Shadowing Practice: Paris Paloma - Labour - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One, two, three, four
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Who fixes up the cables?
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Emotional torture From the heavy high table
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Who fetches the water
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From the rocky mountain spring
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And I walk back down again
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To feel your words in that sharp stain
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And I'm getting fucking tired
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The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
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If our love died, would that be the worst thing?
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For somebody I thought was my savior
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You sure make me do a whole lot of labor
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The callus can on my hands is cracking
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If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?
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And the silence once a bed chamber
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You make me do too much labor
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Apologies for my time I'm never used
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Busy lapping from throwing a cup
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And stabbing with your fork I know you're a smart man I know you're a smart man Unweaponized The foal's incompetence,
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it's dominance under a guide
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If we had a daughter, I'd watch and could not save her The emotional torture,
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from the head of your high table
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She'd do what you taught her, she'd meet the same cool fate
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So now I gotta run, so I can undo this mistake
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At least I've gotta try
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The capabilities in my eyes are bursting
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If our love died, would that be the worst thing?
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For somebody I thought was my savior
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You sure make me do a whole lot of labor
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The callous skin on my hands is cracking
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If our love ends, would that be a bad thing?
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And the silence once I've achieved
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But you make me do too much labor
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All day, every day, therapist, mother -maid Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant
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Just an appendage, lift to attend him
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So that he never lifts a finger 24 -7 baby machine
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So he can live out his picket fence dreams
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It's not an act of love
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If you make her, you make me do too much labor
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All day, every day, therapist, mother maid Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant
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Just an appendage, lift to attend him
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So that he never lifts a finger 24 -7 baby machine
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So he can live out his picket fence dreams
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It's not an act of love
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If you make her, you make me do too much labor
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All day he's in her eyes
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It's a bust made in fall
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That love her eyes
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And it's a thing
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Just a nightly I thought was my savior
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You're sure that he did a whole lot of labor 24 -7 baby machine
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Don't you feel it at that end, just pick up in your dreams
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It's not a sad and fast, I feel the shape
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But you make me do too much labour
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Paris Paloma - Labour”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: labor, lift, eyes, savior, dreams. This video has 54 sentences and 450 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:52. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| savior noun | /ˈseɪvjɚ/ | A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm. |
| finger noun | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other… |
| silence noun | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | The absence of any sound. |
| crack noun | /kɹæk/ | A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material. |
| nurse noun | /nɝs/ | Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession. |
| virgin noun | /ˈvɝd͡ʒɪn/ | Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a… |
| fence noun | /fɛns/ | A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. |
| burst verb | /bɜːst/ | To break from internal pressure. |
| torture noun | /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ | The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which… |
| servant noun | /ˈsɝvənt/ | One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave. |
| therapist noun | /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/ | Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. |
| maid noun | /meɪd/ | An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking… |
| sharp adjective | /ʃɑɹp/ | Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded. |
| chamber noun | /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/ | The private room of an individual, especially of someone wealthy or noble. |
| fate noun | /feɪt/ | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| live out verb | To not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.) |
| fix up verb | To provide (someone) with something; to furnish. |
| walk back verb | To withdraw or backpedal on a statement or promise. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 13 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, gotta, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, capillary /ˈkæpəˌlɛri/, incompetence /ɪnˈkɒm.pə.təns/
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 savior, finger, silence.
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.