Shadowing Practice: No Second Date? | Jurassic World - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What do they want now?
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Mr. Grady?
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I need you to come take a look at something.
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Why are you calling me Mr. Grady?
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Owen.
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If you're not too busy.
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I'm pretty busy.
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We have an attraction.
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That's not what you said the last time I saw you.
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I'm talking about the dinosaurs, Mr. Grady.
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I'll win.
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A new species we've made.
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You just went and made a new dinosaur?
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Yeah, it's kind of what we do here.
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The exhibit opens to the public in three weeks.
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Mr. Mizrani wanted me to consult with you.
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You want to consult here or in my bungalow?
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That's not funny.
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A little funny.
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We'd like you to evaluate the paddock for vulnerabilities.
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Why me?
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I guess Mr. Mizrani thinks, since you're able to control the raptors...
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See, it's all about control with you.
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I don't control the raptors.
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It's a relationship.
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It's based on mutual respect.
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That's why you and I never had a second date.
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Excuse me, I never wanted a second date.
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Who prints out an itinerary for a night out?
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I'm an organized person.
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What kind of a diet doesn't allow tequila?
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All of them, actually.
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And what kind of a man shows up to a date in board shorts?
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Central America.
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It's hot.
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Okay, okay.
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Can we just focus on the asset, please?
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The asset?
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Look, I get it.
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You're in charge out here.
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You gotta make a lot of tough decisions.
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It's probably easier to pretend these animals are just numbers on a spreadsheet.
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But they're not.
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They're alive.
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I'm fully aware they're alive.
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You might have made them in a test tube, but they don't know that.
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They're thinking, I gotta eat.
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I gotta hunt.
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I gotta...
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You can relate to at least one of those things, right?
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I'll be in the car.
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You might want to change your shirt.
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They're very sensitive to smell.
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The Mosasaurus was thought to have hunted near the surface of the water where it preyed on anything
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it could sink its teeth into, including turtles, large fish, even smaller Mosasaurus.
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Okay, folks, let's see if she's still hungry after already eating today.
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She's a little shy, so be nice and give her a hand when she comes out.
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Zack!
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It's a nosos!
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Oh, my God!
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It's so awesome!
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Okay, hold on tight.
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We're gonna give you an even closer look at our Mosasaurus.
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That's 88 teeth!
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Hey, you wanna do something else cool?
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Yeah!
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We've been pre -booking tickets for months.
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The park needs a new attraction every few years in order to reinvigorate the public's interest, kind of like the space program.
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Corporate felt genetic modification would up the wow factor.
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They're dinosaurs, wow enough.
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Not according to our focus groups.
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The Indominus Rex makes us relevant again.
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The Indominus Rex.
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We needed something scary and easy to pronounce.
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You should hear a four -year -old try to say Archeornithomimus.
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We should hear you try to say it.
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So what's this thing made of?
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The base genome is a T rex.
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The rest is classified.
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You made a new dinosaur, but you don't even know what it is?
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The lab delivers us finished assets, and we show them to the public.
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Can we drop a steer, please?
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How long has the animal been in here?
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All its life?
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Never seen anything outside of these walls?
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We can't exactly walk it.
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And you feed it with that? Is there a problem?
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Animals raised in isolation aren't always the most functional.
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Your raptors are born in captivity. With siblings.
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They learn social skills.
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And I imprint on them when they're born.
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There's trust.
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The only positive relationship this animal has is with that brain.
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At least she knows that means food.
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So she needs a friend?
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We should schedule play dates, that sort of thing?
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Probably not a good idea. Where is it?
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Now, is it in the basement? Or downstairs?
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Maybe it's in the rec room.
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It was just here.
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We were just here.
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Oh, shit.
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It doesn't make any sense.
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These doors haven't been open a week.
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Are those claw marks always there?
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You think it...
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Oh, God.
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She has an implant in her back.
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I can track it from the control room.
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We have an asset out of containment.
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Put ACU on alert.
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This is not a drill.
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Even though I didn't meet him until I was 13, I definitely consider
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Carl to be like more of a dad than my real dad.
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Yeah, hello?
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Lowry, get me coordinates on the Indominus.
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Okay, yeah.
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Let me do it.
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I'm doing it right now.
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That wall's 40 feet high.
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You really think she could have climbed out?
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Depends. On what?
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What kind of dinosaur they cooked up in that lab?
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Wait, what the hell?
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It's in the cage.
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No, that's impossible.
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I was just there.
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Claire, I'm telling you, she's in the cage.
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Wait a second.
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There are people in there.
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Get them out of there now.
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Now!
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Pedic 11, this is controlled.
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You need to evacuate the container.
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Pedic 11.
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I don't have a deep coffee.
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Then what's the problem?
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It's in the cage.
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It's in there with you.
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Go!
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Close the door.
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We can't lock him in there without being.
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Come on, close it now.
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Somebody talk to me!
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What is happening?
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Uh...
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No! you
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “No Second Date?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dinosaur, asset, animal, date. This video has 147 sentences and 892 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:54. The speaker talks slowly, about 90 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 34 of its 147 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 |
|---|---|---|
| dinosaur noun | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. |
| asset noun | /ˈæsɛt/ | A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. |
| cage noun | /keɪd͡ʒ/ | An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation. |
| attraction noun | /əˈtɹækʃn̩/ | The tendency to attract. |
| consult verb | /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ | To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise. |
| sensitive adjective | /ˈsɛn.sɪt.ɪv/ | Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses. |
| hungry adjective | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| scary adjective | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | Causing fear or anxiety |
| tube noun | /tuːb/ | Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape. |
| genetic adjective | /d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/ | Relating to genetics or genes. |
| alert adjective | /əˈlɝt/ | Attentive; awake; on guard. |
| pretend verb | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance. |
| mutual adjective | /ˈmjuːt͡ʃuəl/ | Having the same relationship, each to each other. |
| carl noun | /kɑɹl̩/ | A rude, rustic man; a churl. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| print out verb | To print (a computer document). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You just went and made a new dinosaur?
- You want to consult here or in my bungalow?
- Hey, you wanna do something else cool?
- Can we drop a steer, please?
- We should schedule play dates, that sort of thing?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was thought · is classified · are born |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've made · We've been · haven't been |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 39 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, modification /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, spreadsheet /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/
- Long words — get the stress right: isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, modification /ˌmɑdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, vulnerability /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/, captivity /kæpˈtɪvɪti/
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 dinosaur, asset, cage.
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.