Shadowing Practice: Max and Caroline’s House-Sitting Vacation | 2 Broke Girls - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Wow, this place is amazing!
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It's like the cover of Gay Gay Gay magazine.
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Max, you have to stop reducing them to that gay stereotype.
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Now read me the security code.
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It's...
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Liza.
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A lot of different types of people like Liza Minnelli.
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Oh!
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It gets a turtle in a tutu!
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A tutu!
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That's not gay, right?
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Lots of...
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Lots of different types of people have a poodle in a tutu.
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Named Barbara Streisand.
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Oh, there's the book of instructions.
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Hey, girl.
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Hey, Care Bear.
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Have fun with Barbara Streisand and Winona Judd.
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Winona is a little temperamental and tends to stay in the bedroom.
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We didn't have time to purge her anal gland before we left.
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Instructions on page two.
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I'm starting to understand the $600.
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Don't worry, it's easy.
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We do it all the time.
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No wonder Winona's so temperamental.
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Help yourself to anything in the fridge.
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There are portable saunas in the closet.
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Portable saunas?
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Love it!
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What is it?
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This is so cool.
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I'm hot, like I'm at the beach but I'm not stepping in any used condoms.
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Yeah, these are great.
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My friend Candace Travelstead used one to make weight for prom.
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Are you done with that?
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Yeah, switch.
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On spring break, I always love spending the day at the beach.
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Just the chillin' and the girl talk.
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Yeah.
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Tell me again about the sound the anal gland made when you squeezed it.
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Please stop.
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I already told you twice.
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And now Wynonna Judd won't even look at me.
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Well, not without her lawyer in the room.
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I'm hungry.
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What do you eat on vacation?
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Anything we want.
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Let's see.
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I bet their refrigerator's stocked with all kinds of pâtés and cheeses and those parm crisp things.
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By the way, nice suit.
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You look like someone should be pouring a 40 on you in a rap video.
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Thanks.
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There's nothing.
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I mean, come on.
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What kind of gays are they?
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All anal gland and no Gs.
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I just expected everything to be better.
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You know, champagne on ice, thousand thread count sheets.
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I mean, the towels, they're not even bath sheets.
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Wait, the towels aren't good?
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Because I already stole two.
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They're fine.
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They're just not what I was expecting.
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What's happening over there?
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You could use a little shoulders.
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You're right.
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Enough.
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We're on vacay.
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Come on, let's go get dressed and find some place to eat.
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Are you crazy?
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I'm not leaving this thing.
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This is the happiest I've ever been in my life.
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OK, well, order in and pretend it's room service.
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They must have a menu drawer here somewhere.
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Plus, we'll never find a restaurant with a portable sauna section.
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Food network party tonight to celebrate the release of a cookbook.
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Food and drink provided.
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Free foodie food, free foodie drinks.
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Yay, let's go.
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No, I like it in here.
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It's amazing.
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Ashley wants to go.
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Ashley wants to go.
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Fine, but can I bring the dog?
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I've always wanted to be one of those girls who brings a tiny dog to a public place
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and just looks at everyone like, yeah, the tiny dog's so what?
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You can be whoever you want to be.
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You're on vacation.
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I'm gonna go invite Brendan to come.
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You gotta have a crush on spring break.
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Well, I'm sitting in my crush.
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Hey, shouldn't you put something on?
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Uh, it's spring break.
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Barbara, get help!
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What should I say?
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Max and Caroline’s House-Sitting Vacation”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: gay, gland, sauna, tutu, anal. This video has 96 sentences and 576 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:47. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| portable adjective | /ˈpɔɹtəbəl/ | Able to be carried or easily moved. |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| vacation noun | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | An extended trip or journey away from home for rest or pleasure. |
| crush verb | /kɹʌʃ/ | To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass. |
| instruction noun | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge. |
| towel noun | /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ | A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| bath noun | /bɑːθ/ | A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. |
| thread noun | /ˈθɹɛd/ | A cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework. |
| whoever | /huˈɛvɚ/ | Who ever: an emphatic form of who. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| pretend verb | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you done with that?
- What do you eat on vacation?
- I mean, the towels, they're not even bath sheets.
- Fine, but can I bring the dog?
- Hey, shouldn't you put something on?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, they're, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheet /ʃit/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
- Long words — get the stress right: temperamental /ˌtɛmp(ə)ɹəˈmɛntl̩/, stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/
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 portable, sheet, vacation.
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.