Shadowing Practice: تعلم الانجليزية من الافلام / Learn English With THE LION KING - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You want to learn English without feeling like you're studying something difficult?
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I've got you.
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All you need to do is watch the full video, grab a notebook and a pen to jot down anything new to you,
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as we learn new vocabulary and the pronunciation of some words, through conversations from native speakers in movies to improve your English.
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The Lion King, a movie that needs no introduction,
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is already one of the most popular films in Arab countries, if not the most popular.
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Today's plan is simple.
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You'll watch a long scene, but please pay attention to an important note.
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Do not, under any circumstances, watch the scene and then leave the video because you didn't understand it the first time.
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That's completely normal so keep this in mind now.
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By the end of the video you'll have watched it enough to understand it.
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We'll explain the key vocabulary, pronunciation rules and some real-life examples.
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Then you'll watch the scene again with Arabic and English subtitles.
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Finally you'll try to imitate the scene to ensure you significantly improve your accent using the shadowing technique.
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I can't call them the You okay kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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Well, Pumba helped a little.
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Thanks for your help.
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Hey, where you going nowhere?
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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No, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
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Oh Kid, what's eating ya?
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Nothing.
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He's at the top of the food chain.
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The food chain! So, where you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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Ah, you're an outcast.
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That's great.
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So are we.
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What'd you do, kid?
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Something terrible, but I don't want to talk about it.
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Good.
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We don't want to hear about it.
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Come on, Timon.
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Anything we can do?
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Not unless you can change the past.
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You know, kid, in times like this, my buddy Timon here says you gotta put your behind in your past.
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No, no, no. I mean...
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Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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It's you gotta put your past behind you.
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Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?
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Right.
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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Well, that's not what I was taught.
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Then maybe you need a new lesson.
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Repeat after me.
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Hakuna Matata.
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What?
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Hakuna Matata.
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It means no worries.
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In this scene, Teaman asked a lot of questions without using the usual question forms, like, Are you okay, kid?
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Or, Where are you going?
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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Hey, where you going?
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Nowhere.
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So, where are you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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This is exactly what native speakers do in real-life conversations.
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They simply change their tone of voice to show they're asking a question.
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Let's take these two scenes as examples.
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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You can easily tell where the question is, even though they have the same form.
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If you want to tell someone that they were in a bad situation and were about to die, what would you say?
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You nearly died.
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You deserve to die.
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You should die.
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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Well, Pumba, help.
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A little.
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Nearly means the same as almost or closely.
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G is an informal exclamation used to express surprise, amazement, or enthusiasm.
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For example, Gee, I didn't expect it to rain today.
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Gee, it's a beautiful restaurant.
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Oh, gee.
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I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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No, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
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Oh.
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When T-Man said, he looks blue, Bamba thought that T-Man was talking about Simba's color, so he said, I'd say brownish gold.
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By the way, brownish gold is a color mixed of brown and gold, exactly like Simba's color.
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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But Tymon clarified his misunderstanding and said, I mean, he's depressed, which is the meaning of the expression, he looks blue.
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No, no, no, no. I mean, he's depressed.
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Oh.
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So, looking blue or feeling blue means to be sad, depressed, or down.
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You look blue.
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It's a healer.
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You know, you feel blue.
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I'm down.
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I'm feeling down. But.
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What's eating you?
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Nothing.
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He's at the top of the food chain.
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The food chain.
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In this scene, you have to let your comic sense shine to understand the scene, because we are talking about Timon and Bomba.
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What's eating you?
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Means, what's bothering you?
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Or, why do you seem upset?
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It's a way of asking someone what's troubling them, and that's exactly what Bomba said.
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But Timon tried to change the meaning to make fun of it and said, nothing, he's at the top of the food chain.
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Nothing, he's at the top of the food chain.
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And the food chain is a way of organizing all animals and plants as a group.
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You know what?
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Let Mufasa continue the explanation.
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Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance.
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As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.
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Dad, don't we eat the antelope?
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Yes, Simba, but let me explain.
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When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass.
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And so, we are all connected in the great circle of life.
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Good morning, sire!
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Good morning, Zazu!
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So, to be at the top of the food chain means that you are not food for any animal, like lions in this case.
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And the opposite is to be at the bottom of the food chain.
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Look at you guys!
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No wonder we're dangling at the bottom of the food chain.
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Man, I hate dangling.
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Yeah?
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I'm worried about Anton.
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What's eating him?
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What's eating you, Connader? So, where you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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Ah, you're an outcast!
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That's great, so are we!
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An outcast is someone who is rejected or excluded from a group or society.
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For example, he became an outcast after breaking the community's strict rules.
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He felt like an outcast in his new school.
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Ah, you're an outcast.
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That's great.
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So are we.
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What'd you do, kid?
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Something terrible, but I don't want to talk about it.
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Good.
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We don't want to hear about it.
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But I don't want to talk about it.
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To pronounce this phrase like Simba, we need to make some slight changes.
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For example, drop the T at the end of the word but, and add an R sound between it and the I to make them blend together easily.
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Similarly, want to becomes wanna and so on.
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As a result, it becomes like this.
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I don't wanna talk about it.
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I don't wanna talk about it.
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I don't wanna talk about it.
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You know kid, in times like this my buddy Timon here says you gotta put your behind in your piss.
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No, no, no. Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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It's, you gotta put your past behind you.
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Amateur means a non-professional or less skilled person.
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And Bomba gets a little confused with his words.
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That's why T-Man said to him,
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Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself means to stop what you're doing and rest,
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usually because you're in danger of injuring yourself or you're feeling unwell.
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It's advice to take a break and be cautious.
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I mean...
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Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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It's you gotta put your past behind you.
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Look kid, bad things happen and you can't do anything about it, right?
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Right.
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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To put something behind you means to move on from a past event or experience and stop letting it affect you.
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For example, after losing a game, the team played well but we lost.
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Now, you gotta put it behind you and focus on the next match.
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Look kid, bad things happen and you can't do anything about it, right?
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Right.
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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To turn your back on something means to reject, abandon, or ignore it, often in a deliberate way.
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Oh, I shall practice my curtsy.
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Don't turn your back on me, Scar.
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Oh no, Mufasa.
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Perhaps you shouldn't turn your back on me. Is that a challenge?
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You'd turn your back on Germany forever?
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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Well, Pumba helped.
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A little.
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Thanks for your help.
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Hey, where you going?
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Nowhere.
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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No, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
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Oh.
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Kid, what's in you?
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Nothing.
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He's at the top of the food chain.
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The food chain! So, where you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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Ah, you're an outcast.
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That's great.
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So are we.
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What'd you do, kid?
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Something terrible, but I don't want to talk about it.
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Good.
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We don't want to hear about it.
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Come on, Timon.
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Anything we can do?
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Not unless you can change the past.
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You know, kid, in times like this, my buddy Timon here says you gotta put your behind in your past.
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No, no, no. I mean...
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Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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It's you gotta put your past behind you.
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Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?
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Right.
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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Well, that's not what I was taught.
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Then maybe you need a new lesson.
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Repeat after me.
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Hakuna Matata.
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What?
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Hakuna Matata.
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It means no worries.
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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Well, Pumba helped.
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A little.
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You okay, kid?
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I guess so.
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You nearly died.
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I saved you.
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Well, uh, Pumba helped.
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A little.
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Thanks for your help.
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Hey, where you going?
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Nowhere.
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
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Oh.
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Thanks for your help.
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Hey, where you going?
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Nowhere.
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Gee, he looks blue.
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I'd say brownish gold.
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No, no, no, no. I mean he's depressed.
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Oh.
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Kid, what's eating you?
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Nothing.
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He's at the top of the food chain.
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What's in ya?
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Nothing.
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He's at the top of the food chain. So, where you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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Ah, you're an outcast.
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That's great.
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So are we. So, where you from? Who cares?
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I can't go back.
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Ah, you're an outcast.
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That's great.
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So are we.
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What'd you do, kid?
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Something terrible, but I don't want to talk about it.
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Good.
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We don't want to hear about it.
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What'd you do, kid?
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Something terrible, but I don't want to talk about it.
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Good!
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We don't want to hear about it!
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Come on, Timon.
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Anything we can do?
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Not unless you can change the past.
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Come on, Timon.
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Anything we can do?
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Not unless you can change the past.
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You know, kid, in times like this, my buddy Timon here says, you gotta put your behind in your past.
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You know, kid, in times like this, my buddy Timon here says, you gotta put your behind in your piss.
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No, no, no. Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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No, no, no. I mean...
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Amateur, lie down before you hurt yourself.
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It's you gotta put your past behind you.
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Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?
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It's you gotta put your past behind you.
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Look, kid, bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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Well, that's not what I was taught.
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Wrong!
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When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world.
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Well, that's not what I was taught.
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Then maybe you need a new lesson.
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Repeat after me.
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Then maybe you need a new lesson.
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Repeat after me.
Why practice speaking with this video?
Practicing your English speaking skills through engaging content, such as movies, can make learning enjoyable and effective. In the video "Learn English With THE LION KING," you’ll immerse yourself in real-life conversations and scenarios that enhance your language comprehension. The film's relatable characters and emotional narratives offer a perfect backdrop for english speaking practice. By listening to native speakers, you'll pick up on nuances of expression and everyday idioms that are essential for fluency.
Moreover, shadowspeak allows you to mimic the speech patterns, intonations, and rhythms of the characters. This method not only boosts your vocabulary acquisition but also helps you internalize the pronunciation and contextual usage of phrases. As you move through the scenes, you’ll become more comfortable speaking English, reinforcing your confidence in conversational settings.
Grammar & Expressions in Context
The engaging dialogue in The Lion King features several key grammatical structures and expressions that you can incorporate into your own speaking. Here are a few to note:
- “What’s eating ya?” - This expression is an informal way to ask someone what’s wrong and reflects colloquial English. Understanding how to use such phrases can enhance your conversational skills.
- “Put your past behind you” - This phrase emphasizes letting go of past mistakes. It teaches you the importance of phrasal verbs and idiomatic expressions in English, which are crucial for sounding fluent.
- “When the world turns its back on you” - This structure illustrates conditional sentences. Practicing such phrases can help you express complex ideas in a clear, relatable manner.
Common Pronunciation Traps
As you engage with the video, be aware of certain pronunciation traps that often challenge learners. Words like “depressed” and “outcast” may be pronounced differently than expected, so it’s essential to pay close attention to how native speakers articulate these words. The characters in the video use a unique accent and intonation, which may vary from the standard English you might be familiar with.
Additionally, mimicking the characters using the shadowing technique can help you refine your accent. Try saying phrases like “You gotta put your past behind you” along with the video to practice the flow and rhythm of natural speech. Utilizing a shadowing app can further support your learning, as it allows you to hear the correct pronunciation repeatedly.
Overall, by watching The Lion King and engaging with the dialogue, you’ll develop greater confidence in your English speaking abilities while enjoying a classic film.
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.