Shadowing Practice: Misha Collins talks openly about Destiel at Momento Con. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hi hi hi misha um first of all i just want to say
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that um how much cast is confession meant to
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so much of us in the queer community um
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and i just want to thank you for always being
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so supportive and for being such a light in this fandom and for bringing that light to castiel because, I mean, you probably know this,
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you probably get this a lot, but cast means so much to so many of us, so thank you.
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And my question is, when do you think Castiel first realized his feelings for Dean?
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Not when you specifically started acting it that way, but maybe like thinking back on it when he first realized what he felt.
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That's a great question.
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Well, I can tell you that I first started talking to Robert Behrens, the writer of that episode,
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more than a year before we shot it, about the substance and content of that last scene
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so there was at least a year
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when it was very much at the forefront of my mind
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but I think interestingly I think that latently it was there for a long time
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and I don't think that there's a real concrete answer to your question
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because I think that cast like myself like the producers
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and writers of the show like many of the fandom were in denial um
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so i i think there was a really long time
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when all of us thought maybe and maybe not we don't know and we were kind of like leaving it open
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to interpretation but also i have to say i don't i didn't believe
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that the show would have the guts to go there
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so i was i was in my own mind making allowances for the possibility
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that we wouldn't quite go there but there would be nuance there would be innuendo
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that would tell the story in a I'm trying to do a fucking panel here dude
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God damn Chippendale dancers so
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So, you know, I mean, it's an interesting question because it's also not, it's not something that one person can decide, right?
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It's like, there are 140 people that work on a show
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and there are 10 important creative voices in the show who
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really decide the direction collectively of where these like big decisions get made.
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and and I never knew for sure where it was gonna go
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so I think it was it was there
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but I think it was latent for a long time and I think that that's also just fine I mean
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Cass was in denial and so was everyone else
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and I'm just happy that the show no i'm i'm happy
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that my character's arc ended ended where it did because
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that felt really meaningful to me
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and it was something i in subtle ways fought for for quite some time
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and also just felt like oh this is gratifying and meaningful and it kind of makes my time here
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worth something so i was happy with it yeah thank you thank you thank you what a great question Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Misha Collins talks openly about Destiel at Momento Con”. This video has 39 sentences and 521 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:31. The speaker talks at a steady 115 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| meaningful adjective | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/ | Having meaning, significant. |
| denial noun | /dɪˈnaɪ.əl/ | An assertion of untruth. |
| fandom noun | /ˈfændəm/ | The fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group. |
| concrete adjective | /ˌkɑnˈkɹit/ | Real, actual, tangible. |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| substance noun | /ˈsʌbstəns/ | Physical matter; material. |
| interpretation noun | /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/ | An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. |
| subtle adjective | /ˈsʌtəl/ | Of an action or movement: very delicate or slight, and thus barely noticeable; not obvious; inconspicuous, unintrusive. |
| supportive adjective | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ | Providing support. |
| dancer noun | /ˈdænsəɹ/ | A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession. |
| confession noun | /kənˈfɛʃən/ | The open admittance of having done something (especially something bad). |
| allowance noun | /əˈlaʊəns/ | Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. |
| collectively adverb | In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately. | |
| guts noun | /ɡʌts/ | The entrails or contents of the abdomen. |
| interestingly adverb | In an interesting way. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: interpretation /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/, confession /kənˈfɛʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: interpretation /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/, innuendo /ˌɪnjuˈɛndəʊ/
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 meaningful, denial, fandom.
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.