Shadowing Practice: NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Powerful Motivational Speech - Learn English Speaking with Video

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life is a war
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and there are people out there and there are things out there that are trying to take you down
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things are going to go wrong and
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when things go wrong it's pretty easy just to say you know what I'm gonna stand down or I'm gonna give up,
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then you can do that.
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But I think, no. I think, no. I think, keep fighting.
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And you keep fighting and you keep fighting and you keep fighting no matter what. And you never quit.
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You never, never quit.
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And if you feel like your life is in a place where you can't get any lower And you don't think
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You can find any way out
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Good Because that means the ultimate
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Challenge is ahead of you.
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It means you can only go up
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And it also means that things are going to be tough.
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Things are going to be tougher than anything you can imagine.
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But that storm that you're in,
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from your perspective, it seems like that storm is enveloping the whole world.
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But I'm telling you, it is not.
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The storm that you're in, it is hard to see out of that storm.
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It's hard to see past it.
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It seems like the storm is everything
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But the storm is not everything
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And it won't last forever
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You can get out of the storm and you will get out of the storm and when you get out
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You're gonna see the Sun Again But right now you're being tried.
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You're being forged.
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You're being tested by fire and by pain.
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That's the test.
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Don't fail the test.
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Don't fail the test.
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Don't give in.
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And don't quit.
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Don't ever quit.
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Fight on.
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Fight through the storm.
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Fight through the pain and come out the other side stronger. And tougher. And better.
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A fighter.
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A survivor.
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A driver.
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A winner.
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Victorious.
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And free from that storm.
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Free from the darkness.
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Free.
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Life can be hard.
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But you know what?
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It's the one life you've got.
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So go and live a life that in the end allows you to look back and say,
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Hell yes, I'd do it all again.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS - Powerful Motivational Speech”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: storm, quit, fighting, test, fight. This video has 50 sentences and 365 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 94% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
fighter noun/ˈfaɪtɚ/A person who fights; a combatant.
darkness noun/ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
survivor noun/sɚˈvaɪvɚ/One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
envelope noun/ˈɛnvə(ˌ)loʊp/A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
forge noun/fɔɹd͡ʒ/A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
victorious adjective/vɪkˈtɔːɹiəs/Being the winner in a contest, struggle, war, etc.
storm noun/stɔɹm/Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading…
quit verb/kwɪt/To leave (a place).
fail verb/feɪl/To be unsuccessful.
perspective noun/pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/A view, vista or outlook.
stronger adjective/stɹɔŋɡɚ/Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
ultimate adjective/ˈʌltɪmət/Final; last in a series.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
get out of verbTo leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
come out verb/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/To be discovered; to be revealed.
get out verbTo leave or escape.
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
go up verbTo move upwards.
look back verbTo think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
see past verbSynonym of look past.
stand down verbTo wait; to stop pursuing, stop fighting, or relax from a heightened readiness posture.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fighter, darkness, survivor.

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.

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