Shadowing Practice: Peter owns a private airplane - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Well, it's good to see everyone's adapting to their new business roles.

Brian, I like your successories.

I will.

I will go get it.

Mr. Quagmire, the Davidson account is waiting for you in the conference room.

All right, thanks, Marlene.

Tell him I'll be right in.

All right, Glenn, time to go make millions.

what happened to you man i grew up

that's what happened what happened to the free loving quagmire was banging ten chicks at a time i still do

that oh good yep can i have some money oh get out of here

you bum yeah all right yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah he's all right daddy you're awake oh carter I'm so relieved.

What happened?

Where am I?

Oh, you had a heart attack, Daddy.

But you're all right now.

Yeah, he cool.

What the hell is that?

Oh, it's an African -American heart monitor made by your company.

What?

Yes, it has two settings.

Barry White and Bill Cosby.

Beep, beep, boop, beep.

My company makes no such thing.

Well, you see, Daddy, when you were in a coma, Peter stepped in and took charge of Pewdishment Industries.

Well, you made it, Peter.

You're a big shot, in charge of a whole bunch of people.

Peggy, hold my calls for a few minutes, please.

Yes, Mr. Griffin.

Well, buddy, you're in love with Peggy.

What a mess.

Griffin, get the hell out of my building!

Holy crap, Mr. Pewdishment, you're okay!

You're damn right I'm okay, and I'm here to re -assume charge of my company.

Maybe I don't want to leave.

Maybe I like being a fat cat.

What are you saying?

I'm saying it's my company now, and it's better than it ever was when you were running it.

Security, we have a situation in the conference room.

I'll give you a situation, you fat turd!

Gentlemen, please remove this man from the building.

What the?

I'm Carter Pewterschmidt.

This is my company.

Throw that guy out!

Sorry, Mr. Pewterschmidt, but we work for Mr. Griffin now.

You can't do this to me!

Do you know who I am?

I'm Carter Pewterschmidt!

I'm not getting in that elevator don't you dare throw me out of this lobby.

Don't you damn it.

Hey, what are you doing out here?

I can't get in the building.

Uh, Peggy?

Yes, Mr. Griffin?

That fart I have at three.

Can you push that up to now?

Very good, sir.

Lois, how could you let your idiot husband take over my company?

He fired all my staff, his stupid ideas are bankrupting pewter Schmidt Industries, and now he won't step down.

I know, Daddy.

He's become so full of himself.

He's more annoying than when he's making his Christmas list.

Now, Peter, are you sure this is all you want for Christmas?

I'm only going to the mall once.

Yeah, yeah, that's it.

All new this Christmas, remote control cars that glow in the dark?

Get that!

I've run that company for 40 years.

He even froze my corporate bank accounts.

I'm broke.

Oh, that's ridiculous.

I'll talk to him as soon as he gets home.

What the hell is that?

Damn it, Peter!

Your plane set my lawn on fire!

Yeah, that ought to cover it.

Peter, I don't want your money!

Well, fine, then.

Have a box of Jeremy Irons cereal.

If you're looking for a prize at the bottom, there is none.

Only more cardboard.

Peter, this has gone on long enough.

I want you to make things right with Daddy.

It's his company.

It's my company.

It's your company.

Three's company, where the kisses are hers and hers and his.

What?

I'm sorry, Lois.

We all had some pot brownies on the plane.

Hey, Peter, you seeing this rabbit?

No. Well, I sure am.

You know something?

You're not qualified to sit in that chair.

Oh, aren't I?

Maybe there's a rabbit head under here.

Peter, all of my father's assets are tied up in that corporation.

If you freeze up his money, he's not going to have anything to live on.

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Now you are going to make amends with Daddy, and that's final.

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All right, Lois, if that's what you want.

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Mr. Pewterschmidt, be in my office tomorrow morning at 9.

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I'm sure we can figure something out hmm I don't know

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if I like the sound of that laugh I knew I didn't like the sound of that laugh

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Peter this is unacceptable what gives

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you the right to treat me like this you've been treating me like crap for 20 years mr. Pewterschmidt

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and now I'm the one in charge hang on a second

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Clean that up!

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Carter, as your boss, I command you to have a viewing party for tonight's episode of the Big Bang Theory.

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And you have to go cubicle to cubicle inviting people.

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Oh, come on, Peter.

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I'm not good with rejection.

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I'm your boss.

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Now do it!

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Hi, I was going to catch the Big Bang Theory tonight and wondered if you wanted to come over and watch.

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What?

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What?

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What is that?

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It's a comedy.

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It's on CBS.

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I'm really into it.

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I don't want to watch that.

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I don't want to watch it with you.

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All right, if you change your mind, here's a flyer.

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If you do decide to come, I'm just asking that you bring an appetizer.

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Yeah, I'm not going to do that.

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See, Peter, I told you, no one wants to come.

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This is awful.

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You're not off the hook.

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You still got to have that party.

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Babs, you want to sit and watch?

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No. I'll have you know that I can bench press over 690 billion nanograms.

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Sheldon, that's less than two pounds.

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Sounded better the way I said it.

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Ha ha ha!

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Oh!

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Oh, when I tell that joke at work tomorrow, people, people, people are going to be sorry they didn't come.

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They're going to, this, this, this was, this, this was a good night.

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Carter, as your boss, I'm ordering you to pay a compliment to this sharply dressed Asian man.

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You look very nice.

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What else?

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Uh...

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What about my shoe?

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They're nice, too.

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How do you think my house smells?

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Not onion -y.

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You good, man.

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I pat you on the head and feed you from the hand.

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And then he made me clean out the fridge in the employee lounge,

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and the employees were mad at me because I threw out food that they still wanted.

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I don't know what's in there.

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Oh, that's it.

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Peter is completely out of control.

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We've got to do something to take him down and get your company back.

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Right, right, but how?

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In order to oust an idiot, we've got to think like an idiot.

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Let's see.

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What's Peter's weakness?

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He's got to have a weakness.

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Swamp monsters.

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Swamp monsters, of course.

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Lois, what are you doing here?

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Oh, I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.

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Of course it's okay.

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Why wouldn't it be?

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Oh, you know, that whole swamp monster story.

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Swamp monster?

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You haven't heard?

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Heard what?

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Oh, I'm sure it's nothing.

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It's just apparently somebody flushed a baby swamp monster down the toilet somewhere not far from here.

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What?

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Who would flush a baby swamp monster?

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Don't they know what would happen?

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Well, apparently it has happened.

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And now it's grown up and is attacking important businessmen.

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I'm an important businessman.

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What the hell was that?

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It sounds like maybe a swamp monster who needs to project a little more.

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Whoa, whoa.

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Whoa, whoa.

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Crap, whoa, whoa.

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Ah, swamp monster.

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Whoa, whoa.

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Quick, Peter, sign this legal document giving the company back to Daddy so you won't get eaten.

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I don't understand, but nothing makes sense in these swamp monster times.

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Ah.

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We did it, Daddy.

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I have my husband back and you have your company.

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Sorry, I'm late, Lois.

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OK, we doing the swamp monster thing?

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Wait, if you're Danny, then who?

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Now, let's find out who you really are.

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Dr. House?

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Indeed, Lois.

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And if you don't mind, I'll address you in my natural speaking voice, as I've grown so weary of doing an American accent.

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Do you want to come to my Big Bang viewing party next week?

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Daddy, you don't have to do that anymore.

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I know, I know.

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I like it now.

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Well, I'm sorry you lost the company, Peter, but I think it's for the best.

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You were turning into a real jerk.

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Well, maybe so.

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But I sure am going to miss being a corporate big shot.

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Well, you'll always be a big shot in this family, sweetheart.

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Thanks, honey.

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And I got a little surprise for you.

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In that contract you signed, you got to keep the corporate plain.

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Yeah!

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Peter, how are you doing that?

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I don't know, Lois.

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I'm scared.

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Come down.

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I can't.

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Get help.

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Call somebody.

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Who do I call?

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I don't know.

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A police, a fireman, a scientist.

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Call a scientist.

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Okay, you can stay here with your father.

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I'm going to go find a scientist.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Peter owns a private airplane”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Peter, swamp, monster, daddy, Lois. This video has 313 sentences and 1637 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:50. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 75% 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
swamp noun	/ˈswɑmp/	An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many…
daddy noun	/ˈdædi/	Also used as a term of address: a father; one's father.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
carter noun	/ˈkɑɹtɚ/	A person who transports a load on a cart that is drawn by a beast of burden.
scientist noun	/ˈsaɪəntəst/	One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
weakness noun	/ˈwik.nɪs/	The condition of being weak.
freeze verb	/ˈfɹiːz/	Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
rabbit noun	/ˈɹæbɪt/	A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
businessman noun	/ˈbɪznəsmæn/	A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution.
flush verb	/ˈflʌʃ/	To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
awful adjective	/ˈɔːfʊl/	Very bad.
ridiculous adjective	/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/	Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
plain noun	/pleɪn/	An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
remote adjective	/ɹəˈməʊt̞/	At a distance; disconnected.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
grow up verb	To mature and become an adult.
clean out verb	To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents.
come down verb	To descend, fall down, collapse.
come over verb	To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
do out verb	To decorate, tidy, or clean (a place).
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get out of verb	To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
step down verb	To resign or retire from an office or position of authority.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Do you know who I am?
Hey, what are you doing out here?
Can you push that up to now?
Babs, you want to sit and watch?
How do you think my house smells?

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	I've run · has gone · haven't heard
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was banging · were running · were turning
Comparatives -er than / more … than — comparing two things	better than · more annoying than
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	is waiting · are you saying · I'm saying

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 71 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flush /ˈflʌʃ/, shoe /ˈʃu/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, sharply /ˈʃɑɹpli/
Long words — get the stress right: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/, unacceptable /ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/

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 swamp, daddy, whoa.

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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Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?