Shadowing Practice: Rick Grimes Confronts Shane - TWD - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Shhhhhh I
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thought we were going further.
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We are.
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18 miles out.
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That's why we're stopping.
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I want to talk.
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Been waiting a week till we were going to do this.
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I just want to talk.
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We don't need to.
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We do.
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Oh, man, we don't.
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We're doing this.
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I get it.
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He's passed out when y 'all brought him back.
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Doesn't know where the farm is.
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That isn't what I need to talk to you about.
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I heard what really happened to the school. Was it to survive?
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Yeah.
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One of us wasn't gonna make it out.
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Had to be him.
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One shot to the leg.
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Carl lives.
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The reality is he had no business being here, there, whatever.
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You don't think I would have done it?
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No, man, I know you wouldn't have.
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You don't think I can keep Lori or Carl safe?
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I didn't say that. Or my baby.
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Is it gonna have to be me, too?
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Rick, you can't just be the good guy and expect to live, okay?
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Not anymore.
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I'm not the good guy anymore.
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To save Carl's life, I wouldn't have done anything.
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Anything.
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Now, Lori says you're dangerous.
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But you're not gonna be dangerous.
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Not to us.
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Not to me.
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Not anymore.
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How about you look at me?
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You and Lori.
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I get what happened.
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When I figured it out, and I figured it out pretty quickly, I wanted to break your jaw,
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let you choke on your teeth. But I didn't. That wasn't weakness.
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It took everything. That is my wife.
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That is my son.
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That is my unborn child.
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I will stay alive to keep them alive.
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You don't love her.
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You think you do, but you don't.
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Now the only way you and me keep on Is that you accept everything I just said
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Right here, right now
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And we move forward with that understanding

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Rick Grimes Confronts Shane - TWD”. This video has 52 sentences and 315 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:44. The speaker talks slowly, about 84 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 86% 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

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
rick noun/ɹɪk/Straw, hay etc. stored in a stack for winter fodder, commonly protected with thatch.
weakness noun/ˈwik.nɪs/The condition of being weak.
choke verb/t͡ʃoʊk/To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air…
unborn adjectiveNot yet born; yet to come; future.
survive verb/sɚˈvaɪv/Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
dangerous adjective/ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/Full of danger.
alive adjective/əˈlaɪv/Having life; living; not dead.
miles noun/maɪlz/A great distance in space or time.
quickly adverb/ˈkwɪk.li/Rapidly; with speed; fast; with expedition.
reality noun/ɹiˈæləti/The state of being actual or real; realness.
accept verb/əkˈsɛpt/To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
till/tɪl/Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
farm noun/ˈfɑɹm/A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
pass out verbTo faint; to become unconscious.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • One of us wasn't gonna make it out.
  • You don't think I would have done it?
  • No, man, I know you wouldn't have.
  • Is it gonna have to be me, too?
  • How about you look at me?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, gonna, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 rick, weakness, choke.

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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