Shadowing Practice: Something Happens When Good People Reach Their Limit - Learn English Speaking with Video
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One thing I noticed about people is that they'll be quick to call you crazy.
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Crazy.
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They'll say that you're angry.
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They'll tell you that you need help.
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They'll tell you that you got issues, that you're unstable, or you just have an attitude problem.
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But what they won't talk about is everything that happened before it got to that point.
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They'll never tell you or they'll never talk about all the things that took place before you reach that point.
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They won't talk about all the times you tried to communicate.
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They'll never talk about that when you tried to reach out and extend healthy communication.
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They'll never talk about how many times you kept your mouth shut, how many times you forgave or overlooked disrespect just to keep the peace.
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They would never talk about that.
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People would make sly remarks or come off very condescending, totally disregard your feelings, disregard when you tell them, hey, this hurt me.
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And I didn't feel right about this.
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I didn't like this.
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I don't like that.
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They would totally disregard that.
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People would give you their ass to kiss, go out the way to show you how ungrateful they are.
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They will go out the way to somewhat torture you mentally.
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People will, what I've noticed is that people thrive off of seeing other people struggle, seeing other people be in pain.
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People thrive off of seeing other people in unsettled emotions.
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Having you guessing, keeping you guessing, figuring out what's going to happen next or where do we stand.
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People thrive off of that.
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whether it's family, friends, your spouse, your spouse, your significant other,
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girlfriend, boyfriend, fiance, whatever it is.
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People thrive off of seeing other people in misery, seeing other people anxious as to where do we stand, what's going on.
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And they will disrespect you continuously in a process.
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And if you are one of the ones that are loving
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and kind and more patient and you really like love this person sometime you will stand there and take it
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knowing that you don't deserve none of that shit you don't deserve
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that you don't deserve for people that you've been there for people that you have gone above and beyond for to keep on continuously
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piling on when y 'all got a situation keep on making you feel like you done lost your mind
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or feel like there's something wrong with you when all along there's something wrong with them
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It's something that they got going on, but they trying to get a reaction out of you to justify whatever it is they got going on.
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So they won't feel bad about the shit that they doing.
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And once you get tired and you finally reach that breaking point and you snap, whether you cuss them out, whether you throw something down,
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your reaction might be very loud and probably scary as hell.
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Because they've been so used to walking all over you.
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They've been so used to you being a yes man.
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They've been so used to you being a peacemaker.
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They've been so used to you being a doormat.
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They've been so used to playing with your mind, playing with your heartstrings.
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So when you finally react, you're the crazy.
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They don't care about how they treated you all this time, years, months, days, however it was.
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And this goes for the job, too.
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We experience this in a workplace where you have them coworkers
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or the team leads or the supervisors or the boss condescending as hell.
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talk to you any kind of way and expect for somebody,
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a grown seasoned person, a grown seasoned experienced person with problems at home,
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with, with everyday, everyday life issues.
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They expect for you just to keep taking it.
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They will back you into a corner.
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And when you backed into a corner, you don't have no other choice, but to defend yourself.
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now i'm not saying that every action is justified
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because we gotta hold ourself accountable for how we conduct ourselves we gotta hold ourself accountable
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but we can't keep discussing the reaction we have to discuss both sides
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we got to discuss what led to this person
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this this normal person this person that's is always about peace
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this person is always with leading with love with good intentions what caused that person to finally say enough is enough
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you know some people will provoke you repeatedly they will provoke you repeatedly and they will use your reaction against you.
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They will provoke you, antagonize you.
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I mean, just do you dirty.
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And it's crazy because once you react,
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they will use that to continue to mistreat you or continue to do everything they was doing to provoke you.
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It's some people that would rather see you in jail.
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They'd rather see you lose everything you got.
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They'd rather see you lose your mind, lose all self -control.
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because maybe it's something going on with them.
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Maybe it's jealousy, and this can happen with friends, definitely in your marriage, family members,
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and like I said, the workplace, because it's the amount of provoking I see, the amount of antagonizing I see.
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It's crazy.
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You can be with your wife, or ladies, you can be with your husband, and you might tell them, like, hey, this bothers me,
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or I don't like when you talk to me this way
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or I feel like I'm being overlooked or I feel like I'm not being heard.
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I feel like I'm not being seen.
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They'll turn around and say, well, why are you still with me?
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Why are you still here?
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If you don't like what I'm doing or if you don't like how I treat you, if you feel like it's that bad,
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move on, get away from me.
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After you have probably built years, spent years with this person, decades, kids, hella investments.
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They just tell you, oh, well, just leave me alone then.
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and it'll make you feel some type of way because you feel like you lost out on your investment.
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You feel like you lost out on all your good years or you put so much into a person.
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You have loved this person so much.
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You have tolerated this person's behaviors because you can see the good in them, but you tolerated certain things.
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And then when you finally reach your breaking point and you call them out, they give you that cold shoulder or I don't care.
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Well, what you gonna do about it?
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Nobody's telling you to stay.
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I'm not holding you here.
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But you love this individual.
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People will continuously cross boundaries.
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They will dismiss your concerns.
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They will refuse to acknowledge the problems.
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You can tell them all the issues that's going on,
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all the problems, and you would try to come up with some kind of positive and healthy resolve to it.
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You want to come up with a healthy resolution
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so y 'all won't end up there again but they totally dismiss it
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and they try to make you sound like you crazy like you're just imagining this stuff
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and i i feel that it's real messed up and then when you have you end up having an emotional reaction
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that reaction becomes the whole conversation your reaction they never talk about everything that led up to it.
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They would never talk about how they treated you to get that reaction.
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They would never talk about all the things they did to get you to react.
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It's like people continuously push you to crash out.
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I don't care who it is.
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People want to see the crash out.
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People want to see you out here without nothing.
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I don't even care if you got kids with this person.
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You got kids, I'm telling you, they'd rather see you without nothing.
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And I don't know what it is.
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I don't understand it.
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People will tell you they love you.
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One minute they love you, the next minute they hate you.
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One day it was all love or just an hour before it was all love.
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One small incident.
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Oh, don't touch me.
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Don't talk to me.
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I don't want to be here.
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I can't stand you.
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Oh, I can't keep going through this even though they haven't been through half the shit
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they probably been through with other people because you know their history.
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You know, these people probably have once confided in you, right?
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And you confided in them.
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And y 'all have told each other what triggers you have, your past experiences.
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And especially with family, they know, your family know you.
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Even them, even your family would trigger you, but especially your significant other.
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I see so many men, even myself included, myself included,
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the rejection, the disregard, just the lack of, it's draining, it's mentally draining.
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And people say when you try to resolve the issue, they would make you, they would paint you off as a bad person.
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They would paint you off as such this negative person.
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And you know your heart.
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God know your heart.
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God know your intentions.
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But this particular person would try to paint everything about you in a bad light.
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Because nine times out of ten, they got something going on.
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They got something going on out there that they not willing to share.
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And then one little small situation that they continuously drag it for days and weeks.
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it's something else going on.
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I don't care if a person looks you in your face and tell you, oh, it's nothing going on.
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I'm this, I'm that.
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What do I have time?
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Something's going on.
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You know, rejection is one thing that I see a lot of kind -hearted, really good people go through.
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God -fearing people, like, we're the most rejected.
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no matter how good you've been to people no matter how much
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you have bent over backwards for people no matter how much you've sacrificed
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for people it can be your kids it can be your mom, your dad it can be your aunt,
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uncle your friends, associates just about anybody you have gone above and beyond your scope of work
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and they will take your presence for granted
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And then when you end up calling them out
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or you end up spazzing out
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or reacting in a way that's not normal in their eyes because you've taken so much mental abuse,
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so much abuse, man.
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And when you finally react, they look at you like you're crazy.
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Now, I'm not excusing nobody's reactions or whatever.
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I'm not trying to justify nobody for overreacting because we have to be responsible with how we react.
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We have to be responsible with our emotions.
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Now, you can be wrong for how you reacted and still be right about what hurt you.
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You can be wrong about how you reacted
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But you can still be right
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About what it was That drove you to react
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You understand you can be right about what hurt you
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And the problem I see is that people would never acknowledge
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What they're doing to hurt you
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It's the narcissist in these people
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The narcissism The self -centered BS man people can be so self -centered and think that they S don't stink.
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You know, sometimes the one that everybody calls difficult is somebody who has spent years being understanding
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until they finally had enough.
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Until they finally had enough.
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You can be so understanding.
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You can be So willing to hear people out.
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So willing to forgive.
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So willing to move forward.
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Until finally you just have nothing left in you.
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Because when it comes time for people to forgive you, when it comes time for y 'all to move forward,
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for people to move forward for something that you may have done, man, they will, I'm telling you,
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they will drag the situation, I mean, just overboard.
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Overboard.
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And life is too short for that.
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it's too short, man.
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You got to enjoy life.
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Some people love misery.
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It's like misery loves company.
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It's something going on within them that keeps them miserable so they would keep poking the bear, keep poking the bear, keep antagonizing the bear,
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just keep on poking to bring you to their level.
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And it's up to us to be strong, not to stoop down to that level and give them what they're looking for.
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Because like I said, if they can see you in jail,
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if they can see you lose everything you've worked so hard for, that will drive them.
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And what's going to happen, they were going to move on to somebody else and then take everything they got.
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These type of people go from person to person, relationship to relationship, situationship to situationship.
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No matter how many kids y 'all got, no matter how much y 'all done built,
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no matter what, no matter the love y 'all done made,
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no matter how much money y 'all invested together they will go from place to place
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and leave a path of destruction everywhere
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they go these type of people don't have friends barely have family members checking on them
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they don't have to offer nobody besides a damn headache
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a damn headache and a bunch of stress
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and a bunch of trauma these type of individuals are better off in the trauma bond
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you look at their past relationships and the past people they've dealt with
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And you were probably too good to be dealing with these type of individuals.
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They didn't deserve to be in your space.
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That's why it's important to not allow them to take you there.
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Don't allow people to take you up out of your body, to get you up all up out of character.
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Have you crash now?
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Have you losing your mind?
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Have you losing sleep?
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Because best believe they're not losing sleep.
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They sleeping well knowing that you losing your damn mind.
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Knowing that you can't concentrate.
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Knowing that you are sitting in unsettled emotions.
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Knowing that you didn't crash out.
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Now they don't want.
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These people are agents of chaos.
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Sent by the devil himself. To break you.
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And they will pull out all the tricks.
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To accomplish just that to break you to where you don't have anything left for nobody else.
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Not even yourself.
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If you think they give a damn, if y 'all got kids, all the money and all the time y 'all invest,
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they don't give a damn.
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These type people don't give a damn about themselves,
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but they quick to call everybody else crazy. Be safe.
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Stay blessed.
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Through all this, man, And, you know, people going to say what they want to say.
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Treat you how you want to treat you and, you know, put you up.
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I mean, all types of smear campaigns will just launch all types of smear campaigns against you.
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Or go above and beyond to make your day terrible.
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To make your life experience terrible.
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But it's up to us to know when to cut ties.
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and to just let go.
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Because it ain't worth it, man.
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Life is so precious.
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When you take a look around at everything that God has given us, you look at the trees, you look at the skies,
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you look at the rivers, the lakes, the green pastures, you look at all this stuff, the natural stuff that God has given us,
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just being able to see all this.
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It's not worth
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Putting your energy into Into people and things
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Rather as family, friends
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The workplace, whatever it is It's not worth
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Putting your time, your energy
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Into people that serve you no purpose
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So with that being said I hope everybody is having a blessed one I'm going through some rough times right now
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I normally don't talk like this but I'm going through a rough patch, man.
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And I'm really trying to keep it together.
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Let me know what y 'all think about this video.
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Like, comment, subscribe.
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I'm out.
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Peace.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Something Happens When Good People Reach Their Limit”. This video has 245 sentences and 2691 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:30. The speaker talks at a natural 154 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| react verb | /ɹiːˈækt/ | To act in response. |
| continuously adverb | /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ | Without pause. |
| thrive verb | /θɹajv/ | To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish. |
| disregard verb | /dɪsɹɪˈɡɑɹd/ | To ignore; to pay no attention to. |
| forgive verb | /fɚˈɡɪv/ | To pardon (someone); to waive any negative feeling towards or desire for punishment or retribution against. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| justify verb | /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/ | To provide an acceptable explanation for. |
| workplace noun | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | The place where someone works. |
| misery noun | /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/ | Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. |
| poke verb | /poʊk/ | To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick. |
| everyday adjective | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | Appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions. |
| dragon noun | /ˈdɹæɡən/ | In European mythologies, a gigantic beast, typically reptilian with leathery bat-like wings, lion-like claws, scaly skin and a lizard-like body, often a… |
| invest verb | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in. |
| trigger noun | /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ | A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. |
| repeatedly adverb | /ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/ | Done several times or in repetition. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. |
| come off verb | To become detached. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| mess up verb | To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- They'll say that you're angry.
- They'll turn around and say, well, why are you still with me?
- Why are you still here?
- What do I have time?
- Have you losing your mind?
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 | I've noticed · you've been · they've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is justified · being overlooked · being seen |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 94 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, they'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thrive /θɹajv/, bother /ˈbɑðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: continuously /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/, repeatedly /ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
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 react, continuously, thrive.
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.