Shadowing Practice: Sexy Police? | Max Amini | Stand-up Comedy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Ottawa police.
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Are you from Bangladesh?
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India.
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You're from India.
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Wait your turn.
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India normally doesn't act like that.
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You're an Indian lady who's a police officer?
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Yes.
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We all are.
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Three of us.
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We all are?
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Can you please stand up?
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Wow.
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You meet your police officer in a porn scene, you show up with a uniform, and you go, you're under arrest,
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and then you pull out the handcuff, you want to be handcuffed, and the guy goes, yes, oh my God.
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You're so beautiful.
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What kind of police officers?
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I swear to God, I'm going to be speeding tonight after the show.
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I'm going to be driving out of this theater like a maniac, you better be ready.
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If you heard tires screeching, It's me!
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There's heavy lights in my eyes, so explain to me.
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One Indian.
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One Caucasian.
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One Caucasian?
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What a phenomenal race is that.
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What about the next person? From what country?
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El Salvador.
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El Salvador.
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Avocado.
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Oh, hold on.
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Very important question.
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You're single.
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Oh my God.
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I'm moving to Ottawa and I'm going to be living in jail.
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I want to know what is the most interesting arrest or crazy person you came across?
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A story of some wild shit that happened while you were working.
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area to eat my dinner.
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Middle of the night at 3 a .m there's a car completely misted over humidified windows.
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I go to knock.
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I figure I'm interrupting my first date.
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They open the door.
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It's two women, one men,
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and one man in their late 60s all naked. And you join them.
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the story has to end like that now if the same story has happened to the Indian cop
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she would approach it completely different she would look in the
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window don't worry about it keep fucking what was the thing you guys were wearing on your head.
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Oh my God, that's your birthday.
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So he's wearing a hat with candles sticking out and you're wearing a lit penis?
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Happy birthday, my brother.
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That's the gayest hat I've ever seen.
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How old are you?
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Colombia.
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Nice.
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He's the same age as Colombia.
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You and the Korean become friends.
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You have such a fun spirit, man.
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You do drugs?
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What's your name, wife?
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Carla?
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Where are you from?
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Also from Colombia.
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Take him to the English class.
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He speaks French, well, the show's in English.
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How do you say happy birthday in French?
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If I said it badly, because he's from Montreal, they have a shit accent.
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Gracias for reading it.
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It's ridiculous, don't do it again.
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Oh my god!
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I love the energy!
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No way!
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You were making trouble outside!
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Oh shit!
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That's wonderful!
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And have you been living in Canada for how long?
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Only four months! months!
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So you're here brand new!
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How did you get a visa?
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Visa for Jordan, give me visa!
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Good for you!
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You're brand new in Canada.
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It's not easy when you immigrate.
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In the beginning it's very difficult and you're here to laugh and enjoy yourself.
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So we love you and we wish you the best in Canada.
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You came to an amazing country, one of the best countries in the world and your life is It's gonna be incredible moving forward.
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Next year you won't come to my show because you have so many friends and shit.
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And you should be loyal and still come back, okay?
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Oh, you're such a sweetheart.
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Did you find a job already?
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If you don't have a job, it's okay.
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This is Canada.
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The government pays people for nothing.
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She's very smart.
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That's how you got here.
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The daughter brought you here.
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Okay, where's the husband?
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Okay, the husband is at home your husband must be really
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happy tonight I will take care of the house leave me
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alone for two hours take this energy outside make trouble outside everyone else Africans I did one big dick joke
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and went viral in Africa all the African music that's true right it was about a guy in Congo that was you
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you're the guy
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that I picked on now you can follow me in every
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show I thought my African audience has grown it's the same guy This comedian,
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very nice, he said, I got big dick, I go everywhere.
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Good for you, man!
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How's your dick?
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I mean, how are you feeling?
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Every morning, he plays that video for his wife.
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Honey, look.
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Look at his wife, she's holding, she's covering his face.
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Tell me, it's not true, is it?
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How tall are you?
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I'm 6 '6".
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6 '6"?
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Oh, 6 '6"?
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That's like three Persians on top of each other.
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You play sports?
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I play hockey.
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Hockey?
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6 '6"?
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Did your stick touch the ground?
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What do you do now?
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I work for the government.
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What do you do for the government?
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I work.
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What do you do for the government?
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I work.
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Immigration?
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So buddy, you're not here for the show.
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You're on an assignment.
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Would you stand up and everybody see you?
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My God, girl.
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Can I ask you a favor?
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Please kick my ass.
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Okay, thank you for the suggestion.
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This is a professional bodybuilder.
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I'm going to be working for her.
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Hire me.
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I'll be your personal comedian.
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Between every set, I'll tell you a joke, okay?
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And then when you go for competition, I start roasting every other girl.
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Ha ha, look at the nipples.
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One is looking right, one is looking left.
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I'll distract all of the judges.
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Who are you here with?
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That's your dude? dude, man, he needs to eat.
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How do you hang out with this guy?
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You go around, anything happens, they're like, oh, what did you say?
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Hold on, I'm going to fuck you up, man.
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Girlfriend.
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See what they're saying.
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What the fuck are you doing, sir?
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And he pretends I don't exist.
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you just got up from another seat and you came and took this seat what are we playing musical chair
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as if I'm in the middle of my act excuse me you're creating content for me
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can I ask you a huge favor take your content, shove it up your ass.
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He likes that.
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Okay, don't shove it up your ass.
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He's like, I'm going to keep creating content.
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Can it be a very big content?
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Close the leg.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Things gotta breathe.
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huh thank you doctor can i ask you a favor if the situation couldn't breathe please give it mouth to mouth
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and specifically i'm referring to him he closed his legs immediately
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Sexy Police?”. This video has 163 sentences and 1096 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:26. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow. 42 of its 163 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| visa noun | /ˈviːzə/ | A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited. |
| handcuff verb | /ˈhændˌkʌf/ | To apply handcuffs to someone. |
| shave verb | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | To make (the head, skin etc.) bald or (the hair) shorter by using a tool such as a razor or electric clippers to cut the hair close to the skin. |
| comedian noun | /kəˈmiː.di.ən/ | An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes. |
| avocado noun | /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/ | The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree. |
| bodybuilder noun | /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/ | A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding. |
| gracias | /ˈɡɹɑ.si.əs/ | Thank you. |
| humidify verb | /hjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/ | To increase the humidity in the air. |
| immigrate verb | /ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/ | To move into a foreign country to stay permanently. |
| maniac noun | /ˈmeɪ.niˌæk/ | An insane person, especially one who suffers from a mania. |
| nipple noun | /ˈnɪp.əl/ | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. |
| screech verb | /skɹiːt͡ʃ/ | To make such a sound. |
| interrupt verb | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| mist noun | /mɪst/ | Water or other liquid finely suspended in air. (Compare fog, haze.) |
| distract verb | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | To divert the attention of. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stand up verb | To rise from a lying or sitting position. |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. |
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go around verb | To move or spread from person to person. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
| pull out verb | To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat. |
| stick out verb | To protrude. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you please stand up?
- What's your name, wife?
- How did you get a visa?
- Did you find a job already?
- Tell me, it's not true, is it?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 41 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: comedian /kəˈmiː.di.ən/, avocado /ˌɑvəˈkɑdoʊ/, bodybuilder /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, humidify /hjuːˈmɪdɪfaɪ/, phenomenal /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/
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 visa, handcuff, shave.
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.