't order a garden salad and then eat my food.
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That's a good way to lose some fingers.
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Oh, thank God you're here.
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Listen to this.
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What?
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So Joey and my friend are out last night.
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They're having dinner, and she reaches over and takes a few of his fries.
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Oh, no. What?
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You know about the plate thing?
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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No, Joey doesn't share food.
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I mean, just last week we were having breakfast, and he had a couple of grapes on his plate.
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You wouldn't let her have a grape?
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Oh, no, not me.
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Emma.
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Joey doesn't share food!
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Garden salad for the lady.
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Oh, that looks great.
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Good ordering.
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Seafood platter for the gentleman and extra fries.
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Enjoy.
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Mmm, those fries look delicious.
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Oh, I didn't know you liked French fries.
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Help yourself.
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What's mine is yours.
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Oh, wow.
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Are those stuffed clams?
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Uh, yes, they are my stuffed clams.
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How about those fries, though, huh?
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They are delicious.
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You are beautiful, you know? That is so sweet.
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Okay.
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Now look what you did!
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What?
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What is the matter with you?
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I don't like it when people take food off of my plate, okay?
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But you just said what's mine is yours.
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Well, I didn't mean it!
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Fine.
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Sorry, I didn't think it was that big a deal.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm overreacting, okay?
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It's just, when it comes to food, I have certain rules, okay?
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I mean, there are things you do and, you know, things that you don't do.
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Okay.
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I really am sorry about, you know, before.
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And I just want to make sure you know that I really do like you.
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Sure.
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Just not as much as clams.
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Well, stuffed clams.
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I mean...
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Chocolate torte for the lady.
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Cheesecake for the gentleman.
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Uh, excuse me, sir.
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There seems to be some sort of red crap on my cheesecake.
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Oh, yes, that's a raspberry coulis.
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So stupid ordering cheesecake.
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Trying to be healthy.
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Oh, my God.
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All right, I'll just have what she's having instead.
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Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
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That was our last piece.
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Mm.
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Mm.
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Oh, no. This is work.
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I should call in.
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Can you excuse me?
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Oh, yeah, sure.
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No problem.
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What are you doing?
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I thought you don't share food.
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Sure I do.
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Cooley?
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No. If I can't have your clams, you can't have my dessert.
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This is a two -way street.
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Really?
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Really?
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Now this all better be here when I come back.
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Yeah, of course.
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I can control myself.
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Right?
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Good.
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Stop staring at me!
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What?
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Just a tiny little...
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Uh -oh.
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I'm not even sorry.
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Hey, so how was your date?
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Oh, not so good.
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Well, looks like it's just the two of us tonight.
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Hell, buddy.
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Yeah, and you know what?
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We could do a lot worse.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Joey doesn't share food!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Joey doest share food”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fries, clams, Joey, share, cheesecake. This video has 121 sentences and 615 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:12. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 30 of its 121 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fry verb | /fɹaɪ/ | To cook (something) in hot fat. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| salad noun | /ˈsæl.əd/ | A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often… |
| grape noun | /ɡɹeɪp/ | A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the… |
| 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… |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| nowhere adverb | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | In no place. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
| dessert noun | /dɪˈzɝt/ | The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc. |
| seafood noun | /ˈsiːfuːd/ | Food from the sea, including that derived from fish, shellfish, crustaceans, cephalopods, seaweed, algae, marine mammals, and other marine organisms. |
| clam noun | /klæm/ | A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams… |
| cheesecake noun | /ˈt͡ʃizˌkeɪk/ | A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base. |
| coulee noun | /ˈkuːli/ | A stream, especially one in the western US or Canada, generally smaller than a bayou; it may (or may not) run dry in summer, may be sluggish, shallow, and wide… |
| coulis noun | /ˈkuːli/ | A thick sauce made with pureed vegetable or fruit and often used as a garnish. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| get along verb | To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are you talking about?
- You wanna know what your great friend did?
- That's why you won't go out with her again?
- You know about the plate thing?
- You wouldn't let her have a grape?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | were getting · was thinking · were having |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are you talking · They're having · I'm overreacting |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | won't go · I'll just have |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 fry, delicious, gentleman.
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.