Shadowing Practice: SpongeBob’s Wild Trip to Bikini Holler 🤠 | Full Scene | SpongeBob - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Oh, Gary!
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Breakfast is served.
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Gary?
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You sure sound different this morning.
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Oh, it's Gnarling's sea mule!
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Hey there, buddy!
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Did you come to see me?
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Huh.
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Play me.
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Ooh, I speak knob-ees.
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I'll translate for you.
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Gnarling and Navi invite you, Patrick, Sandy, and definitely not Squidward to our family's annual bumble jelly harvest in Bikini Holler.
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This recording will self-destruct in 3...
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2...
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1...
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Z...
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Be a good boy, Gary!
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I'll be back later!
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Meow.
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Meow!
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BOOM!
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We're on
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our way to Bikini Hall The road behind us is getting taller The grass is green
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and the trees are taller Oh, yeah!
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And I'll stop you, Lynn, for just a dollar.
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Whoa!
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Whoa!
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Why in tarnation are we stopping?
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Come on, Mule, get moving!
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Looking for me!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Narleen!
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Your mule just plumb stopped moving.
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Why don't I open her up and check the engine?
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Why do you even have a head?
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Huh?
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Uh, it keeps the rain out of my neck hole.
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Get in!
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What gives?
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The mule refuses to walk through these parts, cause this here road goes right through...
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Plankton territory!
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That's right, planktons.
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Narwhals keep out?
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Right here!
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Go home, Narwhals!
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This here's plankton land!
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We don't want your fancy ivory tusks round here!
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Fuck!
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Let's skedaddle!
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Why are they doing this?
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Plankton's and the narwhals have been fused for generations.
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They claim the Bumble Jelly Fields are theirs, while we know they're out.
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Why don't you share the fields?
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Well, where's the fire left?
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Oh, ha!
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Hit!
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Woo!
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Whew!
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Here we be, Bumble Jelly Fields!
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Oh!
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Well, my brothers there pepped the trees where the bumble jellies store their jelly.
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My sisters over there like to squeeze it fresh, right out of the hive.
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The old folks prefer to serenade the jelly out of the bumble's.
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SpongeBob, Sandy, meet our ma and pa.
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Howdy!
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Say, ma'am, is that pink setty slicker with you?
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He sure is brave.
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Brave?
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Yup.
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The only reason the Bumble Jellies let us collect their jelly is because we allow them to sting us.
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You let them sting you?
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Your tooth?
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Woohoo!
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I can see it!
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It's worth it!
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Hey, that's...
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Oh!
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Hey!
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There, there, son.
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You gotta hold still to complete the, uh, social contract.
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Now, now that wasn't so bad, now was it?
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No, sir.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 87 sentences and 394 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:58. The speaker talks slowly, about 79 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 72% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
jelly noun/ˈd͡ʒɛli/A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and…
brave adjective/bɹeɪv/Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
sting verb/ˈstɪŋ/To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
buddy/ˈbʌdi/A person far removed from the conversation.
refuse verb/ɹɪˈfjuːz/To decline (a request or demand).
grass noun/ɡɹɑːs/Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
collect verb/ˈkɑlɪkt/To gather together; amass.
fancy noun/ˈfæn.si/The imagination.
boom verb/bum/To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
invite verb/ɪnˈvaɪt/To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
folk noun/foʊk/People, persons.
tooth noun/tuθ/A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
harvest noun/ˈhɑɹ.vəst/The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
theirs/ðɛɚz/That or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
keep out verbTo refrain from entering a place or condition.
walk through verbTo explain (something) to (someone), step by step.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itis served · have been fused
Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or predictionI'll translate · will self · I'll be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around nowis getting · are they doing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll, gotta. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: tooth /tuθ/, theirs /ðɛɚz/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like jelly, brave, whoa.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →