Shadowing Practice: Marco Rubio is on a different level.. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Olivia Gazis with CBS News.
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Two questions for you, Mr. Secretary.
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See, they always cheat.
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My American people, though, your guy asked one question, and they always ask two, they get one, but they ask two.
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Go ahead.
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There's a lot of news in the world.
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They're always cheating.
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We've got to do a rule here.
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Maximalists.
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I know you are both well -versed in fielding.
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Well, sometimes it's three, it's not even two, it's three, so she's being reasonable.
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Go ahead.
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Thank you very much.
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Mr. Secretary, yesterday the Vice President said that Iran needed to do something meaningful to its nuclear enrichment capacity.
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Is that to say that the U .S is now open to an enrichment capacity above zero in Iran?
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I don't think it means that.
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This is my second question, if you don't mind.
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If I may, amid increasing congressional scrutiny of Ambassador Guilfoyle's tenure here, I'm wondering, Mr. Secretary, if you've personally reviewed some of those allegations
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and are confident that all is in compliance with State Department ethics.
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If you'd like to answer, then I can pose the question to the minister.
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Pose what question to the minister?
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I'll just do the third question to the minister that is just the only question to them
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Fucking got her.
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Oh my god.
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He called it.
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Yeah, minister Yeah, look on the second question Well, this is not the forum where we're going to address that.
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It's as simple as that.
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Suffice it to say, our embassy here is doing a great job.
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Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.
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The questions you're asking me, we're not addressing those at press conferences in Greece with a foreign minister and in another country.
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That said, on your first question, look, it's very certain.
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I don't understand what the confusion is about the nuclear program.
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Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
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Simple period and end of story.
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I'm not going to go into the details about what would be acceptable or not.
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I can tell you this, that they're not going to ever have a nuclear program.
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And anything they agreed to
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that would be acceptable to the United States has to be something that ensures that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
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That is what our position is.
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That is the reason why this began.
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And it's important to understand, and I've raised this multiple times, I'll raise it again.
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What Iran was trying to do was build up a conventional capability so massive that they would become untouchable.
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In essence, they would come to the world in a year or two and say, you can't attack us.
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We're going to build a nuclear weapon, and there's nothing you can do about it because we have
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so many missiles and so many drones that if you try to do anything about our nuclear program, we will wipe out every country in the Middle East.
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We will drive the U .S forces out of the region.
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We can do whatever we want.
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That is what they were trying to achieve.
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The president of the United States, Donald J.
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Trump, was never going to allow that to happen.
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He just wasn't.
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He addressed something that had been ignored for far too long.
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And so he destroyed their drone program, their drone manufacturing capability.
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He destroyed their...
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One of the big things that I like about Rubio is that he always attributes this to Donald Trump.
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And it's not because necessarily it's Donald Trump.
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It's because this means that this is a guy that's loyal, that's playing for the team.
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Right?
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Like this guy's on the team and he understands the way that it works, right?
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That's a ride or die.
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It's respect.
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Absolutely.
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So my capability, he severely eroded both of those capabilities in terms of current launchers.
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He destroyed their Navy.
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He destroyed their Air Force.
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They are far less powerful militarily today than they were.
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And that line of immunity they were trying to hide behind has been erased.
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They will never have a nuclear weapon, period.
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Not as long as President Trump is in office.
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And that, to us, is the bright line.
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Now, how you achieve that and so forth, you know, I think they've had multiple opportunities in the past to reach agreements on those things.
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They have failed to do so.
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Now they're facing crippling sanctions.
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Their economy is in total and complete free fall.
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I'm happy that, for the first time, even the media in the U .S is beginning to cover what a bad situation Iran faces.
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The Straits of Hormuz are open.
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There's almost as much oil flowing out now as there was before this conflict began, so they've lost complete control of the Straits.
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And their economy, and it's not only in free fall now, the Iranian economy is about to reach a place
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that few countries in the world have been in terms of how bad it's going to get.
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And it's all the fault, all the fault of the radical Shia clerics that make the decisions in
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that country they are the ones
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that have put the poor people of iran in the situation
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that they're in because every dollar and every penny that
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that regime gets they don't spend it on roads or bridges
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or helping improve the lives of the iranian people they spend
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that money on hezbo and hamas and militias
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that fire rockets out of iraq
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and the houthis that's who they spend their money on they should have spent their money on their people
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and instead they spend their money on terrorism and on weapons
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so hopefully that'll change
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but um yeah don't know that'll change right ever have a
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nuclear weapon thank you very much oh my god bro i love it
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and uh yeah i think this is again like some of the like him going after these orders is
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so good sun comes up back home
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and it's got to be quick yeah what's up are you
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asking the allies in europe are you asking the allies to follow america first policy
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or to find their i'm asking our allies to be strong
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the stronger they are the stronger we are collectively that's always
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been the theme we want a strong europe we want strong
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partners in europe we have you know every country is different obviously they're making different decisions but for example in Greece, Portugal, where we're going today, there are many countries that have stepped up,
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frankly the Germans, who are stepping up and doing their part to be stronger.
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The stronger, it's a very simple concept, it's not very complicated, guys.
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NATO is a collection of countries that have created an alliance.
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The stronger the individual members of NATO are, both societally, economically, and militarily, the stronger NATO is.
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And that's what we want, and that's what we've been asking for.
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And I think there's good signs in a lot of different places where that's happening, and obviously there's some countries that are dragging
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and I know they have a lot of domestic pressure but I think this is good for all of us.
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He really is good at answering questions, man.
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He is.
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The reporting from the Wall Street Journal that Ambassador Guilfoyle had sought finance...
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Yeah, guys, let me tell you something, okay?
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You guys are going to ask me this, you're going to ask me again in Portugal.
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I know the game, okay?
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The game is someone gives information to a newspaper or a media outlet.
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The media outlet reports it.
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You immediately turn to me and say, I need you to respond to our reporting.
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That's not the way this process works like our job is
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immediately bro like thank you yes that's exactly what they do they create the problem
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and then now you have to solve it exactly thank god
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he just shuts it down right at the source newspaper
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or a media outlet the media outlet reports it you immediately turn to me
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and say i need you to respond to our reporting oh
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that's not the way this process works like Our job is
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not to respond every time someone decides to give the media something without any advance warning, without having any chance to look at it and see what's in there.
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That's not the way you run an organization, and that's not a serious way to conduct a policy of our country.
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So I'm not going to comment on a story that literally posted a few hours ago.
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I get the game, okay?
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I've been in this for a long time.
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Within hours, a member of Congress will write you a letter demanding you answer questions to something we've never seen before.
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I don't even know if it's true or not true.
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So it's just not going to work that way.
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And it most certainly is not going to work that way when I'm sitting in another country.
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All right.
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Just shuts it the fuck down.
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Oh, man.
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He knows what they're up to.
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Yeah.
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I am.
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Guys, I'm not playing this game with you.
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OK, you guys write a story and then your editors tell you, make sure you get a comment from him on something we haven't seen.
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OK, you guys are not going to be our only source of information in the world.
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I'm sorry to tell you that.
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And so I want you to understand.
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No, that's not the way the process is going to work
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the process well the first of all the process doesn't work
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like this we don't conduct these things in a press conference on a tarmac in a foreign country
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because you wrote a story or somebody else wrote a story
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because some source gave it to you so get
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that out of your head
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because that's never the way it's going to work with me
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it's a game that's been played for a long time
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but it's not a game we're going to play we're can't
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holy holy he just gets it this is what they do yes this is exactly what they do
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and again like you just and
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and by the way this is the way you win the game you simply refuse to play
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we're conducting serious business here
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and we'll handle things appropriately i don't even know what you're reporting is true you guys somehow walk around thinking
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that because some source told you something
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and you reported it it's the gospel it's not the gospel
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it's not the gospel for me That's not the way we do it.
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Why did you feel like it was important right now to deliver the message you did last night?
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Can you talk about the timing of the speech?
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Well, it's a consistent message.
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I mean, the setting, obviously, is very unique because this is where democracy began.
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This is where so many of the pillars and the foundations of the West are from.
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And so it was a very unique setting, obviously, and an opportunity to do it.
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But I think in many ways it also, I think, reinforces our ties to Greece, which is really a model ally.
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And we wanted to make sure that came across as well.
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Are Iranian threats constraining where the U .S can operate in Europe and within NATO territory?
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No. The United States has the ability to operate.
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There is nothing we want or need to do against Iran that we can't still do.
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Can you compare and contrast Portugal and its support for the Iran operation with that of its immediate neighbor, Spain?
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Can I compare and contrast it?
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The purpose of our visit is not to start a problem
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with another country portugal is a it's crazy to watch somebody that knows the game
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he knows exactly what they're doing he he just he knows bro it's fucking obvious high school level questions i know
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great ally very cooperative ally of the united states a country with
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which we already have a solid and growing relationship
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and we visit these countries in order to reinforce those ties
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that's the purpose of the trip okay all right let's go
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home well not yet we got to stop unfortunately all right thank you all right jesus man
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jesus i just i i really love to see this i do it's great the amount of times
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that he's shut down on these fucking clowns i mean i am just so happy about this
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Marco Rubio is on a different level.”. This video has 183 sentences and 2099 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:24. The speaker talks fast, about 202 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ambassador noun | /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/ | A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence) |
| capability noun | /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | The power or ability to generate an outcome. |
| outlet noun | /ˈaʊtlɛt/ | A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something. |
| gospel noun | /ˈɡɑspəl/ | The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion… |
| ally noun | /ˈæl.aɪ/ | A person who co-operates with or helps another; an associate; a friend. |
| drone noun | /dɹoʊn/ | A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen. |
| alley noun | /ˈæl.i/ | A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings. |
| contrast noun | /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/ | The degree of this difference. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| acceptable adjective | /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ | Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure. |
| pose verb | /poʊz/ | To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect. |
| cheat verb | /ˈt͡ʃiːt/ | To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation. |
| reinforce verb | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation. |
| enrichment noun | /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/ | The act of enriching or something enriched. |
| consistent adjective | /kənˈsɪs.tənt/ | Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| step up verb | To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps. | |
| build up verb | To erect; to construct. | |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| walk around verb | To walk with no planned destination; to meander. | |
| wipe out verb | To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- We've got to do a rule here.
- I don't think it means that.
- This is my second question, if you don't mind.
- Can you talk about the timing of the speech?
- Can I compare and contrast it?
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 | has been · I've raised · has been erased |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | had been ignored · has been erased · been played |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 53 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, regime /ɹəˈʒiːm/, conventional /kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/, confusion /kənˈfjuːʒən/, congressional /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: ambassador /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, acceptable /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like ambassador, capability, outlet.
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.