Shadowing Practice: PARADISE LOST - Live in France + Interview 1996 / MCM - Learn English Speaking with Video

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What's all of the things I'm leaving alone?

What's all of the looks that I'm torn?

I'm lying in the heights of the lows and the panic inside

People think that England is finished for metal and that's pretty much what we think as well.

I mean we just happened to be born there.

I mean we saw it drawn back to the place every

time we come back from tour for some strange reason some strange reason I don't know why

but I mean it's pretty good for us over there

but on the whole at the moment there's more to offer for us in Europe in mainland Europe, Scandinavia

playing new territories I mean France has been pretty quiet for

us up until now I mean today was probably the second

one of the best festivals we've actually done this some without a shadow of a doubt

No powers to let you fight me No powers and bells are built made

No limits to turn a soul to soul Can't find another way Can't find a word to say Say

I think the band is fantastic.

I love the band more than any other band, of course.

It just happens that I happen to be in the band as well.

That's a bonus, like I said.

If we didn't have to make videos, I wouldn't make them, because we're not models or things to be looked at.

We're musicians.

It's just an unfortunate factor that you have to make videos.

I don't particularly like doing them.

We created this sound and we're still at the front of the park as far as we're concerned.

There's lots of bands doing it, there's lots of good bands doing it, but this type of sound, we definitely created this.

Our image is not like a force, it's nothing that we don't portray to be anything other than what we are.

We are, you know, I mean, we don't go around having a laugh and making friends with everybody that we meet, you know, because we're not that type of band and we're not

that type of people and we never will be, you know.

Our music reflects the way we are in everyday, day-to-day life, you know.

We're a very selfish band, we just care about ourselves.

We're not out to promote any other band or any other scene.

We don't really care, you know, so, and it's working great for us because that's all we care about.

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ANNIHILATOR | Jeff Waters | Interview 1990 | Hard'n Heavy VHS | Thrash and Speed Metal Special

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 31 sentences and 419 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:41. The speaker talks at a natural 156 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 89% 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:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
bind verb	/ˈbaɪ̯nd/	To tie; to confine by any ligature.
everyday adjective	/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/	Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions.
bonus noun	/ˈbəʊ.nəs/	Something extra that is good; an added benefit.
shadow noun	/ˈʃædəʊ̯/	A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
reflect verb	/ɹɪˈflɛkt/	To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
tear verb	/tɛɹ/	To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
panic noun	/ˈpænɪk/	Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
unfortunate adjective	/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/	Not favored by fortune.
selfish adjective	/ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/	Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.
musician noun	/mjuˈzɪʃən/	A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
mainland noun	/ˈmeɪnlənd/	The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
portray verb	/poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/	To paint or draw the likeness of.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come back from verb	To become successful, confident or effective again after an injury, setback, failure, embarrassment, etc.
go around verb	To move or spread from person to person.

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	be born · are built · be looked
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has been · we've actually done

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/

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 bind, everyday, bonus.

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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