Shadowing Practice: Jude - Under The Knife - Learn English Speaking with Video

The Sir, how's the shoulder? Been worse.

Really worried, you know, about Everything that could go wrong, really.

Most anxious I've been about anything.

The hardest feeling I've had before something, I'd say.

First tournament when I was at Dortmund.

Coming to Madrid, that game against Real Vallecano.

One where it felt worse than the normal ones.

Probably the most painful thing I've been through at the time.

The short term adversity that I have to overcome to be able to be back in my best physical condition.

Straighten this leg.

It doesn't really cause me too much pain.

It's more like the instability of it and knowing that

if I land from here or something like that it can always come out.

So it's just managing that really, playing with the brace.

And I think that's the thing that I'm most looking forward to, being able to play with that brace again.

I probably couldn't do any more with the brace every day in training and the games.

So yeah, I think it did the job it was supposed to do but now it's time to get it fixed.

So when we have a look again in the axial view we come down through the shoulder we see

the burn is sort of missing from this lower corner here.

Since I've had the surgery, obviously I'm three days post-op, it's feeling a lot better than I thought it would.

The surgeon, Andy Wallace, did a great job on his team, done an amazing job at having me in there as comfortable as possible as possible.

All in all a lot better than I thought it would be so I'm pleased with how it's going so far.

You know the staff and the hospitality at the 40th clinic was unbelievable.

As the day went on it came closer, I did feel a lot better about it and then

just being reminded that I was in the best hands possible for this kind of thing

so that made me feel a lot more comfortable with it definitely.

The start of the 22-23 season, which ended up being my last year at Dortmund, before the World Cup, and yeah, just went into a duel and landed funny on it,

on my arm and straight away knew something wasn't right and it was out.

And yeah, I remember them saying straight away, you know, you need to be getting an op for this really.

But then, you know, it was maybe August, September, the World Cup was in December.

I just couldn't risk that timeline and I wanted to know if there was any other way and then, yeah, that was kind of the story of it really,

that he continued to get pushed off and pushed off and held off and coming to Madrid, obviously it was like a blank start, you know, it felt fine,

I was doing really well and then I got to

that game against Real Vallecano where I just landed on it funny

and that was again one where it felt worse than the normal ones, where it stayed out for a while

and I couldn't get it back in myself

which I'd been able to do before the previous times

and they got the physio on

and it felt like an eternity before he got it back in and that physio still turns me now Guido there, it was actually 90 seconds

that it took for them to actually be able to come on the pitch

and pop it back in but for me it was like, it felt like five, ten minutes.

It was a horrible experience and then after

that everyone points to surgery straight away

but obviously it's my first year at the club

and I didn't want to have to disrupt the year that the team was having, that I was having, to miss three months and,

you know, who knows, maybe change the trajectory of that season.

In hindsight, I think the best time to do it would have been after the Euros.

Obviously, the season ended perfectly with Madrid

and then not quite as well with England and I didn't want

that to be the last taste I had in my mouth for three months

and I think in the end there wasn't the preparation for it that maybe I would have liked.

We weren't really proactive, myself and

and the people at the time weren't as proactive with it so we ended up deciding to kind of just

go for another year, leaving it as it is.

I started again the new season, no brace, no strapping.

The second or third game, gone for a tackle and it's come out again and then it's just like the physios are like, no you're gonna stay in the brace for the rest of the season now and then.

I think it was from that point I knew that this season, after this season, it would be without a doubt the season to get the surgery.

I think the actual shoulder injury itself has a lot of effect on the rest of my body.

Wearing the brace, I think, means that other parts of my body have to compensate for the lack of use that my shoulder can do.

I had a point in the season where I felt like I couldn't move

because of a pain I had in my back.

Got a scan and there was like a herniated disc on the side of my shoulder.

And we all kind of thought, the physios thought that that was something

that had to do with maybe the nerves being blocked from the problems I was having on my shoulder on

that side of my body.

So, yeah, not really an excuse, but I think from a medical point of view, there is probably evidence to suggest that it's taking its toll on other parts of my body.

I did feel like it was things that maybe happened as a result and the physios said the same.

But all in all, obviously it meant

that I could stay on the pitch instead of being out for three months

so it was kind of the small sacrifices that I had to make really.

You know, the way football's played now with the amount of games and the intensity of the game, I think the better physical condition you're in, the more everything just follows.

You know, I know what I can do technically, tactically, all that kind of stuff I've proven before.

But now being back to my best physically, I think will aid all that into coming into one, you know, and seeing the best of me, hopefully.

Last year made me understand that I should never take winning for granted again, and this year I plan on winning again a lot more.

Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 75 sentences and 1152 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:42. The speaker talks at a natural 172 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 86% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

brace /bɹeɪs/ (noun) — A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
pitch /pɪt͡ʃ/ (noun) — A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (adjective) — Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (verb) — To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
painful /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/ (adjective) — Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ (noun) — The act of preparing or getting ready.
physically /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/ (adverb) — In a physical manner.
sacrifice /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ (noun) — Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ (verb) — To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
clinic /ˈklɪn.ɪk/ (noun) — A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
nerve /nɝv/ (noun) — A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
tackle /ˈtækəl/ (verb) — To force a person to the ground with the weight of one's own body, usually by jumping on top or slamming one's weight into them.
timeline /ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn/ (noun) — A graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
blank /ˈblæŋk/ (noun) — The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim.
intensity /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/ (noun) — The quality of being intense.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

back in (verb) — To reverse a vehicle into a space.
come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.
end up (verb) — To bring to a conclusion.
go for (verb) — To try for, to attempt to reach.
play with (verb) — To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.
push off (verb) — To go away; to get lost.
come down (verb) — To descend, fall down, collapse.
come into (verb) — To obtain (usually money or property), especially through inheritance.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, couldn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/
Long words — get the stress right: preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, intensity /ɪnˈtɛnsɪti/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/

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 brace, pitch, horrible.

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	I've been · I've proven
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	being reminded · being blocked

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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