Shadowing Practice: Put God First: Billy Graham's Timeless Inspirational Message - Learn English Speaking with Video

you can be rich but if you're without god what do you have you have nothing

the apostle paul wrote to timothy and said instruct those that are rich in this world's goods not to be proud.

Jesus said, seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.

Jesus said that materialism without God is disastrous.

He said, how hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God?

He said, beware of covetousness for a man's life consisted not in the abundance of the things

that possess it the devil says all you need is security from the cradle to the grave and you'll be happy

don't fix your hopes on the uncertain things that money can buy fix your hope on god

put god first god will take care of the rest

but if you put money and pleasure

and power first you're going to be deceived you're going to

come up empty you're going to come up short -handed

and this generation of young people able to express themselves more than any generation you're expressing yourselves that you're deceived

and you're blaming the older generation when actually the older generation has been deceived too

and we've been deceived by a supernatural power called the devil

so let's put the blame where it is on the devil you know depression can become very great in adolescence

when you're at the age between about 16 and 22

or 23 you can have terrible periods of depression a sense of insecurity

if you don't have a goal or a motive or a purpose

or a meaning for living you can be preoccupied with nothingness

and you can be absolutely empty and this leaves you depressed sometimes you're depressed

and sometimes you have a eagle trip egotism

and you try to show off and try to show

that you're a man in this way or that way by doing eccentric things

to try to gain your place in the spotlight of your little world young people feel a sense of failure

and so they are very lonely an actor wrote in a national magazine last week

and he said i've reached zero level he said you know i go on the stage

and i act or i go before the cameras and i act

and they think i'm a great guy he said i've been nominated for the academy award

I've had all the money that a man could make

but he said when I get home he said I reach zero take the mask off

and he said I'm the loneliest guy in the world

he said if I only had somebody's hand to hold

that really loved me I want to tell that actor tonight

if he's watching you can hold the hand of Jesus he loves you he'll forgive you he'll come in

and be your friend that sticketh closer than a brother he wants to come

and hold that lonely hand of yours tonight he wants to come

and make you have purpose and meaning in your life

then i think

that young people are searching for a challenge we want a

challenge that's one reason we like football that's one reason we

have gone sports crazy we like a challenge man was built

for a challenge why not also have a spiritual challenge a challenge to change the lives of men

and women take the loneliness away take the sin

and the guilt away why not the challenge to follow jesus christ

and change the world with love instead of hate you can sense christ you can feel christ

and what a wonderful thing it is all day long to

have a power about you a strength about you a glow

about you no matter what the circumstances maybe in a hospital room or wherever you are

and you can overcome those feelings of despair and depression

and physical handicap by a greater power the power of the holy spirit that comes to live within

how wonderful to have a faith to believe a faith

that could change the world and certainly a faith that could change your world and your life

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 53 sentences and 705 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:05. The speaker talks at a steady 139 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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
devil noun	/ˈdɛvəl/	An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
lonely adjective	/ˈloʊnli/	Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
depressed adjective	/dɪˈpɹɛst/	Unhappy; despondent.
spiritual adjective	/ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/	Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
grave noun	/ɡɹeɪv/	An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
mask noun	/mæsk/	A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
overcome verb	/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/	To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
forgive verb	/fɚˈɡɪv/	To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against.
leaf noun	/lif/	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
eagle noun	/ˈiːɡəl/	Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
guilt noun	/ɡɪlt/	Responsibility for wrongdoing.
possess verb	/pəˈzɛs/	To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
uncertain adjective	/ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/	Not certain; unsure.
consist noun	/kənˈsɪst/	A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
come up verb	To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
show off verb	To exhibit the best attributes of something.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 21 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

Long words — get the stress right: supernatural /ˌsu.pəɹˈnæ.tʃə.ɹəl/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, covetousness /ˈkʌvətəsnəs/, materialism /məˈtɪɹiəlɪzəm/

How to practise with this video

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

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be added · be deceived · has been deceived
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has been deceived · we've been deceived · i've reached

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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