Shadowing Practice: Story Teaser: The "Divine" Will | Genshin Impact - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The End It took three betrayals for me to finally understand.
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The world is just an elaborate tapestry of lies.
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My fury...
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will never be quelled.
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The first to betray me was a god.
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My creator.
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My mother.
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Valuing strength above all.
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She saw no worth in me and I was discarded.
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The second was a human.
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My family.
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My friend.
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Consumed by fear, he saw me as an abomination.
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The third was one exactly like me.
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A hope for the future.
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A fledgling barely out of the nest.
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Powerless before his mortality, he broke his promise to me.
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Humans, they can't be trusted.
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And the gods fill me with pure loathing.
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So I said good riddance.
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I denounce the world and laugh in its face.
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My chest will never again be defiled by worldly filth.
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I will scrub away every last trace of human emotion.
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Then it will be empty, a blank slate, and ready to receive a supreme gnosis, brimming with pure divinity.
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Hahaha!
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There is no need to fear.
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The pain will be brief.
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Your era is coming to an end.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Story Teaser: The "Divine" Will”. This video has 28 sentences and 184 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 89 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| creator noun | /kɹiːˈeɪ̯təː/ | Something or someone which creates or makes something. |
| 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. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| blank noun | /ˈblæŋk/ | The white spot in the centre of a target; hence (figuratively) the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim. |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
| elaborate verb | /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ | Тo develop in detail or complexity. |
| fury noun | /ˈfjʊɹ.i/ | Extreme anger. |
| mortality noun | /mɔɹˈtælɪti/ | The state of being susceptible to death. |
| consume verb | /kənˈsum/ | To use up. |
| hahaha | haha (an onomatopoeic representation of laughter). | |
| scrub verb | /skɹʌb/ | To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening |
| betrayal noun | /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/ | The act of betraying. |
| abomination noun | /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ | An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. |
| betray verb | /bɪˈtɹeɪ/ | To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. |
| brim noun | /bɹɪm/ | Originally, a border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; now, any border or edge. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, abomination /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, mortality /mɔɹˈtælɪti/, abomination /əˌbɑ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, divinity /dɪˈvɪnɪti/
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 creator, emotion, trace.
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.