Shadowing Practice: Oscars 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio Wins best Actor - Speech 2016 VOSTFR [HD] QUALITY - Learn English Speaking with Video
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And the Oscar goes to Leonardo DiCaprio.
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This is the first Oscar and sixth nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you all so very much.
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Thank you to the Academy.
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Thank you to all of you in this room.
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I have to congratulate the other incredible nominees this year for their unbelievable performances.
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The Revenant was a product of the tireless efforts of an unbelievable cast and crew I got to work alongside.
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First off, to my brother in this endeavor, Mr. Tom Hardy.
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Tom, your fierce talent on screen can only be surpassed by your friendship off screen to Mr. Alejandro Inarritu.
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As the history of cinema unfolds, you have forged your way into history these past two years.
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What an unbelievable talent you are.
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Thank you to you and Chivo for creating a transcendent cinematic experience for all of us.
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Thank you to everybody at Fox and New Regency, in particular Arnon Milchan.
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You were the champion of this endeavor.
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My entire team, I have to thank everyone from the very onset of my career, Mr. Caten Jones for casting me in my first film,
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Mr. Scorsese for teaching me so much about the cinematic art form,
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to Mr. Rick Yorn, thank you for helping me navigate my way through this industry and to my parents.
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None of this would be possible without you.
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And to my friends, I love you dearly.
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You know who you are.
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And lastly, I just want to say this.
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Making The Revenant was about man's relationship to the natural world, a world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history.
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Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow.
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Climate change is real.
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It is happening right now.
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It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species.
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And we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.
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We need to support leaders around the world who do not speak for the big polluters of the big corporations
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but who speak for all of humanity for the indigenous people of the world for the billions
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and billions of underprivileged people who will be most affected by this for our children's children
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and for those people out
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there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed
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i thank you all for this amazing award tonight let us not take
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this planet for granted i do not take tonight for granted
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Thank you so very much.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Oscars 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio Wins best Actor - Speech 2016 VOSTFR [HD] QUALITY”. This video has 37 sentences and 422 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:01. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| unbelievable adjective | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | Not to be believed. |
| 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. | |
| endeavor noun | /ɛnˈdɛv.ɚ/ | A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; assiduous or persistent activity. |
| alongside | /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ | Side by side with. |
| friendship noun | /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ | The condition of being friends. |
| sixth adjective | /sɪksθ/ | The ordinal form of the number six. |
| humanity noun | /hjuˈmænɪti/ | Humankind; human beings as a group. |
| cinema noun | /ˈsɪn.ə.mə/ | A movie theatre, a movie house. |
| indigenous adjective | /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/ | Native to a land, especially before colonization. |
| urgent adjective | /ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/ | Requiring immediate attention. |
| nomination noun | /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/ | An act or instance of nominating. |
| nominee noun | /ˌnɒmɪˈniː/ | A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office. |
| fierce adjective | /fɪɹs/ | Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage. |
| forge noun | /fɔɹd͡ʒ/ | A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. |
| greed noun | /ɡɹiːd/ | A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have forged · have been drowned |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be surpassed · have been drowned |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, nomination /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, indigenous /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/, nomination /ˌnɑmɪˈneɪʃən/, congratulate /kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/
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 unbelievable, collectively, endeavor.
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.