Shadowing Practice: Sabrina Carpenter - because i liked a boy (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I said I wanted thin mints, and you said you knew a guy
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You showed up with a boombox and stars in your eyes
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Who knew cuddling on trampolines could be so reckless
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We bonded over black eyed peas and complicated exes
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Fell so deeply into it, it was all so innocent
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Now I'm a home worker, I'm a slut I got death threats filling up semi -trucks
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Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked I'm a hot topic on your tongue I'm a rebound, getting round, stealing from the young
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Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked a boy I'm not catastrophizing
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Everything's derailing Was only tryna hold you close
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While your heart was failing
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It's not an internet illusion
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Just two kids going through it
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You said I'm too late to be your first love
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But I'll always be your favorite
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Now I'm a homemaker, I'm a slut I got death threats, feeling upset in my tracks
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Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked I'm a hard topic on your tongue I'm a rebound, getting round, stealing from the young
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Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked the boy
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All because I like to pay
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Felt so deeply into it
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It was all so innocent
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Dining boys with exes
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No, I recommend it I'm a homemaker,
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I'm a slut I got death threats filling up semi -trucks
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Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked a boy
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And all of this for what?
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When everything went down, we'd already broken up
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Please tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
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All because I liked a boy
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All because I like the boy
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Sabrina Carpenter - because i liked a boy”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: liked, choice, guess, boy, slut. This video has 34 sentences and 316 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:05. The speaker talks slowly, about 102 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 67% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| innocent adjective | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| deeply adverb | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | To a deep extent or degree; very greatly. |
| steal verb | /stiːl/ | To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it. |
| rebound noun | /ˈɹi.baʊnd/ | The recoil of an object bouncing off another. |
| complicated adjective | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | Difficult or convoluted. |
| thin adjective | /ˈθɪn/ | Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite. |
| worker noun | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor. |
| illusion noun | /ɪˈl(j)uːʒ(ə)n/ | A distortion of sensory perception where real stimuli lead to a false or misleading impression of reality. |
| mint noun | /mɪnt/ | Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems. |
| reckless adjective | /ˈɹɛkləs/ | Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash. |
| pea noun | /piː/ | Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others. |
| homemaker noun | A person who maintains the administration and upkeep of his or her residence, especially one who is not employed outside the home; one who runs the household. | |
| boombox noun | /ˈbum.bɑks/ | A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound. |
| catastrophize verb | /kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/ | To regard a bad situation as if it were disastrous or catastrophic. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fill up verb | To make (something) completely full. |
| get round verb | Synonym of bet round (“to bet equally on horses in a race”). |
| break up verb | To break or separate into pieces. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 20 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, catastrophize /kəˈtæstɹəfaɪz/
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 topic, innocent, deeply.
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.