Shadowing Practice: Pokemon Go était lié à la CIA… - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Pokemon Go is lié à la CIA.
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I think many of the people already know it.
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But the story is even more interesting than you think.
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In this moment with Scandaria, we learn to make applications.
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Today everyone can do applications.
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So I'm looking at all the great applications and stories what the fuck which are liable to them.
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Pokemon Go is really the ambiance.
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Everyone will take their camera and cartograph the world.
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It comes from a company called Keyhole, a symbol of espionage.
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She was founded by John Hanke and boom, since 2003, a cut-tel, the investment fund of the CIA, which repare the young boost prometteuses, met of the money in the way, as he will put it on Facebook.
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Later, Keyhole will be purchased by Google.
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Google is very lié to the CIA, for many reasons, as well as the NSA.
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Google bought Motorola, by example, which made a lot of brevets for the CIA.
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When Motorola was revended, especially at the Chinese interest, Google was first to get the important brevets.
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So the links between Silicon Valley and CILN and NSA are known, particularly in Inqtel, Facebook, Meta and Google.
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So we have this keyhole company that will first make a prototype called Ingress.
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No one has heard of this game, but Ingress was going to go out to dominate the geographical zone.
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It allowed to photograph and get a lot of information from the most precious information in the world.
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Boom, for a Poisson d'Avril, you have at Google an idea that is launched in 2012 after Ingress, it's in 2014 for the Poisson d'Avril, so for the 1st of April 2014,
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you have Google Maps who says that you can search for Pokemon, they will make a game and it will be in more 6 billion dollars
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but also a lot of data from data brokers who will end up in a
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destination that was not necessarily planned by the constructor,
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what if you want to do And now it takes about 8000 codes for a minimum viable product.
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So we live at an epoch where no one could do their Pokemon Go.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Pokemon Go était lié à la CIA…”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Google, Pokemon, Cia, Ingress, keyhole. This video has 24 sentences and 354 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:56. The speaker talks fast, about 183 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| boom verb | /bum/ | To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound. |
| necessarily adverb | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | Inevitably; of necessity. |
| boost verb | /buːst/ | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. |
| symbol noun | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| destination noun | /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ | The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at. |
| photograph noun | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. |
| viable adjective | /ˈvaɪəbəl/ | Able to live on its own (as for a newborn). |
| broker noun | /ˈbɹoʊkɚ/ | A mediator between a buyer and seller. |
| liable adjective | /ˈlaɪ̯əbəl/ | Bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable. |
| dominate verb | /ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt/ | To govern, rule or control by superior authority or power. |
| geographical adjective | /d͡ʒiəˈɡɹæfɪkl̩/ | Of or relating to geography. |
| prototype noun | /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪp/ | An original form or object which is a basis for other forms or objects (particularly manufactured items), or for its generalizations and models. |
| keyhole noun | /ˈkiˌhoʊ̯l/ | The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns. |
| brevet noun | /bɹəˈvɛt/ | A military document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily, but without an increase in pay. |
| ambiance noun | /ˈɑm.bi.ɑns/ | A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, espionage /ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/
- Long words — get the stress right: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, espionage /ˈɛs.pi.əˌnɑːʒ/
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 boom, necessarily, boost.
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.