Shadowing Practice: The Greater Good | Hot Fuzz | Screen Bites - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The End Bonum commune communitatis
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How could I possibly be in several places at once?
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How could I possibly be in several places?
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I just can't believe Leslie's dead.
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How does it happen?
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You'll find that we run a very tight ship here.
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One could do something like this.
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Same time as Mr Merchant tried to have a little fry up and left an asshole.
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Nasty way to go.
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What happened, Daddy?
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They'll not catch any killers there.
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They'll not catch any killers there.
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Now, quick announcement before we begin.
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Janet Barker has decided to call her boys Roger and Martin.
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And the christening will be a week on Saturday, and we're all invited.
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Tom?
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Thanks, Joyce.
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Now, you'll all be delighted to hear that the tenacious Sergeant Angel has been taken care of.
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Joyce will discover the sergeant lying on the wet floor of his bathroom, having slipped and tragically broken his neck.
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So, with the dispatch of the sergeant, we will now be able to concentrate on the eradication of our hoodie infestation.
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After which, nothing will stand in our way.
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Oh, I begs a differ, Mr. Weaver.
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Well, well, well.
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I see we have visitors.
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Sergeant Nicholas Angel, Sanford Police Service.
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My, he is tenacious, isn't he?
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I'm arresting you under suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.
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Oh, come, come, Sergeant.
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You should be ashamed.
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Calling yourself the community that cares.
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Oh, but we do care, Nicholas.
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It's all about the greater good.
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The greater good.
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How can this be for the greater good?
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The greater good.
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You see, as much as I enjoyed your wild theories, Sergeant, The truth is far less complex.
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Blower's fate was simply the result of his being...
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an appalling act.
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You murdered him for that?
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Well, he murdered Bill Shakespeare.
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What?
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The Dramatic Society is an important feather in our cap.
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I'm gonna let Blower jeopardize that.
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Not when we had two semi-professionals waiting in the wings.
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Let's not forget that Greg was an extra in Straw Dogs, and Shelly portrayed a cadaver in Prime...
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Yes, I know!
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Martin was less concerned with the reputation of the village than he was with his sordid affair with Eve Drake.
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And so Eve deserved to die too?
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Oh, she did have a very annoying laugh.
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Annoying!
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And George Merchant?
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He had an awful health.
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We begged him in vain to make his residence more in keeping with the village's rustic aesthetic.
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What?
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And what about Tim Messenger?
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What was his crime?
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Tim Messenger's 10 minutes edited at The Sandford Citizen has been unbearable.
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Our once great paper had become riddled with tabloid journalism, not to mention persistent errors.
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You listed her age as 55.
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Well, actually, I'm 53.
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53. What about Leslie Tiller, one of your own?
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Her horticultural expertise helped put Samford on the map.
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Oh, she was ever so good.
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Cousin Leslie was a terrible shame.
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But it seems she was set on moving away.
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We couldn't have her sharing her green fingers with anybody else.
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Not least those heathens at Beaufort Abbey.
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If we can't have her, no one can.
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How can this be for the greater good?
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The greater good.
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Shut it!
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These people died for no reason, no reason whatsoever!
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Oh, I wouldn't say that.
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Hello, Nicholas.
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I was like you once.
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I believed in the immutable word of the law.
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That is, until the night Mrs. Butterman was taken from me.
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You see, no one loves Sanford more than her.
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She was head of the Women's Institute, chair of the Floral Committee.
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When they started the Village of the Year contest, she walked around the clock.
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I've never seen such dedication.
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On the eve of the Adjudicator's arrival, some travelers moved into Callaghan Park.
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Before you could say gypsy scum, we were knee-deep in dogmuck, thieving kids and crusty jugglers.
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Crusty jugglers.
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We lost the title, and Irene lost her mind.
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She drove her Datsun Cherry into Sandford Gorge.
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From that moment on, I swore that I would do her proud.
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And whatever the cost, we would make Sandford great again.
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So this doesn't make any sense.
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The Adjudicators arrive tomorrow.
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We had to get everything ready.
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Are you saying this is all about winning the best village award?
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This is the best village, Nicholas.
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You've seen the people.
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They're happy.
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Contented.
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They're living in a dream world.
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Sergeant Popwell thought much the same as you.
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I'm disappointed you can't see the bigger picture.
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Well, I'm happy to disappoint you, sir.
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And I'm afraid you're gonna have to come with me.
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You are all gonna have to come with me.
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No, Nicholas.
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I'm afraid it is you who is going to have to come with us.
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Daddy, no!
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Back off!
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Back off!
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I swear to God you'll be explaining how Danny tripped over and accidentally cut off his own hag!
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Go on, Nicholas, you haven't got it in you!
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I mean it!
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Shit!
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Gypsy scum.
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Travelers.
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Even kids.
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Even club.
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Crusting jugglers.
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Crusting jugglers.
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There hasn't been a recorded murder in Sam in 20 years.
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There's a reason we accommodate a few of the young men who's at the pub.
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Spot a mother of an Elroy son.
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I'll make sure everyone gets their justice.
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The great big push is being fair.
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If we don't come down hard, we'll get right.
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Johnny!
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I'm sorry.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 126 sentences and 895 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:28. The speaker talks at a steady 120 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- sergeant /ˈsɑɹ.d͡ʒənt/ (noun) — A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
- killer /ˈkɪlɚ/ (noun) — One who or that which kills.
- scum /skʌm/ (noun) — A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
- crust /kɹʌst/ (noun) — A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (noun) — A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ (noun) — What somebody or something is known for.
- awful /ˈɔːfʊl/ (adjective) — Very bad.
- arrival /əˈɹaɪ.vl̩/ (noun) — The act of arriving (reaching a certain place).
- clock /klɑk/ (noun) — A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ (adjective) — Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
- cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (noun) — Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
- discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (verb) — To find or learn something for the first time.
- arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (verb) — To reach; to get to a certain place.
- fate /feɪt/ (noun) — The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- residence /ˈɹɛz.ɪ.dəns/ (noun) — The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- come with (verb) — To join and come along.
- back off (verb) — To move backwards away from something.
- come down (verb) — To descend, fall down, collapse.
- cut off /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] (verb) — To remove by cutting.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- move away (verb) — To go away from a place, especially when permanently changing one's residence.
- move into (verb) — Synonym of move in (To start living or working in a new place)
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: aesthetic /ɛsˈθɛ.tɪk/, feather /ˈfɛðə/, heathen /ˈhiːðən/, thieve /θiːv/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, suspicion /səˈspɪʃ.ən/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, tenacious /təˈneɪʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, conspiracy /kənˈspɪɹəsi/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, accommodate /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/
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 sergeant, killer, scum.
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 | has decided · has been taken · has been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be delighted · was set · was taken |
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.