Shadowing Practice: Meet Jung, Kimchee & Shannon | Handy staff intro - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Pick it up.
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You pick it up.
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You know it's dead.
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Buddy.
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Hey.
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Hey.
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What are you guys doing?
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Your brother's about to clean a car.
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You guys getting lunch or something?
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I don't know. Are we?
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My treat.
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As long as you use your employee-family discount thingy to get me a car.
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What's wrong with Appa's van?
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More like what's wrong with Appa.
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I'm 20 and he still won't let me drive the van.
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I drove the van when I was 13.
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You stole the van when you were 13.
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No, we stole the van when he was 13.
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Technically, if your family owns it, it's not stealing.
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So can you get me a rental?
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Depends.
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Where are you gonna wine and dine me?
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Come on, you owe me. For what?
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I'm seriously over-parented because you're not around.
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Hey, I get more than my fair share from Amma.
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Yeah, but when's the last time you talked to Appa?
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When's the last time you talked to me?
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So you're never gonna talk to him again?
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He's working so far.
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Hey, I just got a strange call.
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Hi.
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Who's this?
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Um, this is my sister Janet.
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She'll take me to lunch.
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Sister!
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Hi, Janet.
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I'm Shannon, Chung's manager.
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And I like to think friend.
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And as a friend, I should tell you that the manager.. would say it's employees only back here.
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I get it.
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Sorry.
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I know it must be hard for two people who grew up in the inner city
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and are rebellious by nature, but.. rules are rules.
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Understood?
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Understood.
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Good.
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Understood.
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Understood in the hood.
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Okay.
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Uh, really nice to meet you.
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Oh, and the strange call.
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A woman asked if we've seen her pet ferret.
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Yeah, I'm gonna say no. Okay.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Meet Jung, Kimchee & Shannon”. This video has 53 sentences and 293 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:40. The speaker talks at a natural 175 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 12 of its 53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| discount noun | /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ | A reduction in price. |
| depend verb | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| rental noun | /ˈɹɛntəl/ | Something that is rented. |
| technically adverb | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. |
| ferret noun | /ˈfɛɹɪt/ | An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals. |
| rebellious adjective | /ɹəˈbɛliəs/ | Showing rebellion. |
| sardine noun | /sɑɹˈdin/ | Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine… |
| thingy noun | /ˈθɪŋi/ | A thing (used to refer to something vaguely or when one cannot recall or does not wish to mention its name). |
| lunch noun | /lʌnt͡ʃ/ | A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day. |
| strange adjective | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation. |
| employee noun | /ˌɛm.plɔɪˈiː/ | A person who provides labor to a company or another person. |
| parent noun | /ˈpɛəɹənt/ | A person who raises a child (which they have made, adopted, fostered, taken as their own, etc.). |
| inner adjective | /ˈɪnə/ | Being or occurring (farther) inside, situated farther in, located (situated) or happening on the inside of something, situated within or farther within… |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are you guys doing?
- Your brother's about to clean a car.
- You guys getting lunch or something?
- Where are you gonna wine and dine me?
- When's the last time you talked to me?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna wine · gonna talk · gonna say |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | won't let · She'll take |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 steal, buddy, discount.
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.