Shadowing Practice: Thanksgiving Dinner | Spider-Man | Voyage | With Captions - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The End MJ, will you stop goofing around?
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Harry, relax.
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He's here. Are you ready?
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Yeah.
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Anyway, I'm sorry I'm late.
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Work was murder.
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I picked up a fruitcake.
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Thank you, Mr. Osborne.
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We're so glad you could come.
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You look great.
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Who is this lovely young lady?
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I'd like you to meet my father, Norman Osborn.
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Dad, this is Mary Jane Watson.
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Hi.
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How do you do?
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I've been looking forward to meeting you.
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Happy Thanksgiving, sir.
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Now, where is Peter?
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He better have remembered that cranberry sauce.
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Oh, that's weird.
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I didn't know he was here.
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Peter?
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Peter? Is that you?
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Pete?
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How strange.
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There's nobody here.
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He's a bit of a slob, isn't he?
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All brilliant men are.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
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It's a jungle out there.
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I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these crammed.
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Peter.
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Thank you.
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Now then, everybody sit down.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
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It's a jungle out there.
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I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these crammed.
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Peter.
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Thank you.
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Now, then, everybody sit down and we can say grace.
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Okay.
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Here we go.
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There we are.
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Oh, it looks delicious.
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Newman.
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Will you do the honors?
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Why, Peter, you're bleeding.
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Oh, uh, yeah.
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I-I stepped off a curb and got clipped by one of those bike messengers.
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Let me see.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Oh, that looks awful.
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No, it's nothing.
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I'll get the first aid kit.
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Then we'll say, Grace, this is the boy's first Thanksgiving in this apartment, and we are going to do things properly.
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How did you say that happened?
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Bike messenger knocked me down.
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I'm dumb.
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Excuse me.
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I've got to be gone.
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Why?
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Something has come to my attention.
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Are you all right?
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I'm fine, just fine.
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Thank you, Mrs. Parker.
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Everyone, enjoy the fruitcake.
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Dad!
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Dad, what are you doing?
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You're doing this whole thing so you can meet MJ and now you have to leave?
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I gotta go.
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Dad, this girl is important to me.
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Harry, please, look at her.
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You think a woman like that's sniffing around because she likes your personality?
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What are you saying?
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Your mother was beautiful too.
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They're all beautiful.
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Until they're snarling after your trust fund like a pack of ravening wolves.
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You're wrong about her, Dad.
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A word to the not-so-wise about your little girlfriend.
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Do what you need to with her, then broom her fast.
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Thanks for sticking out for me, Harry.
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You heard?
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Everyone heard that creep.
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The creep is my father, all right?
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If I'm lucky, I'll become half of what he is.
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So just keep your mouth shut about stuff you don't understand.
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Harry Osborn!
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I'm sorry, Aunt May.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Thanksgiving Dinner”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Peter, Dad, Harry, lady. This video has 90 sentences and 467 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:42. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 20 of its 90 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 |
|---|---|---|
| jungle noun | /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ | A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest. |
| messenger noun | /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ | One who brings messages. |
| creep verb | /kɹiːp/ | To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. |
| awful adjective | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | Very bad. |
| knock verb | /nɑk/ | To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. |
| wolf noun | /wʊlf/ | Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| clip noun | /klɪp/ | Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another. |
| goodness noun | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | The state or characteristic of being good. |
| curb noun | /kɝb/ | A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand). |
| bleed verb | /ˈbliːd/ | To shed blood through an injured blood vessel. |
| cram verb | /kɹæm/ | To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity. |
| broom noun | /bɹum/ | A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping. |
| cranberry noun | /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ | A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sit down verb | To assume a sitting position from a standing position. |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
| step off verb | To measure by steps or paces; hence, to divide (a space), or to form a series of marks, by successive measurements, as with dividers. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Anyway, I'm sorry I'm late.
- Will you do the honors?
- How did you say that happened?
- Dad, what are you doing?
- The creep is my father, all right?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 30 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 jungle, messenger, creep.
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.