Shadowing Practice: spiderman: homecoming but it's a meme - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Peter, you got this, you got this.
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What the hell are you wearing?
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It's my suit.
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Where's the case?
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What case?
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That's not my...
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What?
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I thought that was a closet.
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This is still my room.
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No, please.
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My room is way bigger than...
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Oh, my God.
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Put it on.
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What the...
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This is the coolest thing I've ever seen.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, well, I don't understand.
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Is it for me?
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Happy, happy, wait.
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This is insane, insane.
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Look at this thing.
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Look, look at the eyes.
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This is the greatest day of my life.
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Let's go.
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Okay.
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Hey.
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We have thin walls here.
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That's not a hug, I'm just grabbing the door for you.
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We're not, we're not there yet.
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Build my new Lego Death Star.
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What?
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No way, that's awesome, how many pieces?
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Too late.
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You guys are losers. But then what?
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Hey, is this anybody's bike?
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No?
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Hey, hey buddy, is this your bike?
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It's not changed.
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Yeah, does anyone have a pen?
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Do you have a pen?
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Okay, Spider-Man!
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Spider-Man!
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Go flip!
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Yeah!
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What's up guys, you got your pin number?
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Whoa, you're the Avengers!
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What are you guys doing here?
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What was that?
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Uh, nothing!
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Nothing!
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You're the Spider-Man. From YouTube.
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I'm not.
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I'm not.
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You were on the ceiling.
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No, I wasn't.
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Ned, what are you doing in my room?
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You may let me in.
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You said we're gonna finish a Death Star.
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You can't just bust into my room.
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Maybe put on some clothes.
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Yeah, basically.
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Oh, that's a good deal.
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I think he larves you. Do you lay eggs?
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What?
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No. Do you know him too?
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Yeah, we met.
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I stole the shield.
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Today, my good friend, your gym teacher, will be...
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Peter no sweater, man!
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Trying to fit in with all the changes your body's going through.
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This sucks.
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Hey, Bobby!
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Oh crap!
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Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing.
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Yeah.
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You good?
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Chess.
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Evil lair?
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Evil lair?
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Dude, a gang with alien guns run by a guy with wings?
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Yeah, they have a lair.
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Badass.
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Enhanced combat mode?
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Yeah.
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Activating instant kill.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want to kill anybody.
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What the hell just happened?
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What was that?
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Hey, Karen, what else can this suit do?
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What?
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Hey, how long we been here anyways?
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37 minutes.
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What?
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37 minutes?
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That's insane!
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I cannot take this anymore, okay?
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Oh, no. My friends are up there!
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What?!
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Uh, don't worry, ma'am.
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Everything's gonna be okay.
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Excuse me!
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Excuse me!
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Oh my god, that's tall!
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Hey, how you doing?
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Don't worry about it, I got you.
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Y-YES!
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Y-YES!
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
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Big guy, quit moving around!
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Sorry, sir. So sorry. So...
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You got detention.
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You screwed up.
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You know what you did was wrong.
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The question is...
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Sup, Liz?
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Peter's told me a lot about you.
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No, no, no, no, no, no. This is just me messing around.
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Go later in the day.
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Later in the day.
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It is I, Thor, son of Odin!
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No, no, no, no, no, no, that's definitely not what you want to watch.
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Just...
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Your impressions are very funny.
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What do you mean, what happened to my voice?
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I heard you by the bridge, I know what a girl sounds like.
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I'm not a girl, I'm a boy.
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I mean, I'm a man.
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Hey, that's gonna dissolve in two hours.
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No, no, no, no. Come fix this.
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Two hours, you deserve that.
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I got ice cream in here.
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You deserve that, you're a criminal.
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Bye, Mr. Criminal. So...
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Flash, I need your car and your phone.
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Uh, sir, technically this is my dad's car, sir, so I can't...
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Guy in the chair.
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Yeah, I gotta go.
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Hey, where are you going?
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What are you hiding?
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Peter?
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I'm just kidding.
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I don't care.
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Bye.
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All right, so we should run some drills.
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Tony?
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Boss wants to see you.
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Is he here too?
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In the toilet?
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No, he's upstate.
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Upstate?
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Like upstate upstate?
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Yeah, let's go.
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What the f- What the f- The door will most likely remain closed until morning.
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Morning?
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Hey, Suit Lady.
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I kinda feel bad calling you Suit Lady, you know?
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I think I should probably give you a name.
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Like Liz.
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No, no, no!
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God, that's- that's weird.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “spiderman: homecoming but it's a meme”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: upstate, suit, lair, Spider, insane. This video has 162 sentences and 734 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:02. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 47 of its 162 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 |
|---|---|---|
| upstate noun | /ˈʌp.steɪt/ | The northern section of a state. |
| dissolve verb | /dɪˈzɑlv/ | To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding. |
| activate verb | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate. |
| sweater noun | /ˈswɛtɚ/ | A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| chess noun | /t͡ʃɛs/ | A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the… |
| detention noun | /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/ | The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance. |
| loser noun | /luzɚ/ | A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. |
| cloth noun | /klɒθ/ | A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes… |
| enhance verb | /ɪnˈhæns/ | To augment or make something greater. |
| bust verb | /bʌst/ | To break. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| drill noun | /dɹɪl/ | A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. |
| technically adverb | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology. |
| closet noun | /ˈklɑzɪt/ | A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
| mess around verb | To fiddle idly. |
| move around verb | To relocate to new homes repeatedly; to not live in any one place for long. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Hey, hey buddy, is this your bike?
- Do you have a pen?
- What's up guys, you got your pin number?
- What are you guys doing here?
- Ned, what are you doing in my room?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should run · should probably give |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the coolest · the greatest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm just grabbing · are you doing · are you going |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | gonna finish · gonna be · gonna dissolve |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 27 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: detention /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/, shield /ˈʃild/
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 upstate, dissolve, activate.
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.