Shadowing Practice: Mean Girls' Best Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Why don't I know you?
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I'm new.
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I just moved here from Africa.
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What?
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I used to be homeschooled.
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What?
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My mom taught me at home.
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No, no, I know what home school is.
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I'm not retarded.
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So you've actually never been to a real school before?
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Shut up.
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Shut up!
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I didn't say anything.
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Homeschooled.
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That's really interesting.
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Thanks.
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You're like really pretty.
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Thank you.
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- So you agree?
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You think you're really pretty.
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Oh, I don't know.
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Oh my god, I love your bracelet.
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Where did you get it?
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Oh, my mom made it for me.
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It's adorable. So fetch.
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What is fetch?
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Oh, it's like slang.
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England.
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So few from Africa.
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Why are you white?
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Oh my god, Karen, you can't just ask people why they're white.
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Could you give us some privacy for like one second?
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Yeah, sure.
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Thank you.
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- Thanks.
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- - Okay, we should just know that we don't do this a lot, so this is like a really huge deal.
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We want to invite you to have lunch with us.
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every day for the rest of the week.
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Oh, it's okay.
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Coolness.
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So we'll see you tomorrow.
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On Wednesdays, we wear pink.
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Why do you wear your hair like that?
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Your hair looks so sexy pushed back.
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Katie, will you please tell him his hair looks sexy, pushback?
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Regina was dangling Aaron in front of me on purpose.
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I knew how this would be settled in the animal world.
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But this was girl world.
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Your hair looks sexy pushed back.
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And in Girl World, All the fighting had to be sneaky.
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That was awesome.
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Uh, lip gloss.
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Hey, good job, Africa.
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Thanks.
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Katie's blushing.
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Oh my god, you totally have a crush on that guy.
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No, I don't.
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That's why you wanted to join the math leads.
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Mathletes?
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You hate math.
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Look how red she is.
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You love him, and he totally complimented you.
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That is so fascinating.
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Fetch.
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Gretchen.
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Stop trying to make fetch happen.
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It's not going to happen.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Why should Caesar get to stomp around like a giant
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while the rest of us try not to get smushed under his big feet?
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What's so great about Caesar?
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Brutus is just as cute as Caesar.
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Okay, Brutus is just as smart as Caesar.
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People totally like Brutus just as much as they like Caesar.
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And when did it become okay for one person to be the boss of everybody, huh?
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Because that's not what Rome is about!
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We should totally just stab Caesar!
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So Gretchen Wieners, head cracked.
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If you even knew how mean she really is...
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You know that I'm not allowed to wear hoop earrings, right?
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Yeah, two years ago she told me that hoop earrings were her thing.
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And then I wasn't allowed to wear them anymore.
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And then for Hanukkah, my parents got me this pair of really expensive white gold hoops.
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And I had to pretend like I didn't even like them.
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It was so sad.
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And you know she cheats on Aaron.
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Yes, every Thursday he thinks she's doing SAT prep, but really, she's hooking up with Shane Ohman in the projection room above the auditorium.
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I never told anybody that because...
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I'm such a good friend.
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Regina?
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We have to talk to you.
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Is butter a carb?
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Yes.
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- Gina?
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You're wearing sweatpants.
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It's Monday. So?
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So that's against the rules, and you can't sit with us.
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Whatever.
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Those rules aren't real.
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They were real that day I wore a vest.
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Because that vest was disgusting.
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You can't sit with us!
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Thank you.
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These sweatpants are all that fits me right now.
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Fine.
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You can walk home, bitches.
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That's where you're going, fat ass!
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Oh god.
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You!
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Dirty little liar.
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I'm sorry, I can explain.
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Explain how you forgot to invite us to your party?
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Janice, I cannot stop this car.
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I have a curfew.
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You know I couldn't invite you.
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I had to pretend to be plastic.
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Buddy, you're not pretending anymore.
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You're plastic.
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Cold, shiny, hard plastic.
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Curfew 1 :00 a .m.
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It is now 1 :10.
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Did you have an awesome time?
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Did you drink awesome shooters and listen to awesome music and then just sit around and soak up each other's awesomeness?
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You know what?
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You're the one who made me like this so you could use me for your eighth grade revenge.
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God, see, at least me and Regina George know we're mean.
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You try to act like you're so innocent.
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Like, oh, I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies and the little monkeys.
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You know what?
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It's not my fault you're, like, in love with me or something.
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What?
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Oh, no, she did not.
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See?
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That is the Thank you thing with you, Plastics.
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You think that everybody is in love with you when actually everybody hates you.
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Like, Aaron Samuels, for example, he broke up with Regina and guess what?
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He still doesn't want you.
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So why are you still messing with Regina, Katie?
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I'll tell you why.
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'Cause you are a mean girl.
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You're a bitch!
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Here, you can have this.
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I want a prize.
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And I want my pink shirt back!
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I want my pink shirt back!
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Do you have anything else you want to say?
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Oh, no, I can't answer any more questions since I had a parent a lawyer present.
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Ms. Smith?
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Whoever wrote it probably didn't think anyone would ever see it.
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I hope that nobody else ever does see it.
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Mom, can you pick me up?
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I'm scared.
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Janice Ian Dyke.
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That's original.
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You need a function!
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Hey!
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That's only okay when I say it.
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Did you write this?
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No, I swear!
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Then you told somebody!
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She told!
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You little bitch!
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- You bitch!
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- Yeah, take your top off!
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- Now here's what we're gonna do.
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- Ron, come quick.
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Take on my.
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The girls have gone wild.
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It was full tilt jungle madness It wasn't going away Pull
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these two off each other coach car step away from the underage girl Let me help you down there.
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Whoa!
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Hell no!
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I did not leave the South Side for this!
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Oh, crap!
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My hair!
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Oh, Junior Girls report to the gymnasium immediately!
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Oh my god, it's your dream come true, diving into a big pile of girls.
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Okay, yeah, um, I've got an apology.
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Thank you.
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So, I have this friend who is a new student this year, and I convinced her that it would be fun to mess up Regina George's life.
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So I had her pretend to be friends with Regina, and then she would come to my house after, and we would just laugh about all the dumb stuff Regina said.
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And we gave her these candy bar things that would make her gain weight, and we turned her best friends against her.
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And then, oh yeah, Katie.
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You know my friend Katie, she made out with me for Jean's boyfriend and then convinced him to break up with her.
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Oh God, and we gave you foot cream instead of face washing.
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God!
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I am sorry.
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Regina.
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Really, I don't know why I did it.
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I guess it's...
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Probably because I've got a big lesbian crush on you!
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Suck on that!
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Ayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyayyay Regina, wait.
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I didn't mean for that to happen.
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To find out that everyone hates me, I don't care.
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Regina, please!
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Regina, stop!
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Do you know what everyone says about you?
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They say that you're a homeschooled jungle freak who's a less hot version of me.
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Yeah, so don't try to act so innocent.
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You can take that fake apology and shove it right up your hairy...
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And that's how Regina George died.
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No, I'm totally kidding.
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But she did get hurt.
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Some girls say they saw her head go all the way around, but that's just a rumor.
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Some people swear they saw me push her in front of the bus.
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That was an even worse rumor.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Mean Girls' Best Scenes”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Regina, Caesar, Dying, totally, hair. This video has 210 sentences and 1342 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:44. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 34 of its 210 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fetch verb | /fɛt͡ʃ/ | To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get. |
| pretend verb | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| homeschool verb | To educate children at home, that is, at a private domestic place, in lieu of sending them to a public school or private educational institution. | |
| hoop noun | /hʊp/ | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| curfew noun | /ˈkɝ.fju/ | Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. |
| earring noun | /ˈɪəɹɪŋ/ | A piece of jewelry worn on the ear. |
| sweatpants noun | /ˈswɛtˌpænts/ | Informal cotton trousers, with an elasticated or drawstring waist, used for exercise etc. |
| vest noun | /vɛst/ | A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat. |
| rumor noun | /ˈɹumɚ/ | A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth. |
| apology noun | /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ | An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). |
| jungle noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| 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. |
| convince verb | /kənˈvɪns/ | To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| push back verb | To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation. | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| make out with verb | See make out, with. | |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. | |
| sit around verb | To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't I know you?
- Where did you get it?
- Why do you wear your hair like that?
- Did you have an awesome time?
- Do you know what everyone says about you?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · used to live |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be homeschooled · would be settled · wasn't allowed |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've actually never been · have gone |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | one who made · friend who is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 47 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, mathlete /ˈmæθliːt/, eighth /eɪtθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crush /kɹʌʃ/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, blush /ˈblʌʃ/, projection /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/
- Long words — get the stress right: apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, carbohydrate /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, gymnasium /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
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 fetch, pretend, homeschool.
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.