Shadowing Practice: One PIece Dub - White Beards final speech to Black Beard and the navy. HQ - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 20 sentences and 189 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:46. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/ (noun) — A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
• flame /fleɪm/ (noun) — The visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
• someday (adverb) — Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
• upside /ˈʌpˌsaɪd/ (noun) — The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
• arise /əˈɹaɪz/ (verb) — To come up from a lower to a higher position.
• inherit /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ (verb) — To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
• embroil /əmˈbɹɔɪl/ (verb) — To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
• extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ (verb) — To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
• gauntlet /ˈɡɔːnt.lət/ (noun) — Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
• destroy /dɪˈstɹɔɪ/ (verb) — To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
• shoulder /ˈʃoʊldɚ/ (noun) — The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
• carry /ˈkæɹ.i/ (verb) — To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
• generation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/ (noun) — The act of creating something or bringing something into being; production, creation.
• throw /θɹoʊ/ (verb) — To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
• spirit /ˈspɪɹɪt/ (noun) — The soul of a person or other creature.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
• throw down (verb) — To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
• wait for (verb) — To wait until the specified event occurs.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, he'll, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, shoulder /ˈʃoʊldɚ/, generation /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən/

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 treasure, flame, someday.