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Hi.
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Hi.
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Can I tell you something?
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Sure.
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Anything you like.
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It's kind of long.
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I've got plenty of time.
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I knew these people.
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What people?
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Well, these two people...
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They were in love with each other.
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The girl was very young,
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about 17 or 18, I guess.
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And the guy was quite a bit older a little bit older.
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He was kind of raggedy and wild.
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And she was very beautiful, you know?
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Yeah.
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And together they turned everything into a kind of an adventure.
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And she liked that.
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Just an ordinary trip down to the grocery store was.. full of adventure.
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They were always laughing at stupid things.
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He liked to make her laugh.
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And.. they didn't much care for anything else because all they wanted to do was be with each other.
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They were always together.
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Sounds like they were very happy.
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Yes, they were.
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They were real happy.
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And he loved her more than he ever felt possible.
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He couldn't stand being away from her during the day when he went to work.
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So he'd quit just to be home with her.
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Then he'd get another job when the money ran out.
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And then he'd quit again.
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But pretty soon she started to worry.
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About what?
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Money, I guess.
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Not having enough.
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Not knowing when the next check was coming in.
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Yeah, I know that feeling.
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So he started to get kind of torn inside.
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How do you mean?
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Well, he knew he had to work to support her,
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but he couldn't stand being away from her either.
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Lassie.
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And the more he was away from her, the crazier he got.
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Except now, he got really crazy.
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He started imagining all kinds of things.
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Like what?
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He started thinking that she was seeing other men on the sly.
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He'd come home from work and accuse her of spending the day with somebody else.
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He'd yell at her and break things in the trailer.
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The trailer.
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Yes.
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They lived in a trailer home.
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Excuse me, sir, but were you to visit me the other day?
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I don't mean to pry.
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No. Oh.
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I thought I recognized your voice for a minute.
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No. Wasn't me.
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Mm-hmm.
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Please go home.
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Anyway, he started to drink real bad.
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He'd stay out late to test her.
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What do you mean, test her?
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To see if she'd get jealous.
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He wanted her to get jealous, but she didn't.
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She just worried about him.
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But that got him even madder.
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Why?
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Because he thought if she never got jealous of him that she didn't really care about him.
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Jealousy was a sign of her love for him.
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and then one night
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one night she told him that she was pregnant she was about three
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or four months pregnant and he didn't even know and then suddenly everything changed
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he stopped drinking
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and got a steady job he was convinced that she loved him now
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because she was carrying his child and he was going to dedicate himself to making a home for her
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But a funny thing started to happen.
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What?
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He didn't even notice it at first.
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She started to change.
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From the day the baby was born,
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she began to get irritated with everything around her.
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She got mad at everything.
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Even the baby seemed to be an injustice to her.
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He kept trying to make everything all right for her.
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Buy her things, take her out to dinner once a week.
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But nothing seemed to satisfy her.
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For two years, he struggled to pull them back together like they were when they first met.
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Finally, he knew that it was never going to work out.
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So he hit the bottle again,
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but this time it got mean.
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This time when he came home late at night,
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she wasn't worried about it or jealous.
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She was just enraged.
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She accused him of holding her captive by making her have a baby.
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She told him that she dreamed about escaping.
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That was all she dreamed about, escape.
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She saw herself at night running naked down a highway,
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running across fields, running down riverbeds, always running.
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and always just when she was about to get away, he'd be there.
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He would stop her somehow.
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He would just appear and stop her.
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And when she told him these dreams, he believed them.
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He knew she had to be stopped or she'd leave it forever.
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So he tied a cowbell to her ankle so he could hear at night if she tried to get out of bed.
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But she learned how to muffle the bell by stuffing a sock into it
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and inching her way out of the bed and into the night.
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He caught her one night when the sock fell out and he heard her trying to run to the highway.
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He caught her, dragged her back to the trailer and tied her to the stove with his belt.
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He just left her there and went back to bed and lay there listening to her scream.
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Then he listened to his son scream.
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He was surprised at himself because he didn't feel anything anymore.
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All he wanted to do was sleep.
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And for the first time,
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he wished he were far away.
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Lost in a deep, vast country where nobody knew him.
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Somewhere without language or streets.
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And he dreamed about this place without knowing its name.
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And when he woke up, he was on fire.
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there were blue flames burning the sheets of his bed he
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ran through the flames toward the only two people he loved
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but they were gone his arms were burning and he threw himself outside and rolled on the wet ground.
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Then he ran.
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He never looked back at the fire.
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He just ran.
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He ran until the sun came up.
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and he couldn't run any further.
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And when the sun went down, he ran again.
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For five days he ran like this,
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until every sign of man had disappeared.
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Dramas.

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Why practice speaking with this video?

Engaging with the content of the video "Paris Texas greatest film ending 1 of 3" offers a rich opportunity for English learners to practice their speaking skills through the shadowspeak technique. This method involves mimicking the natural conversation between characters, helping learners to improve their fluency and pronunciation. The dialogue encapsulates emotions, relationships, and the complexities of love, providing diverse contexts for learners to absorb and reproduce expressive speaking. By practicing with this video, you can:

  • Enhance your conversational skills in emotional and everyday contexts.
  • Learn how to convey feelings and nuances through your tone and pace.
  • Build confidence in speaking by using familiar scenarios to facilitate conversation.

Grammar & Expressions in Context

The dialogue in this video features several key grammatical structures and expressions that are commonly used in spoken English. Here are a few that stand out:

  • “Can I tell you something?” – This is a typical conversational opener that invites the listener to engage. Using modal verbs like 'can' makes your speech sound polite and natural.
  • “They were always together.” – The use of the past continuous tense here emphasizes an ongoing action in the past, which is important for storytelling.
  • “He couldn't stand being away from her.” – This phrase utilizes the structure of 'couldn't stand' to express strong feelings, a valuable expression to articulate dislike or discomfort in various situations.
  • “He started to get kind of torn inside.” – This phrase captures emotional conflict, which is prevalent in many discussions; the structure 'get kind of' introduces a casual tone often used in everyday speech.

By focusing on these structures, English learners can better articulate their thoughts and feelings, making their speaking more relatable and dynamic. Implementing these expressions in your shadowspeaks gives you the tools to sound more fluent.

Common Pronunciation Traps

When practicing with the video, be mindful of certain pronunciation traps that can help you refine your speaking skills:

  • “Together” – Many learners tend to separate the sounds; practice blending the syllables to sound more fluid.
  • “Couldn't stand” – This phrase can be tricky due to the contraction; ensure that the sounds flow together smoothly.
  • “Accuse” – The initial consonant cluster might sound complicated; focus on articulating the 'ac-' clearly while linking it to the following sounds.

By paying attention to these common pronunciation issues while using the shadowing technique with the video, you can develop a greater awareness of how to convey your thoughts clearly. This targeted practice is essential for those eager to learn English with YouTube content and enhance their speaking proficiency.

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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