Shadowing Practice: Poking Apple’s Touchscreen MacBook Pro: What Actually Impressed Me - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm touching it!
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I'm touching it!
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Oh my gosh!
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I'm touching things!
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We're getting touchy with MacBook Pros!
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This is the first touchscreen MacBook Pro!
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They're ProLED XDR.
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It comes in different sizes.
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We got 14, we got 16, we got different colors.
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Let's see what it's all about.
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Oh, why does this make me so happy?
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Because it takes me back.
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the apple logo is lighting up as it should as the way it was always meant to be
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so i'm learning how to kind of lock it to the side i got
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that time you got it
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and then you just gotta do what see it's all in the hips
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there's a learning curve to all this stuff not only is there a lot to poke at today
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but we're also getting dynamic island with this new model it gives you
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that animated drop down menu
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that you're used to seeing on an iphone i could just pull
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it down i could type in what i want ask siri to pull up music
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and you get a preview of different apps
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you're in other macbooks just have a cutout this one's animated the better olin screen is making this machine thinner
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and lighter than previous macbook pros it's as light as three pounds
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and that screen is a lot brighter too
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if you didn't notice it's up to 2 000 nits of brightness
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and this is the first time the macbook has oled screen
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and it is poppy
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because you can really see the blacks pop
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i mean in this example of a picture we can see the tiny stars popping on the side
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because with oled you can actually turn off some of the pixels so you really get black blacks in this
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Oh my gosh, I'm taking it in!
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I'm taking it in!
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The speakers are also improved, but it's not like I could really notice that in a noisy demo area.
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This week, Apple released other new products as well, like this iPad Mini with an OLED screen.
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And even if I couldn't hear those speakers, I sure could feel them.
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No speaker holes, just a charging port.
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They have an acoustic display, so the speakers are actually behind the display
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and you can really feel the rumble here
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when you have it totally maxed out on the show floor
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we also got to check out apple's new macbook pro
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that has an m6 chip this one is not a touch screen
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but that extra boost of power is also good for ai work and it is cheaper it starts at 1999 $999.
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This obviously makes a lot of sense when you are a heavy duty creator
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or you're doing things in 3D with modeling or you're multitasking many different aspects.
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Of course it's fun to say hello.
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It's fun to give a little bit of a doodle right
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but having it on my lap this is the larger 16 inch size
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I'm kind of getting a sense of like all right what is
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that going to be like what's relationship
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when i'm like commuting on the train i'm trying to get a little more done
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um literally using the laptop like a laptop we are used to kind of juggling our phones
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and pinching and zooming
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and that's really where i think
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this comes in it you're not going to be touching all over the place all the time um
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you know for the most part this is really a supplemental
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little addition i think okay let's get real folks we're not playing music like this okay this is not
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We're not doing this.
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It is an interesting way to note
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that you could touch in more than one way when you're trying to figure out just a quick answer to something,
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you know, to be able to change up something you might be composing.
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You know, even if you don't see yourself poking at your screen all the time, because it's a new thing.
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If you're a Mac user, you're just not used to it.
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The screen itself is just so bright and impressive.
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so obviously uh that alone isn't a feature
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that you might take more advantage of
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and you might find yourself just kind of poking at it once in a
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while because it's just there now i have here
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the largest one but uh
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if you get the 14 inch model it starts at 2 899
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so roughly 900 more to start with a MacBook Pro
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that has these features compared to the new M6 MacBook Pro that just came out.
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I like the idea of kind of poking a little bit right now.
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You know, at this event, it's the kind of event where you're seeing a lot of the screen cleaning going on because we're all just going,
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what can they do?
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And it's fun to kind of explore, obviously, and I'm drawing here on the screen.
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I'm not going to draw all the time, but I do find it that
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when you have are someone who's very busy like i am on my mac
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i'll i'll show you my actual mac
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that i brought with me to work on here this is my actual macbook pro
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that i brought to work at this event it is not touch screen
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and you know what it would be kind of useful maybe to drag
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this to the trash this is too much don't judge me
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or judge me a little it's okay to judge me a little this is bad
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so yeah i think i for one would be like i want
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that extra feature i want to be able to do just a little bit faster by just getting in there
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and touching it um other than
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that though physically it all just kind of feels the same
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i notice a few different quirks in the operating system like certain kind of things kind of bubble up
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and get bigger
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so my finger can get to them let me show you i wanted to check out what happens
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when i approach uh the little menu button here to resize my window it got bigger
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because it's kind of a new operating system to kind of take into account
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that your fingers don't want to necessarily get something really tiny
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and exact it's going to blow up for me
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and help me kind of decide if i want to shrink something
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or not so far it has responded pretty well and
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that says a lot
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when i have not been formally trained on how to use
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this it's been intuitive sometimes you want to get really nitty gritty
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and that's well
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when the full of the view is for we're only getting
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a sample here to get a taste of what's possible
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but there's a lot going on under the hood to really make this perform very smoothly.
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And with this machine you're also getting better processors.
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It's coming with the M5 Pro and the M5 Max are going to be your options on this not the M6 chip.
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So we're entering a new era of Apple where you can
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really touch any screen depends how you want to get your work done.
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The funny thing is when I was coming here I was telling my kids, hey mom might be able to go see a macbook
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that she can touch the screen on it and they looked at me like, well what why is that special?
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We can do that already on our chromebooks
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and it's true they're already in elementary school are doing
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that they're computing that way and
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when I ask how are they using it it really is just supplemental
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they're just kind of poking at it sometimes
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and yes they're able to kind of bend their devices back in different angles too.
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I know normally this would break the computer,
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but I can do this and maybe even this and it becomes an iPad.
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This is Apple's twist on how they're leveling it all up.
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So the journey begins.
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Let me know in the comments what you think.
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If you're curious to give this a touch.
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And I'll see you next week when there's one more thing to talk about in the world of Apple.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Poking Apple’s Touchscreen MacBook Pro: What Actually Impressed Me”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Macbook, screen, Pro. This video has 5 sentences and 1396 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:37. The speaker talks fast, about 183 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| poke verb | /poʊk/ | To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. |
| 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… |
| chip noun | /t͡ʃɪp/ | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material. |
| menu noun | /ˈmɛn.juː/ | The details of the food to be served at a banquet; a bill of fare. |
| laptop noun | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | A laptop computer. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| necessarily adverb | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | Inevitably; of necessity. |
| impressive adjective | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress. |
| thin adjective | /ˈθɪn/ | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| hip noun | /hɪp/ | The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| curious adjective | /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ | Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. |
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| aspect noun | /ˈæspɛkt/ | Any specific feature, part, or element of something. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| drop down verb | To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| light up verb | To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten. | |
| pull up verb | /ˌpʊl ˈʌp/ | To lift upwards or vertically. |
| turn off verb | To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Let's see what it's all about.
- We're not playing music like this, okay?
- Don't judge me, or judge me a little.
- It's okay to judge me a little.
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 | has responded · have not been · it's been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was always meant · are also improved |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thin /ˈθɪn/, smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, trash /tɹæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, elementary /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/, intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/, supplemental /ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntəl/
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 poke, finger, chip.
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.