Shadowing Practice: Matt Damon's Ultimate Action Hero Moments - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm sorry.
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I have no idea.
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I don't know.
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Hello, Andy.
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I hear you're still looking for me.
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Board?
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What do you want?
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Yeah.
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Better get in here.
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We've got a situation.
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I, um...
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I, um...
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I wanted to thank you for the tape.
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It's all tied off so far.
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I guess I owe you an apology. Is that official?
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No, off the record.
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You know how it is.
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Tracing this?
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50 seconds trace.
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Goodbye.
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Wait, wait.
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David Webb.
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It's your real name.
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You were born 4-15-71 in Nixon, Missouri.
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Why don't you come in and we'll talk about it?
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Yeah, something was very wrong here.
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Born?
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He had some rest, man.
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He looked tired.
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He's looking right at her.
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People, listen up.
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This is a national security emergency.
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We have an imminent threat.
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I'm going out there.
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If I show myself, you'll find me.
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Jason Bourne is alive and is at large in New York City, and we believe within 1,000 yards of this building.
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I want an immediate 12-block lockdown of the area.
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Send a flash message to Langley to prep for local backup assistance.
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Landy just left the building.
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Stay with her phone.
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She's using her cell.
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There's an incoming text.
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Get it.
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How many do we have on landing?
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Six men.
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More on the way.
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I've got it, sir.
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Coming up on the screen now.
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Anybody not on land, he goes directly to Tudor City.
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Get the vehicles, we're going mobile.
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Team 2.
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Team 2.
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There's only
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one way out of there.
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Why would he do that?
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He's trapping himself.
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It's a bad place to meet.
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It's too exposed.
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He wouldn't have chosen it if he didn't have a reason.
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Subject is en route.
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Route 43, let me know if you have a visual.
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Route 43, standing by.
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Standing by.
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Okay, folks, here we go.
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Box 200 meters.
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Visual on leader.
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43, ground in position.
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As soon as you have eyes on Landy, I want to know.
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Okay, here we go.
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Copy that, I see her.
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Any sign of Bourne?
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Negative.
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No sign of target.
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Noah Vosen.
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This is Jason Bourne.
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I was wondering when you were going to make this call.
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How did you get this number?
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You didn't actually think I was coming to Tudor City, did you?
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No, I guess not.
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But if it's me you want to talk to, perhaps we can arrange a meet. Where are you now?
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I'm sitting in my office.
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I doubt that.
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Then why would you doubt that?
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If you were in your office right now, we'd be having this conversation face to face.
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No of us.
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This is a code 10 abort.
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I want everyone back in the vehicles as a code 10 abort.
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Let's go, let's go.
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Let's move in.
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Yeah.
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Rills, check my office.
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Question picture off my line.
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Pardon me.
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What's going on though?
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We need building security up here.
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He's got everything.
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God damn it.
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You have to come in now before it's too late.
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I think the war is over.
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Just because you're in Baghdad, you will see.
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It has only just begun.
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Let's go.
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Grenade!
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Go!
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Go!
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How many guns are we?
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How many guns are we?
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What the?
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Pull up.
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That's the middle line.
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Oh Go!
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Give me a hot dog!
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Fuck!
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Move!
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Don't hurt them!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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We are here, goddammit!
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Man down!
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The room's gone!
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Go!
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Go!
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Look at those things.
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I'm going to get him!
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I'm going to get him!
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I'm going to get him!
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Clear!
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Strike our guns!
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B-Team, go left!
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Last guy with me!
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Go!
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I've got something.
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Sir, I've got two hostiles headed east.
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Someone have got one more.
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Just run friendly in pursuit.
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Holt!
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Vanguard 6, this is at 1,0001-6.
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Two hostiles and one friendly have exited target site and are now moving through alley northeast of your location.
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Keep the area clear.
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I'm activated by transponder.
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Bring me in.
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I want to cut them off.
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Oh, my God.
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Run, stop.
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Come in this easy.
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Come in this easy.
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Get down, get down.
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Get the fuck down.
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I'm going to get him!
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I'm going to get him!
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I'm going to get him!
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I'm going to shoot him!
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You better see me.
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Command guard 6, this is a stop in 1-6.
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The targets have lost to friendly.
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The targets are now moving north.
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Turn 45 degrees to your left to maintain intercepting course.
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Turn!
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Turn!
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I'm scared!
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I'm scared!
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I've lost visual contact.
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I'm gonna freeze that.
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There is no helicopter.
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There is no helicopter.
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Captain Moore!
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There is a helicopter!
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Look at that!
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I'm here.
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I'm here.
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Take care of Allah.
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I've got him.
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I'm not!
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Enough!
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Bandar 6, this is Falcon Ward 6.
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Keep going your current direction.
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The target is crossing open ground headed north.
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I'm close!
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I'll be getting it!
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Shit!
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I'm not
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going to die.
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Oh, my God.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'll have one hell of a scar, but you'll live.
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I'll come back for him.
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It's moving through!
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I'm not
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going to die.
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Oh shit!
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Patience.
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I'm very happy.
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And it will go for the Queen when it's done.
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It should.
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It will.
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Let it in.
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I can
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get a shot from a bottle.
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Go!
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I'll hold them back!
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Wait!
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Not yet!
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Hit.
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Go higher.
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I'll get a better shot.
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General, it's afternoon now!
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We have
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one black powder weapon left.
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Give me the spear!
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I've trained for this my whole life.
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See ya.
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I'll give you the shot.
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No!
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I've got you!
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Come here.
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I'm going to go.
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Stand in the line, let's make it to me, ladies and gentlemen.
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Let's make it to me, ladies and gentlemen.
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Let's make it to me.
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Everybody make your way to the fire.
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Let me just let you get to the fire down.
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Let's go get outside for me.
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Hey, you're going out!
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Captain, keep moving this way!
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Come on!
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Get in there!
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Get in there!
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Get in there!
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Carecats, white rocket, unmarked black dodge.
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Chargers stolen from the front of the area.
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The I'm
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not
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going to die.
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I'm not sure what you're doing.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm not going to die.
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I'm going to go to the next one.
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I'm not
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going to die.
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I'm going down!
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Move out!
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I'm out.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Matt Damon's Ultimate Action Hero Moments”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: die, target, moving. This video has 244 sentences and 1050 words to shadow. The speech runs for 26:46. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| helicopter noun | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and… |
| abort verb | /əˈbɔɹt/ | To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| hostile adjective | /ˈhɑstəl/ | Not friendly; appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence or a desire to thwart and injure. |
| gentleman noun | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| bandar noun | A rhesus macaque. | |
| preposition noun | /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/ | Any of a class of non-inflecting words and multiword terms typically employed to connect a following noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense… |
| transponder noun | /tɹænˈspɑn.dɚ/ | A radar or radio transceiver that transmits some signal in response to receiving a predetermined signal. |
| unmarked adjective | Not bearing identification. | |
| lockdown noun | /ˈlɑkˌdaʊn/ | The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or… |
| vanguard noun | /ˈvanˌɡɑːd/ | The leading units at the front of an army or fleet. |
| intercept verb | /ɪntɚˈsɛpt/ | To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion). |
| charger noun | /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/ | A device that charges or recharges. |
| grenade noun | /ɡɹəˈneɪd/ | A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get down verb | /ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/ | To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| listen up verb | To listen closely; to pay attention. | |
| move out verb | To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place. | |
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| tie off verb | To close, seal, or end something by tying a knot. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I hear you're still looking for me.
- Why don't you come in and we'll talk about it?
- How many do we have on landing?
- How did you get this number?
- Then why would you doubt that?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If I show myself, you'll find |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has only just begun · have exited · have lost |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was wondering · was coming |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | you're still looking · I'm going · we're going |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 62 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
- Long words — get the stress right: helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
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 helicopter, abort, scare.
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.