Shadowing Practice: Learn English with KUNG FU PANDA — Po Meets Shifu - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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The universe has brought us the Dragon Warrior.
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The universe has brought us the Dragon Warrior.
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What?
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What?
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What?
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What?
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Stop!
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Wait!
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Who told you to?
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Master Udwe, wait!
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That flabby panic can't possibly be the answer to our problem!
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Mom, you were about to point at Tigris and that thing fell in front of her.
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That was just an accident.
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There are no accidents.
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Forgive us, Master.
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We have failed you.
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No. If the panda has not quit by morning,
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then I will have failed you.
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Ah, yeah.
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I'm Izzy, your real-life English fluency coach and today we're diving into Kung Fu Panda,
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where a clumsy panda named Po is chosen accidentally,
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or not, as the Dragon Warrior.
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Now the Dragon Warrior in this movie is the ultimate Kung Fu fighter who's supposed to protect everyone in the valley.
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But as you could see in the clip,
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Master Shifu thinks this is crazy.
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He was sure that one of his students would be picked instead.
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Now did you catch those two advanced expressions they used there?
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Master Oogway, wait!
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That flabby panda can't possibly be the answer to our problem!
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So the word flabby here describes Poe's soft, out of shape body.
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And then Tigress said this.
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Forgive us, Master.
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We have failed you.
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Which basically means I have disappointed you or I've let you down.
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So you didn't meet their expectations and you're sorry for that.
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But Shifu doesn't agree.
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He actually thinks he's the one responsible.
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No, if the panda has not quit by morning,
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then I will have failed you.
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Alright, so let's follow this story and get into today's actual lesson.
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We'll watch this scene where Poe enters the legendary hall of warriors for the first time.
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And it's really funny because he's been a fan of Kung Fu his entire life
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and now he's finally getting to live his dream.
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Let's check out the first part and then we'll learn all the advanced English words in it like we just did.
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The sacred hall of warriors.
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No way!
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Look at this place.
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Master flying rhino's armor with authentic battle damage!
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Whoa!
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The sword of heroes.
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Said to be so sharp you can cut yourself just by looking at...
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Ow!
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The invisible trident of destiny!
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I've only seen paintings of that painting.
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No. The legendary Urn of Whispering Warriors said to contain the souls of the entire Tenchu army.
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Hello.
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Have you finished sightseeing?
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Sorry.
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I should have come to see you first.
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My patience is wearing thin.
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Oh, well, I mean, it's not like you were going anywhere.
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Would you turn around?
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Sure.
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Hey, how's it going?
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How do you get five...
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Master Sheetful!
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Oh!
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Someone broke that.
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But I'm gonna fix it.
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I'll...
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Do you have some...
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Blue?
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Ow!
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Ow!
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Ooh!
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Ah, splinter.
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So you're the legendary dragon warrior, hmm?
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Uh, I guess so.
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Wrong!
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You are not the Dragon Warrior.
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You will never be the Dragon Warrior until you have learned the secret of the Dragon Scroll.
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Whoa.
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By the way, these advanced expressions that you're seeing highlighted in blue,
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did you know you can practice them on our app?
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Now, honestly, you may ask,
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why would you not do that?
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Well, we've discovered that this is a great method to memorize words
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so you can remember them later when you have conversations in English.
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I mean, I'm sure you've been in situations where you try to speak English,
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but it's like all the words you know have disappeared from your brain.
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So thousands of learners just like you are using our app
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to start speaking English naturally with the words they learn from our lessons.
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I'll leave the link in the description below so you can click on
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that right now using your phone and continue watching this lesson from there.
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Alright, so Poe is exploring the legendary Hall of Warriors filled with ancient Kung Fu artifacts.
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An artifact is an object made by humans,
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usually something old and historically significant.
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Like in museums, you see artifacts like ancient pottery, weapons, jewelry, or tools.
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Nooo!
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Ha ha ha ha ha!
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The legendary urn of whispering warriors said to contain the souls of the entire Tenchu army!
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An urn is a large decorative container like this.
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In ancient times, urns were often used to store important things like ashes or sacred objects.
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Now ashes are what remains after a body is cremated,
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that is, burned after death.
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In this case, this urn is a mystical container that holds the souls of warriors.
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Poe even says hello to it as if he's trying to communicate with the warriors inside.
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The legendary urn of whispering warriors.
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The verb to whisper means to speak very quietly or softly like this.
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So the urn of whispering warriors suggests that you can hear the quiet voices of the warriors coming from inside the urn.
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Have you finished sightseeing?
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Sorry!
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When you go sightseeing, you're exploring and enjoying the views of a location,
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usually as a tourist or a visitor.
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So Master Shifu is being sarcastic here.
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Po isn't a tourist, he's supposed to be training.
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Shifu is annoyed
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that Po is wandering around looking at everything like his own vacation instead of focusing on his Kung Fu training.
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So Po doesn't notice that Shifu is in the room and that he's the one talking here.
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He thinks the voice is coming from the whispering warriors inside the urn.
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Sorry, I should have come to see you first.
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Alright, I was waiting to get a phrase like this.
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So this is a really good one for practicing advanced pronunciation.
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So let's take a look at the way he said those words.
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He didn't say, I should have come to see you first.
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It was all linked and some sounds were even changed or dropped.
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Check it out.
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Sorry, I should have come to see you first.
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So what's happening here is this.
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Should have became shoulda.
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This is a common pattern we hear from natives.
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Next, he doesn't say come to see,
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but rather come to see.
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The word to is often reduced to a t sound.
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And in American English, it gets even further reduced to a r sound,
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like go to town becoming go to town.
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And here it's morphed into a quick n sound,
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which is also quite common.
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Come to see, come to see.
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Alright, now let's practice.
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Repeat after Poe.
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I should have come to see you first.
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I should have come to see you first.
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Cool, right?
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So if you've already learned with other lessons from us,
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you should already know that we call this feature of spoken English, connected speech.
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It's the actual way natives speak,
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and we often think they're speaking fast,
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but they're just speaking connected.
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So pay attention to patterns like this whenever you're watching a movie or a TV series.
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It'll greatly help you improve your listening skills.
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My patience is wearing thin.
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Oh, well, I mean, it's not like you were going anywhere.
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Now think of a piece of fabric that gets thinner and thinner until it's close to tearing.
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That's when something is literally wearing thin.
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When someone's patience is wearing thin,
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it means they're getting more and more frustrated and are about to lose their temper.
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See this other example.
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Joey!
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Alright, don't lose your temper.
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I'll come right back and give you a hand.
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A splinter is a small sharp piece of wood,
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glass or metal that gets stuck in a person's skin, like this.
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So Poe was touching the broken urn and got a small piece stuck in his finger.
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You will never be the Dragon Warrior until you have learned the secret of the Dragon Scroll.
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Before books existed, people wrote important texts on long pieces of paper and rolled them up for storage.
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That's what we call a scroll.
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It's also worth mentioning that the paper they would use would often be made of animal skin.
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We call this type of paper parchment.
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Alright, now let's watch the second part of the scene.
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So, um, how does this work?
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Do you have a ladder or trampoline or...
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You think it's that easy that I'm just going to hand you the secret to limitless power?
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No, I...
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One must first master the highest level of kung fu,
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and that is clearly impossible if that one is someone like you.
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Someone like me?
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Yes, look at you, this fat butt.
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Flavion.
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Shh, don't stop.
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Master's sensitive in the flabby parts.
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In this ridiculous belly.
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Hey!
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And utter disregard for personal hygiene.
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Now wait a minute.
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That's a little uncalled for.
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Don't stand that close.
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I can smell your breath.
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Listen, Oogway said that I was the- The wooshie finger Hold?
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No, the Wuxi Finger Hold.
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Oh, you know this hold?
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Developed by Master Wuxi in the Third Dynasty, yes.
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Oh, then you must know what happens when I flex my pinky.
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No, no, no. You know the hardest part of this?
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The hardest part is cleaning up afterwards.
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Okay, okay, take it easy.
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Now listen closely, Panda.
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Oogway may have picked you,
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but when I'm through with you,
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I promise you, you're going to wish he hadn't.
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Are we clear?
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Yeah, we're clear.
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We're clear.
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We're so clear.
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Good.
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I can't wait to get started.
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So, um, how does this work?
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Do you have a ladder or trampoline or...?
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You think it's that easy that I'm just gonna hand you the secret to limitless power?
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Limitless means without limits, that has no restrictions or goes on forever.
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In this case, Shifu is talking about infinite power.
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The Dragon Scroll contains a secret to this kind of incredible unlimited power.
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No, I...
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One must first master the highest level of kung fu and that is clearly impossible if that one is someone like you.
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Someone like me?
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Look at you, this fat, but flabby arm.
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Okay, so we've already learned what this word means, so let's keep going.
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You're sensitive in the flabby parts.
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In this ridiculous belly.
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Hey!
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And utter disregard for personal hygiene.
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Let's break down this phrase.
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So utter means complete or total, usually something negative.
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Like you could say, for example,
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that something is a complete or utter disrespect.
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To disregard it means to ignore or pay no attention to something,
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to act like it doesn't matter or doesn't exist.
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And utter disregard for personal hygiene.
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Personal hygiene refers to keeping yourself clean.
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Things like bathing, brushing your teeth,
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washing your hands, and taking care of everybody's cleanliness.
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And utter disregard for personal hygiene.
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Now wait a minute, that's a little uncalled for.
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Don't stand that close, I can smell your breath.
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When you say that something was uncalled for,
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you mean it was inappropriate, unnecessary, or unfair.
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Po thinks Chifo went too far with the comment about his hygiene.
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He was mean and unnecessary.
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Now this is a great phrase to use
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when you feel someone said something rude or inappropriate and you want to tell them about it.
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Check out this other example.
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You know, when I was 12,
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my brother shot me in the pinky toe with a nail gun.
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After a few weeks, the toe just kind of fell off doctor said if I had come in right away,
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they might have saved the toe.
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You can't run away from your problems.
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Especially if you only have nine toes.
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Sorry, that was uncalled for.
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Listen, Ugue said that I was the- The wuxi finger hold?
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Not the wuxi finger hold.
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Oh, you know this hold.
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Developed by Master Wuxi in the third dynasty, yes.
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In Chinese history, there were many dynasties.
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That is, periods named after the Ruli family,
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like the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty.
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When Po mentions the Third Dynasty,
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he's showing off his knowledge of ancient Kung Fu history.
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Oh, then you must know what happens when I flex my pinky.
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To flex means to tighten or contract a muscle,
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usually to show strength or prepare for action.
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For example, when you flex your bicep, like this.
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Your pinky is your smallest finger.
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This little guy here.
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So when Shifu says, flex my pinky,
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he means bending his pinky like this.
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Po actually got to master this technique later in the movie and use it to defeat his opponent, Tai Lung.
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Now listen closely, Panda.
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Oogway may have picked you,
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but when I'm through with you,
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I promise you, you're going to wish he hadn't.
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When someone says they'll be through with you,
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it means they're going to be finished dealing with you,
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probably after putting you something difficult.
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Shifu is intimidating Po, saying that by the time he finishes training him or testing him,
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Po will regret ever being chosen as the Dragon Warrior because the training will be so tough.
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And to finish, he says this.
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Are we clear?
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Are we clear is a direct way of asking,
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do you understand what I just said?
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This will incur my goodwill and may affect what I tell your parents when I meet them.
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Are we clear?
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I'm clear.
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It's more intense than just asking, do you understand?
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It's often used when someone is being serious or giving a warning.
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And Po's response, we are so clear.
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Shows he definitely got the message.
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All right, now let's get ready for the most important step of the lesson.
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We're going to test your comprehension by watching the whole scene again without subtitles this time.
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And I'm going to ask you some quiz questions just to see how well I've understood everything.
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The Sacred Hall of Warriors.
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No way.
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Look at this place.
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Master flying rhino's armor with authentic battle damage.
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Whoa.
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The sword of heroes.
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Said to be so sharp,
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you can cut yourself just by looking.
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Ow.
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The invisible trident of destiny.
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I've only seen paintings of that painting.
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No. The legendary urn of whispering warriors said to contain the souls of the entire Tenchu army.
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Hello.
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Have you finished sightseeing?
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What does sightseeing mean?
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Looking for something you lost?
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Looking around interesting places, try and improve your vision.
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Sorry, I should have come to see you first.
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My patience is wearing thin.
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Oh, well, I mean, it's not like you were going anywhere.
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Would you turn around?
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Sure.
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Hey, how's it going?
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Now, how do you get five...
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Master Shifu...
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Oh!
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Someone broke that.
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But I'm going to fix it.
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I'll do you have some So you're the legendary dragon warrior hmm,
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uh, I guess so wrong You are not the dragon warrior.
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You will never be the dragon warrior until you have learned the secret of the dragon scroll
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What were old scrolls usually made of parsley pavement parchment?
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Whoa.
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So, um, how does this work?
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Do you have a ladder or a trampoline or...?
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You think it's that easy that I'm just going to hand you the secret to limitless power?
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No, I...
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One must first master the highest level of kung fu,
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and that is clearly impossible if that one is someone like you.
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Someone like me?
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Yes, look at you!
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This fat, but flabby organs.
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Those are sensitive in the flabby parts.
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In this ridiculous belly.
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Hey!
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And utter disregard for personal hygiene.
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Now wait a minute, that's a little uncalled for.
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What does uncalled for mean?
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Inappropriate, unnecessary or unfair.
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Don't stand that close, I can smell your breath.
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Listen, Oogway said that I was the- The wooshie finger hold?
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No, the wooshie finger hold.
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Oh, you know this hold?
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Developed by Master Wooshie in the Third Dynasty, yes.
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Oh, then you must know what happens when I flex my pinky.
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No, no, no. You know the hardest part of this?
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The hardest part is cleaning up afterwards.
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Okay, okay, take it easy.
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Now listen closely, Panda.
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Oogway may have picked you,
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but when I'm through with you,
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I promise you, you're going to wish he hadn't.
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What does it mean to be through with someone or something?
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To pay attention to it?
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To be finished with it?
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To help or fix it?
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Are we clear?
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Yeah, we're clear, we're clear, we're so clear.
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Good.
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I can't wait to get started.
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of our new lessons
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and remember now this is a great moment for you to
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the vocabulary practice right now he's all yours you're all mine well what's he doing keep quiet he's listening for us
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Why practice speaking with this video?
Practicing your speaking skills is essential for achieving fluency in English, and what better way to do so than through engaging content like the "Kung Fu Panda" series? In this clip, we see Po, a clumsy panda, experiencing an unexpected opportunity to become the Dragon Warrior, which provides a rich context for learners. By mimicking the dialogue, you not only improve your vocabulary but also learn how to express emotions, such as excitement and disappointment, effectively. This video is an excellent resource to learn English with YouTube because its relatable characters and humorous situations make for a fun learning experience.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
In this scene, we encounter several advanced expressions and grammatical structures that are useful for English speaking practice:
- “That flabby panda can’t possibly be the answer to our problem!” – Here, the word flabby describes Po in a humorous light, emphasizing the contrast between expectations and reality. This structure can be used to convey disbelief regarding someone’s abilities.
- “Forgive us, Master. We have failed you.” – In this sentence, the speaker uses the present perfect tense to express a sense of regret. This structure is valuable for making apologies or expressing disappointment, key components of interpersonal communication.
- “If the panda has not quit by morning, then I will have failed you.” – This conditional sentence illustrates how to discuss hypothetical situations. Master Shifu expresses his concern about failure, which can be a great way to practice conditional forms in English.
Common Pronunciation Traps
When learning English through media, pronunciation can often be a challenge. In this video, pay close attention to the following:
- “Flabby” – The initial sound can be tricky. Focus on pronouncing the 'f' clearly and stress on the first syllable.
- “Warrior” – Make sure to articulate the 'r' sounds. This word is commonly mispronounced, especially by non-native speakers.
- “Failed” – The 'ai' sound can be confusing; practice stretching the vowel sound to separate it from the 'l' sound.
Using a method called shadow speak, where you mimic the dialogue immediately after hearing it, can greatly enhance your pronunciation accuracy. Whether you're preparing for IELTS speaking practice or simply looking to improve your English speaking practice, utilizing these phonetic challenges will help you sound more natural and confident.
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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