Shadowing Practice: Phim Mom phụ đề song ngữ Anh Việt - Learn English Speaking with Video

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28 sentences
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I think you'll find our Napa Chardonnay to have hints of vanilla and caramel with a velvety smooth finish. Are you all right?
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Some days are better than others.
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Thanks for asking.
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Very good.
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Yeah.
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2004 was a great year for this wine.
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Not so much for me.
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Enjoy.
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so did i talk you into that souffle uh yeah two good call you won't want to share oh god
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happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday dear
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Ethel Happy birthday to you And many more
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More butter and salt They only need to live long enough to pay the check
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Beat those egg whites gently As if they were a small, annoying child
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Paul, you're on fire again um christy you got a second
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i can't talk about gabriel i'm working yeah i know
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but uh here's the thing i'm getting a lot of complaints really about what
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well apparently one of my waitresses is having a nervous breakdown is it jennifer
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no is it carol it's you what does this taste like to you uh mushrooms the correct answer was ass
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listen uh maybe you should take the rest of the night off i can't afford to do
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that i have children to feed not a problem grab a couple steaks head home and feed them You don't understand.
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The guy at table four said something horrible to me when I was telling him about the salmon.
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What's wrong with the salmon?
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Nothing.
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The salmon's great.
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The guy insulted me.
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Oh, that's fine.
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What did he say?
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He said I was a good waitress.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Phim Mom phụ đề song ngữ Anh Việt”. This video has 28 sentences and 267 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:31. The speaker talks slowly, about 106 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
salmon noun/ˈsæmən/One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers…
waitress noun/ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.
horrible adjective/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
butter noun/ˈbʌtɚ/A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
smooth adjective/smuːð/Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
complaint noun/kəmˈpleɪnt/The act of complaining.
breakdown noun/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
gently adverb/ˈd͡ʒɛntli/Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly.
hint noun/hɪnt/A clue.
carol noun/ˈkɛɹəl/A ballad or song of joy.
insult noun/ɪnˈsʌlt/Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
steak noun/steɪk/Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
vanilla noun/vəˈnɪl.ə/Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in…
mushroom noun/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
annoy verb/əˈnoɪ̯/To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, ethel /ˈɛθ.əl/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like salmon, waitress, horrible.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →