Shadowing Practice: Rich vs Wealthy - Learn English Speaking with Video

excuse me sir sir how did you get rich i'm not rich i'm not rich buddy i'm wealthy you're wealthy

so what's the difference between rich

and wealthy well rich is having enough money for her

and her brother

and me to do pretty nice things wealthy is having enough money for her great grandkids do pretty nice things

so how old were you when you became a millionaire 29.

now i go all over the world interviewing millionaires

and billionaires to help the younger generation can i get a

minute with you fresh in it real quick yes how much

are you worth today can i take a guess you can more than 20 million?

Yes.

More than 30 million?

Yes.

More than 50?

Get in the ballpark.

How did you make your millions?

Started in the insurance industry, man.

I quit my job as a W -2 employee working for someone else

and I started doing the exact same job but did it for myself and made myself rich instead of other people.

In your opinion, what keeps people broke in today's world?

Middle class people trying to pretend they're rich is the absolute death sentence, man.

And you see it in middle America all the time.

And it often comes from the lies they were told in the W -2 corporate america landscape they got

that big job title they're 35 years old well now they

have two kids they bought their wife a mercedes they think they should have a second home

because they're going to airbnb it out on the side

and their kids and travel hockey

and all this other stuff they're keeping up with the joneses

dude how much you make bro 225 last year okay cool how much are you saving of

that you're not you're going negative you're losing 30 grand each

year you're spending more than you're making dude trying to keep up with your neighbors

and your neighbors are in the same dame sam position is you be worried about

that guy that's in

that eight hundred thousand dollar house that's worth ten million somebody wants to take

that leap they want to leave that nine to five what's

that first actionable step that they should take start looking at your job today as paid training

so many businesses fail what is the stat like over 90 percent of businesses fail it's

because people enter industries that they're not familiar with you got some accountant

that thinks he could run a bar

because he's been a customer at a bar before someone wants to open a bowling alley why

because they like bowling like people do stupid stuff like

that all the damn time if you look at your job in the industry

that you're in look around what could you do better?

How much time is wasted in that office each day?

How much corporate minutia is there and how many inefficiencies are there?

Could you offer the same service that your employer is currently offering and doing it in a more efficient way?

Start wrapping your head around that and once you have that solution, quit and go do it.

What is the best advice you ever got throughout your career?

If you're walking through a field and there's a pile of dog shit there

and you happen to step in the pile of dog shit, well, that's okay.

You're just some dude that stepped in a pile of dog shit.

It's all right.

But on your way back home, walking through that same field, you step in that same pile of dog shit, you're a freaking moron, man.

You got to learn from your mistakes.

You've got amazing advice, my friend.

Thanks, brother.

Thank you so much for your time and I appreciate you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 57 sentences and 628 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:26. The speaker talks fast, about 258 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wealthy adjective	/ˈwɛl.θi/	Possessing financial wealth; rich.
pile noun	/paɪl/	A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
millionaire noun	/ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/	Somebody whose wealth is at least one million (10⁶) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
efficient adjective	/ɪˈfɪʃənt/	Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
hockey noun	/ˈhɑ.ki/	Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
landscape noun	/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/	A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
pretend verb	/pɹəˈtɛnd/	To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
employer noun	/ɪmˈplɔɪə/	A person, firm or other entity which pays for or hires the services of another person.
wrap verb	/ɹæp/	To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
dame noun	/deɪm/	Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
stat adverb	/stæt/	Immediately; now.
leap verb	/ˈliːp/	To jump.
alley noun	/ˈæl.i/	A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots of buildings.
accountant noun	/əˈkaʊn.tənt/	One who renders account; one accountable.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
keep up with verb	To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one.
walk through verb	To explain (something) to (someone), step by step.
look around verb	To inspect a building or area.

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	were told · is wasted
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should have · should take
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	start looking · Start wrapping
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	is having · they're keeping · you're going

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, they're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, minutia /maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/
Long words — get the stress right: millionaire /ˌmɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, minutia /maɪ̯ˈn(j)uːʃ(iː)ə/

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 wealthy, pile, millionaire.

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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