Shadowing Practice: سيناتور لبيت هيغسيث: أنت فاشل يا سيدي - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Why are there missiles left to hit Jordan and result in the loss of life of our brave men and women?
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As we stated from the beginning, the Iranian defense industrial base is effectively gone, but they do have underground facilities because they're the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism,
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and they've spent 47 years trying to hide their missiles under mountains, just like their nuclear capabilities, because they would like to get a nuclear weapon to wield it against us.
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to believe because it's even over or it's not over it's within two weeks
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or it's not two weeks we have no missiles
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or we have missiles and that consternation is why
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so many new yorkers are perplexed stressed out
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and find this war to be incredibly unpopular
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because they don't understand the choices
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that the president's making they don't agree with those choices shame on you
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and others who call this a quagmire and a failure
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and then you want to turn around and say you support the the war fight.
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I use the word failure to their leaders.
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You sir are the failure.
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Not the men and women who are on that front line.
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Not the men and women who hold up their honor with distinction.
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But if there's a lack of a winning strategy, they're in harm's way.
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Their leaders have failed them.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 18 sentences and 226 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:09. The speaker talks fast, about 196 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
14 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| missile noun | /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ | Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. |
| incredibly adverb | /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ | In an incredible manner; not to be believed. |
| brave adjective | /bɹeɪv/ | Strong in the face of fear; courageous. |
| underground adjective | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth. |
| terrorism noun | /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/ | The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives. |
| distinction noun | /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/ | That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination. |
| capability noun | /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ | The power or ability to generate an outcome. |
| sponsor noun | /ˈspɒn.səː/ | A person or organization with some sort of responsibility for another person or organization, especially where the responsibility has a religious, legal, or… |
| unpopular adjective | Lacking popularity. | |
| consternation noun | /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/ | Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. |
| perplexed adjective | /pɚˈplɛkst/ | Confused or puzzled. |
| quagmire noun | /ˈkwæɡ.maɪə(ɹ)/ | A swampy, soggy area of ground. |
| wield verb | /wiːld/ | To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool. |
| yorker noun | /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ | A ball bowled so as to bounce at or near the batsman's popping crease. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. |
| stress out verb | To become stressed. |
| turn around verb | To physically rotate (usually around a vertical axis) for a half turn (180 degrees), a whole turn (360 degrees), or an indefinite amount. |
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 | they've spent · have failed |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | women who are · women who hold |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are perplexed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, they're, they've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: distinction /dɪˈstɪŋkʃən/, consternation /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, terrorism /ˈtɛɹəɹɪzəm/, capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, consternation /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/
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 missile, incredibly, brave.
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.