Shadowing Practice: Sheldon and Leonard Meet Penny | The Big Bang Theory - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Are you still mad about the sperm bank?
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No. You want to hear an interesting thing about stairs?
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Stop reading.
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If the height of a single step is off by as little as two millimeters, most people will trip.
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I don't care.
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Two millimeters?
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That doesn't seem right.
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No, it's true.
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I did a series of experiments when I was 12.
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My father broke his clavicle.
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Is that why they sent you to boarding school?
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No, that was a result of my work with lasers.
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New neighbor?
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Evidently.
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Significant improvement over the old neighbor.
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200 -pound transvestite with a skin condition?
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Yes, she is.
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Oh, hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi?
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We don't mean to interrupt.
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We live across the hall.
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Oh, that's nice.
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Oh, no, we don't live together.
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I mean, we live together, but in separate heterosexual bedrooms.
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Oh, OK, well, guess I'm your new neighbor, Penny.
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Oh, Leonard, Sheldon.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Hi.
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Well, uh, oh, welcome to the building.
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Oh, thank you.
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Maybe we can have coffee sometime.
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Oh, great.
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Great.
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Great.
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Great.
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Well, uh, bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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Should we have invited her for lunch?
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No, we're going to start season two of Battlestar Galactica.
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We already watched the season two DVDs.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Sheldon and Leonard Meet Penny”. This video has 50 sentences and 209 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:42. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 8 of its 50 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| neighbour noun | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or… |
| bedroom noun | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping. |
| experiment noun | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of… |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| invite verb | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. |
| laser noun | /ˈleɪzɚ/ | A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light. |
| commentary noun | /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/ | A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. |
| sometime adverb | /ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/ | At an indefinite but stated time in the past or future. |
| stairs noun | /ˈstɛɹz/ | A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors. |
| interrupt verb | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| evidently adverb | /ˈɛvɪdəntli/ | In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. |
| clavicle noun | /ˈklæv.ɪk.əl/ | The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone. |
| heterosexual noun | /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/ | A heterosexual person, or other heterosexual organism. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Are you still mad about the sperm bank?
- You want to hear an interesting thing about stairs?
- Is that why they sent you to boarding school?
- We don't mean to interrupt.
- Should we have invited her for lunch?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, commentary /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/, evidently /ˈɛvɪdəntli/, heterosexual /ˌhɛtəɹəˈsɛkʃuəl/
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 neighbour, bedroom, experiment.
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.