Shadowing Practice: She's So Evil | The Wicked | Gumball | Cartoon Network - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Memeh!
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Yeah, I know.
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I lied to get you to come here.
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There was no power outage, and all the patients are fine.
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But look, look into the eyes of that newborn baby.
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Remember the time before your first memeh?
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Memeh!
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Surely you were once like that?
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Innocent and pure?
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Nope.
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Says here she's 70% cotton, 30% balyester, and maiden.
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70% cotton, 30% balyester, and made in the fiery pits of the underworld.
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Mrs. Robinson, try and return to that time of innocence and sweetness that you...
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Did you just swap their name tags?
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How can you enjoy this?
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You're messing with people's lives.
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And one of these days, all these meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh
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meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh Dude, don't bother, it's not getting through.
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You're right.
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I'll try it in a language she can understand.
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Meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh meh.
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Three times did the cheese move sideways to Switzerland by radio.
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But she never licked that parking permit.
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Hey, you can't fight me!
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Why doesn't she understand?
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It's maybe not that you don't speak your language.
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It's that she doesn't have a soul.
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All we gotta do is find out what made her so evil.
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Hm.
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What do you want?
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Oh, hi, Mr. Robinson.
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We're here to.. offer you a free house cleaning service.
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Why?
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Uh, to freeze money for our school.
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You're cleaning my house for free in order to raise money?
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Uh, see how bad her logic is?
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Proof that our school needs more money to give us a better education.
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On one hand, I don't trust you.
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On the other hand, I don't trust you.
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But on the third hand, free child labor.
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Mm, okay.
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Thanks.
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Cleaning is kind of weird, isn't it?
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You're just moving dirt out of your house to make space for the dirt you'll bring in tomorrow.
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Look, her diary.
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If we test each page for pheromone levels, we can determine whether or not she experienced a childhood trauma that made her turn evil.
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Or we could just read it.
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Or we could just read it.
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Read it properly!
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Oh.
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Here!
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A photo album!
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She looks happy there.
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Her brother doesn't.
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Look, first day of school.
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Yeah, probably the last for a few others.
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Christmas!
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Santa!
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I don't wanna see anymore.
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Wait a minute, what about the baby pictures?
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They gotta be cute.
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Aww.
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Oh.
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I guess she was just born that way, dude.
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Margaret is and will always be be a mystery.
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Nothing happened in her life to justify the way she is.
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Some people aren't looking for anything logical.
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They can't be bought, reasoned, or negotiated with.
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Sometimes man just wants to watch the world burn.
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Uh, are you saying Mrs. Robinson's a man?
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What?
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No!
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Wait, you said man once so long.
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I meant man is in mankind!
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But she isn't kind!
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No, I-I-I-I-I-I'll just get out of here.
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Nah, you didn't imagine it.
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I heard man, too.
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He said man, right?
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Anyway, what do you got there?
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You'll find out.
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Morning!
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Ooh, a delicious chocolate egg with a potential choking hazard inside.
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Nom nom nom nom!
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Oh, come on!
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Buddy!
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Dude, let me help!
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Mrs. Robinson, please help!
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Hold on!
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Come on!
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She smiled.
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I was choking.
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She looked straight at me.
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And she smiled.
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That woman is evil personified.
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I don't want to say I told you so, but, well...
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Well, you know how much I like saying I told you so.
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She needs to pay.
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That is the only way for her to learn.
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SHE NEEDS TO PAY!
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Target in sight.
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Do you have the car keys?
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Affirmative.
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Operation Pop the Puppet is a go.
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Roger that.
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Are you sure we need walkie-talkies?
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Not really.
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Step one.
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We leave the keys in the door.
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Check.
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Step two.
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Mrs. Robinson walks past and seals the keys because she's evil.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “She's So Evil”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: meh, nom, Robinson, evil, memeh. This video has 112 sentences and 681 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:55. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 18 of its 112 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| cotton noun | /ˈkɑt.n̩/ | A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium. |
| dirt noun | /dɝt/ | Soil or earth. |
| 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… |
| innocent adjective | /ˈɪnəsənt/ | Free from guilt, sin, or immorality. |
| mystery noun | /ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/ | Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. |
| tag noun | /tæɡ/ | A small label. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| seal noun | /siːl/ | A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax. |
| pit noun | /pɪt/ | A hole in the ground. |
| nope | /noʊp/ | No. |
| permit verb | /pɚˈmɪt/ | To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. |
| justify verb | /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/ | To provide an acceptable explanation for. |
| logical adjective | /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/ | In agreement with the principles of logic. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. | |
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Remember the time before your first memeh?
- Surely you were once like that?
- Did you just swap their name tags?
- How can you enjoy this?
- You're cleaning my house for free in order to raise money?
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 | was just born · can't be bought |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | You're messing · You're cleaning · You're just moving |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | I'll try · will always be · I'll just get |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | needs to pay |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/
- Long words — get the stress right: negotiate /nəˈɡəʊ.ʃi.eɪt/, affirmative /əˈfɝməɾɪv/, personify /pə(ɹ)ˈsɒnɪfaɪ/
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 cotton, dirt, 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.