Shadowing Practice: mike says that he loves eleven - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Can you guys settle an argument for us?
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Who do you think should decide Elle's limits?
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Mike or Eleven?
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The way that you frame that is such bullshit.
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It's not bullshit, Mike!
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This is your whole problem.
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And it's also precisely the reason why she dumped your ass.
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I'll dumped you?
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Yeah, because she is conspiring against me.
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She's corrupting her.
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I'm not enlightening her.
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The fact is, she's not yours.
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She's her own person, fully capable of making her own decisions.
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She's risking her life for no reason.
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For no reason, Mike.
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The fleet are out there doing God knows what killing, flaying, transforming into monsters.
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And Elle's not stupid.
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She knows her abilities better than any of us.
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Exactly, thank you.
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And she is her own person.
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Exactly.
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With her own free will.
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Exactly.
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Elle has saved the world twice, and Mike still doesn't trust her.
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You wanna talk about trust, really?
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After you made Eleven spy on us?
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Wait, what?
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Oh, she didn't tell you this?
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No!
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Your girlfriend used Elle's powers to spy on us.
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No, no, no, I did not make her, it was her idea.
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And why are we even talking about this, seriously?
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Yeah, who cares?
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I care!
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Yeah, I guess girlfriends don't lie, they spy!
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We were just joking around.
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Would it have been so funny if I was taking a massive shit or something?
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You weren't.
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But what if I was?
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Then gross!
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Seriously, Mike?
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I'm just trying to demonstrate how careless Max is with Eleven's powers.
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In fact, how careless all of you are.
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You're treating her like some kind of machine when she's not a machine, and I don't want her to die looking for the flake when they've obviously vanished off the face of the earth.
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So can we please just come up with a new plan because I love her and I can't lose her again!
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What's going on?
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Nothing.
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Nothing.
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Just family discussion.
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Oh.
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I found him.
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Found who?
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He calls him.
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He's a man.
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He's a man.
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He's a man.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 56 sentences and 345 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:51. The speaker talks fast, about 187 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dump verb | /dʌmp/ | To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. |
| careless adjective | /kɛɹ.ləs/ | Not concerned or worried (about). |
| gross adjective | /ɡɹoʊs/ | remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| fleet noun | /ˈfliːt/ | A group of vessels or vehicles. |
| demonstrate verb | /ˈdɛm.ənˌstɹeɪt/ | To show how to use (something). |
| precisely adverb | /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/ | In a precise manner; exactly. |
| corrupt adjective | /kəˈɹʌpt/ | Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes. |
| joking verb | /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/ | Kidding, trying to fool. |
| transform verb | /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/ | To change greatly the appearance or form of. |
| conspire verb | /kənˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot. |
| enlighten verb | /ɪnˈlaɪtən/ | To supply with light. |
| flake noun | /fleɪk/ | A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything |
| flay verb | /fleɪ/ | To strip the skin off; to skin. |
| vanish verb | /ˈvænɪʃ/ | To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining 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 saved · have been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | were just joking · was taking |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is conspiring · I'm not enlightening · I'm just trying |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 12 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, can't. 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 dump, careless, gross.
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.