Shadowing Practice: Never maliciously speculate on others.#shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Salaamu Alaikum!
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Salaamu Alaikum!
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Millhouse is looking good!
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Dad, that's Bashir, my new friend.
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Bart forgot this, sir.
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That's the kind of respect you'd have to strangle out of an American kid.
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Bart never told me he had a handsome teenage brother.
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Got any idea what direction
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Mac is in?
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Why don't you ask Homer?
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He oughta know, by dint of his son's new friend.
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This Bashir kid is Muslim, and therefore up to something.
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Oh, I can't believe that till I see a fictional TV program exposing your point of view.
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Where did you hide the nerve gas?
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On the earth station of liver distress.
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And she loved it.
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Oh my god, what can I do?
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Dinner, a little dessert, and then you jack Bowerham into giving you all their secrets.
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I guess I have no choice.
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So, how did you two meet?
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We met while studying at Jordan University of Science and Technology.
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Ah, interesting.
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Why, just the other day I was reading that science is used to make bombs.
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I made us a little cake.
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What's the matter?
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Don't like the taste of freedom?
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Dad, these people are my friends.
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Don't fear them just because they have a different religion, a different culture, and their last name is Bin Laden.
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Young man, you do not respect us by disrespecting your father.
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I think it is time for us to go.
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That's it.
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Ruin a perfect evening.
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You're teaching Bart a terrible lesson of intolerance.
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I'm sorry.
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I want you to go over to their house and apologize.
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I am sorry I suspected you of being soulless murderers of innocent children.
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I hope we can move past this and...
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Dynamite!
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They are terrorists!
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I want to apologize for being such a jerk at dinner.
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And I thought the best way to do that would be to come to your house and poke around.
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Why are you really here?
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Oh, look at that!
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We're out of almond paste.
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Don't get up, I'll grind the almonds myself.
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Greenfield Mall!
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You're gonna blow it up.
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Everyone, get out!
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Run for your life!
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Run for your...
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Uh, stay where you are.
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I can't believe your dad gets paid to blow stuff up.
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Actually, Bart, my job is about math and engineering.
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Every calculation is to make sure the explosion is safe.
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Did you factor in one bald idiot?
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No, I...
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Gah!
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Gah!
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Heey!
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Gah!
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Dad, it was an empty building.
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It was supposed to come down.
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What about the bridge?
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That was supposed to open tomorrow.
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Do we really need a bridge there?
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The Duff Brewery is on the dial.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Never maliciously speculate on others”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Bart, dad, gah. This video has 66 sentences and 438 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:34. The speaker talks at a natural 171 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 11 of its 66 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| apologize verb | /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ | To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends |
| almond noun | /ˈɑ(l).mənd/ | The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| innocent adjective | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| terrorist noun | /ˈtɛɹəɹɪst/ | A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals. |
| ruin noun | /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ | The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. |
| explosion noun | /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ | A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. |
| handsome adjective | /ˈhæn.səm/ | Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly |
| nerve noun | /nɝv/ | A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. |
| mathematics noun | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them. |
| teenage adjective | /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/ | Of or relating to an age between thirteen and nineteen years old. |
| expose verb | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light. |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| grind verb | /ˈɡɹaɪnd/ | To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. |
| dial noun | /ˈdaɪ.əl/ | A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. |
| get out verb | To leave or escape. |
| get up verb | To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where did you hide the nerve gas?
- Don't like the taste of freedom?
- Why are you really here?
- Did you factor in one bald idiot?
- Do we really need a bridge there?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, fictional /ˈfɪkʃənəl/, calculation /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/
- Long words — get the stress right: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, intolerance /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
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 apologize, almond, lesson.
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.