Shadowing Practice: Magma vs. Thorns EPIC Finale Game 🔥 | GOAT (Stephen Curry) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is what dreams are made of, Rusty!
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Teams become champions, players become legends!
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Let's go!
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This is the best day of my life!
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I feel myself getting invested who cares I'm here for it break my heart kiddo
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Tonight Jett and Maine will finally answer the question who is the GOAT On three!
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One two three!
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Rufra D!
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And here we go Chuck!
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Unbelievable!
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Maine Attraction gets the tip over Lenny!
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Many.
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Main trails went home, sending a strong message to the Thorns.
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You're too small.
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Come on, Will.
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Show him who's too small.
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Eyes on me!
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Get with the sweep pass!
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Thorns respond!
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As the first quarter comes to a close, it's still anyone's game.
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We should be spying these fools.
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Take them out if you have to.
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But hold onto that lead.
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Paris on a break!
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Uh-uh.
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Not today.
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Rude, watch out!
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Ow!
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Hard hit on Jet!
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No foul call!
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What?
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Oh no. This injury could take you out permanently if you put any more weight on this leg.
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I'm sorry y'all.
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Jet, I didn't mean for you to get hurt.
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Hey, hey, it's not your fault.
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But I think I'm done.
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What are we gonna do?
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We can't win without jets!
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What?
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Oh, we're all thinking it.
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Look, roots run deep?
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That's more than just a cheer.
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You guys have no idea what you mean to this city.
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My mom told me to dream big.
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And for Violent, there is no dream bigger than bringing home a claw.
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This might be the last time Violent Thorns ever play.
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And we ain't gonna go out like this.
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Yeah, you heard the rook.
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Let's dream big.
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He said Jet.
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Yeah, Jet!
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A well-deserved standing ovation for the legendary Jet Fillmore.
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Welcome back, Goat.
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Archi!
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Terris is on a tear!
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The thorns are all tied up!
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Julia!
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I got this!
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I am that bird!
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I am that bird!
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She can fly!
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I can fly!
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She can fly?
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Olivia Burke just posterized me!
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I am losing my mind here!
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Olivia!
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That's right!
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Go, sonny!
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Go!
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You can do it!
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Small ball!
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Oxygen fly!
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These are the thorns we came to see!
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Look who's the poster child now.
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Time out, Magma.
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Oh, word of advice, stay off social media.
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We gotta turn this around.
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Now, where my maniacs are?
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Maniacs!
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Uh oh, I think we've got some seismic activity!
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Just listen to that crowd!
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They're going crazy!
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Let's go!
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Whoa!
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Archer's trapped with no way out!
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I know the feeling, Rusty.
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Whoa!
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And up goes Lenny!
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Jet can't save you now!
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Ooh, hard fall by me!
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What?
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What?
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What?
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The zebra and the horse are working together.
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Come on, that's a foul!
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Really?
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Oh that's how you wanna win?
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Huh?
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What you gonna do about it, Small?
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Hey, Mae!
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He's not a Small!
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He's.. a...
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medium!
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Hey, break it up!
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Come on!
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Let me at him!
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Let me at him!
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Relax!
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Keep your hooves off my teammates!
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Get him, Daddy!
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Make him bleed!
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That's not what you want to see.
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Speak for yourself!
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Plagery 2, number 34, ejection.
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Are you kidding me?
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Mame started it!
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Where's his foul?
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Cry about it.
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The rules state, thorns need five players or they forfeit!
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Hit me again.
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Okay, okay.
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I haven't played since my rec league days, but I guess I could.
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Put me in, coach.
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I got a game to win.
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Jet, you can barely walk.
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No, we can't let you do this.
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You'll just make it worse.
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You think they bought it?
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Um, I do.
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I think we have about three seconds before they catch on.
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That's all we need.
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Y'all ready?
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Trying to run a play like this all season, but some hothead kept interrupting me.
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That's a great play.
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Yeah, it was worth the wait.
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Roots from team!
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The Thorns are down by two with twenty seconds on the clock.
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Jets gonna lay it all on the line!
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What a competitor!
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Listen up!
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Double team her!
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Triple team her if you have to!
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Do not let that out of your sight!
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Jet's fighting an injury.
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The court is unstable.
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Do you still want her taking the final shot?
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With fire and brimstrom bringing judgment and wrath to us all!
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I Want.
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HILMORE!
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Oh, my God. Will!
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Come on, get past me!
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I don't have to.
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Our bestie just won the club!
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Hold me, Darryl!
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For the first time in 50 years, the Violent Thor is our champion!
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Miracles can happen, folks!
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I love this game, and I love you, Rushy!
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I love you too, Chuckles!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Magma vs. Thorns EPIC Finale Game 🔥”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Jet, thorns, fly, dream, foul. This video has 158 sentences and 764 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:01. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
thorn noun/θoɹn/A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike.
foul adjective/faʊl/Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.
maniac noun/ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
jet noun/ˈd͡ʒɛt/A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
bestie noun/ˈbɛsti/A best friend.
ejection noun/əˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/The act of ejecting.
forfeit verb/ˈfɔɹ.fɪt/To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
ovation noun/oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
posterize verb/ˈpoʊstəˌɹaɪz/To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in (a photograph or other image), changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of…
seismic adjective/ˈsaɪzmɪk/Related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth.
claw noun/klɔ/A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
interrupt verb/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
wrath noun/ɹæθ/Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.
bleed verb/ˈbliːd/To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
get past verbTo continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
go out verbTo leave, especially a building.
listen up verbTo listen closely; to pay attention.
tie up verbTo secure with rope, string, etc.
watch outUsed to warn someone of an imminent danger.
work together verbTo be coworkers with someone; to share a workspace with someone.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Jet, I didn't mean for you to get hurt.
  • Hey, hey, it's not your fault.
  • What are we gonna do?
  • You think they bought it?
  • Do you still want her taking the final shot?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, can't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: thorn /θoɹn/, wrath /ɹæθ/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: ejection /əˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, ovation /oʊˈveɪ.ʃən/
  • Long words — get the stress right: competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, permanently /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thorn, foul, maniac.

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