Shadowing Practice: Madagascar (2005) - Crying Mort Scene (6/10) | Movieclips - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Get it!
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Get it!
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Rip it!
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Rip it!
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Where'd it go?
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Where'd it go?
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King Julian, what are they?
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What are they?
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They are aliens.
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Savage aliens from the savage future.
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They come to kill us.
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And take our women.
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And our precious metals.
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Oh!
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Get up, Mort.
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Do not be near the king's feet, okay?
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Shh!
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Shh!
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We're hiding.
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Be quiet, everyone.
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Including me.
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Shh!
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Who's making that noise?
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Oh, it's me again.
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Stop it!
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Come on, Gloria!
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Stop it!
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Enough!
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You got it!
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I think you got it!
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I think she got it!
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Is it still on me?
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I hate spiders.
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This okay is gone.
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They are savages.
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Tonight we die.
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The feet!
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I told you about it!
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I told you!
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I told everyone!
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Didn't I tell him about the feet?
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He did tell you about the feet.
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Wait.
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I have a plan.
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Really?
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I have devised a cunning test to see whether these are savage killers.
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No. Hi, there.
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You let me handle it.
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Alex handles it.
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Marty does nothing.
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Hi, there.
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Oh, jeez.
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Oh, sorry.
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Shh, shh, shh.
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No, no, no, stop, stop.
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Shh, it's okay, it's okay.
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I'm just a silly, just a silly lion.
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Oh, jeez.
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Oh, no. Aw, you do.
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Baby, did that big mean lion scare you?
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He did.
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He's a big, bad old putty tat, isn't he?
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Come on, Mama, hold you.
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They are so cute from a reasonable reason.
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Sweetest little thing.
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Oh, I just want to dunk him in my coffee.
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They are just a bunch of pansies.
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Oh, no. There's still something about that one with the crazy hairdo that I find suspicious.
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Nonsense, Maurice.
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Come on, everybody.
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Let's go and meet the pansies.
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Presenting your royal highness our illustrious
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King Julian the 13th self -proclaimed
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Lord of the lemurs etc etc. Hooray everybody
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He's got style
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What is he like king of the guinea pigs I?
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Think it's a squirrel welcome
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Come, giant pansies.
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Please feel free to bask in my glow.
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Definitely a squirrel.
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Yep, squirrel.
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We thank you with enormous gratitude for chasing away the Fusa.
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The who, sir?
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The Fusa.
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They're always annoying us by trespassing, interrupting our parties, and ripping our limbs off.
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Yeah, sounds good.
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Look, we're just trying to find out where the people are, so if you could...
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Oh, my.
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What big teeth you have.
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Shame on you, Maurice.
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Can you not see that you've insulted the freak?
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You must tell me, who the heck are you?
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I'm Alex, the Alex, and this is Gloria, Marty, and Melman.
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And just where are you giants from?
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We're from New York, and we...
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All hail the New York giant!
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New York giant!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Madagascar (2005) - Crying Mort Scene”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: shh, savage, giant, feet, pansies. This video has 97 sentences and 450 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:42. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 16 of its 97 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 |
|---|---|---|
| squirrel noun | /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/ | Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae. |
| silly adjective | /ˈsɪl.i/ | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. |
| lion noun | /ˈlaɪən/ | A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe. |
| killer noun | /ˈkɪlɚ/ | One who or that which kills. |
| chase verb | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | To follow at speed. |
| rip verb | /ɹɪp/ | To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence. |
| enormous adjective | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| nonsense noun | /ˈnɒn.səns/ | Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or pattern or seem to have no meaning. |
| pig noun | /ˈpɪɡ/ | Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus… |
| suspicious adjective | /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ | Arousing suspicion. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| heck | /hɛk/ | Hell. |
| insult noun | /ɪnˈsʌlt/ | Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. |
| gratitude noun | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | The state of being grateful. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Is it still on me?
- Didn't I tell him about the feet?
- Baby, did that big mean lion scare you?
- Can you not see that you've insulted the freak?
- You must tell me, who the heck are you?
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 | have devised · you've insulted |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | We're hiding · we're just trying |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, I'm, where'd. 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 squirrel, silly, lion.
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.