Shadowing Practice: The Entire Firm Walks Out | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Jessica, I need to talk to you.
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Harvey, before you ask whatever you're about to ask, I'm not in the mood.
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Well, that's not gonna cut it.
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I need you to waive our non-competes for Evan Smith.
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Is this a joke?
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It's the only way to keep Mike out of prison.
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There is no way to keep Mike out of prison.
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Yes, there is.
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We give Evan people who already want to go, and I give Anita Gibbs murderers in exchange for Mike.
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And I've just spent the last 24 hours fighting to keep our non-competes.
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Jessica!
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No, he cut a deal to save this firm.
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He cut a deal to keep us from going to prison prison and you know it.
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You know, I don't give a what he thought when he made that deal.
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He was gonna be found innocent.
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What?
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I went to see the foreman.
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The verdict was gonna be not guilty.
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Then let me see your deal with Gibson.
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I don't have it yet.
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Are you crazy?
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You're asking me to decimate my firm for a deal you don't even know she'll take?
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I'll make her take the deal.
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You don't know that.
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Yes, I do.
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Jessica, we have a chance to save Mike and let the people who want to go, go.
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And what if it doesn't work and we lose everything?
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Then we do.
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Jessica, Harvey's right.
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Mike's family.
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Even if we lose half the firm, if we don't try to save him, who are we?
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Make the deal.
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What are you doing?
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Sometimes I like to come and just watch.
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See how far you've come?
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Something like that.
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Gibbs didn't take the deal, Jessica.
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I'm sorry, I was wrong.
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No, Louis, you were right.
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He's family and we had to try.
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And whoever's left will be stronger.
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Even if we're smaller.
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How'd you know?
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I knew.
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And there's no way I'm letting you do this alone.
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Oh, father, tell me Do we get what we deserve?
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Oh, we get what we deserve And way down we go
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And way down we go
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So way down we go Way down we go Oh,
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you let your feet run wild Time has come as we all fall,
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go down Yeah, but for the fall,
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ooh, my heart Do you dare to look my right in the eyes,
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yeah Oh, cause they will run you down, down to the dark Yeah,
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Sunday will run you down, down till you fall Oh, and they will run you down,
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down till you go Yeah,
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till you can't crawl no more And where are we going?
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They're all gone.
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Oh, oh, oh, without me, oh.
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Harvey, what are you doing here?
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I came to let you know that I dropped him off.
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And, uh, he looks as good as he could look.
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And I think he's gonna be okay.
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I appreciate that.
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But you could have told me that over the phone.
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So what are you really doing here?
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I miss him.
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I miss him, too.
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Where the hell are you going?
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Where do you think I'm going?
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Going home, Louis.
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Don't you get it?
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They're all gone.
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Every single one of them.
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Yeah, well, we knew that already.
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No, no, I don't think you understand.
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I'm not just talking about the partners.
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I'm talking about everyone from the accountants to the secretaries to the guy who shines my shoes, Donna.
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All of them, gone.
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And what exactly do you want me to do about it?
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I want you to get Harvey on the goddamn phone.
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Well, I'm not gonna do that.
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Why not?
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Because tonight's not the night to call Harvey.
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Why? Because Mike?
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I don't know if you've noticed, but Mike is gone, along with everybody else.
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And if we don't figure something out by tonight, We are gonna be left with nothing.
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I didn't say we weren't gonna figure something out, Lewis.
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I said we're not calling Harvey.
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Well, then what the hell are we gonna do?
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Right now, I'm gonna go to my office and fix myself a goddamn drink.
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The first time I met him?
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What do you think I thought?
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I...
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I thought he was an idiot.
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Imagine how I felt when a bunch of weed spilled out of his briefcase ten seconds after he walked into his interview.
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I know.
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You were so horrified.
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You got on the phone and you called the police.
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No, wait, you didn't do that.
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You offered the idiot a job.
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That's because after I heard his story, I knew he wasn't an idiot after all.
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And I knew by the end of that first morning that he wasn't like anyone I'd ever met.
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And that if I wasn't careful, I was gonna be in trouble. To trouble. To trouble.
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Look at that.
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Lewis left me a voicemail.
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I don't understand.
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You seem happy about that.
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That's because one of my favorite pastimes is to listen to one of Lewis' messages.
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What if he's upset about something?
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He's always upset about something.
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That's why one of my favorite pastimes is to listen to one of Lewis' messages.
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Damn it, Harvey.
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Pick up the goddamn phone.
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Because this entire firm is a ghost town, and I'm sorry Mike's in prison, but if we don't figure something out, what you and your little sidekick did is gonna be the end of us.
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And don't give give me some about tonight isn't the time
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because i gotta go yeah i know i'm coming with you
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wait until you heard what i said it's gonna be a
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rough night you need to stay here harvey it's gonna be a rough night no matter where i am
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and at least if i'm with you there's a chance
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that i could be of some use you better get your coat
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because we're too much time would you like some more drinks
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can i offer you an appetizer maybe some truffle fries or are we allowed to talk business now All right, Louis.
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What do you think we should do, since it was your recommendation that landed us in this mess in the first place?
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I recommended that because it was a last-ditch effort to get Mike out of prison.
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And you also said we'd only lose 50% of our partners to Evan Smith.
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How could I have known that she had the capacity to bring on more than that?
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Don't you get it?
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The rest didn't go to Evan Smith.
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They just walked the hell out and went somewhere else.
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Then we could sue their asses.
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With what lawyers, what resources, and what money?
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Because I don't know if you've noticed, but this firm has been gutted because of your recommendation.
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No, Jessica, it was gutted because of mine.
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Damn it, Louis, I told you not to call him.
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Well, I did, because he's a partner, and like he just said, he was the one who wanted to sever the non-competes in the first place.
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You're right, Louis, I did.
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But I didn't come down here to play pin the blame on the Harvey.
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I came down here to figure out what the hell we're gonna do.
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Then let's get to it. May I help you?
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Oh, I'm sorry to interrupt, but there was no one at reception, and I have your order here.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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You call me down here for an emergency, and then you take the time to order Chinese food?
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I didn't order anything, asshole, so crouch your tiger, hide your dragon, or I'm gonna wang-chung your ass outta here.
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Lewis, calm down.
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Clearly, there's some mistake.
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No one at this firm has ordered any food.
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Well, I'm pretty sure this is the right place, because the name on your door is Jessica Pearson, and this order is for Jessica Pearson.
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Yeah, this is Jessica Pearson.
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Lewis!
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What?
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They know I'm not really here to bring you an egg roll, asshole.
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I'm here to serve you with this.
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What is that?
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It's a class action.
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We're being sued for every case Mike Ross has ever touched.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Entire Firm Walks Out”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Jessica, harvey, Mike, Lewis, firm. This video has 155 sentences and 1364 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:34. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 32 of its 155 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pastime noun | /ˈpæs.taɪm/ | Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably. |
| gut noun | /ɡʌt/ | The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. |
| recommendation noun | /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/ | An act of recommending. |
| appetizer noun | /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/ | A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal. |
| briefcase noun | /ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/ | A case used for carrying documents, especially for business. |
| crouch verb | /ˈkɹaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear. |
| decimate verb | /ˈdɛsəmeɪt/ | To destroy or remove one-tenth of (something). |
| horrify verb | /ˈhɒɹɪfaɪ/ | To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror. |
| sidekick noun | /ˈsaɪdkɪk/ | An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person. |
| truffle noun | /ˈtɹʌf.l̩/ | Any of various edible fungi, of the genus Tuber, that grow in the soil in southern Europe; the earthnut. |
| voicemail noun | A computerized interactive system for storing, processing and reproducing verbal messages left through a conventional telephone network. | |
| foreman noun | /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mən/ | The leader of a work crew. |
| interrupt verb | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking. |
| accountant noun | /əˈkaʊn.tənt/ | One who renders account; one accountable. |
| crawl verb | /kɹɔːl/ | To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come down verb | To descend, fall down, collapse. |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| go along with verb | To acquiesce to or comply with a proposal, despite lacking a desire or value for it. |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- See how far you've come?
- Harvey, what are you doing here?
- Where do you think I'm going?
- Don't you get it?
- The first time I met him?
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 just spent · you've come · has come |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be found · be left · has been gutted |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who already · people who want · guy who shines |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 80 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/
- Long words — get the stress right: recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/
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 pastime, gut, recommendation.
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.